The Dartmouth 10/29/2019

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VOL. CLXXVI NO. 91

CLOUDY HIGH 57 LOW 48

OPINION

COUVILLION: DARTMOUTH NEEDS HUMILITY PAGE 4

LEUTZ: “NOTHING” IS IMPORTANT PAGE 4

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SALLY PINKAS AND EVAN HIRSCH JOIN FORCES FOR A LIVELY PIANO CONCERT PAGE 7

SYMPOSIUM AT THE HOOD SHOWCASES THE DYNAMIC MUSEUM FIELD PAGE 8

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Despite new law, Dave Bucci remembered for his students likely able to kindness, mentorship of students vote in NH elections B y MAYA KEMPF-HARRIS The Dartmouth

Despite the implementation of a 2018 state law that changed residency requirements for voting, college students originally from outside of New Hampshire will likely be able to vote in elections in the state in 2020, though many details remain unclear. House Bill 1264, which was passed by a Republicancontrolled legislature and signed into law by Gov. Chris

Sununu (R), created stricter requirements for voting in the state, which critics of the bill have argued would effectively limit the ability of college students from outside states to vote in New Hampshire by requiring voters to prove residency in the state. H o w e v e r, t h e N e w Hampshire secretary of state’s office indicates on its website under the Frequently Asked Questions page of the “How SEE VOTING PAGE 2

Fellowships offer students professional experiences — for a fee B y MARCO ALLEN The Dartmouth

Thedesiretohaveamarketable set of professional skills has driven students to pursue different types of off-term opportunities, including both paid and unpaid internships. However, increased demand for job opportunities has led to the creation of fellowships that charge students thousands of dollars for professional opportunities.

These fellowships, which John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding senior program officer Amy Newcomb refers to as “payto-play entities,” include the Atlantis Fellowship for students interested in medicine, Beacon Fellowship for students interested in consulting and the Lex Fellowship for students interested in law. SEE FELLOWSHIPS PAGE 5

COURTESY OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE

Bucci, a former chair of the psychological and brain sciences department, died earlier this month.

B y HANNAH JINKS AND KYLE MULLINS The Dartmouth Staff

An accomplished researcher and professor, Dave Bucci not only prioritized his undergraduate teaching, but also bought encouragement, enthusiasm and kindness to every interaction he had with students and colleagues. “He was the most beloved member of our department,” said psychological and brain sciences professor and director of graduate studies Thalia Wheatley. “He was so affable, this big bear of a guy. He had nicknames for everybody — he would ask people about their kids. He was loved.” The former chair of the

PBS department, Bucci died by suicide at age 50 on Oct. 15. A visitation was held on Oct. 24 at the Knight Funeral Home in White River Junction, VT, followed by a funeral mass on Oct. 25 at Saint Denis Church in Hanover. He is survived by his wife, Katie Bucci; his children, Ava, Joshua and Lila Bucci; his parents, John and Barbara Bucci; and his brother and sister, Christopher and Cheryl Bucci. Bucci was born on Nov. 28, 1968 in Tarrytown, NY and grew up in New Fairfield, CT. Throughout his youth, Bucci demonstrated a strong work ethic and a passion for the sciences. He ultimately received his bachelor’s degree in biology and psychology from Wesleyan University and his Ph.D. in neurobiology from the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After receiving his Ph.D., Bucci worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the Burwell Laboratory — a lab dedicated to behavioral research on rats that can be applied to human cognition — at Brown University from 1998 to 2001. He worked closely with undergraduate students while there. “There were no other graduate students, so Dave was really the one that showed me all the different approaches that you take in the lab,” said Michael Saddoris, a neuroscience professor at the University of Colorado Boulder who was an undergraduate student in the SEE BUCCI PAGE 3


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