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This weekend, the Green was filled with activities for the Powwow.
Gift helps fund study abroad B y gigi grigorian The Dartmouth Staff
Study abroad programs are popular with Dartmouth students — and now the College’s “The Call to Lead” capital campaign will provide more financial support fo r s t u d e n t s w i s h i n g
to participate in these programs. Karen and Jim Frank ’65 and their sons Daniel Frank ’92 and Jordan Frank ’94 have pledged $5 million to support students on financial aid who are studying on off-campus programs. The family also set up a $2.5 million
Roslin’s Sushi awaiting permit
B y Maria Harrast The Dartmouth Staff
In late April, the madeto-order Roslin’s Sushi service located in Collis Café announced its temporary unavailability because it had been operating without a permit to make sushi on College premises. Since then, made-to-order sushi has remained unavailable, but concerned students need only wait for the vendor to attain an additional permit, said the
director of dining services Jon Plodzik. “Roslin’s is seeking a permit that’s being requested by the state in order to prepare sushi on site at Collis,” Plodzik said. “We certainly will return the service as soon as they have the proper documentation to do so from the state.” During a routine inspection, the state health department discovered that Roslin’s Sushi did not have a permit to SEE SUSHI PAGE 2
dollar-for-dollar match challenge to encourage additional donations, which could bring in a total of $10 million or more for this cause. The Frank family gift will be used to create a scholarship fund for SEE FRANK PAGE 5
In response to the need to prepare its students for an increasingly modern and innovative society, the College will establish a new center for entrepreneurship as part of its $3 billion capital campaign, entitled “The Call to Lead.” The center, which will be named the Magnuson Family Center for Entrepreneurship, w i l l s e r ve a s t h e o f f i c i a l organizational structure for Dartmouth’s current and future entrepreneurial programming and resources, Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network director and the center’s future director Jamie Coughlin wrote in an email statement. With an ultimate investment goal of $40 million, the College has already accumulated $36 million for the new center, which includes a donation of $20 million from Allison and Rick Magnuson ’79. Sixteen additional alumni have also contributed $1 million each to the establishment of the center. The donors comprise the
Dartmouth Founders Circle. The new center will be located on the west end of campus in a new shared building with the College’s computer science and engineering programs. According to Rick Magnuson, founder and executive managing director of GI Partners, he wanted to contribute to the establishment of the new center “because of the entrepreneurial experience [he] had as an undergraduate and the opportunity to help students and faculty succeed with their entrepreneurial ventures as both undergraduates and graduates.” The center is the next step in the College’s plan to enlarge the campus’s entrepreneurship presence, a c c o rd i n g t o C o u g h l i n . After the success of DEN’s ex p a n s i o n i n 2 0 1 3 a n d the creation of the DEN Innovation Center, Coughlin said the College wanted to “create a more permanent SEE MAGNUSON PAGE 3
Nobel Laureate visits campus
B y RUBEN GALLARDO The Dartmouth Staff
On May 9, Dartmouth welcomed Nobel Laureate in Physics Jerome Friedman to campus for the second time for a public lecture entitled “Are We Really Made of Quarks?” to a packed audience in Dartmouth Hall. In addition to the lecture, Friedman also met with three students from the Women in Science Project and visited Physics 72, “Introductory Particle Physics” earlier in the day. When he was a high school student, Friedman received a
scholarship from the Art Institute of Chicago Museum School, but after reading the book “Relativity: The Special and the General Theory” by Albert Einstein he decided to pursue an undergraduate degree in physics instead at the University of Chicago. In 1956, he received a doctorate degree in physics from the University of Chicago and in 1960 he joined the physics faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is currently a professor of physics emeritus. In 1990, Friedman was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics with Henry Kendall
and Richard Taylor for their science experiments, which were “of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics,” according to the Nobel Prize website. These experiments focused on inelastic electron scattering from the proton and neutron and provided evidence of the “quark sub-structure of the nucleon.” During his lecture, Friedman saidthatafterErnestRutherford’s 1919 discovery of the proton and James Chadwick’s 1932 discovery of the neutron, scientists wondered if these two SEE FRIEDMAN PAGE 5
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English department Collis sushi expected to return soon hires Joshua Bennett FROM SUSHI PAGE 1
B y michaela artavia-high The Dartmouth
T he Eng lish and creative writing department at the College will welcome criticallyacclaimed poet Joshua Bennett this upcoming fall as a new assistant professor. Bennett’s first course next spring will be English 53.29, “Introduction to African American Environmental Thought: The Black Outdoors.” Bennett is the author of “The Sobbing School,” a collection of his poetry detailing the contemporary Black experience. He is also a recipient of the 2010 Marshall Scholarship and a winner of the 2015 National Poetry Series. In 2009, he performed his spoken word poetry for the Obamas at the White House. Bennett grew up in New York to parents who encouraged his love of reading and critical discussion, he said. He attended the University of Pennsylvania for his undergraduate degree, where he double majored in English and Africana Studies. Bennett said he’d wanted to be a teacher from the time he was in high school. “I couldn’t think of anything more wonderful than to share ideas with young people,” he added. “I really believe in studying. I believe that spending time with literature opened my mind and changed my life.” With such an impressive array of accomplishments, Bennett very much exemplifies the Dartmouth “scholar who loves to teach,” said vice chair of the English department Aden Evens. Evens said he is excited to welcome Bennett to the College, and has great faith in the expertise and excitement he will bring to the department. “Professor Bennett brings a singular quality that I don’t think I’ve ever seen,” he said. “There is a kind of gravitas, a kind of rhetorical command that feels authentic — it’s hard to articulate because it’s so extraordinary.” Evens also expressed excitement about Bennett’s intellectual style, particularly Bennett’s ability to connect seemingly disparate fields of study and his ability to inject vitality into any subject. On May 10, Bennett served as the judge of this year’s creative writing prize submissions. Hannah Matheson ’18, who won the Sidney Cox Memorial Prize and the Grimes Prize for poetry in the 2018 Creative Writing Prize Ceremony, said she was elated to
hear that Bennett would be hired. She spoke highly of both his teaching abilities as well as his poetry, saying that it was “political and beautiful and so necessary.” “I’m really excited,” Celeste Jennings ’18, who also won an award at the ceremony, said. “I think whenever we have more representation of minority voices on campus, that’s amazing.” Bennett said that he is excited to work with a department that values both scholarly work and creative writing. As a poet, performer and scholar, he added that it has always been important to find a place that puts importance on both the creative and academic aspects of writing and that he is happy to have found that at Dartmouth. This balance and wisdom is something Bennett said he is excited to impart onto students. He has worked as both a poet and an academic for many years, and the ability to connect the two, rather than compartmentalize, has been key for him. “When the research felt dry, the poems helped electrify it, and when the poems were all about the same five or six subjects, doing the research really helped open up the realm of possibilities,” Bennett said. Describing courses he’d want to teach in the future, Bennett said he would be interested in teaching a course on “Atlanta,” referencing both the television show as well as the city. Bennett added that he would be interested in leading a foreign study program in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he would want to teach a course on “poetics and protest,” giving students the tool to think critically about protest histories in Johannesburg. Bennett said a few experiences from his childhood were formative in shaping him as a teacher, giving the example of growing up with his mother. He said that she gave him the freedom and support to explore and learn, citing her encouragement as integral to his success. Additionally, he said the intervention and support of his 10th-grade teacher put him on the path to where he is, explaining that his teacher noticed that he and other students were not on track to take honors and advanced placement classes and fought for them. “That’s what I want to do as a teacher: I want to go to bat for young people, for students, and remind people that they’re wonderful,”
prepare sushi in Collis Café, said Plodzik. “Roslin’s was unaware of the regulation, as were we, and being a good partner, they pursued that permit from the state as soon as they were notified,” he said. “It’s not as though they’ve done anything wrong, they just did not have the full permit that they needed.” Chang Lin, one of the owners of Roslin’s Sushi, affirmed that he has applied for the additional permit. “We already have a food service license, but the health department said we need a separate one at Collis,” Lin said. “We already sent the application, and we should get the license soon.” Colleen Smith, a food and safety defense specialist from the New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services, confirmed that the department has received an application from Roslin’s Sushi to prepare sushi in Collis Café. “We do have an application on file for them to operate in Collis Café,” Smith said. “It does take up to 30 days for us to process that application, and what happens after that is the inspector will go do a compliance inspection. Upon a satisfactory inspection, they would be
issued a license at the new location.” While Collis Café’s made-to-order sushi is currently unavailable, the vendor’s prepackaged sushi continues to be served in Collis, Courtyard and Novack Cafés as well as the residential community house centers. Smith affirmed that Roslin’s Sushi is permitted to continue distributing prepackaged sushi at the College. “Currently, they have a food service license in Lebanon, New Hampshire, where they’re licensed to make sushi, package it and distribute it to other food establishments,” Smith said. “They just did not have a license to operate out of the Collis Café, so that’s why they were told to stop.” In an email statement, Plodzik wrote that as additional permits were concerned with the preparation of made-to-order sushi in the Collis kitchen space, “the prepackaged and pre-made rolls are not impacted by the regulation.” The made-to order sushi is normally a popular option for students. “Sometimes if I don’t want to have pasta or [food from the Class of 1953 Commons] ... then [the made-to-order sushi] is usually a nice to-go [option],” Becca Rosko’20 said. “Now I’ve been making do with either the prepackaged
sushi or just finding alternative food.” Kevin Mercado ’19 said he orders Collis Café’s made-to-order sushi once or twice a month and was surprised when he first noticed its unavailability. “I was really just surprised and confused because I know a lot of students get it when the lines for pasta and stir-fry are long because that’s what I would always do,” Mercado said. “I wondered why it was stopping.” Catherine Slaughter ’21 said she originally thought that the sushi was temporarily discontinued because the people who prepared it were sick. Mercado said he hopes Roslin’s Sushi’s made-to-order service will return to Collis Café soon. “I never ate the prepackaged sushi because I just think it’s kind of gross,” Mercado said. “I think it’s not really the closest thing to the regular sushi that’s definitely way better when it’s actually made in front of you.” Plodzik said he believes Roslin’s Sushi will soon return to Collis Café. “Since Lin contacted the state almost immediately to request that paperwork be approved, I would imagine that we would see a return of sushi made-toorder within the next couple of weeks in Collis,” Plodzik said.
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Roslin’s Sushi is awaiting a permit to resume selling made-to-order sushi at Collis Café.
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Gift supports entrepreneurial center FROM MAGNUSON PAGE 1
provides students interested in entrepreneurship ways to become program within the institution.” involved in actual business ventures DEN was and meet notable originally created in “[The new center] f i g u re s i n t h e 2001 as a network entrepreneurial of alumni affinity is an acceleration world. groups focused on of what we’re “By week five, entrepreneurship, right when I got doing right now. but its vision o n c a m p u s, I a n d b r a n d w e r e We’re focused was working on broadened in 2013 to on continuing a Tuck startup,” include new people, DEN member p r o g r a m s a n d experiential Kev i n G e ’ 2 1 resources, according learning, said. “I found to the Of fice of that to be insane.” providing much Entre preneur ship With the a n d Te c h n o l o g y more actual creation of the Transfer website. new center, there startup support “[The new center] will be more is an acceleration of and alumni financial support what we’re doing engagement.” for students’ right now,” Coughlin s t a r t u p s , said. “We’re focused according to o n c o n t i n u i n g -JAMIE COUGHLIN, Coughlin. e x p e r i e n t i a l DARTMOUTH Many proposed learning, providing startups, such as much more actual ENTREPRENEURIAL the development s t a r t u p s u p p o r t NETWORK DIRECTOR o f drone and alumni technology used engagement.” to distribute The new center medicine in will build on the underdeveloped opportunities already areas of the offered to current world, address DEN members. DEN currently global concerns using modern
technology, he said. “Digital technology has transformed every sector of society, and brought innovation and efficiencies to so many dimensions of our lives,” Founders Circle member Eileen Chamberlain D o n a h o e ’ 8 1 w ro t e i n a n email statement. “But we also need innovative thinking and entrepreneurship to address some of the downside consequences of digital technology for society.” Donahoe wrote that she hopes for the new center to cultivate student leaders who can apply their entrepreneurial skills “to addressing the social, economic and political challenges that flow from digitization.” The new center will facilitate innovative thinking, provide funding and allow students access to unique opportunities, according to the new center’s director Jamie Coughlin. “At the end of the day, it’s about sharing this entrepreneurial thinking with everybody across campus,” Coughlin said. “Because, regardless of whether or not you start the venture, you will benefit from it.” Ge is a former member of The Dartmouth.
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STAFF COLUMNIST RACHNA SHAH ’21
GUEST COLUMNIST VENICE OHLEYER ’21
The Art of Forgiveness
That One Night We Tried
Making a difference and a dollar.
For students considering pursuing a career in either the government or nonprofit sectors, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program may seem ideal. For example, the average medical student’s debt is $190,000. But as over 75 percent of hospitals are public or nonprofit, 95 percent of these loans are eligible for forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. Teachers, Peace Corps workers and many other professionals are also eligible. Federal Student Aid, an office in the U.S. Department of Education, is the nation’s “largest source of student financial aid.” The main types of aid students can receive are grants, loans and work-study aid. The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, created in 2007, is less well-known. The bipartisan program provides loan forgiveness to individuals employed by a government or non-profit organization in a federal direct loan income-based repayment plan. An income-driven plan caps the payment amount at a certain percentage of one’s discretionary income, generally 10 percent. If that individual’s financial situation or family size changes, the income they pay will change accordingly. One must make 120 monthly payments while working full-time –– though they do not need to be consecutive –– before applying for forgiveness. Upon receiving forgiveness, one does not have to pay taxes on the loans. Graduates may view public sector jobs as less remunerative, so forgiving debt for students who choose to work in the public sector as compared to the private sector may persuade many students to make the switch. Public sector workers are almost twice as likely to have a college degree than private sector workers. PSLF is not the only student loan forgiveness program. However, under alternative programs, such as Pay as You Earn Repayment, one may be making payments for 20 or 25 years before the remaining loan balance can be forgiven. Because payments are spread out over a long period of time, individuals will pay more interest on payments and the process may take longer than one would like. However, the average student takes 21 years to pay off loans. While the Prosper Act, introduced in December 2017 and currently under consideration in the House, seeks “to
support students in completing an affordable postsecondary education,” it would eliminate public service loan forgiveness starting in July 2019. According to an estimate by the Congressional Budget Office, the PSLF will cost $24 billion over the next decade. However, it is claimed to play a key role in the recruitment and retention of public service workers, particularly for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs when competing against private employers. Terminating the program will not only impact prospective public-service workers but also the people they serve. As of Feb. 2018, around 7,500 individuals applied for loan forgiveness under the program. Fewer than 1,000 are expected to qualify. This is largely because of miscommunication between loan servicers –– contracted private companies –– and borrowers. Borrowers have claimed that loan servicers misinformed them. For instance, FedLoan Servicing, a contracted private company, approved monthly payments for years for individuals who actually weren’t eligible. They were incorrectly informed that their employer and job qualified. For instance, Vietnam Veterans for America, a 501(c)19, was not considered as a public service organization. Additionally, loan forgiveness approval letters are not binding. According to FedLoan Servicing, “[they] can be rescinded at any time.” To fix these errors, the program was most recently granted $350 million first-come, first-serve basis. This grant has been critiqued as not nearly enough. Senate Democrats such as Senator Elizabeth Warren have called for higher levels of funding. Other advocacy groups argue that the money should be allocated toward Pell Grants or a matching grant program to institutions. However, there are several ways that Congress can improve the program rather than dismantle it, especially given that it is such a new program. One way is by more clearly defining what employers are qualifying as compared to a more vague ‘public service.’ Another recommendation is improving and expanding program outreach, such as providing program materials to qualifying employers to share with their employees. Over half a million individuals have registered for PSLF. But around one-fourth of the U.S. workforce may qualify.
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Sexual violence is rampant at Dartmouth while Greek life remains idle. On Apr. 6, Dartmouth students “Took Back in 2007, those who did not partake in a rape the Night.” Social spaces were asked to close in prevention program were more likely to commit solidarity with survivors of sexual violence. All a sexually coercive act than those who took part of them said they did. (While walking home in the program. When discussing sexual violence, I witnessed a group of guys run loudly into a it is imperative to acknowledge that without fraternity shouting, “We’re gonna be late for our counteraction, fraternities can contribute to toxic pong tourney!” I will let you speculate which behavior. At a school like Dartmouth, where there fraternity it was.) While many community are 27 Greek chapters, 14 of which are fraternities, members took hosting events such as movie the connection between high rates of sexual assault screenings, discussions and a march seriously, and Greek culture is not far-fetched. Even if only a most saw Apr. 6 as a forced “dry night.” What third of all fraternities perpetuated such behavior do we have to show for it a month later? –– even only a fourth –– that would have serious In the Dartmouth 2017 Sexual Misconduct implications. Survey, 34 percent of undergraduate women The institution of Dartmouth is not innocent reported experiencing “Nonconsensual either. The Greek system becomes particularly Penetration or Sexual Touching Involving toxic when it is overwhelmingly dominant, Physical Force or Incapacitation” since coming and when it is the only option. That is how it to Dartmouth. That is significantly higher than is at Dartmouth. Not rushing is perceived as the national college average (23 percent). Sexual “resistance.” People who actively dislike Greek assault at Dartmouth is not a problem, it is a crisis. life or have no interest in joining feel forced to “Take Back The Night” was the tip of the iceberg participate. When a fraternity brother is accused that should be Dartmouth’s response to sexual of sexual assault, there is a hesitancy to kick him assault. However, instead of creating sustained out because it may “ruin his life”. change, participation (genuine or not) gave people That said, I have numerous friends in Greek a pass for the rest of the year. Dartmouth students life who are wonderful people, care deeply about and administration need to take drastic measures these issues, and are doing their best to tackle if they are to continue addressing the College’s them. There were great efforts made on April sexual violence issue. 6, but they were not made In order to understand by all of Dartmouth, nor the problem at hand, “To Dartmouth’s are they enough. Sexual students must admit that the affiliated students, perpetrators were most Greek system completely likely not the ones attending what have you all dominates social life here. screenings of “The Hunting Dartmouth’s culture of done since Apr. 6? If Ground.” The fraternities sexual behavior is widely the answer is nothing, known as “the most influenced by Greek culture rape-y” were probably not and this is crucial. Sixty- I have some ideas.” brainstorming how they can eight percent of eligible best address sexual violence. students partake in Greek Only around 140 people life, and a significant portion of romantic or sexual participated in the Take Back The Night march behavior starts in, happens in, or is influenced by –– 3 percent of the undergraduate population, the Greek system, regardless of affiliation. up from last year’s .2 percent. Greek houses set the tone for student safety. I have been on campus for 27 weeks, and sexual Houses must take responsibility for that power. violence at Dartmouth is overwhelming. I have Yes, they are beholden to regulation, but at the seen friends compromise in more ways than one end of the day, what happens in Greek spaces is because of Dartmouth’s culture. I have friends impossible to control externally; the efforts must tell me they have no interest in rushing, but know be internal, and sustained. they “have to.” I have had multiple friends tell To Dartmouth’s affiliated students, what me they were assaulted. The 34 percent statistic have you all done since Apr. 6? If the answer is not surprising to me, but the response is. If a is nothing, I have some ideas. All Greek spaces statistic of that magnitude won’t incite change, need a position in their board for dealing with what will? issues of sexual violence. Most importantly, Greek This is the state of Dartmouth. If there is not spaces must adopt zero-tolerance policies into going to be drastic change — and the change their constitutions, and follow them. This means this campus needs is drastic –– then let us not blacklisting any member who has been accused kid ourselves. Stop telling prospective students of sexual violence and prohibiting them from that Greek life is not completely dominant. Stop being around others and alcohol. telling prospective students that not rushing is easy. For those who think that Greek spaces Most importantly, tell prospective female students already operate this way, consider this situation: that one in three of them will be assaulted in their If someone files a report against a member but four years here. Tell them that they are half as doesn’t press charges, or similarly, if someone likely to be assaulted anywhere else. Don’t tell reports someone to the members of the house, them Dartmouth is actively combating sexual but doesn’t file an official report with the school violence: It is not. would member still be kicked out? Sexual assault is not always transcribable. Ohleyer is a member of Class of 2021. Obviously, not all sexual violence is committed The Dartmouth welcomes guest columns. We request by members of Greek organizations. However, that guest columns be the original work of the submitter. gender inequality and class privilege in Greek Submissions may be sent to both opinion@thedartmouth. systems have been shown to perpetuate rape com and editor@thedartmouth.com. Submissions will culture. In a study of fraternity brothers conducted receive a response within three business days.
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Franks donate $5 million Physics Nobel Laureate meets students for off-campus programs Physics professor Timothy Smith, who currently teaches “Introductory particles were either fundamental — Particle Physics,” said he thinks that particles with no substructure — or Friedman tried to emphasize in his lecture that although physicists composed of other particles. In 1964, Murray Gell-Mann and now believe in the quark model, the evidence that proved George Zweig this theory is very proposed the different than the quark model, “Bringing people evidence used to which postulated like Friedman prove the existence that protons, of other particles. neutrons and gives students a Friedman showed other particles chance ... to have optimism when he are composed a connection with was asked about the of smaller real applications of future and responded constituents. that he believes future Friedman’s where their careers generations will team of investigators from could go if they want figure out answers to the questions that MITandStanford them to.” remain unanswered University then in particle physics, conducted according to Smith. experiments from -MARGARET HUBBLE Margaret Hubble 1967 to around ’21, WISP RESEARCH ’21 attended 1975 to search for Friedman’s lecture these quarks in the ASSISTANT and also had the proton using the opportunity to meet Stanford Linear Friedman personally Accelerator because of her Center, he said position as a WISP research assistant for during the lecture. “We are made of three different physics professor Devin Walker. Hubble things: up quarks, down quarks and said she found the lecture to be very electrons,” Friedman said during the informative and that she appreciated lecture. “All atomic matter is made Friedman’s inquisitiveness during the of those three objects in different question and answer session. “There was always more that he combinations.” FROM FRIEDMAN PAGE 1
out of financial concerns, she said. Spitta also said that off-campus qualifying students, but according programs often involve unexpected to executive director of the Frank J. costs that can be “onerous” for Guarini Institute for International some students. She cited the Education John Tansey, the details example of high baggage fees on of how the money will specifically international flights as one such be allocated are still being decided. “hidden fee.” She added that if “This gift, we expect, will go a a student’s flight is unexpectedly long way to fully opening up the canceled, the student would have [off-campus program] experience to pay for a night in a hotel room, potentially creating a significant to all students,” Tansey said. While over 55 percent of financial burden. To address this concern, Spitta Dartmouth students study abroad, each year there are students who said that for years, faculty across choose not to apply for off-campus campus have been pressuring the programs out of fear that they will College’s off-campus programs not be able to afford it, according office and the financial aid office to to Tansey. He said there are also increase the amount of financial aid students who withdraw from given to students who participate in off-campus programs programs. after they have “[In 1963] the world been accepted was all about America. h a v i n g “ gBi f tys because of l i k e t h i s, we f i n a n c i a l I had an American can continue to concerns. point of view of the make sure that W h i l e students have s t u d e n t s ’ world. [Studying in the means to financial aid Spain] totally changed really have a full packages my perspective on experience and do apply to to participate in o f f - c a m p u s the world in so many the programs in p r o g r a m s , different ways.” the first place,” there are often Tansey said. additional When c o s t s -JIM FRANK ’65, DONOR Jim Frank was associated a s t u d e n t at w i t h t h e s e TO HELP SUPPORT the College, he programs. OFF-CAMPUS STUDY spent a ter m “ T h e PROGRAMS studying in financial aid Spain in 1963, packages here an experience are very good, he described but sometimes as “lifethere are changing.” gaps,” Tansey “ A t said. that time, the Chair of the Spanish and Portuguese world was all about America,” he department Silvia Spitta said said. “I had an American point the Frank family’s donation is a of view of the world. [Studying “necessary gift.” Spitta noted that in Spain] totally changed my there are many students who go on perspective on the world in so many off-campus programs through the different ways.” Jim Frank’s sons also studied in Spanish department but who do not have the money to take advantage Europe — Daniel in France and of the unique opportunities Jordan in Spain — during their time at the College. Although Jim available to them abroad. According to Tansey, the Frank noted that “the world is a College’s off-campus programs smaller place today than it was have a robust set of scheduled in 1963,” he said that his sons’ activities for students, but there experiences still gave them a new are still “big disparities” in what perspective of the world. “I know they both had terrific students of different economic backg rounds are able to do experiences, and that’s one of outside of the official program — the reasons we supported this initiative,” he said. “I think every particularly on the weekends. For example, Spitta noted how student should have an experience some students could travel to other like that, but certainly what we cities on the weekends and visit would like to put Dartmouth in a cultural attractions like museums position to say is that every student and theaters. Other students often who wants to have that experience have to forgo these opportunities can have it.” FROM FRANK PAGE 1
was looking for [during the question and answer session],” Hubble said. “He ended on questions he had about particles and physics. That’s always something that has meant a lot to me because [in physics] there is always one more step and something else we don’t know.” Megan Ungerman ’21, who is also Walker’s research assistant, said that she, along with her fellow research assistants and WISP members Hubble and Amari Young ’21, had the opportunity to eat lunch with Friedman at King Arthur Flour in Norwich, Vermont. “[Friedman] talked about where he was born, how he was raised in Chicago and how he got into physics,” Ungerman said. “He [also talked about] these experiments that people didn’t want him to be doing … but then he [provided direct evidence for] the quark [model].” Smith added that he thinks Dartmouth students benefit from meeting leaders in their fields of study because they can see that these important figures are also real people. “Bringing people like Friedman gives students a chance … to have a connection with real applications of where their careers could go if they want them to,” Hubble said. “[It also allows students] to understand the larger implications of why we are here [at Dartmouth] learning.”
SPRING DAZE HITS CAMPUS
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The trees around campus have begun blooming under the spring sun’s rays.
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THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS
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THE TEN WEEK TERM
CECILIA MORIN ’21
TODAY
11:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch: “Mittagstisch German Lunch Table,” sponsored by the German Department, upper level Class of 1953 Commons
4:45 p.m. - 5:45p.m.
Studio Art Department: “Senior Majors Exhibition,” Jaffe-Friede and Strauss Galleries, Hopkins Center for the Arts
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Lecture: “Reflecting on the Actions of Nobel Laureates in Effecting Change” with US campaign manager, 100 million campaign, Shashi Conrad, sponsored by Rockefeller Center, Rockefeller 003
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Free Film: “Let There Be Light,” sponsored by the Hopkins Center for the Arts, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center
TOMORROW
8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Exhibit: “Ledyard Canoe Club: A History of Exploration and Adventure,” curated by Jaime Eeg ‘18, Class of 1965 Galleries, Rauner Special Collections Library, Webster Hall
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Exhibit: “Jo Tate’s Art,” featuring work of painter Jo Tate, sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Suite 107, 7 Lebanon Street
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Dartmouth Town Hall, with executive vice president Rick Mills, sponsored by Office of the Executive Vice President, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts
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Director Hafiz Shabazz retires from World Percussion Ensemble BY ISABELLE BLANK The Dartmouth
Saturday’s World Music Percussion Ensemble performance was an important one for director Hafiz Shabazz — his 108th and final concert before retiring after more than 30 years as director. And for Shabazz, it was fitting that the performance was intended for children. Parents and grandparents filled the audience of the HopStop family show, crowding together on the floor with kids on their laps — but not for long. Soon, the kids were up and dancing to the energetic rhythms of Shabazz’s group. “The Hopkins Center [for the Arts] asked me to do this performance a year ago, and when I agreed I don’t know if they knew it would be my last,” Shabazz said. “It all worked out just as it should have, that my last performance would be for children.” Shabazz, a Dartmouth professor, ethnomusicologist and master drummer, has directed the ensemble since 1984. The World Percussion Ensemble has a repertoire that includes African rhythms, rock, salsa and numerous other genres. This year, the group performed in the fall with Latin Alternative quartet LADAMA, while its winter show took on the work of Bob Marley, Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti and Senagalese guitarist Cheikh Lô. “This is a wonderful way to finish my career,” Shabazz announced to
the crowd. “You young people inspire me and have kept me going for all this time, so thank you.” Shabazz had a commanding presence, standing at the center of the ensemble and smiling at the audience and the percussionists flanking him. The performance began with ceremonial music from Guinea. Shabazz introduced each piece by explaining its context and cultural significance, and at the first drum beat, he encouraged the children in the crowd to get up and dance. The ensemble played cohesively and with zeal, Shabazz keeping the group in rhythm and providing strong, dexterous vocals. Periodic smiles made it clear he was enjoying himself. The energy in the room was joyous. Laughter and chattering from the children in the audience wove through the music and created a communal soundscape. During the fourth song, Shabazz invited four children to come up and try the drums. As they played — with a bit of tutelage from Shabazz — he directed each ensemble member to join in, until everybody, young and old, amateur and professional, made music together. Shabazz customarily invites people to dance and have fun during the performance, said ensemble member Drew Siegel ’19, but inviting the children up was a surprise. Five-year-old Clover attended the performance with her grandmother and was one of the lucky four to play
COURTESY OF THE HOPKINS CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Hafiz Shabazz is a music professor at Dartmouth and has led the World Music Percussion Ensemble for over thirty years.
with the ensemble. “It was really fun to play the drums,” she said. “I like to dance to the music too — my favorite way to dance is twirling.” Many kids grabbed their parents’ or grandparents’ hands to come and dance while Shabazz played. By the fifth song, more than half of the children in the audience were dancing, hopping and spinning on either side of the room. By the show’s end, even those still in their seats were tapping their toes and
nodding their heads to the vibrant beat. When the last drumbeat had faded, Shabazz received a standing ovation as a tribute to his career. Hopkins Center director Mary Lou Aleskie, presented Shabazz with a bouquet and thanked him for his work within the community. “It’s sad that this is [Shabazz’s] last performance,” Siegel said. “[Shabazz] is a great guy. I’m honored to have played with him for three years, and I’ve learned a lot.” Shabazz is clearly beloved by the
community. After the performance, people lined up to take photos and congratulate him. “When I first started the ensemble, it was the beginning of a journey,” Shabazz said. “Something I wanted to impart on Dartmouth students and professors and on the community was to stay in rhythm — that was my purpose and ambition, to bring together the community through rhythm. Everything is better and everybody is happier when you stay in rhythm.”
‘Isle of Dogs’ displays Anderson’s alluring but self-absorbed style BY SEBASTIAN WURZRAINER The Dartmouth Staff
Ever since filmmaker and critic François Truffaut published his 1954 essay “A Certain Tendency of French Cinema,” auteur theory has played a prominent role in both film theory and film criticism. Put simply, Truffaut and his contemporaries contended that directors were the true authors of their films. I remain wary of auteur theory because of its pernicious tendency to devalue the accomplishments of the many artists who collaborate with a director during the making of a film. Yet Wes Anderson seems to exist for the sole sake of being an exception. Few filmmakers craft films that feel so thoroughly like the product of a singular vision. His style is so unique that anyone familiar with his work can identify a Wes Anderson shot half a mile away. It isn’t even that difficult to describe the specific techniques that give such shots their distinctive look: knolling, symmetrical frames and the use of flat space all contribute to this carefully controlled aesthetic.
Precisely because his obsessive dedication to this aesthetic is writ large across all of his films, Anderson is one of the few auteurs about which I feel it is acceptable to ask, “What is he obsessing over?” The problem I have long had with his lesser outings is that his style often seems to exist purely for its own sake. He clearly wants you to notice how much time he’s spent composing every aspect of every frame in every film. But sometimes that becomes overwhelming. No matter how much you enjoy his characters or the dilemmas in which they find themselves, everything about the film feels detached and distanced, as if seen through a display window. Such is the case with Anderson’s latest offering, “Isle of Dogs.” It tells the story of a futuristic Japan wherein an evil government conspiracy has quarantined all dogs on Trash Island. When Atari Kobayashi, ward to the villainous mayor of Megasaki City, arrives on the island in search of his dog, Spots, five eccentric canines agree to join his quest. Of course, Anderson’s work is
never really about the plot. “Isle of Dogs” has enough flashbacks, interludes and chapter titles to make the likes of Quentin Tarantino and Christopher Nolan dizzy, but these narrative flourishes are misleading. The flashbacks don’t really exist to provide backstory or flesh out character — they exist to give the narrative the same meticulously constructed sense that can be found in every other aspect of the film. Just like Anderson’s visual designs, though, this can all feel a little empty. Ultimately, one has to search elsewhere in the film for something of greater substance. During this search, one might notice that “Isle of Dogs” is, like so many of Anderson’s films, permeated by a sense of melancholy. In part, this is derived — as it should be — from the characters, their personalities and their problems. While the film is intended to be a comedy, the protagonists are steeped in a surprising amount of loss and pain, and Anderson is never afraid to embrace the accompanying ambiguity and lack of closure. That said, this atmosphere of
ennui just as often seems to be motivated less by character and story and more by Anderson’s personal predilections. The ennui feels less like a grounded emotion and more like a seasoning or flavor tossed into the stewpot along with flashbacks and symmetrical frames. Watching any Anderson film, particularly “Isle of Dogs,” is the process of finding something more substantive to latch onto, only to constantly be redirected back to the director’s superficial aesthetic obsessions. The result is a film that feels oddly hollow. One senses it has so much more to offer, yet the film can never quite get past Anderson’s many preoccupations. This is made all the worse because the stop motion animation used in “Isle of Dogs” grants him a level of precise control that is nigh impossible to achieve with live action. I’m not implying that Wes Anderson is a shoddy filmmaker. Sometimes, often seemingly by accident, his unique style truly does manage to reveal something almost profound, as was the case with “Rushmore.” And sometimes he’s at his best when he embraces his own
frivolous and depthless impulses, as in “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” But “Isle of Dogs,” as entertaining as it can be in the theater, falls on neither end of the spectrum and thus achieves next to nothing. It’s just another Wes Anderson film. And when you know exactly what is in “another Wes Anderson film” without having seen it, you know how little it has to offer. It’s worth noting that some have accused the film of appropriating Japanese culture. While I can’t for the life of me understand why Anderson felt the need to set this story in Japan, I think BuzzFeed’s Alison Willmore hit the nail on the head when she declared that the film has more to do with the “insides of Anderson’s brain than it does [with] any actual place.” Anderson uses Japan as an aesthetic. While that is deeply problematic in its own right, it’s also not shocking — Anderson’s films are always about the insides of his brain. Sometimes that brain can be delightful, sometimes it can be insightful, but often times, as is the case with “Isle of Dogs,” it seems like it’s on autopilot, generating the same fluff over and over again.
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Powwow showcases the diversity of Native American creativity
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Native singers, dancers and drummers from all over the country gathered at the Dartmouth Powwow to compete and perform.
By BETTY KIM AND DANIELA ARMAS The Dartmouth
The weather cleared up just in time for the 2018 Dartmouth Powwow to take place on the Green, putting the celebration of Native American arts and culture front and center on campus. This year’s powwow brought a diverse array of Native American creativity to Hanover, representing singers, drummers, dancers and artisans from communities across the United States. The powwow committee increased the size of its budget this year, allowing more drummers and dancers to compete and perform than at previous powwows. Committee co-chair Evan Barton ’20 said investing in the drum and dance prizes not only brings more competitors to the powwow, but also draws more spectators to the event, resulting in a more accurate representation of native communities. “There’s over 200 nativeidentifying students representing over 75 tribes [at Dartmouth] ... No other Ivy League school can top that number,” Barton said. “Obviously we have the commitment to the charter, and I think [powwow] is the way that’s being actualized. Every
year we can build on that is a better year.” This year’s powwow brought five competing groups to the arena, which was new for the powwow, Barton said. The host drum group, White Bull, traveled from Wyoming to participate. Also present was a drum group representing the Abenaki, a local tribe with significant numbers in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Head staff member Shelby Snyder ’21, a Fancy Shawl dancer, grew up attending powwows and traveled across the U.S. and Canada with her family to participate in them. “Powwow is an intertribal activity and ceremony, a social gathering where we celebrate being who we are as indigenous people,” Snyder said. “When you dance, you dance for people who can’t dance, you dance for people who have passed on, you dance for your ancestors, you dance for future generations and you dance for those who are sick.” Drum groups come in two distinct styles. Northern drums are higher pitched and faster in beat, while southern drum groups sing deeper and sometimes slower songs. Both types of groups were present at the powwow. “[Powwow songs] may sound
similar to people who aren’t familiar with them, but they’re usually all very different and they’re in different languages,” Snyder said. “There’s powwow songs in Cree, Ojibwe, in Navajo … so depending on where you are, or where the drum groups are from, you’ll hear different kinds of songs.” Various styles of Native American dance were also represented. The Dartmouth Powwow highlights the men’s Eastern War Dance and women’s Eastern Blanket Dance because they are commonly performed by many northeastern tribes, Barton said. Other styles featured at the powwow included Traditional, Fancy, Jingle Dress and Grass. Snyder is a Fancy Shawl dancer, the newest style represented at the powwow. The Fancy Shawl dance originated from Native women who wanted to dance like men’s Fancy dancers and has transformed into a tribute to the butterfly, she said. While dancers usually incorporate a number of key moves into their routines, specific movements are usually not choreographed before each performance. “For the most part, you have moves that you know and you do a lot and are kind of consistent in that way, but it’s more like improv — you know the moves, and depending on
what song you get, you just dance,” Snyder said. Powwow dance specials — specific dance contests organized by members of the head staff — are an exception to the improvisational style. Because being a member of powwow head staff is seen as an honor, members reciprocate that honor and give back to the circle with a special pre-coordinated routine. At this year’s powwow, dancer Darshina Yazzie ’19 put on a special for all the Jingle Dress dancers. Special dances usually function as a separate contest of sorts, involving performances complete with matching outfits and dances coordinated to a powwow song. To an extent, the powwow movement has become pan-Indian, Barton said, meaning many tribes adopt traditions and practices from other tribes. Jingle Dress is traditionally Ojibwe, for example, but Yazzie is a member of the Navajo tribe. Powwow staff member Arviso Alvord ’20, who sold their beadwork as a vendor at the powwow, said that Native American jewelry is another art form that grew out of the pan-Indian tradition. According to Alvord, Pan-Indianism was partly a result of Native American survivors of Christian boarding schools who attempted to revive Native American arts and culture. Up through the 20th century, many Native American children were forcibly removed from their families to be “educated” at boarding schools. Though the powwow represents the celebration of survival against the odds of genocide and oppression of indigenous peoples inscribed in the history of American education, issues still remain. Several powwow staff members reflected on their current concerns surrounding the powwow as an institutionally supported event: its success depends largely on student labor without enough institutional financial support. “It’s great that we hold the powwow, but the school uses the image of the powwow to exploit the image of the Native American college,” Alvord said. “But in reality, they grossly underfunded the Native American Program budget, and the only income that we get from this is our t-shirt and food sales.” Barton agreed that he would
like to see the College provide more institutional support for the powwow so the event will continue to grow in the future. “We get donations from the College and then we have to pay the College for certain things, so it’s this transfer of money that seems sort of monotonous,” he said. “They give us money and we give it right back, so it would just be nice if what we could do is invest into the dancers and the drum groups.” Breanna Sheehan ’20, who worked alongside Barton as cochair, said she hopes that the powwow can receive a bigger budget and more recognition for the work that Native American students do on campus. The committee is building on the minimum budget that they are currently working with, she said. “We’ve been trying to work with the administration to grant a bigger budget,” she said. “We’ve worked on a really small budget for the amount of publicity and foot traffic that it gets, and for the amount that Dartmouth uses the Native community to market itself.” Increasing the powwow budget has been a continual struggle for the staff, but students have also been working to make more immediate changes. While organizing last year’s powwow, co-chairs Shelbi Fitzpatrick ’19 and Anna Reed ’19 helped secure the position of a two-spirit head dancer in addition to the head woman and head man dancer. “This year and last year, we have a two-spirit dancer that represents a part of the LGBTQ community that I would like to highlight,” Barton said. “Two-spirit is the physical embodiment of the male and female gender in one, and historically it’s meant to bring harmony to a group of people in a tribe. There’s a lot of gender-based violence, and I think that the two-spirit community really highlights how you can fix that.” Barton and Sheehan want to solidify the two-spirit position at the powwow. “Having a first head dancer was one step toward [inclusivity] and better representing that,” Sheehan said. “That’s something that I really hope will continue, and throughout my time at Dartmouth, I will continue to push for that and I think it will become a staple as we move forward.”