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Afro/Black FSP to debut this summer in Paris
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The City of Light will now host more than one Dartmouth study abroad program. This upcoming summer term, 18 students will travel to Paris, France to participate in the inaugural Afro/Black Paris: The African Diaspora and the City of Light foreign study program, offered by the African and African American studies program. The Afro/Black Paris FSP consists of three courses taught in English, and focuses on the cultural, historical and social significance of African descendants in France, which is a region of the African diaspora, according to professor and faculty director of the Afro/Black Paris FSP Trica Keaton. According to Keaton, national curator of African art at the Ministère de la Culture Laurella Rinçon will teach one of the courses focused on the representations of Afro-descendant people in national museums, while Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme professor Françoise Vergès will teach a second course on slavery and colonialism in France. Keaton added that she will teach the third course on African/Black Americans in relation to Afro/Black French people. She said that the FSP will also include three excursions to regions outside of Paris that will function as supplemental learning experiences for each course. For instance, the students will visit the city of Nantes — formerly known for having the second largest slave SEE FSP PAGE 8
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“The Call to Lead” aims to reimplement need-blind admissions for international students.
By JULIAN NATHAN The Dartmouth Staff
If all goes according to College President Phil Hanlon’s plan, sweeping changes will be coming to the College on the Hill. On Apr. 27, Hanlon announced the College’s $3 billion capital campaign, “The Call to Lead,” which is expected to
run through 2022. A m o n g t h e ex p e c t e d improvements are eliminating loans in financial aid packages and reimplementing need-blind admissions for international students. Beginning with the Class of 2012, the College observed need-blind admissions policies while evaluating inter national
applicants until it reverted to using need-aware policies for these applicants while making admissions decisions for the Class of 2020. The College will also build a new 350bed residence hall; expand the west end of campus to focus on entrepreneurship, technology and design; SEE CAMPAIGN PAGE 2
King Arthur Flour sees new AAPHIM to focus on hours and wait times app underrepresented groups By ANTHONY ROBLES The Dartmouth Staff
King Arthur Flour, one of the two dining options located in BakerBerry Library, has been forced to change its operating hours, due to understaffing. Whereas KAF used to operate from 8 a.m to 6 p.m. every day of the week, it now only
opens from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. “The only reason for reducing hours is we can’t staff it to the level that we would like it to be staffed right now,” KAF managing director John Tunnicliffe said. “We want to make sure our staff is supported, so we don’t want everyone
stretched so thin that the job becomes extremely stressful.” Tunnicliffe said that in order to alleviate the problem, KAF was attempting to hire more e m p l oye e s b e c a u s e the company would prefer to return to its original operating hours. SEE KAF PAGE 8
By SUNNY DRESCHER The Dartmout
Tuesday marked the start of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, an annual celebration of the panAsian community at Dartmouth that spans the month of May. The new name of the celebration and the theme — “Counter Currents: Beyond the Surface” — highlight an effort to bring more awareness to
underrepresented Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities. The format, programming and theme for the annual celebration were developed by a committee of students over the previous winter term with guidance from the Office of Pluralism and Leadership, according to an email statement from assistant dean and pan-Asian student advisor Shiella Cervantes. SEE AAPIHM PAGE 7
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$3 billion goal is large for the College’s size
Hanlon said that need-blind admissions for inter national create a comprehensive four- students and loan-free financial year leadership prog ram for aid packages — both goals u n d e r g r a d u a t e s ; r e n o v a t e of the campaign — would be Dartmouth Hall, the Hopkins implemented as soon as the necessary funds Center for the become available. Arts and the The cost of Hood Museum “It’s a combination providing needof Art; and invest of the need but also blind admissions in research and for international t h e C o l l e g e ’s the significance of students will g r a d u a t e taking on a really be $90 million, prog rams, important and according to including its Hanlon. The newly-christened visible initiative that cost of providing Frank J. Guarini we hope will be an students with School of financial aid G r a d u a t e a n d inspiration to the packages without A d v a n c e d women who follow loans will be $80 Studies. At press behind us.” million, he said. time, the College Hanlon noted had r a i s e d -CHAIR OF THE BOARD that the College a p p rox i m a t e l y OF TRUSTEES LAUREL hired a consulting $1.6 billion for fir m to assist the fund so far; RICHIE ’81 in planning the although the c a m p a i g n bu t College must raise an additional $1.4 billion to declined to specify which firm. Chair of the Board of Trustees meet its fundraising goal, plans to implement changes are already Laurel Richie ’81 said the College underway. College trustee Richard decided to ask 100 women to donate Kimball ’78 said that the “quiet $1 million due to the success of phase” of the campaign began in similar past initiatives. Previously, 2014. As part of the “quiet phase,” as part of the Centennial Circle of the College reached out to several Alumnae, 100 women were asked potential donors, he said. Kimball to donate $100,000. Richie said added that the board will oversee that the success of this initiative the College’s various departments served as a “rally crying for women to ensure that each is spending of Dartmouth.” “ [ Wo m e n o f D a r t m o u t h ] money in accordance with its started to say, ‘Wow, if we have budget. According to Hanlon, the done this, what more can we do?” campaign’s $3 billion goal is Richie said. She added that allocating large compared to those of peer institutions, especially considering some of the money raised by the College’s smaller size and the Centennial Circle to the renovation of Dartmouth Hall donor pool. “This is an ambitious, ambitious was a conscious choice because the building is one of Dartmouth’s number,” Hanlon said. He used the University of most “iconic” features. “The women of Dartmouth Michigan — where he previously served as provost — and its 2017 just said, ‘We’d like to take this capital campaign goal of $4 billion one on,’” Richie said. “There’s a as an example. Since the University need and it’s part of Dartmouth’s of Michigan has nearly 600,000 history, but it’s also charting a living alumni, it expected to obtain path, a new path forward. It’s an average of approximately a combination of the need but $6,667 per alumnus. Since the also the significance of taking College has nearly 80,000 living on a really important and visible alumni, its $3 billion fundraising initiative that we hope will be an goal implies that it expects to inspiration to the women who obtain an average of $37,500 per follow behind us.” According to Richie, the 350 alumnus. FROM CAMPAIGN PAGE 1
CORRECTIONS We welcome corrections. If you believe there is a factual error in a story, please email editor@thedartmouth.com. Correction appended (May 3, 2018): The article “Sabynne Pierre awarded Newman Civin Fellowship” has been updated to reflect Jay Davis’s correct title.
additional beds that the College not an option.” intends to construct as part of Richie said that even if the the campaign will all be located campaign reaches its fundraising in one new building. The building goal early, the campaign will still will be used to house students as likely continue because additional existing residence halls undergo funds could be allocated to existing r e n ov a t i o n , s h e e x p l a i n e d . projects or new projects altogether. However, she “ I n o t e d t h a t “Students want suspect that construction we’d go back would not begin support for self-guided a n d l o o k a t o n t h e n e w personal development some of the residence hall that we plans. That’s what this things until sufficient wanted to do funds are raised curriculum does to but didn’t think to eliminate the meet the mission of would fit within possibility of the campaign in having to cease the College.” this timeframe,” c o n s t r u c t i o n -DEAN OF THE COLLEGE she said. d u e t o REBEECCA BIRON insufficient Both Richie f u n d s . and Kimball According to Richie, Harvard declined to specify which additional Univer sity encountered this projects were considered but problem in the wake of the 2008 ultimately ruled out for the current financial crisis. campaign. Though only $1.6 billion of Dean of the College Rebecca the campaign’s $3 billion goal has Biron said the College’s new been raised so far, Richie said that mission statement inspired the she is “100 percent” confident proposed four-year leadership that the College will eventually program. Students already prepare raise the full $3 billion because of for a “lifetime of learning” through the enthusiasm she has observed their academic coursework, Biron among alumni and faculty during said. She added that the four-year the campaign’s “quiet phase” and leadership program will allow after its public launch. students to engage in “lifelong “That [widespread enthusiasm] responsible leadership,” which just gives you confidence for is the second component of the success,” Richie said. “Failure is College’s mission.
“Students want support for self-guided personal development plans,” Biron said. “That’s what this curriculum does to meet the mission of the College. This curriculum, being the only one of its kind among our peers ... [that offers] students four years of leadership preparation regardless of their major or interests ... is really bold.” Hanlon echoed this sentiment, emphasizing the unique nature of the program. “No one is doing something that’s comprehensive that hits every student,” he said. “If we succeed [in this leadership program,] that will be totally distinctive.” Biron said that existing campus leadership programs — including those of fered by Dartmouth Peak Performance, the Office of Pluralism and Leadership, the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Tuck School of Business’s Bridge Program — would serve as branches of the four-year program. “There are wonderful, highquality pockets of leadership on campus,” she said. “We need to offer a way to coordinate all of those opportunities, scale up programs that exist and add programs that might be missing so that we can meet all of our SEE CAMPAIGN PAGE 3
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Campaign aims to promote arts and develop leadership program specific learning objectives each year, including self-awareness, students’ needs.” awareness of others, community Biron said that other leadership bu i l d i n g a n d c ro s s - c u l t u r a l programs would be developed communication and collaborative to accommodate students with strategic action. interests that cannot be satisfied However, Biron noted that through existing programs. For students will be free to meet instance, the these objectives D a r t m o u t h “No one is doing through multiple Entrepreneurial leadership something that’s Network and p ro g r a m s a n d the Dartmouth comprehensive that will likely be L e a d e r s h i p hits every student. If able to complete Attitudes and each phase of B e h a v i o r s we succeed [in this the program Program might leadership program], i n w h i c h e v e r be two of order is most several partners that will be totally convenient for t h a t d e v e l o p distinctive.” them. p r o g r a m s -COLLEGE PRESIDENT Biron added that for students she anticipates i n t e r e s t e d PHIL HANLON that the in science, College’s house technolog y, engineering and communities system will play a mathematics fields. role in the four-year program Biron added that the College because those communities can administration has not yet decided serve as “leadership labs” for whether or not participation in the students. She said she hopes this four-year program will become will allow students to deepen a graduation requirement for their connections to their housing students. communities and learn to become “We are agnostic about the best leader s in “a microcosm of way to go about this for now,” she the diversity on offer across said. Dartmouth as a whole.” However, Biron explained that Director of the Hopkins Center participation is unlikely to be a for the Arts Mary Lou Aleskie said requirement during the program’s that at least $75 million will be early phases because stakeholders allocated to the Hopkins Center would use the program’s early for improvements. years to assess what aspects of it “We see [$75 million] as a floor, are most effective. not a ceiling,” Aleskie said. “That’s She clarified that as part of the way it’s been communicated to the program, students will meet us.” FROM CAMPAIGN PAGE 2
Aleskie said that the funds would support renovations to the Hopkins Center and types of new programming. Renovations to the building are necessary because the way that people engage with the arts has fundamentally changed since its construction, she said. “The challenge is that this building, having been built in 1962, was built in a configuration that was very much focused on a transactional way of experiencing art,” Aleskie said. “The idea that arts are experienced rather than consumed [represented] a big shift.” She noted that limited classroom and rehearsal space has been a challenge at the Hopkins Center in recent years. “Those are the kinds of things that have to be changed within the Hopkins Center for it to be a destination in the 21st century,” Aleskie said. “Our hope is that we can do that in an architecturally defining way that makes it clear that the arts are for everyone on campus.” Aleskie added that the top of the Hopkins Center and its adjoining terrace may undergo renovation to increase their utility to the student body. “The terrace out there is so
under-utilized,” she said. “If there’s a way to put a performance space out there ... [that would be] something we are looking to do.” The $75 million might also permit the Hopkins Center to invite artists to campus for longerterm residencies as opposed to shorter visits, according to Aleskie. “What we’re looking to do more of is ... [having] longer-term visits that allow [visitors] to collaborate with faculty and students to actually make work together,” she said. Director of the Hood Museum of Art John Stomberg said that $50 million has been allocated to the construction of the museum’s new building. Of the $50 million, $47.5 million was already raised during the “quiet phase” of the campaign, according to Stomberg. He added that the construction project is both on-schedule and meeting budgetary guidelines. According to Dartmouth News, the museum is expected to open in 2019. Stomberg explained that the funds would be used to construct three new classrooms in the museum, six new galleries and a new atrium. He added that the new offerings would give both students and faculty increased access to the museum’s resources.
“Almost every department on campus uses the museum ... only about a third of our time, energy and money goes into departments you would expect, such as art history,” Stomberg said. “The rest goes to other departments, such as biology, history, environmental studies, Native American studies and many others.” Stomberg said he believes that the museum’s new building will increase its visibility and profile on campus. “When you talk to classes from the eighties and nineties, they barely knew the museum was there because it was hidden behind a wall,” Stomberg said. “The new building is very welcoming and gives it a face on the Green.” He added that he interprets the allocation of $50 million to the museum as an indication of the College’s commitment to the arts. “Dartmouth has placed a premium on the arts — our organization is getting a huge boost from the campaign, and that’s no accident,” Stomberg said. “It was carefully calculated that the arts are going to be a part of Dartmouth’s future.” Debora Hyemin Han, Sonia Qin and Ioana Solomon contributed reporting.
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THE DARTMOUTH EDITORIAL BOARD VERBUM ULTIMUM
A Better Framework
The Audacity to Answer
America must fix its ineffective drug policies.
According to a recent survey by College Pulse, a majority of Dartmouth respondents have violated the law; until this past fall, they could have faced jail time. New Hampshire has since done away with that penalty, but every one of these students could still face substantial fines. Their crime? Smoking weed. New Hampshire recently decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana. Even still, possession of more than three-quarters of an ounce invokes criminal penalties, including possible jail time. Under current law, the majority of students at Dartmouth should face civil or criminal penalties for marijuana use. That’s clearly unwarranted; most students here are no danger to society, and their use of marijuana hardly constitutes grounds for criminal proceedings. The pragmatic argument for marijuana legalization –– that it reflects societal norms and cuts down on needless government spending — is a strong one. Legalizing marijuana, the most commonly-used illicit drug in America, would drastically reduce arrest and imprisonment rates and cut revenue for criminal organizations. Most importantly, legalizing a substance regularly used by 22 percent of Americans would cease the criminalization of otherwise law-abiding citizens. That’s not to mention the impact of marijuana legalization on other social issues. There’s a racial element to drug enforcement; though whites and blacks use marijuana at similar rates, black Americans are arrested for marijuana possession at a rate multiple times that of white Americans. Legalizing marijuana would eliminate this inequality. And don’t forget about immigration. Many of America’s undocumented immigrants fled drug-related violence in Latin America. Legalizing marijuana could cut revenue for cartels, stemming the flow of immigration; whatever effects this reduction might have, it could reduce domestic tension around immigration policy. But for all the practical benefits of marijuana legalization, one argument outshines them all: the argument for personal freedom. The state ought to restrict the actions of a person only when those actions threaten the freedom of another person. For instance, murder is illegal, because murdering a person violates the victim’s freedom. Using marijuana, though, harms no one but the user. Yes, marijuana has negative health effects, but so do similar substances, like
alcohol, tobacco and unhealthy food. Marijuana’s damaging effects does not give the state the right to interfere in citizens’ personal lives. If people choose to jeopardize their own health, so be it. It’s none of the government’s business. Marijuana legalization, of course, does not need to result in marijuana promotion. Marijuana is a health hazard, and the government should certainly attempt to reduce its prevalence. The country has seen great success in the campaign against tobacco. Instead of outlawing personal consumption of tobacco products, the government focused on education about the dangers of tobacco. The campaign worked. Rates of tobacco smoking have plummeted from 42.4 percent of adults in 1965 to just 16.8 percent in 2014. Compare that to Prohibition, which, though less catastrophic than popularly imagined, criminalized ordinary Americans and exacted a whole range of societal costs. Marijuana legalization is justified, both in principle and in practice. The government has no right to curb on moral grounds the private actions of an individual. But thankfully, decriminalization won’t lead to catastrophe, as we know from precedent. Look at the case of Portugal, which in 2001 decriminalized drug possession and use. Since then, drug use rates have declined, synthetic drugs have lost most of their market and the rate of drug-induced death has hit three per million — compare that to America’s 197 per million. Yes, criminal penalties have a deterrent effect, but that effect is small and far outweighed by the drawbacks. It is right to disapprove of hard drugs, but drug laws need to progress beyond the kneejerk reaction of punishing drug users. Instead, laws must focus on policies that actually tackle drug abuse. Decriminalizing drug use seems counterintuitive, but it works. In the current model, the government unjustly intervenes in the private lives of individuals, with little to show for it save for an epidemic of drug abuse and the world’s second-highest incarceration rate. The U.S. should scrap criminalization and replace it with a more effective system. Government can fully legalize, tax and regulate some drugs, like marijuana, that don’t pose an extreme risk to public health. But the government should, in conjunction with expanding access to treatment, decriminalize personal use. To combat drug abuse, decriminalization remains the best option.
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“The Call to Lead” shows Dartmouth’s readiness to realize its potential. With his announcement of the College’s $3 billion capital campaign, “The Call to Lead,” College President Phil Hanlon acknowledged an obvious truth: Dartmouth is distinct. The College maintains a unique identity and educational opportunity among universities. In “The Call to Lead,” Dartmouth has shown it is intrepid enough to strengthen those aspects of the College that will further distinguish and advance the school while also acknowledging Dartmouth’s current shortcomings and steps for improvement. Regardless of the campaign’s self-congratulatory tone, this declaration exemplifies the direction and spirit that Dartmouth needs if it is to thrive. A confident vision for the future of the College has been set forth: will alumni and students hbe willing to answer? The most impressive aspect of the campaign is perhaps its synthesis and proper balancing of the long-term needs of the school while addressing issues students have voiced to the College for years. It could be argued that much of President Hanlon’s administration since 2013 has been dominated by crisis management and rehabilitating Dartmouth’s backward image. In “The Call to Lead,” however, the current administration has put forward a clear and affirmative vision, one that incorporates many grievances from students and alumni over the past few years. The College’s persistent housing crisis accompanied by the dilapidated condition of many existing dorms on campus have been major points of concern for students; the campaign’s commitment of adding new a residence hall accounting for 350 beds is thus welcome. Deeper academic concerns about the lack of support for students at the College interested in nontraditional career paths have also been addressed, at least in part, by commitments to integrating entrepreneurship and technology at the west end of campus and the further development of the College’s nascent arts district. And while the College’s commitment to reestablishing need-blind admissions for international students contradicts its still-recent abolishment of the practice, its goal remains laudable. In addition, this campaign also creates unanticipated opportunities that will greatly benefit the College’s undergraduates during and after their time at Dartmouth. The campaign’s focus on increasing collaboration between students and faculty, as well as an increased emphasis on experiential learning and interdisciplinary projects, speaks to the core of Dartmouth’s liberal arts model in the 21st century. Its emphasis on improving leadership at the College is an opportunity that cannot be wasted. The anticipated four-year program put forth by “The Call to Lead” must be dynamic and comprehensive if it is to have a true impact on the experiences of students. “Leadership” is a buzzword the College must also further define if it is to have any hope of success. The potential for imparting skills and competencies that will further distinguish Dartmouth students in the world, however, is great; Dartmouth would do well not to reduce this ambition to mere platitudes. “The Call to Lead” is not without faults. A particularly polarizing aspect of the campaign is its emphasis on encouraging women to donate to the
College. On the one hand, by encouraging women to donate, Dartmouth is enabling them to shape and impact the College for future generations. At the same time, however, there is something unseemly about asking women to surrender their hard-earned funds, considering how they have historically been neglected and marginalized on this campus. Dartmouth must ensure that it will do whatever it takes for incoming generations of women to be comfortable and thriving on this campus if it is to be so bold in its requests. It is understandable that at this early stage in the campaign, with galas filled with alumni and donors to be held across the globe, many of the finer details of “The Call to Lead” are not yet established. That said, there are several points that the administration should consider deeply as it moves forward with raising funds and implementing aspects of the campaign. First, the role of the recently established Frank J. Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies and its relationship with other graduate schools and the undergraduate community at Dartmouth must be interrogated. The further development of graduate level research and education at the College should be welcomed, so long as its rise does not impinge on the experience students at the College’s undergraduate or professional schools. The presence of graduate students and researchers has the potential to greatly enhance the experience of other students at the College. That said, Dartmouth mustn’t stray from its roots as a liberal arts university, committed to the teacherscholar model. Any signs that this commitment is being strained by the Guarini School should be addressed seriously and swiftly. A point of further consideration for the College during this campaign is the redevelopment and integration of campus more broadly. As the College renovates old aspects of campus and establishes new ones, it is important for Dartmouth to remain cognizant of the cohesion and health of its community. Equally important, the College should pay attention to the changing geography of campus. In revamping the west end, the College is shifting a significant amount of activity across the campus; it may be necessary to establish new foot traffic pathways, food services and dormitories. The same questions must be asked wherever the College builds new centers of activity that will be heavily trafficked and populated. This is especially important in the context of the housing communities, whose main hurdle is a lack of geographic integration on campus. It could be said that the College was lost in the wilderness for much of the past decade. “The Call to Lead” is a sign that Dartmouth has found its voice once again, and it is crying out for aid in carrying out its mission. The administration has made a commendable effort to, in Phil Hanlon’s words, “dedicate itself to building the on the best of Dartmouth on behalf of humankind.” The Dartmouth community should remain attentive, supportive, yet skeptical of these efforts. Only through diligent collaboration between community members can Dartmouth continue its legacy. “The Call to Lead” will require an audacious answer. The editorial board consists of opinion staff columnists, the opinion editors, both executive editors and the editor-inchief.
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Students emphasize pan-Asian inclusivity FROM AAPHIM PAGE 1
The student committee is made up of about 15 students and is divided into three subcommittees — finance, marketing and programming — that work together to bring life to AAPIHM, according to Vincent Chang ’21, a member of the finance subcommittee. Chang said that one of the goals for AAPIHM this year is “to highlight Asian and Pacific Islanders who are less represented in stereotypical thinking of what being Asian is supposed to mean.” Chang added that East Asian cultures, such as Chinese, Japanese or Korean cultures, are commonly seen as representative of all Asian cultures. He said he hopes that AAPIHM will help others see the wider range of identities and groups that fall under the umbrella of the pan-Asian community. The theme “Counter Currents” reflects a deliberate effort to highlight those often underrepresented groups and their intersectionality, which is further reflected in the fact that the month of celebration undertook an official name change this year, according to Mahealani Dupont ’21, a member of the programming subcommittee. This celebratory month has historically been referred to as
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and Dupont said that one of the reasons that she got involved in planning AAPIHM this year was to try and help the Pacific Islander community gain more recognition in both the pan-Asian and larger Dartmouth communities. “As a Pacific Islander so far away from home — literally an ocean away — I think it’s really important to have a sense of community [here at Dartmouth],” Dupont said. She noted that it has been rewarding to see the increased inclusivity of Pacific Islanders in the pan-Asian community through the name change from APAHM to AAPIHM and events like the Hokupa’a Lu’au, which was held last weekend in Collis Commonground. “Putting together a program that honors the diversity of the pan-Asian community requires a lot of thoughtfulness, and the student committee has embraced this challenge,” Cervantes wrote. Dupont said that most of the AAPIHM events are proposed and coordinated by a single point person with support from the rest of the committee. She said this allowed for people who were particularly passionate about some aspect of their culture or a specific event to have
agency over how it was celebrated. Dupont, for instance, took the lead in planning AAPIHM’s kick-off event which celebrated Lei Day, an annual Hawaiian celebration, she said. Cervantes wrote in her email that AAPIHM allows the pan-Asian community to celebrate the depth of its cultures together while “also [highlighting] the intersections and histories that exist within the community and with other communities on campus.” Makale Camara ’21 attended the Lei Day event and said that AAPIHM’s events seem like they will make learning about unfamiliar cultures more accessible to the Dartmouth community. “[These events] are a good place to learn to respect and appreciate other people’s heritage without appropriating it,” Camara said. Cervantes wrote that since students take the lead in planning and running AAPIHM events, they have “a chance to define what [their] identity can mean on an individual level and [to offer] an invitation to the rest of campus to connect with their peers.” Chang said one of the most rewarding parts of his experience in planning the AAPIHM events was hearing back from potential funding sources — such as the Special Programs and Events Committee,
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Students gather to celebrate the hertiage month.
the president’s office and various academic departments — and learning that they were supporting and contributing to AAPIHM. He added that the first AAPIHM events were relatively well-attended and that he hopes more of the Dartmouth community will continue to connect with AAPIHM as the month goes on. AAPIHM events will continue throughout the rest of the month.
Some of the upcoming events include South Asian Culture Night on May 5, Dartmouth Taiwanese Association Meet & Greet on May 11, Korean Culture Night on May 24 and the annual gala on May 26. The full calendar is available on the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at Dartmouth Facebook page and was also emailed out to campus.
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Shorter hours fueled by New FSP debuts this summer a tight job market FROM FSP PAGE 1
period of the week and maybe over the term as well,” Jolly said. However, he added that the current According to Jolly, a closed test-run unemployment rate across Vermont beta program for the application is and New Hampshire — which is less currently under way in conjunction than three percent — has created a with DALI Lab. Jolly added that very tight job market in the Upper the beta would provide the team Valley, which has an even lower with an opportunity to implement unemployment rate than that of improvements based on community either state. feedback before the application “We value the relationship with all officially launches sometime in the the students at Dartmouth and the fall term. Dartmouth community,” Tunnicliffe Furthermore, Jolly said that once said. “We know it’s a little bit of a the team gets a sense of how the letdown that we can’t be there as Dartmouth community is using the many hours as a p plicati on , we’d like to be. team members Our hope and “We know it’s a little will look into plan is that by bit of a letdown that w o r k i n g fall term we’ll be more closely back up to our we can’t be there as with KAF to full operating days many hours as we’d improve the and hours.” functionality of like to be. Our hope T h e s t o re ’s the application second window and plan is that by fall by adding more currently has a term we’ll be back up features, such as sign announcing displaying item that it is hiring new to our full operating availability. workers. KAF days and hours.” Tunnicliffe said operates that evaluating independently K A F ’s m e nu f r o m i s a l w a y s o n -KING ARTUHR FLOUR Dartmouth the company’s D i n i n g agenda, which MANAGING DIRECTOR Services, the m i g h t m e a n JOHN TUNNICLIFFE company that adding or controls the rest removing certain of the College’s products. He dining options. added that seasonal changes usually According to DDS director Jon lead to the addition of new products Plodzik, DDS’s relationship with and that the company would be KAF is purely transactional. He looking at adding new seasonal items added that he is uncertain of how in the fall term. exactly DDS’s finances have been While students may have reduced impacted by KAF’s change in access to KAF, they will soon be able operating hours. However, Plodzik to track the length of the KAF line. said that DDS is also feeling the effects Eshin Jolly, a sixth-year Ph.D. of the tight job market in the Upper student in the psychological and Valley. brain sciences department, and Jin DDS director of financial Hyun Cheong, a third-year Ph.D. operations and marketing Matthew student in the PBS department, Smith said he has seen the largest have developed a mobile application ever amount of financial transactions in conjunction with a Digital Arts, at DDS locations this spring term. Leadership and Innovation Lab team Furthermore, he noted that there that will monitor the line at KAF. The has been an increase in transactions application will allow people to check at College dining establishments the approximate wait time at KAF. that might be viewed as alternatives Jolly said that the project took to KAF, such as Novack Cafe and root at a hackathon event nearly House Center A’s snack bar. two years ago, as his group wanted However, Smith noted that this to know the best times to go to increase in transactions at alternate KAF, due to the ever-fluctuating locations has been consistent nature of KAF’s line. According to throughout the day and does not Jolly, collaboration with DALI has necessarily only occur during the improved the time estimates that the hours when KAF is not open. He application provides. added that since this term has the “The goal here is to provide the highest number of students enrolled Dartmouth community with some at Dartmouth that he has experienced information about the estimated in his seven years at the College, he wait time for KAF on a regular basis is unsure if the increase is due to the throughout the day, and also to just try changing of KAF’s operating hours and provide some predictions about or the surge in the number of students how that wait time changes over the on campus. FROM KAF PAGE 1
port in France — to learn how the slave trade shaped this city, the Dordogne region to visit Josephine Baker’s chateau and the Lascaux caves and the city of Toulouse to look at African art in important museums, according to Keaton. “[Students will] experience what [Nantes] was like, [learn] how the city thrived based on what was an industry to them and visit a museum and a memorial to the abolition of slavery,” Keaton said. “[France] is owning this history and not backing away from it, and [these places] are there for students to experience that.” The students will also participate in workshops giving them the opportunity to learn about jazz, hip-hop dance and Afro-Caribbean and French cuisine, Keaton said. As of now, the Afro/Black Paris FSP will be offered every other year during the summer due to the challenges of coordinating study abroad programs and to allow students to also take advantage of the FSP in Accra, Ghana, which is also offered by the AAAS program, according to Keaton. On Apr. 28, a symposium took place at the College which featured film screenings, panels of scholars
and meal receptions, to launch the Afro/Black Paris FSP and to raise awareness of how the African diaspora arrived in France, Keaton said. Butler noted that the students participating in the program were required to participate in certain portions of the symposium in preparation for their trip to Paris. Jasmine Butler ’21 said the focus of the courses on the African diaspora and her desire to improve her French language skills incentivized her to apply to the FSP. Butler noted that while the French department also offers an FSP in Paris, she was dissuaded by the topics of the courses offered through that program. “I’m in French 3 [ “Introductory French III”] right now and I have been working on my French all of this [academic] year,” Butler said. “I had known about the LSAs and the FSP, but [knowing] that I was going to be studying stuff that I wasn’t actually interested in [pushed me toward the Afro/Black Paris FSP].” Keaton said that the influence of her mentors and professors who authored the books that now form the foundation of Afro/Black French and European studies as well as her previous experiences teaching summer courses in France
while she was a faculty member at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and Vanderbilt University inspired her to create the Afro/Black Paris FSP at Dartmouth. The development of new study abroad programs at the College requires the formulation of the idea by a faculty member followed by coordinating the logistics, and it may require exploratory travel by the faculty member, according to executive director of the Frank J. Guarini Institute for International Education John Tansey. Keaton said that she was able to tap into her well-established network in France that she developed over the years through her research, graduate studies and a variety of other past programs to find collaborators for the FSP. The FSP does not have any language prerequisites to avoid excluding students who may be interested in the topic but do not speak French, Keaton said. “The notion of an Afro/Black Paris is illegible to people in the United States, and in some cases in France as well,” Keaton said. “I wanted to bring in visual culture and actual specialists who work on these topics … as a way for students to have some intellectual engagement with the [topic].”
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COMING HOME
FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2018
NEELUFAR RAJA ‘21
TODAY
11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Panel: “How to Practice Law Today: Innovation, Technology & Collaboration,” with University of Miami School of Law professor Michele DeStefano ’91, professor Hany Farid and Barbara Murphy ’79, J.D, Haldeman 41
8:00 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.
Film: “Game Night,” directed by John Francis Daly and Jonathan Goldstein, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center
9:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Public Astronomical Observing, Shattuck Observatory
TOMORROW
11:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Game: Big Green Baseball vs. Princeton Tigers, Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Film: “Loveless,” directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center
8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Film: “Oh Lucy!,” directed by Atsuko Hirayanagi, 104 Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center
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Glee Club director Louis Burkot to conduct final concert with a painstaking level of detail. That means honoring the precise original The Dartmouth Senior Staff tempos, singing true pianissimos and Director Louis Burkot has led the paying careful attention to time their Glee Club in dozens of performances breaths correctly. since he came to the College in “The reason I think they could do it 1981. At this Sunday’s show, the is the quality of sound and sentiments final concert before expressed are his retirement appropriate as director, the “He’s reached through f o r yo u n g ensemble will send the community, from people,” he him off with a said. “It’s a children’s choruses host of Glee Club requiem for to professional standards. people still Leading off the ensembles. He’s been on the earth concert is Gabriel rather than Fauré’s “Requiem so inclusive in his those who are in D minor,” which music.” dead.” th e G lee Clu b T h e has perfor med s e c o n d four times under -MARCIA CASSIDY, SENIOR half of the Burkot. He says this VIOLIN LECTURER performance rendition will be is a diverse different. selection of “We have tried to prepare the eight pieces that Burkot calls “intricate piece with all the things I felt were and extremely charismatic.” A important during the other times movement of Rachmaninoff’s “Alland think about why they matter,” Night Vigil,” which the Glee Club he said. performed two years ago, welcomes Under Burkot’s direction, the the audience back from intermission. singers have approached the piece Two Schubert pieces grace the
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second act, as does “My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord,” a spiritual from celebrated American arranger Moses Hogan. Burkot has been contemplating retirement for several years, he said. In good health and with a dedicated group of rising seniors set to lead the Glee Club next season, Burkot said now felt like the right time to leave. “Once an entire generation of your life has passed, you see younger people with new and exciting ideas,” he said. His exit “is a way of keeping the group moving forward.” Burkot’s departure will be the latest change at the head of a Hopkins Center ensemble. Anthony Princiotti, longtime conductor of the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra, left the College in 2015 after 23 years. Last year, Don Glasgo announced his retirement after 40 seasons leading the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble. And Hafiz Shabazz, who has led the World Music Percussion Ensemble since 1984, will also retire this year. Burkot came to Dartmouth in 1981 with a master’s degree from the Yale School of Music, having completed conducting studies at
the Aspen Music Festival and the Houston Grand Opera. He soon put down roots in the Upper Valley music community, most prominently as the artistic director of Lebanon’s Opera North for 31 of its 36 seasons. “He’s reached through the community, from children’s choruses to professional ensembles,” said Marcia Cassidy, senior violin lecturer and colleague of Burkot. “He’s been so inclusive in his music.” There’s no doubt that the Glee Club is losing a fine director. The former Boston Globe critic Richard Dyer has described his conducting as “first-rate, capable and stylish.” His ensembles have a remarkable sense of pitch, and he conducts with a visible energy. “We used to make jokes that his feet don’t actually touch the ground,” Cassidy said. In addition to programming interesting pieces — one of Burkot’s strengths, according to Cassidy — he helps his singers learn during rehearsals. “He enjoys reading music organically,” said Noah Lee ’18, who has sung with the Glee
Club throughout his four years at Dartmouth. “He is less concerned with strict rhythms and following the meter strictly.” The ensemble has changed throughout Burkot’s nearly four decades at the helm. Membership, which was between 60 and 70 students in the 1980s, has decreased to around 40 today. Changes to the academic calendar have placed more demand on students, making it more difficult for members to devote large amounts of time to music. Nonetheless, Burkot says the quality of the Glee Club’s performers has only increased. “These students could compete at any conservatory in the country,” he said. Burkot has tried to avoid letting his retirement put pressure on the Glee Club’s members. But Lee said they feel especially motivated to put on an impressive show on Sunday. “We wanted to fully appreciate him for all the work that he’s poured into us,” Lee said. “We’ve tried to make it the best we can sing just because we know how much it will mean to Louis and how much Glee Club has meant to him.”
Student Spotlight: Indian classical dancer Arati Gangadharan ’18 By EMMA GUO
The Dartmouth Staff
Arati Gangadharan ’18 was nervous when she joined Raaz, Dartmouth’s South Asian dance team. Although she had 15 years of training in Bharatanatyam and Mohiniattam, classical forms of dance that are thousands of years old, Raaz also performs styles like Bhangra and hip-hop that are outside the classical canon. But after four years with the team, Gangadharan has been able to successfully blend her classical skills with the less familiar dance forms. “Arati’s talent and playfulness are incredibly valuable to the team,” fellow Raaz member Shinar Jain ’18 said. Gangadharan started dancing at the age of three. She initially learned Bharatanatyam, a dance style characterized by its intense, masculine style that is typically not very emotive. Mohiniattam, by contrast, is more graceful and expressive, meant to portray silk blowing in the wind. Before joining Raaz, Gangadharan was unsure how well her classical training had prepared her to explore other forms of dance. “I didn’t really know how I was going to fit in with the team, and the first few months were a huge learning curve for me … I had a difficult time getting out of
what I was taught for 15 years,” Gangadharan said. Once she got past the learning curve, Gangadharan found many similarities between the dance styles. Classical and hip-hop are time sensitive, with synchronous and individualized movements. Bhangra and hip-hop, on the other hand, include bigger and more powerful movements to capture audiences’ attention. For Gangadharan, classical dance remains the most comfortable. “Because I’ve been doing it for so long, it’s basically muscle memory for me now — I don’t even get out of breath now,” Gangadharan said. “I can do Bhangra for a minute and I’ll be almost passed out on the ground.” Before coming to Dartmouth, Gangadharan spent five to seven days a week at dance practice and grew used to the structure that dance imposed on her life. Raaz gave her the opportunity to continue dancing with set practice times. The group has provided a dance community for Gangadharan as well as a community of Indian women. Without a strong South Asian cultural center on campus, Gangadharan — who was heavily involved in the Indian community in her Michigan hometown — says she felt culturally lost on her arrival at Dartmouth. She initially found it difficult to practice the traditions
and customs she holds dear, but soon found a home in Raaz. The team can come together and celebrate the qualities that unite them, while also being comfortable enough to discuss what separates them from each other. “It’s very isolating to be an Indian woman on campus,” Gangadharan said. “The nice thing is that when you’re surrounded by 15 girls that feel the same thing, you are able to find a solution together of how to make it work and help each other out.” The team celebrates Indian holidays together, and many team members have relatives living close to campus, allowing them to eat authentic Indian home-cooked meals. Raaz also co-sponsors multicultural events with other communities on campus. “In terms of co-sponsoring intersectional events, Arati has always been the one to put forward ideas,” said Yesenia Mejia ’18, a close friend of Gangadharan. “It’s always amazing to have her be so inviting and share her culture with others.” A neuroscience major and a public policy minor, Gangadharan plans to go to medical school while continuing to pursue dance. “I probably will go back to classical after college, but I do want to push myself to continue learning different styles,” she said. If she finds herself in a big city,
Gangadharan hopes to continue teaching dance or even try out for a professional dance team. And after expanding the boundaries
of her classical training in Raaz, she is looking to branch out even further. Next on the list: ballroom or Brazilian Capoeira.
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Gangadharan plans to go to medical school and continue dancing after graduation.
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with Abigail Chiu ’21
By EVAN GRIFFITH The Dartmouth Staff
Abigail Chiu ’21 has made an immediate impact on the Dartmouth women’s tennis team since joining the team this past fall. With her doubles partner Julia Schroeder ’18, Chiu has won many victories for the Big Green this season, going 10-3 in singles and 10-7 in doubles Ivy League play and ending the doubles season on a four-game winning streak. Chiu was recently named to the first team All-Ivy for doubles with Schroeder. What made you want to play tennis at Dartmouth? AC: I wanted to play tennis at Dartmouth because of the coach and the collaborative team atmosphere. When I first visited the school and met the team, it was obvious to me how lucky I would be to be a part of this community. What do you like most about Dartmouth tennis? AC: What I like most about Dartmouth tennis is the 10 other girls that make up this team. Each and every one of them has made me feel special this past year. With tennis being such a small team, I have become close to all of the girls. I think being good friends with them has helped me work harder because for the first time in my life, I am trying to win for more than myself. How does it feel to be named to first team All-Ivy as a freshman? AC: To be named first team All-Ivy as a freshman is truly an honor. In the beginning of the year, I was really struggling being away from my family
and best friends, so I never thought something like this would have been possible. How has the team changed from your freshman fall to now? AC: I think putting three new girls into an already established team is always going to be difficult. Besides not knowing the team that well, we three freshmen were dealing with being away from home, settling into a new place and trying to balance schoolwork — all challenging things. However, after our spring break trip, I think the team dynamic changed. We all finally got to know each other well, and the time spent together was very important for our team. What moment have you been most proud of personally so far? AC: Winning regionals with my partner Julia was my most proud moment. Coming in as a freshman, I didn’t have the highest expectations of myself, so winning that was special. What are your personal goals for the rest of your time at Dartmouth? AC: My goal for the rest of my time at Dartmouth is to become a leader on my team. Even though I am one of the youngest on my team, I know I have the capability to become a leader, and that is something really important to me. I also want to help my team win the Ivy League title next year. There’s nothing that would make me happier than to win that with my team.
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Abigail Chiu ’21 has won many victories for the Big Green this season, including going 10-3 in singles and 10-7 in doubles Ivy League play and ending the doubles season on a four-game winning streak.
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members of the women’s lacrosse team received post-season Ivy League awards
Olivia Champ ’19 finished in fourth place in the Individual Open Fences event at Nationals
The May 1 baseball game against Brown was the longest game for the Big Green in 15 years
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Dartmouth quarterback Jack Heneghan ’18 signed a freeagent contract with the San Francisco 49ers this week
Kristina Mathis ’18 is the second Big Green player ever to qualify for the NCAA DI Women’s Tennis Singles Championship
The No. 27 men’s tennis team will face No. 33 Oregon in the first round of the NCAA DI Men’s Tennis Championships
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity and length.
COURTESY OF ABIGAIL CHIU
The Big Green finished fourth in the Ivy League with an overall record of 11-11 and a conference record of 4-3.