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TDI professor resigns Visa changes may affect following inquiry international students

BY ANTHONY ROBLES The Dartmouth Staff

OPINION

ALLARD: A PROPER EXHIBIT PAGE 4

VERBUM ULTIMUM: CRISIS AVERTED, CRISIS ONGOING PAGE 4

ARTS

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: OWEN O’LEARY ’19 DIRECTS HIS FIRST PRODUCTION PAGE 7

SPORTS

ONE-ON-ONE WITH KATIE SPANOS ’20

H. Gilbert Welch, a professor at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, resigned on Sept.

13. His resignation follows a College-conducted investigation spanning over 20 months that found him guilty of having committed plagiarism regarding his authorship of a 2016 article published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The article in question, entitled “Breast-Cancer Tumor Size, Overdiagnosis, and Mammography Screening Effectiveness,” detailed findings

that mammograms are likely to lead to unnecessary treatment through the discovery of tumors that will never become life-threatening. It was ranked in the top one percent of all research articles with similar subjects.

Welch had taught at the College since 1990 and served as a professor at the Geisel School of Medicine, an adjunct public policy professor and adjunct professor of business administration at the Tuck School of Business. He is also an esteemed health policy scholar in the United States, SEE PLAGIARISM PAGE 5

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College endowment returns at 12.2 percent

By RACHEL PAKIANATHAN The Dartmouth Staff

Strong U.S. equity markets, venture capital and private equity returns were all factors that propelled positive returns on the College’s endowment for the 2018 fiscal year. Dartmouth’s endowment reached an all-time high value of $5.5 billion for the 2018 fiscal year.

The endowment returned a net 12.2 percent, earning the College $591 million in investment gains, in

addition to $183 million in gifts and other net transfers.

For the past five, 10 and 20 fiscal years, the endowment yielded annualized returns of 10.6 percent, 7.6 percent and 9.8 percent, respectively. According to a College press release, Dartmouth’s investment goal is to generate inflation-adjusted investment returns greater than distribution and operational costs.

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COMING THROUGH

The Office of Visa and Immigration Services assists students in a variety of ways.

By ABBY MIHALY The Dartmouth Staff

International students may need to be even more careful in the coming months, following a new federal policy issued by the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services.

The policy, which went into effect on Aug. 9, changes the way “unlawful presence” is calculated for students on the F, J and M visas.

Though the implementation details of the policy remain unclear, should students accidentally violate their visa status through any number of small errors and

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begin accruing unlawful status, they have the potential to be barred from re-entry to the U.S. for three or 10 years, depending on the length of the overstay.

Prior to this policy, unlawful presence began to accumulate only after a status violation was formally found by an immigration official or an immigration court. Following this finding of status violation, the nonimmigrant would be given a certain number of days to leave the country and only accrue unlawful presence should he or she fail to comply.

Director of the Dartmouth Office of Visa and Immigration Services Susan Ellison said that under the new rules, after a status violation, unlawful presence can begin to accrue “whether you know or don’t know that you have violated your status, and whether that violation was intentional or unintentional.”

Status violations for student visas include failure to report an address change within 10 days of a move, accumulating more than 20 hours of work in a week or SEE VISAS PAGE 3

Dartmouth updates IT policy

By WALLY JOE COOK

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In response to criticism from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Dartmouth will update its Acceptable Use Policy for IT resources.

FIRE, an education nonprofit that defends individual rights at

Americanuniversities,downgraded Dartmouth to a “red light rating” in Jan. 2018 because of its Acceptable Use Policy. According to the organization’s website, this title is reserved for universities with policies that “both clearly and substantially restrict protected speech.”

“We give policies that are clear

restrictions on free speech a red light rating,” Laura Beltz, a senior program officer at FIRE, said. “[The College’s policy] bans things like the posting or transmission of speech that is harmful, offensive and hateful,” she continued. “These are all very SEE FIRE PAGE 3

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DDS and KAF announce changes Endowment reaches alltime high of $5.5 billion Commons has become “Sauté students. Tunnicliffe said he hopes Fres h , ” w i th m a d e-to -o rd er to increase staff to keep the second The Dartmouth omelettes at breakfast and a KAF window open from 10 a.m. to During peak meal hour s, stir-fry station during lunch and 2 p.m. on weekdays and to re-open students frequently face long lines dinner. Other additions to ’53 on weekends starting in October. at Collis Café and Courtyard Café. Commons this term include preTunnicliffe said that some menu However, these overcrowded dining made sandwiches, nitro-cold brew changes are important to providing establishments may soon see a coffee, more cereal choices and quality customer service while thinning of crowds as DDS aims an upgraded deli with the option supporting staff, such as removing to draw more students to Class of for students to toast their own most of the sandwich offerings. Due 1953 Commons. sandwiches. to preparation and transportation, Director of Dartmouth Dining Collis Café, meanwhile now the large number of sandwiches Services Jon Plodzik said that offers acai smoothie bowls, and the KAF previously offered required a the long lines at Collis Café and Courtyard Café carries the plant- lot of logistical attention from the Courtyard Café do not reflect well based Impossible Burger. staff, Tunnicliffe said. on Dartmouth’s Although DDS He added that pizza is now on dining program “We’re trying to i s i n c l u d i n g the menu and that the baked goods as a whole. more vegetarian selection has expanded. Tunnicliffe make ’53 Commons “We’re trying o p t i o n s , l i k e also said that some items that have t o m a k e ’ 5 3 a go-to destination the Impossible disappeared will come back into Commons a go- for the [Dartmouth] B u r g e r, ’ 5 3 rotation seasonally, such as the New to destination for C o m m o n s England Salad. the [Dartmouth] campus.” general manager Megan Zhou ’21 said that while campus,” Plodzik Brandon Crosby she used to go to KAF multiple times said. said he wants to a week for lunch, she now makes -JON PLODZIK, Some of the assure students Collis Café her go-to lunch spot recent changes DARTMOUTH DINING that DDS will because of KAF’s reduced sandwich in ’53 Commons SERVICES DIRECTOR not be taking offerings. include structural away their Many student favorites, however, renovations, such cheeseburgers. are still on the menu. Li said the as changing the seating in both the Rather, these menu additions are quiche is one of her favorite orders.

North and South dining rooms, all about giving students more She added that she also enjoys the Plodzik said. He added that students choice, he said. new pepperoni pizza. have raised the concern that the “It’s about educating, and According to Plodzik, DDS is long table-seating made it difficult showing you that healthy food can be also taking on more sustainability to sit with smaller groups, so DDS delicious too,” Crosby said. “It can initiatives. DDS has removed the added booths and smaller tables be just as good to have an Impossible plastic bags from the Courtyard to accommodate smaller eating Burger as a quarter-pounder.”

Café and is committed to figuring parties. Plodzik said the old booths Plodzik said that this year, DDS out how to successfully implement from the South Dining Room — is placing greater emphasis on local paper straws, he said. often called the “light side” by and regional food procurement.

The Class of 2018 also worked students — were re-purposed and Some items are labeled so that with DDS to donate reusable sporks moved to the second floor. students can see where their food to all incoming freshmen who went There are also new televisions comes from, he said. on First-Year Trips, Crosby said. upstairs to encourage a more social King Arthur Flour’s location in Plodzik noted that DDS is atmosphere, he said. Additionally, Baker-Berry Library also focuses committed to reducing disposable Plodzik said DDS added a dining on locally-sourced foods, according containers and will keep moving table on the second floor overlooking to KAF managing director John forward with its sustainability the North Dining Room — Tunnicliffe. He said that this year, initiatives. otherwise known as “dark side” KAF switched its yogurt to a local Plodzik said that he hopes to — that students can reserve for Norwich brand, which students can continue improving the College’s meetings or hosting visitors. get served with dining program Plodzik also said that DDS added K A F ’s h o u s e over the next few a carpet in the South Dining Room made granola. “My job is really to years. This term, to improve the acoustics of the T u n n i c l i f f e get people to love ’53 Commons will room. said that KAF not close between “Everything you touch is part w i l l c o n t i n u e dining.” breakfast and of dining,” Plodzik said, “It either to use Mocha lunch like it has in adds to your experience, or it takes Joe’s Roasting -JON PLODZIK, the past. Plodzik away.”

Company coffee, said he hopes Evalyn Li ’21 said that she a Vermont-based DARTMOUTH DINING that next year, appreciates the renovations in ’53 coffee roaster. ’53 Commons SERVICES DIRECTOR Commons and believes they have KAF has also can remain open made the space nicer. shifted its menu all day. According In addition to improving seating to better accommodate the large to him, the Ivy Standard Plan, a arrangements, Plodzik said that number of students who frequent new meal plan with 28 meal swipes DDS has also implemented many the café, Tunnicliffe said. implemented this year, is a step menu changes to improve the dining He added that the tight labor toward an unlimited access meal experience at dining halls around market in the Upper Valley makes plan in the future. campus. it difficult to acquire enough staff to “My job is really to get people The “World View” area at ’53 provide the best customer service to to love dining,” Plodzik said.

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endowment report will be published later this fall, declining to comment Economics professor Bruce further.

Dartmouth is the first Ivy-League Sacerdote ’90 said that the College’s high returns can be attributed to institution to release its investment partnerships with notable investment returns for the fiscal year 2018, but has managers that allow it to maintain typically ranked among the institutions a successful long-term investment with the highest returns. The College’s FY2017 returns of 14.6 percent were strategy. “[Dartmouth] is known for finding the highest in the Ivy League.

“Other Ivies and other ‘wellmanagers that deliver alpha — that deliver performance,” Sacerdote said. endowed’ institutions that have large “Not only are these risky categories that endowments are going to have the deliver good returns, but the College same sources as us,” Wagner said. is finding managers that deliver alpha “They’re always fundraising for new on top of those good returns. It’s not gifts and campaigns that every school does. They will generally invest in a easy to find.”

Sacerdote added that Dartmouth’s similar mix of types of investments and status as a prestigious and well- really try to diversify across regions of connected institution allows it to work the world so there’s no over reliance on any one region, manager or type with top-tier investment managers.

“We’ve got a lot of social capital of investment.”

Wagner added that because other in the trustees and the investment officers,” he said. “Good managers “well-endowed” institutions employ want to manage money for the College similar investment strategies, net because it is well-known, and we’re investment return numbers across these schools are known as a quality generally similar. place.”

“They C h i e f “Good managers want will all have financial officer to manage money for investment results Mike Wagner that are in a pretty said that given the College because tight range,” he the volatility it is well-known, and said. “A few will of returns, the we’re known as a be better than College focuses 12 percent, a heavily on its long- quality place.” few will be worse term investment than 12 percent, strategy. bu t I t h i n k “It’s really -BRUCE SACERDOTE ’90, Dartmouth will over the long- ECONOMICS PROFESSOR be comparable term that the and better than endowment is invested and allocated, so we’re some, and perhaps not as good as some trying to have a diverse allocation of others.”

According to Wagner, institutions investments that can sustain all different kinds of up-and-down markets over with higher endowments per student time, so that [the endowment] will are able to use a higher percentage of always be there for Dartmouth,” the endowment for spending each year.

Princeton’s budget from its Wagner said. “We don’t want to put it at risk in one year of deteriorating endowment is near 50 percent while by an excessive amount compared to the College’s is 25 percent, Wagner said. “That’s because their endowment the market.”

He added that typically 25 percent per student is just a lot higher, so they of the endowment is allotted for can spend more on their total budget operations and spent improving from endowment than what we’re able various aspects of campus. For fiscal to spend,” he added.

Sacerdote said the growing year 2018, Dartmouth’s spending distribution from the endowment was endowment allows the College to achieve certain goals only possible with $237 million.

“That $237 million for operations financial support.

“There’s some ideas where we’re is spent all over campus,” Wagner said, adding that it is spent on facilities not there yet, but we hope to be,” he and operations as well as the College’s said. “For example, the commitment financial support. “It is spent on to graduate students loan-free, or the facilities, operations and maintenance. idea that we could be need-blind in It supports a little less than half of the admitting international students or undergraduate financial aid that is have better housing for students. [The awarded to undergraduate students. endowment] enables the future of It supports professor salaries, and Dartmouth to just make it better and compensation and research activities better and better.”

Chair of the board of trustee’s that professors engage in.”

The College’s chief investment investment committee Rick Kimball officer Alice Ruth said the full ’78 declined to comment.

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New IT policy follows Impact of visa changes still unclear criticism from nonprofit FROM VISAS PAGE 1

look it over prior to it being posted as a policy, I’ll have that meeting and we can undefined terms that don’t have legal sit down and go over the policy line by meaning and something that is offensive line,” Davis said. “Then we could avoid to one person could certainly not be the posting of a policy that really has problems.” offensive to another person.”

Davis added that he was not FIRE offered specific adjustments surprised by the rating. for updating the conduct policy.

“I read it and I went, ‘Oh, this is just “We recommend that they instead ban things like harassment and true old. It hasn’t kept up with the world,’” threats because those types of terms he said.

Davis estimated that the current have legal meanings and are not protected under first amendment policy is at least 10 years old. He added that, in response to the rating, the standards,” Beltz said.

FIRE also recommended removing College conducted research and hired the term “abusive” from the Acceptable legal counsel to develop a new policy.

“The [current] policy is old. It Use Policy because it is a vague term that could include speech protected by the was written as a boiler plate,” Davis first amendment. Currently, the policy, said. “You could’ve seen that same posted on both Information Technology policy across the United States at most Services’s website and the College’s businesses and colleges.”

Davis addressed some of FIRE’s undergraduate admissions blog, states users of the College’s IT resources concerns specifically, saying that the may not post or spread content new policy would not discuss hateful language. that is “harmful, “It will make FIRE offensive, obscene, “This [new] policy happy, and I think abusive, invasive that it will make of p r i v a c y, is much more open. the campus more defamatory, hateful There’s room for open to discussing or otherwise interpretation the topic of what discriminatory, is allowable on the false a n d as to where you network,” he said. misleading, incites were, what the Daniel Bring an illegal act, or ’21, vice president is otherwise in environment was, of Dartmouth breach of [users’] and what you were C o l l e g e obligations to trying to relay.”

Republicans, said any person or he is not convinced contrary to any that the changes applicable laws and -MITCHELL DAVIS, CHIEF w i l l p ro p e rl y regulations.” defend free speech.

The College’s INFORMATION OFFICER “I’m not super vice president and chief information officer Mitchel Davis optimistic because it seems that they said that the new policy will not include mostly wanted to change the language of the policy,” he said. value oriented and subjective terms.

Bring added that the College’s “This [new] policy is much more open,” Davis explained. “There’s room description of the changes has been for interpretation as to where you were, very vague.

“I would be more encouraged if what the environment was, and what they had said, ‘We will be undertaking you were trying to relay.”

He added that it is possible there will an effort to seriously redesign and be a review board so that the College improve our acceptable use policy in can determine if specific cases violate order to allow more room for diversity of student opinion and expression,” the policy.

“Before, with the other one, there Bring explained.

Davis also said that as the world was almost no discussion and it was dictated that if you did this you could changes the policy may need to be adjusted. be kicked off campus,” Davis added.

“Hopefully the policies that we have He also said that the new code will feature a “frequently asked questions” today will go under review at least once section to make the policy more clear every two years so we can update them,” he said. to students.

“The acceptable use policy should “What I want to do is not only have a policy, but have a description of how that just be very clear that the College will policy is implemented,” he explained. not allow the transmission of any Davis said that although the new illegal content,” Bring said. “I would policy is almost complete, it must be love to see, in the free speech policies approved by a group of faculty and the of the College, First Amendment level administration before being published. protections.”

According to Davis, the new policy At that point, he said he would like to will likely be implemented before Nov. get students involved.

“If the students want a chance to 15.

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working for an entity other than the College.

This change could have a long-term impact. Students who accrue more than 180 days of unlawful presence can be barred from re-entry for three years upon their exit from the country, while those who accrue unlawful presence for more than 365 days can be barred for 10 years. These consequences have not changed, but the change in how unlawful presence is counted means students may be accumulating days of unlawful presence unknowingly.

Agencies like USCIS, Customs and Border Protection and the State Department have yet to fully develop details regarding the policy’s implementation, meaning the policy’s impact is still unclear, according to Ellison.

Sayuri Magnabosco ’21 said the policy does not seem to have had a noticeable effect on international students or morale.

“I think the policy, right now, doesn’t affect us,” Magnabosco said.

Ellison said that as students already strive to maintain their status, those students should be safe, as the policy only affects those who violate their status. She added that she worries about the “more vague areas” of the policy, where there seems to be room for “very subjective determinations about what can be a violation of status.”

Catalina Garcia Valenzuela ’21 noted that since international students are already aware of the dangers of negligence, this new policy does not seem to have changed students’ attitudes.

“From the beginning, you’re told

to be careful,” Garcia Valenzuela said. the February 2017 travel ban and the “So now it’s like extra-careful, but you’re January 2017 executive order titled already being careful. So at least on my “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior end I’m not particularly worried.” of the United States,” which was a Svetlana Riguera ’21 also said OVIS part of President Donald Trump’s emphasized the need for international immigration policy and highlighted students to be cautious. OVIS associate visa overstays as an issue. director and international student Ellison emphasized the importance undergraduate advisor Marcia of spreading the word regarding the Calloway always tells students to “err policy. on the side of caution,” Riguera noted.

“It’s critical that students know about Magnabosco it,” she said. a d d e d t h a t “I just hope that OV I S s t u d e n t s a re sent an email to encouraged to when [the policy] is all international meet with OVIS implemented, it’s done students under before making the F or J visas fairly, and that the any decisions, when the policy such as taking a government provides went into effect. job that might us with a more clear Te h u t jeopardize a Biru ’21, however, framework as to how student’s status. said the email Ellison said this is going to be f r o m OV I S she hopes that was long and done.” the policy will technical, and that become clearer as she “didn’t get the agencies develop -SUSAN ELLISON, importance of the implementation email, the gravity methods, so that OFFICE OF VISA AND of the situation.” students and IMMIGRATION SERVICES Ellison advisors know confirmed best how to DIRECTOR that OVIS is respond. planning to offer “I just hope that when [the policy] information sessions for students, faculty, is implemented, it’s done fairly, and staff and others who want to better that the government provides us with understand the policy change. OVIS a more clear framework as to how this held similar open sessions following the is going to be done,” she said. “Right 2017 travel ban went into effect. now, I think it’s causing a tremendous In addition to the email, Ellison said amount of confusion, I think it’s causing OVIS also updated its website page that people to be worried, and it shouldn’t summarizes federal immigration policy be that way.” changes and added information to its Ellison noted that the Aug. 9 policy Facebook page. Incoming students is part of a larger “nonstop assault on heard about the policy change during immigration,” which also includes international student pre-orientation.

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As fall begins, the trees on campus will undergo their yearly transition, such as the ones outside Russell Sage Hall.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

STAFF COLUMNIST SYDNEY ALLARD ‘21

VERBUM ULTIMUM THE DARTMOUTH EDITORIAL BOARD

A Proper Exhibit

Crisis Averted, Crisis Ongoing

This month, a study group created by the to learn about it.

College will recommend a course of action There is a right and a wrong way to preserve regarding the Hovey murals. The murals, the Hovey murals — the context absolutely originally painted in the 1930s by Walter Beach matters. A statue of J. Marion Sims, a surgeon Humphrey, a member of the Class of 1914, who experimented on non-consenting enslaved illustrate a drinking song written by another women without giving them anesthesia, used Dartmouth student, Richard Hovey. The to stand across from the New York Academy murals used to decorate the walls of a faculty of Medicine in Manhattan. The statue — tall, room in Thayer dining hall (now the basement bronze and proud with a plaque to identify Sims of The Class of 1953 Commons), but are now — was not an acceptable way to remember the locked out of view. Depending on the study medical community’s misdeeds. The statue’s group’s conclusions, the murals may remain tone was one of respect and exaltation, not where they are, be destroyed or be relocated. of shame and sadness, as a sobering reminder I hope that they will be relocated. of this country’s troubled past should be. The In the 11th grade, I learned about Japanese context was totally insensitive and all wrong. internment camps. I had read in my U.S. Dartmouth, too, must be careful to strike a history textbook that propaganda at the time balance between illuminating its mistakes and was racist — that ubiquitous posters depicted venerating its past.

Japanese-Americans as brutes and savages. It According to New York City’s Mayor was only when I saw the posters for myself, Bill de Blasio, the statue is being moved to J. though, that I understood how deeply offensive Marion Sims’ grave site in Brooklyn. There, and wrong American culture and politics were it will be accompanied by a commemorative at the time. Seeing the racism with my own plaque about the women he violated in the eyes gave the lesson a staying power that it name of scientific progress. In a graveyard, would not have had otherwise. with information about Sims’ wrongdoings It is one thing to read or hear about the things presented, the statue will take on an that people’s countries, families, communities informative, if upsetting, role. J. Marion Sims and cultures have done did exploit enslaved black wrong throughout history. women, and the medical It is another thing entirely, “Art is an indicator of community accepted though, to see them. There culture, and the Hovey his findings and even is a reason that people murals illustrate a dark venerated him for them. travel to Auschwitz. While and shameful part of People can’t atone for one can read about the Dartmouth’s culture.” their past sins without Holocaust in books remembering them, and learn about it in however shameful and history classes, seeing disturbing they may be. concentration camps up close makes the Placing the statue of Sims in a more appropriate atrocities that Jews and other minorities faced setting it is a good first step, and the same is in World War II even more powerful and true for the Hovey murals. disturbing.

It is upsetting to me and, I hope, to all of It is to this end that I believe the College the Dartmouth community that the school we should not destroy the Hovey murals. Art all love fostered a culture that was so racist and is an indicator of culture, and the Hovey offensive. But to ignore that uncomfortable, murals illustrate a dark and shameful part even painful, part of Dartmouth is to prevent of Dartmouth’s culture. If members of a full reckoning with the past. We cannot this community are to effectively change apologize for transgressions to which we won’t Dartmouth’s dominant attitude toward Native fully admit. Dartmouth students who feel Americans, everyone needs to be aware of what comfortable doing so should visit the Hovey we have done wrong and of how we can do murals to be reminded of how far we’ve come, better. Seeing that history is a powerful way and how much further we have to go.

Finally, a rejoinder is made. On Monday, that continues to embroil campus. A sexist Sept. 17, the College’s Board of Trustees notion that the Class of 1976 should not have approved the construction of a new 350-bed been deprived of any men who would have dorm on the site of what is currently the otherwise been admitted despite Dartmouth’s Alumni Gym tennis courts and House Center newly adopted coeducational policy surely A, commonly referred to by students as the contributed to the advent of the D-Plan.

Onion. The decision is a necessary step in But the quarter system was fundamentally alleviating Dartmouth’s ongoing housing crisis; conceived of as a solution to how Dartmouth executive vice president Rick Mills and his could accommodate a larger student body with team may be lauded for their discourse and a campus far too small for it. counsel throughout the process.

The onus of blame for what institutions It is a shame, then, that what should be and decisions precipitated the housing crisis, at least a commendable moment on the part however, is irrelevant. What should matter now of the College is mired by the disappointing to the administration, the board and students circumstances leading up to it. The College’s present and future is that this crisis is resolved current decision was determined only after the before the situation further deteriorates. What Board declined the administration’s proposal is so concerning about the Board’s latest for a 750-bed residence hall in College Park decision, however, is that it does not inspire following backlash from students and alumni. confidence that Dartmouth has a solid longThe Board’s recently announced plans term plan for how it wants to improve itself. for residential housing are in clear alignment A grand vision for Dartmouth’s campus has with a history of reactionary housing policy been discussed openly by the administration at the College. Each of the most recently since at least the 1990s and likely been the proposed sites were all overlooked in initial fantasy of professors specializing in urban surveys, conducted just months ago, at least planning, architecture or design for much in part because they could not fit a 750-bed longer. Yet the College’s most recent master complex. The demise of the Onion, built as a plan, announced in 2012, has yet to publicly temporary structure, is insubstantial but ironic materialize. This is unacceptable for a campus in that one seemingly hasty decision regarding with as much natural beauty and space as the College’s housing system will now displace Dartmouth. another.

In the same announcement commending Housing scarcity and insecurity at the the decision to construct the 350-bed dorm College is a pressing issue that campus is on site of the short-lived Onion, the College increasingly unable to ignore. The College also noted the establishment of a project that has successfully vaulted one more hurdle in a may eventually culminate in a 250-person decades-long race. But creative thinking, more accommodating complex for graduate forceful planning and a students. In isolation, greater sense of urgency “Without pairing such this project is a foregone are essential if this is conclusion, especially as efforts in a broader a struggle Dartmouth the Guarini School of conception of how the intends to overcome.

Graduate and Advanced The new 350-bed College should look, feel Studies expands in the dorm announced next and function, though, this coming years. Without to the Alumni Gym is proposal is emblematic of pairing such efforts in a far from the first incident the same myopic thinking broader conception of of reactionary planning that Dartmouth can no how the College should in Dartmouth’s history. longer tolerate.” look, feel and function, Neither the Choates though, this proposal is Cluster nor the River emblematic of the same Cluster were intended as permanent housing myopic thinking that Dartmouth can no longer situations when constructed. At the time of its tolerate. And given past failures, if the College construction, Dartmouth did not envision the already does have such a concept in mind, it is Lodge, then an extension of the Hanover Inn, essential that the adminstration make it known as a site where students would still be living on as soon as possible how it hopes to integrate the eve of the College’s 250th anniversary. this housing into the broader campus.

One needn’t address the questionable It should be noted that Dartmouth’s nature of renovations and constructions past shortage of beds is not a unique issue, nor is to see evidence of Dartmouth’s fundamentally it the most acute example. The College will misguided approach to housing. The survive with these difficulties if only because administration’s decision to eject graduate the community has endured them thus far. students from all North Park apartments was That said, the housing crisis remains a pressing an obvious reaction to both flawed admissions and increasingly untenable situation, especially planning and an increasingly serious housing as older dorms become filled with black mold crisis. One might argue that the College’s while plans stall. A 350-bed dorm is a step in decision to allow freshman students to live the right direction, but it remains far from in Living Learning Communities and a clear if the administration or the board are serendipitous campaign promoting gap year prepared for the long walk ahead of them. options for the Class of 2021 were similarly motivated.

The editorial board consists of opinion staff Indeed, the origins of Dartmouth’s columnists, the opinion editors, the associate opinion quarter system lie in the same housing crisis editor, both executive editors and the editor-in-chief.

The Hovey murals should be remembered, but in the right light.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

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Welch resigns after 28 years at College Compton informed Welch that he would be allowed to stay at the known primarily for his work on College but would not be allowed the topic of overdiagnoses. to teach. Welch, however, declined The investigation followed an to acquiesce to Compton’s request. allegation made by a fellow TDI “I cannot in good conscience professor, Samir Soneji, and Hiram accept the demand that I make the Beltrán-Sánchez, community health complainant an author — much less sciences professor at the University the demand that I make him the of California, Los Angeles. Soneji first author,” Welch wrote. “Doing said that after giving a presentation so requires that I falsely attest in May 2015, he was asked by that he meets the requirements Welch if he could use one of the of authorship: namely, that he slides for his class. The presentation materially participated in the work given by Soneji focused on his and and is able to defend it. Furthermore, Beltran-Sanchez’s findings on over- the demand that I no longer teach diagnosing tumors during breast subverts the very reason I came to cancer screenings. work at Dartmouth.”

In a timeline of events that Welch In a case summary written compiled and distributed to his by Welch and shared with The colleagues, he acknowledged asking Dartmouth, Welch said he and for the slide, but also stated that the the College agreed that his cobiggest influence a u t h o r s we re that the slide had neither involved on him was that “Ultimately, in or responsible h e “ r e a l i z e d Dartmouth concluded for the article’s it contained d i s p u t e d Welch committed errors,” which authorship. “drove [him] to plagiarism — a We l c h ’ s c o look directly at serious breach of author Barnett the data itself.”

Kramer could At this point, professional conduct.” not be reached Welch wrote that by the time of he created the publication, -SAMIR SONEJI, “precursor” to a and Phil Prorok, graph eventually PROFESSOR AT THE another cop r i n t e d i n DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE author, declined the NEJH by to comment. reanalyzing the “An appointed cancer data that Soneji used. panel of Mr. Welch’s peers at Later in 2015, Soneji and Dartmouth College conducted a Beltrán-Sánchez submitted their thorough and extensive 20-month findings to the NEJM but were investigation, which carefully rejected. In October 2016, NEJM evaluated all evidence including published Welch’s article, which Welch’s claims,” Soneji wrote in was co-written with three other an email statement. “Ultimately, authors. Shortly thereafter, Soneji Dartmouth concluded Welch and Beltrán-Sánchez attempted to committed plagiarism — a serious publish their findings in another breach of professional conduct.” journal but were told by a peer Soneji and Beltrán-Sánchez reviewer that their article was have requested that NEJM retract too similar to Welch’s recent the article. In light of the findings publication. of the College’s investigation, On June 14, a letter written by however, the publication described interim provost David Kotz ’86 the incident as an “authorship was sent to Soneji and Beltrán- dispute” in an Aug. 10 letter sent to Sánchez, stating that the College the College and declined to retract had accepted a report made by an the article. investigation committee that found “The failure of NEJM to retract Welch to have “engaged in research the plagiarizing article — which was misconduct, namely, plagiarism, by also authored by senior staff at the knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly U.S. National Cancer Institute and appropriating the ideas, processes, another professor at Dartmouth results or words of Complainants College — violated principles of without giving them appropriate scientific integrity and creates a credit.” Kotz further added that dangerous precedent whereby Welch’s actions had deviated from plagiarism is allowed in the most standard norms established in the prestigious journals,” Soneji wrote academic community. in an email.

In a letter that Welch sent to his Beltrán-Sánchez could not be colleagues on Sept. 13 and shared reached by time of publication. with The Dartmouth, he announced Welch’s case summary said that Geisel School of Medicine dean that while Dartmouth had found Duane Compton had asked him that he had “engaged in research to contact the NEJM and request misconduct, specifically, idea that Soneji be recognized as first plagiarism,” both the United States author of the article. Furthermore, Office of Research Integrity and FROM RESIGNATION PAGE 1

NEJM — which used the College’s own report — had determined that this was an authorship or credit dispute. Welch also wrote that ORI had “discouraged Dartmouth from pursuing a charge of idea plagiarism.”

He further wrote that he believed Dartmouth’s finding was “undermined by three fundamental issues,” which include “vagueness about what idea was allegedly plagiarized” and “lack of evidence that any of these ideas originated with the complainant.” Additionally, Welch wrote that despite multiple attempts to obtain Soneji’s own paper, the College “never provided [him] a copy of [Soneji’s] paper.”

In his resignation email, Welch said it had “been an honor” to work at the College, and that he had “been blessed to be able to work with the many fine staff, and clinicians.”

This sentiment was echoed by some of Welch’s now former colleagues.

Rockefeller Center for Public Policy director and economics professor Andrew Samwick, who knew Welch through Welch’s teaching of Public Policy 26, “Health Policy and Clinical Practice,” described Welch’s resignation as a “tragic loss for the Dartmouth community.” He added that the course would not be offered during the upcoming spring term, as there was no way to “replace [Welch] as an instructor,” and there other health-related classes that can be used for the public policy minor.

“His teaching evaluations I would summarize as outstanding,” Samwick said. “He had quite a rapport with the students. He inspired quite a lot of learning.”

There are other classes related to health that students can swap in and out of their interdisciplinary public policy minor, so we’ll probably hold off on having someone teach that class.”

TDI biostatics professor, and one of the co-authors on Welch’s article, A. James O’Malley said he found “the whole episode ... to be sad” as it had led to Welch’s departure.

“I just feel frustrated,” O’Malley said. “Hopefully some good will come of this.”

Soneji declined to comment on Welch’s resignation.

Welch’s resignation marks the second incident involving a highprofile academic at TDI in the last couple of months. Director Elliot Fisher, along with chief of strategy and operations Adam Keller, are both under investigation for their workplace conduct. On July 31, The Dartmouth reported that both individuals had been placed on administrative leave and were prohibited from entering college property.

Kotz declined a request for comment.

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RECOLLECTIONS: A DARTMOUTH EXPERIENCE

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

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TODAY

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Charles C. Jones Seminar: “Biometrics Under Attack,” with Michigan State University professor Arun Ross, Spanos Auditorium, Cummings Hall, Thayer School of Engineering

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Film: “Woman Walks Ahead,” directed by Susanna White, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center

8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Public Astronomical Observing, sponsored by the physics and astronomy department, Shattuck Observatory

TOMORROW

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Game: Women’s Rugby v. Harvard Crimson, Brophy Field

7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Documentary: “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” directed by Morgan Neville, featuring post-film discussion with François Clemmons, sponsored by the Hopkins Center for the Arts, Spaulding Auditorium

7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Game: Women’s Soccer v. Brown Bears, Burnham Field

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Student Spotlight: Owen O’Leary ’19 directs his first production Theater professor and department chair Laura The Dartmouth Staff Edmondson said that the theater Owen O’Leary ’19 is taking department emphasizes various his acting skills behind the scenes aspects of the discipline, ranging this term as he directs “Tragedy: from theory to practice, in order A Tragedy,” a student production to make students into better artists. that will perform from Nov. 9 to “In the theater department, we 11. While O’Leary has performed believe very firmly that to expand and assisted with many shows while your creative horizons is also to at Dartmouth, this production will expand your critical horizons,” be his first time directing.

Edmondson said. “T he two O’Leary began acting in are mutua l l y middle school beneficial.” and continued “I really enjoy O’Leary t h r o u g h o u t that [the theater added that he high school, likes the dual p e r f o r m i n g department] make[s] nature of the multiple shows us do a variety of stuff theater major. e a c h y e a r.

“I really When he came because I think it all enjoy that to Dartmouth, really informs the art [the theater he was unsure department] to really understand if he wanted make[s] us do t o m a j o r i n the history.” a va r i e t y o f t h e a t e r, b u t stuff because knew it was I think it all s o m e t h i n g -OWEN O’LEARY ’19 really informs he wanted to the art to really continue to understand the pursue. O’Leary said he decided history,” O’Leary said. to take “Theater 301” his freshman Edmondson added that O’Leary fall and eventually chose to is very observant and tries to learn major in theater. He received and gather as much information encouragement from his brother, as he can. who also majored in theater at “He is insatiably curious, and Dartmouth before graduating that feeds the kind of work that he in 2014, as well as from other does in our department,” she said. members of his a cappella group, In addition to having students the Sings, who also studied theater learn about the history as well at Dartmouth. as the practice of the theater, In addition to his theater classes, the theater department also O’Leary has participated in many encourages students to experiment productions, both mainstage and with different types of theater student run. He said he has mostly practice, ranging from acting to done acting, but has also tried stage production to directing. working behind the scenes.

“We like to think that our “I’m interested in a variety department creates space for of things, so I like to dabble and students to go outside of their explore the different aspects [of comfort zone and try new things,” theater],” he said.

Edmondson said.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF OWEN O’LEARY

O’Leary is an active member of the theater department, regularly participating in productions such as “Cabaret.”

O’Lear y said working on of previous productions talk about student productions in particular the show in reference to the 24has given him the opportunity hour news cycle, he also wants to try new aspects of theater to explore ideas that are relevant production. After one lighting today, such as the critique and design class, O’Leary said he was distrust of the news. able to do the lighting design for “I see [a caring attitude] for a student show, and he was given these people who are just trying to lots of resources and assistance to communicate what they can and help him with the process. give guidance, and I’m interested O’Leary has worked on various in exploring that aspect of the types of productions while at play,” O’Leary said.

Dartmouth. He said that while it’s As director, O’Leary said he exciting to work with professionals must cast the show, lead a team of in large scale productions for designers in discussion about the the mainstage productions, he direction of the show and coach also appreciates working on the actors through their roles. student shows, One of which still get the students “[Directing] is about lots of support who will be from the theater vision and how to assisting department.

O’Lear y get where you need O’Leary will i s Ke l l e e n be directing his to be. But it’s big, it’s Moriarty o w n s t u d e n t wide, whereas acting ’19 , a fellow production theater major. is focused and sort of this fall, called Moriarty said “ T r a g e d y : acute.” she enjoys A Tr a g e d y. ” collaborating The show is with O’Leary a b o u t n e w s -KELLEEN MORIARTY ’19 because of broadcasters h i s p o s i t i ve reporting on the energy as well sun setting because they don’t as his capabilities. know if it will ever rise again, and “ H e ’s a r e a l l y k i n d a n d the characters’ attempts to deal thoughtful per son, and that with this event. really shows in working with him,” “ I t ’s a re a l l y i n t e re s t i n g Moriarty said. exploration of language and how She added that O’Leary really we talk about things both on the cares about the people with whom news and in our lives when we he works, and pushes them to be don’t understand what’s going on,” the best they can be.

O’Leary said.

“I can see [working with him O’Leary said that while reviews makes] me a better artist, to see

art with his eyes,” Moriarty said.

O’Leary said he is eager to step into his new role and lead his team of assistants in the production of the play.

“I’m especially excited, as someone who has done a lot of acting, to work on coaching other actors in how to get the performance that seems to me like it will be effective for the audience, because that’s something I don’t have a ton of experience with,” O’Leary said. “I just try to figure it out for myself.”

Moriarty said that while she has dabbled in acting, her primary focus at Dartmouth is directing, which she believes makes one look at the bigger picture. She added that acting can be a more intimate, internal process whereas directing is more external and collaborative. “[Directing] is about vision and how to get where you need to be,” Moriarty said. “But it’s big, it’s wide, whereas acting is focused and sort of acute.”

Moriarty said that directing and acting are connected, however, and it is helpful to have a director who has acted before.

“It’s awesome when an actor directs because they have insights that are so useful to the process,” Moriarty said.

O’Leary said that for the rest of his time at Dartmouth, he plans to focus on acting, but is open to other opportunities. After graduating, he plans on moving to New York and hopes to continue to pursue his passion for theater through acting and design.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

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TODAY’S TODAY’S LINEUP LINEUP

SPORTS ONE ONE ON

with Katie Spanos ’20

By ANDREW WRIGHT The Dartmouth Staff

Originally from Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, Katie Spanos ’20 has helped lead Dartmouth field hockey to a competitive 3-3 start to the season, with wins over Ball State University, the University of Massachusetts and College of the Holy Cross. In a breakout 2017 campaign, Spanos was named to the All-Ivy League Second Team after leading Dartmouth in assists, goals and points. She has carried her momentum from last season into her junior year, leading the team in goals, points and shots, while starting every game thus far.

The Big Green travel to Princeton, New Jersey on Saturday to take on

No. 5 Princeton University in its Ivy League conference opener.

Why did you choose Dartmouth to continue your field hockey career?

KS: During the recruiting process, I was looking mostly at Ivy League schools because I knew I wanted a high level of academics while also playing competitive Division 1 field hockey. But what made Dartmouth specifically stand out was the unique setting in Hanover that I think no other Ivy location can compare to.

It helped make Dartmouth become home very quickly freshman fall.

How did you get involved with field hockey when you were younger?

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KS: I had always played soccer growing up and watched my older sister play field hockey. I used to say I would never try field hockey because I didn’t want to play a sport where I had to carry something around on the field, but my sister insisted I try out for the middle school field hockey team. It was definitely difficult at first, but once I started to get the basic skills I enjoyed it more and more.

How did you feel about your All-Ivy League performance in the 2017 season, and what goals do you personally have for yourself this season?

KS: It was definitely exciting to earn an All-Ivy Honor and I really appreciate my coaches thinking I was deserving and putting me into the mix for that. My goals for this year and any game are always what my dad tells me before each game: control what I can control, especially my effort level,

COURTESY OF KATIE SPANOS

In 2017, Katie Spanos ’20 earned a spot on the All-Ivy League Second Team.

and that will contribute to wins and improving our record. The individual stats are meaningful when contributing to our success, but what has been most exciting so far this season is the number of different scorers we have had in some of our games, which shows the depth of our players who can make key plays.

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Mark Turner ’22’s three round score at the Cornell Invitational, third overall

Ivy League leading hitting percentage by volleyball’s Francesca Meldrum ’22

shots by women’s soccer’s Remy Borinsky ’19, tied-forfourth in the Ivy League

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points allowed this season by football, who beat Georgetown University on Saturday

men’s soccer record to start the 2018 season under first year head coach Bo Oshoniyi

women’s rugby’s national ranking after a perfect 3-0 start

Heading into your third full season, what would you say has been the most memorable experience of your time on Dartmouth field hockey?

KS: One of the highlights during my time on the team is our win over UMass this season a couple of weekends ago. We knew they were ranked much higher than us going into it, but we talked about our grit and played as a team to lead us past them. That was one of the most well-connected games we have ever played and really showed the potential we have for this season.

What would you say are the goals for the team this fall, after a good 3-3 start?

KS: In the past two seasons here we’ve ended with a losing record, but we’ve started off fighting to stay at .500 every weekend this season so far. We are definitely capable of and aiming for a winning record this season overall. For conference play, Ivy League play is so volatile every year that any team that shows up to each game and plays well can earn an Ivy League title, so

for every season that is the overall goal. But we are always just taking it one game at a time, focusing on Princeton this weekend.

The field hockey team only has 20 members, making it one of the smaller teams at Dartmouth. What would you say the dynamic of the team is like?

KS: Coming in my freshman year we were even smaller with only 17 players on the team, but I was grateful for such a small number because we bonded with every class almost immediately. With such a small team this year too, we spend so much time together at practices, team dinners and on bus rides that you really get to know all of your teammates well. We’re just a really tight-knit group that you know will always be there for you for anything field hockey or non-field hockey related.

What is your favorite part about playing field hockey?

KS: Playing field hockey or any sport is more fun when it’s rewarding, so seeing all of our hours in the off season coming together now and helping us win is really the reason that we play. Winning is definitely fun, but really my favorite part is the time spent on and off the field with my teammates who are my best friends.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity and length.