The Dartmouth 05/23/2019

VOL. CLXXVI NO. 44

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ZEHNER: NO LONGER “MADE IN CHINA” PAGE 6

FINGER HIGGENS: GRAD STUDENTS ARE COLLEGE’S SECOND CLASS PAGE 6

ELIAS: A TURNOVER FOR THE RED TEAM PAGE 7

CRONIN: OUR FREEDOM OF SPORT PAGE 7

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THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2019

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Green Key weekend College announces potential sites for new biomass heating plant sees few arrests B y LORRAINE LIU

The Dartmouth Staff

Fo u r s t u d e n t s w e r e arrested during this year’s Green Key weekend — a decrease from last year’s 11 arrests and 2017’s 10 arrests, a c c o rd i n g t o H a n ove r Police lieutenant Scott Rathburn. Interim director of Dartmouth Safety and Security Keysi Montás said that the total number of incidents reported to Safety and Security during the

weekend was slightly higher, but in the same general range as previous years.

Four arrests were made for intoxication, with one student also charged with resisting arrest, according to Rathburn.

One arrest occurred during the Programming Board concert, two occurred on Friday at midnight and one occurred on Saturday at midnight.

Montás said that from May SEE ARRESTS PAGE 3

College denied claims made by expelled student in lawsuit

B y ELIZABETH JANOWSKI The Dartmouth Staff

Amid a nationwide increase in cases challenging results of college-led sexual misconduct investigations, last month, the College responded to the most recent case challenging its own disciplinary process. On April 30, the College filed its response to a lawsuit alleging that it led an “unfair” and biased investigation resulting in the wrongful expulsion of a male student accused of sexual assault. Dartmouth has denied

the claims put forth in the complaint and has demanded a trial by jury “on all claims so triable.”

The lawsuit, which was originally filed on Jan. 7, 2019, pertains to the December 2018 expulsion of John Doe — who opted to use a pseudonym in his court filings due to the sensitive nature of the case. A Title IX investigation conducted by the College found that Doe had initiated nonconsensual sexual intercourse with a female SEE LAWSUIT PAGE 2

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The south end of Hanover Country Club’s golf course is being considered as a site for a new biomass plant.

B y REBECCA NICOL The Dartmouth

At an open forum in Filene Auditorium yesterday evening, the College proposed three potential locations for a new ca mpus biomas s heating facility: the south end of the Hanover Country Club’s golf course, the hill behind the Dewey parking lot and an area of College property two miles south of campus along Route 120.

An audience of around 20 community members voiced their concerns and provided input on the possible locations for the plant.

After a broad brainstorming period, planning executives narrowed

viable location options down to the proposed three, vice president for institutional projects Joshua Keniston said during the event. The three sites have enough space to accommodate the minimum four-acre plant.

Keniston said that many different factors are still being considered for the location choice, including air pollution, cost, noise, traffic and wildlife. The final choice of location will be announced this August or September, Keniston said.

Members of the audience voiced concerns about using the golf course as the location for the plant because it would take space away from the course itself.

However, Keniston said that building the biomass plant on the golf course “doesn’t necessarily mean we won’t have an 18-hole course,” and that it would be possible to reconfigure the golf course around the plant.

The close proximity of the Dewey Lot hill and the south end of the golf course to the rest of campus was another concer n for community members in attendance.

The new biomass plant would likely require 14 to 16 deliveries of fuel per day by truck, as opposed to the three to six daily trucks that service the existing power SEE BIOMASS PAGE 5

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THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2019

THE DARTMOUTH NEWS

“Take a Faculty Member to Breakfast or Lunch” program expands B y Hannah Jinks

The Dartmouth Staff

The undergraduate deans office and Student Assembly recently increased funding for the “Take a Faculty Member to Breakfast or Lunch” program, which allows students and faculty to engage in conversation over a subsidized meal.

Currently, the undergraduate deans office distributes the vouchers, which are redeemable at the Pine Restaurant at the Hanover Inn and are worth $25 per participant. The voucher amount at other available dining options — Moosilauke Ravine Lodge and the Class of 1953 Commons — covers the meal completely. Groups of up to three students may request a voucher once a term. According to the program’s website, it is “extremely popular”

and, until recently, vouchers often ran out before the end of each term.

Last year, the undergraduate deans office revamped the program with the launch of a new pilot program in coordination with the Kaminsky family, which has funded the prog ram through “generous gifts,” according to dean of undergraduate students Brian Reed. Reed added that the pilot program seeks to address concerns surrounding the availability of vouchers. With the additional funds, there are no longer caps imposed on the number of vouchers available each term. “[The Kaminsky family] has worked with us over the last few terms to keep funding going,” Reed said. “Our efforts have always been to work with the primary donors to expand the program and they have

been committed to that, as well.”

A c c o r d i n g t o Re e d , t h e introduction of the new pilot prog ram markedly increased participation; this term, 411 students have requested vouchers so far.

Before the pilot program expanded funds, the faculty meal program supported an average of 80 meals at Pine for one to three students and their faculty guests.

Student Assembly also financially assists the faculty meal program.

Outgoing SA vice president Nicole Knape ’19 said SA has historically allocated $9,000 to the program — $3,000 per term. “[The financial assistance] is a stand-in SA commitment to the program,” Knape said. “We thought it’s a great initiative and it’d be important to continue funding it.”

Incoming SA vice president

Ariela Kovary ’20 said that new SA leadership recently proposed i t s bu d g e t t o t h e C o l l e g e ’s undergraduate finance committee.

Kovary added that she and incoming SA president Luke Cuomo ’20 advocated for allocating $12,000 to the program. “[Cuomo and I] wanted to increase the funding by $1,000 per term to increase the availability of the program to students,” Kovary said. “The program fosters a personal connection with your professor, which is super rewarding — I think it will be an important item on SA’s agenda moving forward.”

Cuomo said he and Kovary hope to increase the longevity of the program through additional funds.

The program currently allows each student to request one voucher per term, which Cuomo said will not

change with the proposed budget.

“Our budget allotment for next year was a little below our proposal, but we’re still looking at ways in which we can expand the longevity of the program,” Cuomo said. “We don’t know exactly how that will end up yet because there are lots of moving parts.”

SA Senate, which is composed of 24 members — six representatives for each house community across all four classes — will conduct a simple majority vote on how to specifically allocate the new budget in the near future.

“It’s not just [Kovary and I] who make this decision,” Cuomo said.

“The SA Senate ultimately decides where the money goes, and that meeting has not been scheduled yet, but as of now we hope to expand the program.”

College’s April 30 response refutes Doe’s charge of breach of contract FROM LAWSUIT PAGE 1

student, Sally Smith, also referred to by a pseudonym, over Green Key weekend in 2018, consequently violating Standard III of the College’s Standards of Conduct, which prohibits students from engaging in sexual misconduct.

In his complaint, Doe alleged that his expulsion stemmed from an investigation that was “influenced by a pervasive, campus-wide bias and based upon widely discredited set of inequitable and unfair procedures.”

Namely, he claims that the College failed to consider that Smith provided “altered text messages” to the investigator, the investigation did not take into account the results of Doe’s polygraph examination and the investigative process itself “lacked basic elements of due process.” The lawsuit charged the College with a Title IX violation and breach of

contract, and asked that Doe be reinstated at Dartmouth with his record expunged.

Andrew Miltenberg, an attorney who has represented male clients in similar cases at Dartmouth and several other universities across the country, remarked that he has noticed a recent trend in students accused of sexual misconduct vying to clear their records.

“We’re filing a new [case] almost every two to three weeks,” Miltenberg said. “More and more, you see these students challenging the results at the disciplinary level ... I think there’s going to continue to be a steady increase in these types of cases because I think that regardless of what [U.S. Secretary of Education] Betsy DeVos does with the new guidance regarding the Department of Education and the Office for Civil Rights, there’s going to be pushback on college campuses.”

In November 2018, DeVos and the

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Department of Education introduced new Title IX guidelines that reinforced the right to due process of those accused of sexual misconduct. In 2017, DeVos had previously recommended changes in Title IX policy that called for the plaintiffs in sexual violence cases to be held to the same standard of evidence as in other university disciplinary proceedings.

“The guidance from the Trump administration has raised the bar for proof and the rights of the accused,” said WISE executive director Peggy O’Neil.

O’Neil added that the recent changes in Title IX guidelines have complicated the protocol by which universities respond to cases of sexual misconduct.

“I think what we’re seeing here is that Dartmouth and other institutions are trying to figure out how this all works, particularly as the White House came out during the Obama administration with some guidelines — and now the Trump administration is pulling back on those recommendations,” O’Neil said.

On March 13, the College filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit for

failure to state a claim. Judge Joseph Laplante — the federal judge presiding over the case — granted the motion to dismiss the lawsuit’s claim of a Title IX violation, but he did not dismiss the charge of breach of contract.

Miltenberg said that this is typical of the cases he has worked on, adding that judges will more readily find evidence of breach of contract than discover that universities have engaged in overt gender discrimination.

Dartmouth’s response to the lawsuit refuted the charge of breach of contract, adding that Doe has provided no evidence of a contract breach and that “Doe’s contract claims are barred by his own breach of contract.”

According to the case’s discovery plan, the date of the trial is to be determined by Doe’s academic schedule. US District Court of New Hampshire clerk of court Daniel Lynch said that there are no further updates to the case’s status beyond the records that have been made publicly available online.

Miltenberg expressed that — in line with all of his previous cases — he expects that the parties will settle out of court, emphasizing the financial

and emotional burdens that lawsuits of this nature place on the accused.

“It’s very hard for these young people — they’re charged with something very serious, they have the weight of an institution bearing down on them and they really don’t have a lot of information about what it is they’re being charged with,” Miltenberg said.

Meanwhile, O’Neil stressed the importance of considering the impact that such lawsuits have on the alleged victims of campus sexual assault, particularly in light of the complex and changing landscape of federal Title IX guidelines.

“Our advocacy will remain strong, and when there are changes in protocol and policies, whether they emanate from the White House or from the College, we will get smart on them so that we can provide the best information to survivors and walk with them throughout the process,” O’Neil said.

College spokesperson Diana Lawrence and Title IX coordinator Kristi Clemens declined to comment on the lawsuit. Doe’s attorneys could not be reached for comment by press time.

THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2019

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THE DARTMOUTH NEWS

Sixteen students were sent to DHMC, six Good Sam calls made FROM ARRESTS PAGE 1

17 to May 20, Safety and Security received 70 incident reports. These reports entail both Dartmouth and non-Dartmouth students and included incidents such as criminal mischief, fire alarm activation, theft and transportation to Dick’s House or Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center due to intoxication and other injuries. In total, 16 students were transported to DHMC, eight of them sent for alcoholic reasons and the rest for other injuries. Dick’s House took in nine students — five related to intoxication and four for other injuries. Six Good Samaritan calls were made this year, an increase of one compared to five Good Sam calls last year.

Safety measures, such as the wristband system to enter the concert area and water-filled jersey barriers, continued during this year’s Green Key concert. However, the system by which wristbands were delivered to students was improved, according to associate director of

student involvement David Pack. entrance to the venue. He added In the past, wristbands were sent to that aside from the wristband system, students’ Hinman boxes but were not installing an appropriate number of specifically personnel, including addressed to “The town is very Safety and Security the receivers, o f f i c e r s, p r i v a t e which Pack interested in sound Green Mountain said caused levels during this Security officers, s o m e Hanover police weekend. But I think students to officers, Hanover fire l o s e t h e i r that we’ve done department officers wristbands. quite a bit, especially and Dartmouth This year, the EMS students, was w r i s t b a n d s with the concert, to also conducive to c a m e i n minimize the impact ensuring safety and envelopes controlling access to on the neighboring that had the concert. s t u d e n t s ’ community.”

Pack said that names on since the wristband them, which system came into said helped -DAVID PACK, ASSOCIATE effect in 2017, it s o l v e t h a t DIRECTOR OF STUDENT has been successful problem, in blocking people INVOLVEMENT according to not affiliated with Pack.

Dartmouth students Montás said that the wristband from attending the concert. system helped to control access to “Compared to the years before the programming board concert and we implemented the system, I see far limited non-Dartmouth students’ fewer unaccompanied minors — folks

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A security officer waited outside Gile Hall with a stretcher during the main Green Key concert last Friday night.

from the surrounding communities — who aren’t connected with any Dartmouth students or don’t have a particular invitation to be there,” he said.

This year, water-filled barriers were placed on Massachusetts Row, according to Montás. Pack noted that due to the closure of Tuck Drive during the concert and the construction at the West End of campus, some drivers potentially met traffic inconveniences at the time of the concert. He added that the Programming Board coordinated with the town of Hanover to create other driving passages from the West End to Main Street.

“We worked closely with the town and the College’s Conferences and Events office to coordinate traffic patterns that would allow people to still get into the West End even though the road is closed,” Pack said.

The noise level of the concert has been a concern in previous years,

according to director of student involvement Anna Hall. However, she noted that the Programming Board worked closely with sound engineers and production to make sure that the sound was minimized.

“The town is very interested in sound levels during this weekend,” Hall said. “But I think that we’ve done quite a bit, especially with the concert, to minimize the impact on the neighboring community.”

Pack said that he believed the concert was successful in limiting its sound level and its overall planning. He added that since the Programming Board changed the sound set-up in 2017, the College has not received complaints about the concert.

“From an overall execution standpoint, things went smoothly,” he said. “We were able to keep the sound on Gold Coast lawn and hopefully have a minimum impact outside of that.”

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BREAKING UP

THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2019

Uuganzul Tumurbaatar ’22

TODAY 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Lecture: “The Badass Theater of Meng Jinghui,” by Claire Conceison of MIT, sponsored by the Program in Asian Societies, Cultures and Languages, Carpenter Hall, Room 13.

4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Talk: “American Conservatism and the Challenge of Populism,”

by George Nash, sponsored by the Political Economy Project, Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, Room 003.

4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Talk: “Writing Wars: A Conversation with Sinan Antoon and Hoda Barakat,” sponsored by the Program in Middle Eastern Studies, Haldeman Hall, Room 28.

TOMORROW 8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Performance: “Dartmouth Dance Ensemble,” sponsored by the Hopkins Center for the Arts, Moore Theater.

9:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Viewing: “Public Astronomical Observing,” sponsored by the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shattuck Observatory.

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Bipartisan medical marijuana bill advances in NH state legislature adult plants, three immature plants and 12 seedlings. Patients could also The Dartmouth Staff possess up to eight usable ounces W h i l e a p u s h t o l e g a l i ze of marijuana.

The bill passed the Senateby recreational marijuana in New Hampshire might be stalled for a 14-10 vote in early May after a the foreseeable future in the state floor amendment was introduced that removed a legislature, a p r ov i s i o n t h a t bill that would “We find that many would allow those expand options certified for home f o r m e d i c a l people simply cannot growing to share m a r i j u a n a afford the cost of their marijuana user s in the with other state is making cannabis at the patients. its way toward alternative treatment Therapeutic the desk of Gov. cannabis was Chris Sununu centers.” legalized in (R). If passed New Hampshire and approved, -REP. DENNIS ACTON in 2013. Since the bill would then, over 7,000 allow certified (R-ROCKINGHAM) patients have been patients to certified to buy grow a limited marijuana from a number of handful of dispensaries, according plants themselves.

Introduced by Rep. Renny to Matt Simon, the New England Cushing (D-Hampton) and Sen. political director and legislative John Reagan (R-Deerfield), the analyst for the New Hampshire bipartisan bill would expand the Marijuana Policy Project.

Supporters of the bill say it state’s medical marijuana policy to allow patients to grow up to three will reduce costs and improve

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accessibility. Patients must currently travel to one of four alternative treatment centers in the state to buy cannabis, a situation that they say both forces users to travel long distances for care and drives up the price of cannabis.

“We find that many people simply cannot afford the cost of cannabis at the alternative treatment centers,” said Rep. Dennis Acton (R-Rockingham), one of the bill’s backers.

Sen. Tom Sherman (D-Rye) introduced the amendment removing the sharing provision. He said that while he supports the use of therapeutic cannabis, he also wants marijuana to be regulated like other controlled substances. Sherman, a practicing gastroenterologist, said he wanted the bill to adhere more strictly to state guidelines for prescription medications, both to prevent misuse and to make the bill more likely to pass.

“I don’t write a blood pressure medication prescription and say, ‘go ahead and give this to the rest of your family’,” he said.

S o m e o f t h e b i l l ’s o t h e r

Community members raised concerns about traffic caused by fuel deliveries FROM BIOMASS PAGE 1

plant, Keniston told the audience.

Several audience members brought up possible traffic concerns, saying that if the plant was located on the Dewey Lot hill or the golf course, the delivery trucks would need to drive on Main Street — one of Hanover’s busiest roads. Keniston responded by saying that the College could control the timing of deliveries to help mitigate traffic issues.

Of the three proposed sites, community members at the event voiced the most support for the Route 120 site. Some said that its location would be optimal for traffic, noise and emissions.

However, Keniston noted that it would cost the College more to build the plant at the Route 120 site because it is farther from the rest of the campus buildings and would require more piping than the other proposed sites.

Keniston told the audience that Dartmouth is open to sharing the energy from the plant with other groups, including DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center and the town of Hanover.

Dartmouth plans to partner with a private firm in the design and construction of the power plant, aiming to begin construction in 2023 in order to have the plant operational by 2025, according to a College press release. Keniston

said that the design is “a very important aspect” in choosing a firm to partner with so that the building can blend into the existing campus. The College also plans to partner with the chosen firm for at least 30 years and pay them to run the plant.

The proposed power plant was announced this year as a step towards Dartmouth’s $200 million-plus Green Energy Project.

Some of the project’s goals include improving the efficiency of energy transmission and distribution systems by 20 percent by 2030 and obtaining 50 percent of energy supply from renewable sources by 2025 and 100 percent from renewable sources by 2050.

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The bill passed by a 14-10 vote in the state Senate earlier this month.

supporters, like Simon, disagree with the amendment, arguing that the sharing aspect would have given cannabis users the opportunity to source specific strains necessary for their treatment from other growers instead of from the ATCs. The bill will now go before the state House of Representatives again to vote on the amendment.

Simon said he believes the bill will gain enough votes to reach the governor and that he expects the votes in favor of the bill to lead by a big margin.

What is less clear is whether Sununu will choose to sign or veto the bill. Although he has proposed to veto a bill legalizing recreational marijuana, Sununu has also approved bills that expanded the state’s therapeutic cannabis program by adding new disorders to the list accepted for therapeutic cannabis use.

In opposition to the bill are lawmakers such as Sen. Bob Guida (R-Warren), who said he believes the bill would introduce too many plants for reasonable regulation on the part of law enforcement.

G u i d a s u g g e s t e d t h at t h e l e g a l i z at i o n o f h o m e g row n marijuana might increase the

incidence of theft. He also said the growing process would be difficult for private citizens to manage without expensive climate controls and high energy consumption.

“It’s not as simple as just putting [marijuana] in the ground,” he said.

Instead, he said he advocates for the expansion of ATC facilities and the eventual regulation of marijuana at the pharmacy level — a measure that would most likely take federal legalization, as pharmacies are licensed by the Drug Enforcement Agency, according to the American Phar macists Association.

N e w H a m p s h i re ’s t h re e neighboring states — Vermont, Massachusetts and Maine — all currently allow home grow. All three states are also in the process of implementing laws that allow for the recreational sale of marijuana.

While the New Hampshire home grow bill might loosen restrictions on therapeutic cannabis, Sherman said that the bill is not related to the current legalization debate.

“A lot of people get it confused with recreational marijuana, and that’s just completely inappropriate,” he said. “This is a completely different level of monitoring and control.”

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STAFF COLUMNIST CALLUM ZEHNER ’21

GUEST COLUMNIST REBECCA FINGER HIGGENS

No Longer “Made in China”

Grad Students are College’s Second Class

China’s manufacturing edge is disappearing, and the trade war isn’t helping.

China’s manufacturing prowess is no secret.

In the 40 years since its market reforms, China has grown to become the world’s leading player in manufacturing, contributing 20 percent of global output. And the ubiquity of the “Made in China” moniker on everyday items is such that China’s preeminence often seems untouchable. This is, however, not the case. The features of the Chinese economy that have facilitated the country’s meteoric rise in manufacturing are dissolving.

Manufacturing jobs are increasingly leaving China and moving abroad. And the ongoing China-U.S. trade war is only accelerating the flight of manufacturing from the Middle Kingdom.

China’s manufacturing sector has struggled independently of the trade war. An oftcited factor driving China’s manufacturing slowdown is a rise in wages; China’s average wage tripled between 2005 and 2016. This had led some economists to believe that the country is approaching its Lewis Turning Point — the point at which surplus rural labor is depleted and the labor pool is smaller — with the IMF citing 2025 as the exact date at which this will occur. Although this wage hike is undoubtedly a positive change for workers, it reduces China’s appeal to manufacturers. Higher wages make laborintensive processes more expensive, pushing production elsewhere — in China’s case, often to Southeast Asia.

The trade war between China and the U.S., which has re-emerged in recent weeks, has accelerated the flight of manufacturers from China. President Donald Trump has

raised tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods from 10 percent to 25 percent and has threatened to expand the list of tariffed goods. This led a number of firms to shift their production elsewhere. Pegatron, the Taiwanese firm responsible for assembling iPhones, announced that it is moving its operations from China to the Indonesian island of Batam to avoid higher U.S. tariffs.

Since the American market is understandably critical to manufacturers, many foreign investors concerned about the trade war have simply put their money elsewhere. The trade war has the added effect of weakening China’s exports to the U.S. — where 18 percent of Chinese exports currently head — and thereby harms the economy by hurting export-reliant manufacturers. However, the manufacturing jobs lost will continue moving to places like Indonesia and Vietnam. The U.S., with its high cost of labor, will not benefit.

It is important to clarify that China continues to dominate global manufacturing, and this is unlikely to change for the foreseeable future. But a decline in manufacturing is happening nonetheless. In many ways, that is perfectly natural. As wages and standards of living rise, manufacturers search for cheaper labor, and other sectors of the economy, like the service industry, gain prominence. At the same time, poorer nations take on the manufacturing burden and use this to develop their own economies. The trade war only accelerates this trend, but it doesn’t bring back jobs to the U.S. In the meantime, potentially all we can do is sit back and keep our eyes out for more “Made in Vietnam” labels.

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THE DARTMOUTH OPINION

PETER CHARALAMBOUS AND ANTHONY ROBLES

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Graduate students are treated unfairly at Dartmouth.

When I first enrolled as a Ph.D. student at Dartmouth, I understood that I was choosing to do graduate work at an undergraduatefocused college. That was one of the main reasons I chose Dartmouth: If I ultimately wanted to teach and be a professor, why not learn from some of the best undergraduate instructors in the world? I didn’t anticipate that as a graduate student I would often be an after-thought — expected to shut up and do my work and not really be a part of the Dartmouth community. But make no mistake, graduate students are fundamental to the success of the College, and it is about time the institution acted like it.

Graduate students here must be humble, work hard and sacrifice their personal lives to advance. In fact, I have been told by faculty that I should not let my personal life interfere with my professional life, and that voicing concerns about my mental health made me unfit to do “my type of science.”

Like most community members, I am absolutely repulsed by the abuse allegedly perpetrated by former faculty members in the psychological and brain sciences department.

As a graduate student, I am livid. Seven of the nine alleged victims are current and former graduate students, clearly demonstrating that Dartmouth does not have the necessary safeguards in place to protect and serve this student group.

Because graduate students are looking for professional excellence in very specialized fields, it can be difficult to get out of a toxic relationship with an advisor. Additionally, graduate students have an awkward balancing act between being students and college employees: When our rights are violated, who should we turn to? The handful of nonspecialized employees in the graduate school office or human resources? The graduate school currently asks graduate students to report violations to other faculty on their committee, the Title IX office, an affirmative action officer or the graduate school. However, none of these resources will help ensure that a student does not face serious professional consequences by speaking out about violations.

And what are we to do when departments are unable, unwilling or incapable of helping?

Who, then, is our advocate?

Even in the midst of its litigation-inspired awakening and promises for change, the College has done little to protect its graduate students from potential predatory and

inappropriate behavior by college faculty and staff, let alone from the routine gender and power dynamic-based harassment that is so insidious in research. The College’s Campus Climate and Culture Initiative currently does little to address the entrenched academic hierarchy and power dynamics that make abuse pervasive across academia and on this campus.

Among the most recent dismissive gestures made by the administration is the decision to no longer employ an ombudsperson, who would be an additional resource for graduate students, post-docs, research staff and faculty to discuss uncomfortable and abusive power dynamics. Additionally, there is little to no institutional incentive for good mentorship and respectful treatment, with publications and grants often prioritized ahead of the responsible and fair treatment of trainees.

On average, Ph.D. students spend more time at Dartmouth than undergraduates do, with most dissertations taking four to seven years to complete. Yet many of us often feel detached from, frustrated with and neglected by the College. Note that we are your teacher assistants, responding to last-minute questions and holding extended office hours; we are the ones who know exactly what is going on in the lab; and we are the near-peer mentors that many undergraduates seek out. We have a pulse on the newest and best technologies and the energy and stamina to learn them.

We are the future, but Dartmouth is leaving us in the dark, hidden in windowless offices, behind lab benches and underneath stacks of ungraded papers. Dartmouth’s failure to recognize this neglect will forever impede true university status. Meanwhile, the College will continue to produce excellent researchers who succeed despite the College, rather than because of it.

Dartmouth, it is time to do better for your future leaders. It is beyond time to give graduate students the support we need and deserve.

Finger Higgens is a Ph.D. Candidate at Dartmouth College and president of Graduate Women in Science and Engineering.

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THE DARTMOUTH OPINION

STAFF COLUMNIST CHANTAL ELIAS ‘22

A Turnover for the Red Team

GUEST COLUMNIST FIONA CRONIN ‘22

Our Freedom of Sport

Republicans have made abortion a political game, and they’re losing.

Should inflammatory speech be published if it criticizes a student group?

Alabama’s newest abortion law is a series Republican Evangelicals — the population of losses: for women, for science and for the often regarded as a pro-life stronghold — Republican Party. On May 15, Alabama’s believe there should be a rape or incest Governor, Kay Ivey (R) signed into law a exception. Alas, we have on our hands a law near-total ban on abortion with the exception made by a governing body that fails at its of when a mother’s life is at risk or the case of foremost purpose: to represent the views of a lethal fetal anomaly. The law criminalizes the population it represents. abortion, with clauses indicating that doctors The passing of this law signifies a split could face up to 99 years in prison for between the farthest-right Republicans and performing an abortion the new “center-abortion” in the state. While the law “Alas, we have on Republicans, who take a clearly opposes the national more moderate line on strides made in legalizing our hands a law abortion. President Donald abortion and liberating made by a governing Trump, it seems, falls within women’s bodies, it is not the latter. He recently body that fails at its your routine Republican tweeted “I am strongly policy. Alabama’s restrictive foremost purpose: to Pro-Life, with the three abortion law is out of represent the views exceptions — Rape, Incest, sync with just about every and protecting the Life of interest group and political of the population it the mother — the same party, and with its passing, represents.” position taken by Ronald the rallying power of the Reagan.”

Republican Party’s proThis divergence life posture is dwindling in in the Republican Party’s intensity. Come 2020, Republicans will start view on abortion isn’t necessarily a new losing districts if they do not abandon this phenomenon — it follows a longer trend of hard-line stance against abortion. abortion perspectives falling outside neat party In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled that lines. As early as the 1970s, there was internal under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth conflict regarding the Republican Party’s Amendment, the Constitution includes a abortion platform. President Gerald Ford fundamental right to privacy that gives a opposed Roe v. Wade, while his vice president pregnant woman the liberty to choose whether Nelson Rockefeller and fellow Republican or not to have an abortion. This landmark case, members of Congress took a much more liberal Roe v. Wade, gave room for states to institute position. laws that would come into effect if Roe v. Wade In the past few years, the united pro-life is overturned — laws that would lead to the platform has been a leg-up for Republicans, criminalization of abortion in these states. who have been able to sway uncertain voters Alabama, surprisingly, was not one of these to the right by leveraging the moral pathos states. of abortion. But a push too far to the right The introduction and passing of an abortion on abortion policy could mean a substantial ban is, in every sense, a political move. One loss for Republicans in the polls. It stands to of the writers of this legislation, Eric Johnson, reason that if Alabamans aren’t having their president of the Alabama Pro-Life Coalition, opinions represented at the local level, they even stated that the “bill was specifically will vote for a change in political leadership. designed to go to Supreme Court and challenge And Americans who are pro-life but believe in Roe v. Wade.” the exceptions for rape and incest might stray One must ask: Who is the abortion law away from the Republican Party if it refuses intended to please? Perhaps it is the residents to defend those exceptions. of Alabama, but if that were the case, why The criminalization of abortion in Alabama did a 2018 poll show that just 31 percent of and the state government’s failure to take into Alabama residents favored an abortion ban account the views of the public are indicative that lacks a rape and incest exception? Now, of the outdatedness of the Republican Party. perhaps I am overlooking the strength of Constituents are angry, and, right now, it’s Republican hardliners in Alabama … except looking like the abortion debate will earn that, according to the same poll, conducted by Democrats a point on the scoreboard in the Planned Parenthood, 60 percent of Alabaman 2020 election.

I’m a student athlete. Upon reading Osman confront the issues he addressed.

Khan ’21’s April 26 column, “Admitting Our I recently attended an ESPNW event put Athletes,” in The Dartmouth, I felt two initial on by the Dartmouth athletics department reactions. First, I felt angry and hurt that another for female athletes. During the discussion, student so strongly believed that my teammates one student asked for the panelists’ thoughts and I might not belong at the institution we on Khan’s column. The entire crowd of over worked so hard to be a part of. And secondly, 300 athletes erupted in applause and cheering, I felt resentment toward The Dartmouth the anger and frustration they felt bringing for publishing an article demonstrating them together in solidarity. I had never before a concer ning lack of seen group so united and awareness of how so many so driven to action and students felt about campus “Khan’s opinion, no solidarity by an issue. athletics. matter how unpopular, Almost every day in the But what came after the week following the article’s and no matter how anger and resentment was a publication, I had an inmuch deeper consideration much I disagreed with depth discussion with a on my part of what deserves it, had a right to be friend or a classmate about publication and what the weakness of Khan’s doesn’t. And that changed published.” argument or the anger that my mind. Khan’s opinion, the column sparked. Often, no matter how unpopular, these conversations led to and no matter how much I disagreed with profound reflections about the experiences that it, had a right to be published. And after my classmates have had as athletes on campus. witnessing the powerful ripple effects of I myself realized some of the insecurities that activity, debate and conversation following I felt as a recruited athlete. Khan’s words the column’s publication, brought ideas to the surface I have to say that I’m glad “Almost every day in and made me realize that that The Dartmouth chose people felt the same the week following the other to publish it. way that he did. But in the I i n i t i a l l y w r o t e article’s publication, end, they prompted me up a response to The I had an in-depth to reflect and discuss, and Dartmouth, detailing those discussions reinforced my frustration with the discussion with a my belief that I deserve to paper for publishing such friend or a classmate be here. an inf lammatory and Sometimes, we have to about the weakness unpopular view. In writing suffer insults to establish this response, however, I of Khan’s argument what we truly believe. found myself coming up or the anger that the That is the price we pay against free speech rights. for freedom of speech.

As much as I disagreed column sparked.”

Iconoclasts will continue to with him, Khan did not use this system to make their author hate speech nor opinions known. If we do directly insult one student in particular. Nor our job correctly, their messages will prompt did he technically lie at any point in his efforts the activism and conversation necessary for the to criticize the legitimacy of recruited athletes advancement of our own morals and political here at Dartmouth. awareness. When Khan published his column, Khan’s column was dismissive, spurious and he lit a fire. It’s up to us to tend the flames. inflammatory to a large portion of the student body — but we’re all the better for it. This may Cronin is a member of the Class of 2022. only be my first year here at Dartmouth, but I have never seen students come together on The Dartmouth welcomes guest columns. We an issue in the way they have over “Admitting request that guest columns be the original work of the our Athletes.” The debate and conversation submitter. Submissions may be sent to both opinion@ that the column generated among athletes and thedartmouth.com and editor@thedartmouth.com. non-athletes alike prompted people to speak Submissions will receive a response within three business out against Khan’s perplexing message and days.

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Review: ‘Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé’ is illuminating B y Nicole Aboodi The Dartmouth

We have all seen it: a huge sensation, a star burning brightly and boldly. But then, the star crashes down, never to resurface except in commercials for yogurt and the occasional magazine shot that boasts a collection of “Hollywood Has-Beens: Where Are They Now?” Beautiful poetry, films and plays have been written on the idea that there is an upper limit to the number of stars our world can worship and, thus, some must fall. But not Beyoncé. Never Beyoncé.

After a 22-year career, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter still thrives. It always seems like she won’t be able to best herself, that she must’ve reached the height of her career. And yet, she always surprises, always challenges, always adds something that further promotes her brand.

And “Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé” reminds the world of not just her success but also her permanent influence and everlasting creativity.

The film mostly consists of her 2018 Coachella performance, but the director, Beyoncé herself, cuts in more personal, behind-the-scenes footage. She begins her performance with “Crazy in Love,” which was the artist’s first number one single as a solo artist. While her nowhusband, Jay-Z, is featured on the song, this song marked Beyoncé’s huge debut to the world as a solo artist, which made it the perfect choice to open up “Beychella.”

She continues her performance with songs from her most recent album, “Lemonade,” immediately following up “Crazy in Love” with her song “Freedom,” which has been referred to as an African-American empowerment anthem. Her performance intertwines her older material with her newer songs, all while expressing a message of black and female empowerment.

Beyoncé’s Coachella setlist traces her

career trajectory. First, she opens with the song that introduced her as a solo talent.

Then, she sings a collection of songs from various points in her career with a slightly stronger emphasis on songs from her album, such as “Lemonade,” which focus on her growth as a strong woman, and more importantly, her identity as a strong, black woman.

Her entire performance, as well as “Homecoming” itself, is a celebration of black excellence, specifically her black excellence. Solange Knowles, Beyoncé’s sister, comes out on stage to dance with her, celebrating the performer’s roots, as well as a reminder of their long-term, tightknit bond. Similarly, she performs alongside her Destiny’s Child groupmates, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. The girl group performs some of their biggest and most memorable hits, like “Say My Name” and “Lose My Breath”— songs that we still remember in a frat basement.

Beyoncé also brings out Jay-Z in order to celebrate her relationship with him — but also her journey as an artist, as he’s been by her side for the majority of her career. Each guest performer represents different points in her career and the crowd goes wild for each one.

However, a larger underlying point must be recognized. While each guest performer was integral to her career and her personal life, Beyoncé doesn’t owe her success to anyone — she has managed to stay on top as an individual throughout all the different stages of her life, regardless of who her biggest supporter at the time was. She was a success when she was part of a girl group, and she was a success as part of a celebrity power couple. But the common denominator is always her.

The reason why she never burns out when other stars do is her talent. Some celebrities build their brand on their personal lives and their drama. Others have a trendy talent that is specific to a time and doesn’t last. But Beyoncé’s

talent is pure and timeless. While all the other performers support her, she doesn’t subsist on their help; she is a force all by herself. And “Homecoming” just goes to show that.

Every detail of the film is perfectly curated: the costumes, the lighting, the choreography. The performance and the film have a really strong collegetheme — specifically modeled after historically black colleges and universities — made evident through her discussion on the importance of HBCUs and the education they provide, as well as the film’s display of quotes from HBCU alumni about empowerment and education. Additionally, the choreography is fashioned in ways that are evocative of HBCU halftime shows; the show intersperses many step-performances and marching band routines. Furthermore, Beyoncé’s costumes, as well as all the background

dancers,’ have her initials, BK, and a large Delta in the middle. The majority of her ensembles are either pink or yellow; this color choice, in addition to the letters, invoke a sorority’s sisterhood.

“Beychella” honors HBCUs, but “Homecoming” delves deeper into that choice and Beyoncé’s personal connection to such institutions. Although she didn’t attend one, her father did, and because she dreamed of attending one herself and has fond memories of visiting campuses, Beyoncé said HBCUs have a special place in her heart. Beyoncé’s admiration of HBCUs definitely distinguishes “Beychella,” and in turn, “Homecoming,” from other live performances or concerts and documentaries made about them.

Her focus on HBCUs also suits the performance perfectly and is an example of Beyoncé using her platform wisesly, as she was the first African-American

woman to ever headline the festival.

The college theme intertwines well with the idea that “Homecoming” is a representation of Beyoncé’s longlasting and successful career. In the documentary, Beyoncé herself talks about how entertainment served as her education when she said, “I always dreamed of going to an HBCU. My college was Destiny’s Child. My college was traveling around the world, and life was my teacher.”

Although Beyoncé didn’t have a traditional college experience, her performance’s college theme further illustrates that she won’t be a star that fades but rather an icon that will continue to surprise and excite her audiences with a surprise album or a directorial debut.

Even the title, “Homecoming,” reminds the audience that the stage is where Beyoncé was raised, where she belongs and is where her home ultimately is.

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MICHAEL LIN/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF

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