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OPINION

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VERBUM ULTIMUM: MARCH FOR OUR VALUES PAGE 4

ARTS

CHINESE CERAMICS EXHIBITION AT HOOD EMBRACES CULTURAL HYBRIDITY

FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2018

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

College admits record-low percentage to the Class of 2022 By THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF Dartmouth has admitted 1,925 students to the Class of 2022 from a pool of 22,033 applicants — the largest application pool in five years — representing a record-low admission rate of 8.7 percent. This is the College’s all-time lowest acceptance rate and is the lowest number of students accepted since the early 1990s. The Class of 2021 saw an acceptance rate of 10.4 percent, taking 2,092 students. Of this year’s 1,925 admitted students, 97 percent are in the top

10 percent of their high school class, an increase of one percent from last year. Mean SAT and ACT scores are 1497 for SATs — a record high — and 33 for ACTs. The Class of 2022 is comprised of 15 percent firstgeneration college students, 11 percent foreign citizens and nine percent legacy students. Half of those admitted who are U.S. citizens and permanent residents are also students of color and 59 percent of the accepted class attend a public or charter school. SEE 2022 PAGE 5

Co-op opposes cuts to SNAP By HARRISON ARONOFF The Dartmouth Staff

The board of the Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society, which oversees grocery stores in Hanover, Lebanon and White River Junction, issued a statement on March 13 in opposition to the White House’s fiscal year 2019 budget proposal to cut funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The statement opposed the proposal

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The College’s admission rate hit a record-low rate of 8.7 percent.

Dartmouth urges Congress to review tax provision By CAMERON ROLLER The Dartmouth

to cut allowances of SNAP recipients in half and provide the remaining half through prepackaged, predetermined foods. Currently, SNAP gives around 46 million low-income Americans an average stipend of $126 per month to spend on food. The proposal would reduce 30 percent of the food stamp program’s budget if enacted. To compensate for these SEE CO-OP PAGE 3

Dartmouth and 48 other universities sent a letter to members of Congress urging them to revise a provision of the Tax Cuts and Job Act on March 7. The provision imposes a 1.4 percent excise tax on the net investment incomes of college and universities with more than 500 students and endowments greater than $500,000 per student. The tax could cost the

College as much as $5 million annually. The College joins Harvard University, Princeton U n i ve r s i t y a n d Ya l e University as one of only four Ivy League schools affected by the provision. B r o w n U n i v e r s i t y, Columbia University, Cor nell University and the University of Pennsylvania do not have endowments per student large enough to be affected by this provision, but Brown, Cornell and Penn signed the letter nonetheless.

The letter focuses on the potential effect that the tax could have on colleges’ ability to provide financial aid to low and middle-income students. “This tax will not address the cost of college or student indebtedness, as some have tried to suggest,” the letter stated. “Instead, it will constrain the resources available to the very institutions that lead the nation in reducing, if not eliminating, the costs for SEE TAX PAGE 2

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SPORTS

ONE ON ONE WITH ELLIE CARSON ’20 PAGE 8

COVER Store to launch books program By ALEC ROSSI The Dartmouth

T h e C OV E R S t o r e in White River Junction recently launched a program called COVERBooks to sell donated books online to customers around the country, in addition to its current operations as a thrift store that

sells donated materials such as furniture, appliances and building materials. Co-founded 20 years ago by Nancy Bloomfield ’99 and carpenter Simon Dennis, COVER Home Repair uses COVER Store proceeds to perform free home repairs for low-income families, the elderly and the disabled in the

Upper Valley region. When COVER executive director Bill Neukomm first joined COVER two years ago, he said it sold donated books in the store. “If we did $50 in book sales a month, that was a lot,” he said. “It seemed to me that we either had to get out of the book business or do something

different.” He added that while the Upper Valley is a bookrich and donor-positive environment, the store was not sure if it was a great bookselling environment. The COVER Store got the idea to start selling books online from another thrift store in Massachusetts that

supports a food pantry. COVERBooks started with three to four hundred books posted on its Amazon store. It currently has around 1,500 books for sale, according to Neukomm. While Amazon charges a flat-rate sellers fee and takes a percentage of each SEE COVER PAGE 3

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DAily debriefing

Universities oppose tax provision

whose schools were not directly institutions. impacted.” “There is sort of an ethical low and middle income students.” Economics professor Bruce principle that it appears to me Bowdoin Sacerdote ’90 they’ve targeted a set of institutions, College senior noted that the maybe ones that [they worry] are “I have talked to a vice president for actual effect of hotbeds of liberal thinking or communications number of officials this provision on something like that. To me, it and public college finances feels mean-spirited and targeted, at the college and affairs Scott would be small. but I can’t say that it’s illegal or Hood said that [small] is the word “I have talked unconstitutional,” Sacerdote said. his institution they have used … to a number Hood echoed this sentiment and signed the of officials at referenced national polling data letter because people calculate it to the college and that indicates some Americans nearly half of be in the $5 million [small] is the believe colleges and universities its endowment word they have are harmful for American youth, range.” is earmarked for used … people adding that he disagrees with this student financial calculate it to belief. a i d , w h i c h -BRUCE SACERDOTE ’90, be in the $5 Additionally, Sacerdote noted means that mi l l i o n r ange that the provision might be difficult ECONOMICS PROFESSOR this provision … it depends to overturn, even with widespread might reduce o n h o w w e l l support. funding that the endowment “Once implemented, taxes makes college does a n d are hard to change … Harvard a c c e s s i bl e fo r realized versus is not a very sympathetic type of students. unrealized institution. To While 49 universities signed gains,” he said. say ‘We’ve got the letter, College spokesperson According “The letter was a group to stop taxing Diana Lawrence noted in an email to Sacerdote, effort among college Harvard,’ statement that only some will be t h e i t ’s g o i n g t o government relations affected by the tax. Re p u b l i c a n s be hard for “The letter was a group effort wh o c r a f t e d officers.” Congresspeople a m o n g c o l l e g e g ove r n m e n t the bill might to stand and say relations officers,” Lawrence wrote. have had an that on the floor “It was signed not just by affected i d e o l o g i c a l -DIANA LAWRENCE, of the House or institutions (approximately 30 m o t i v e t o COLLEGE SPOKESPERSON the Senate,” he schools), but by college presidents target wealthy said. FROM TAX PAGE 1

President Trump made statements on Thursday that the U.S. would soon be coming out of Syria. According to CNN, this came hours after chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana White said the U.S. will need to continue efforts in Syria to “guarantee the lasting defeat of these violent extremists.” Defense officials said that Trump’s comments were not clear, given that military commanders did not recommend Trump pull out of the region any time soon. This past January, the Guardian reported that then secretary of state Rex Tillerson stated that the U.S. intends to maintain an open-ended military presence in Syria to defend against Iranian influence, see the end of the Assad regime and allow for the return of refugees. In response to the United States’ decision to expel 60 Russian diplomats and close the Russian consulate in Seattle, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced last Thursday that his country would expel 60 American diplomats and close the U.S. consulate in St. Petersburg, according to CNN. Russia’s quidpro-quo response to the U.S. mirrors its response to the United Kingdom: after the U.K. expelled 23 Russian diplomats, Russia expelled an equal number of British diplomats, according to the NY Daily News. The U.S. and the U.K. initially expelled Russian diplomats as part of a coordinated global response to Russia’s use of a military-grade nerve agent in a fatal attack on a former Russian double agent and his daughter in the British city of Salisbury on March 4. Although Russian President Vladmir Putin dismissed accusations of Russian involvement in the attack as “delirium,” over 20 countries — including various European nations, Canada and Australia — joined the U.S. and the U.K. in expelling Russian diplomats. United Nations secretary-general António Guterres told reporters that he is “very concerned” by Russia’s response to the U.S. and U.K expulsions and cautioned that rising international tensions are beginning to resemble those of the Cold War. On Thursday, North and South Korea announced that their leaders will meet on April 27 at Freedom House on the southern side of the Demilitarized Zone. This will be the first time the two countries have formally met since 2007, marking a fulfillment of South Korean president Moon’s promise for peace on the peninsula as well as a successful carry-through from the historic participation of North Korean athletes in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The meeting between the two Koreas comes before a highly-anticipated meeting between Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump, which is scheduled to occur before the end of May. Health officials in the United Kingdom have confirmed the first case of a super-resistant strain of gonorrhea that could be untreatable with antibiotics. Public Health England first reported the news after an unnamed man, who had a sexual encounter with a woman in Southeast Asia, sought treatment for the disease. Despite being treated with both antibiotics azithromycin and ceftriaxone, the man still tested positive for the disease. After treating the patient with ertapenem, officials reported that preliminary tests have shown that the medication may be effective. This case has ignited fears in the public-health community about the rise of an antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea that could affect millions globally. Fears stem from the possibility that increased treatment of gonorrhea with antibiotics could allow the bacterium that causes gonorrhea, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, to grow resistant to antibiotics. After seeing this report, David Harvey, executive director of the National Coalition of STD Directors, noted that this instance “is one more confirmation of our greatest fear: drug-resistant gonorrhea spreading around the globe.” With 78 million cases globally and 820,000 cases in the United States alone, Gonorrhea is one of the world’s most common sexually-transmitted diseases. COMPILED BY PETER CHARALABOUS, DEBORA HYEMIN HAN AND JULIAN NATHAN

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Hanover Co-Op releases COVERBooks will sell donated statement on SNAP cuts books to help support COVER and of course to the health and wellbeing of the people who are trying to cuts, those SNAP recipients who receive make do with less under these [potential] more than $90 per month would get changes,” Craig said. Griffin also agreed with the board’s half of their benefits in the form of a statement that the food package. policy could impact C o - o p “Through the [newly the local economy president William because the Co-op Craig, who is proposed] SNAP and local producers also a lecturer program, you’re would potentially in the English department at the essentially getting food lose sales if SNAP recipients were to College, said that bought as government receive half of their people, regardless surplus.” benefits through of socioeconomic h a r ve s t b ox e s status, have a instead of stipends, fundamental right -WILLIAM CRAIG, CO-OP which are spent at to access healthy local grocery stores foods, which is PRESIDENT and farm stands. threatened by the Griffin added that proposal. “Through the [newly proposed] while many people assume that residents SNAP program, you’re essentially of the Upper Valley are affluent, many getting food bought as government would be hurt by a policy like the one put surplus,” Craig said. “You have no forth in this proposal. According to the choice about nutrition, ingredients, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, seven percent of New Hampshire healthy choices.” Hanover town manager Julia Griffin residents, or 92,000 people, received said she is concerned that the box that SNAP benefits in 2017. In the most recent spending bill would be delivered to SNAP recipients, called “America’s Harvest Box,” would approved by Congress, SNAP funding not be stocked with fresh fruits and did not change. Co-op director of vegetables, but instead with outsourced communications Alan Reetz said that and mass-produced foods, such as pasta, the Co-op and its customers should not worry about the SNAP proposal’s canned goods and cereal. In addition to direct funding cuts enactment because he believes that for SNAP beneficiaries, the statement it, along with most of the president’s emphasized that cuts would hurt budget proposals, will not be approved not only low-income individuals and by Congress. He said the national families, who rely on the program outcry over the SNAP proposal sends for nutrition assistance, but also local a clear message to Congress and the White House that the grocery industry, economies. “There’s going to be an overall effect SNAP recipients, as well as many others on food production to food retail to jobs, disapprove of the proposal. FROM CO-OP PAGE 1

breaking even,” Jones said, adding positive impact on both the family that the company wants to triple its and the community,” Pullar said. sale, the venture has proven to be inventory and maximize volunteer “Folks who have a good, safe place productivity. to live tend to be happier and successful so far. Neukomm said better contributing members of our “If we can get that selling books community.” above 45 books “The repair that has given the store Supervised and coached by a month in sales, they do to homes of a chance to raise experienced carpenters employed and that is about families in need has a m o r e m o n e y by COVER Home Repair, crews where we are right to finance its of volunteers are dispatched in the now, anything tremendous positive building projects. Upper Valley to complete a variety we d o a b ove impact on both “There is a little of building projects. Neukomm said that is basically b i t o f m a g i c that anyone, regardless of past home p u r e p ro f i t , ” the family and the to what we do, improvement experience, is able to Neukomm said. community.” but it absolutely volunteer. Miriam Jones works,” he said. “There isn’t any specific skill vo l u n t e e r s a t t h e C OV E R -LEO PULLAR, HARTFORD “ We ’v e b e e n requirement to volunteer on a cover doing this for a job,” Neukomm said. “We just want Store and helps TOWN MANAGER long time and you to show up.” with selling and we are pretty Pullar said the COVER Store organizing the excited for this is strongly donated books. s u p p o r t e d by “First and foremost, we need opportunity.” “There is a little bit Neukomm voters. books and we need specifically of magic to what we town “ [ C OV E R ] books that are in near mint or mint said that COVER comes to us for condition,” Jones said. “We really relies on the work do, but it absolutely an appropriation need books that are under 20 years of volunteers to works. We’ve been every year and it old and ideally non-fiction or else help with building doing this for a long is overwhelmingly projects. literary fiction.” “ [ C O V E R time and we are supported as an Books that are focused on organization — spirituality, self-help, philosophy and is] essentially an pretty excited for 85 to 90 percent history are selling more successfully organization of yesses,” he said. than mass market books, according volunteers who this opportunity.” are committed According to to Neukomm. Neukomm, many To spread the word about its to doing urgent -BILL NEUKOMM, Dartmouth community efforts, COVERBooks home repairs,” said students shop at includes a printout in each book Neukomm. COVER EXECUTIVE Hartford town the thrift store telling the customer about its mission DIRECTOR and donate used to foster hope and build community manager Leo Pullar added that the fur niture once through building projects. they graduate. In the future, the store hopes to company impacts T he store’s continue making a profit and increase the community in an important way. proceeds are used to help finance their inventory of books. “The repair that they do to homes the home improvement programs “We are still growing … but within a year, we’d like to be doing better than of families in need has a tremendous completed by volunteers. FROM COVER PAGE 1

COLLIS COMMONGROUND PREPARES FOR CONCERT

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Chairs were lined up in Collis Commonground to prepare for a performance for students.

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THE DARTMOUTH OPINION

STAFF COLUMNIST JOSEPH REGAN ‘19

VERBUM ULTIMUM THE DARTMOUTH EDITORIAL BOARD

Two-Way Monologue

March for our Values

An Austrian poet sheds light on how to reform course evaluations.

Dartmouth must consistently and vocally defend its values.

Rainer Maria Rilke wrote poetry as if it were life or death, and for him it was. He was a sickly man who wrote poetry of astounding power, but one of his ideas has particular relevance to life at Dartmouth. In 1902 in Berlin, 19-year-old Franz Kappus wrote Rilke a letter that started a six-year correspondence. Kappus was about to join the Austro-Hungarian military, but felt inclined to be a poet. In his first reply to Kappus, Rilke says, “Nobody can advise and help you, nobody. There is only one single means. Go inside yourself.” These are the beliefs of a poet the editors of the Everyman’s Library Pocket Poet describe as “not only the greatest German poet of the past hundred years but also a towering influence on twentieth century poetry in every Western language.” Rilke’s belief in the solitary artist led him to label journalists and critics “semi-artistic professions which, while they make show of a relatedness to art, in practice deny and attack the existence of all art...” It is likely that Rilke would consider the role of professors to be much the same. Rilke calls the events and things that art seeks to evoke “unutterable” — a strange choice of words for a poet. Because he champions the purity of the pursuit of “art,” these “semi-artistic” professions would never qualify. But the importance of criticism is that it is capable of improving and enlightening when it is expressed in earnest. Criticism is evaluation with an eye to improvement. Rilke certainly criticized himself in the process of revising his artfully crafted letters, just as he certainly revised his poetry. What criticism does, whether self-imposed or from another, art does too by showing people how they feel. So does teaching, which is criticized by Dartmouth students at the end of each term through through course evaluations. Dartmouth will be full of students and professors long after those here now are gone. If teaching is an art, which I think it is, then criticizing it is worthless to a person of Rilke’s mind. Yet to paraphrase the poet: the lives of works of art endure by the side of individuals that pass away. Dartmouth certainly endures; teaching is a performance and studying is identical in kind, if not in subject matter, to the process a poet must go through to produce poetry. Rilke, in writing these many letters to Kappus, was essentially taking the role of a critic. Rather than contradict Rilke and

invalidate his contribution to literature, I think it is valuable to consider how course evaluations, which occur only once, could be modeled on this correspondence to improve the experience of professors and students in the classroom. The first problem with course evaluations is their singularity; the second is their reception. If an activity, PowerPoint slide or assignment fails to be as effective as it was intended, that should be noted immediately. Students should be just as responsible as professors, and both are accountable for communicating productively. Course evaluations are two-way monologues that should become ongoing dialogues. The first monologue is usually aired the first week, when the professor justifies their decisions by explaining the syllabus. The second monologue consists of course evaluations, which are usually hurried through in order to reveal grades. Throughout the term, there is little opportunity for genuine feedback. Terms at Dartmouth are frenetic. It would be difficult to find a way to introduce a systemic evaluation of courses that did not overly intrude on the learning experience. However, the solution starts with changing the perception of course evaluations. Sometimes a course will begin with a discussion of how to effectively organize the class. This happens most often in seminars, when it is far easier to be quietly displeased than it is to actively express that displeasure. Office hours are a potential answer. There, the students carry the burden. Another answer is a classroom culture that encourages students to engage with their education by thinking about it as it happens, not after the fact when it has become a little hazy behind the pell-mell sprint of finals period. Rilke’s last published letter to Kappus extolled the virtue of “positively [training] an independent alertness.” Everyone would benefit from trying to be independently alert, artist or not. “Letters to a Young Poet” does not contain Franz Kappus’ letters. Rilke’s powerful replies, stunning from a man not much older than myself at the time, go unanswered. However, students are much like Kappus during the years of their correspondence, growing into themselves. Academics are a major outlet for that self-growth. Classes are a common topic of conversation on campus, and there should be a way to include educators in this conversation.

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On Saturday, March 24, thousands of people marched on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C. for the March for Our Lives, a demonstration in support of tighter gun control regulations. The march was accompanied by over 800 corresponding protests in cities around the world. Announced in the wake of the tragic mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the march was the culmination of weeks of activism and outcries mostly by students and youth. That the speakers at the march were exclusively high school students or younger is emblematic of the youthfulness and longevity of the movement. Similar energy was also expressed on March 14, when tens of thousands of high school students protested by walking out of class in memory of the lives lost at Stoneman Douglas. Other spontaneous protests had previously occurred at high schools across the country, with various responses from high school administrators. While the Houston-area Needeville Independent School District threatened protesting students with three-day suspensions, the Arlington County School District outside of Washington D.C. issued a statement of compassion and support for its protesting students. It was under these turbulent circumstances that Dartmouth selected the Class of 2022. Many applicants to the College, torn between desiring to exercise their freedoms of speech and assembly yet fearful of retribution that might jeopardize their college admissions prospects, inquired with the College’s admissions office about the issue en masse. In response to questions from apprehensive high schoolers across the country, Lee Coffin, vice provost for enrollment and dean of admissions and financial aid, issued a statement clarifying that Dartmouth maintains its support for “active citizenship” and that “participation in peaceful protest in no way jeopardizes [one’s] admission to Dartmouth,” even if a student were to be disciplined or suspended. The Dartmouth administration should be applauded for its restated support of freedom of speech, protest and civil disobedience, values that are integral to the College. As one of the first universities in the country to issue such a statement, the undergraduate admissions office should also be lauded for setting a precedent for other institutions to follow. However, the decision by universities to reaffirm support of active citizenship has not come without scrutiny. Given the timing of the clarification, multiple national media publications, including Newsweek, Mother Jones and Forbes, surmised that the over 80 colleges and universities that issued statements were implicitly endorsing the aims of the movement: stricter gun control. Misperceptions are to be expected with any public endorsement from the College. Yet in this fraught cultural moment, it is necessary to scrutinize the motives and impact that a statement from one of the nation’s oldest universities could engender. This statement was needed, not only to support

these particular protesting students but also because the rights of assembly and speech are seemingly under assault today, and from all sides. This will not be the last time in the near future that values dear to the College will be challenged. Dartmouth, as an institution and a community, must be ready to stand by those values whenever necessary. To that end, the College must be willing to issue statements of public support clarifying its values whenever those values are threatened, not only when it is politically expedient or when the zeitgeist appears to be in the College’s favor. The administration should be lauded in this moment for its affirmation of speech. But attacks on the rights of prospective students, let alone community-members, are not always so easily defended. Dartmouth should also not hesitate to vocally support the rights of free speech and assembly wherever they are threatened in the world. As a global institution, Dartmouth and its community members will inevitably be affected by threats to free association and speech anywhere, and it should explicitly maintain support for such basic rights in all contexts. It is especially important that the next time issues regarding freedom of speech, protest and civil disobedience arise at the College, the administration practices what it preaches. The College should furthermore take seriously the charge that its statement endorses the causes of the recent protest. Given the sheer volume of inquiries the College has received, it can only be assumed that Coffin’s statement of support was genuinely intended as a clarification to the College’s applicant pool. That said, the roster of admitted students likely also contains some who opposed the movement that has captured high schools across the country, and the College must ensure these students know their their viewpoints are respected as well. The only effective way to combat perceptions of bias in administrative support is a consistent, vocal and expressive affirmations of the College’s values. Prospective and current students spanning the political spectrum will likely appreciate a consistent defense of basic rights and freedoms. Any student who cannot agree with such a defense may not fare well against the diversity of ideas and divergent action that occurs on campus. Selective affirmation endangers and cheapens the values that the College holds dear. This Wednesday, 1,925 students across the nation and world were admitted to the Class of 2022. Among the ranks of students entering the Dartmouth community this fall will be many who marched for their lives, and many who might feel strongly about their rights to gun ownership, but all of whom exercised basic rights ensured by this nation and college. With such convictions among the community, Dartmouth cannot be timid in its affirmations. The editorial board consists of opinion staff columnists, the opinion editors, both executive editors and the editor-in-chief.

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Admissions rate hits record low FROM 2022 PAGE 1

More than 60 percent of the admitted students have applied for need-based financial aid. The College expects to offer around $28 million in need-based scholarships after financial aid awards are finalized. In the regular decision round, 77 QuestBridge students were offered admission. Accepted students hail from all 50 U.S. states and from Washington,

D.C., American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Mariana Islands. California, New York, Massachusetts, Florida and Texas have the most accepted students. Out of the 65 countries represented in the accepted class, the foreign countries with the most accepted students are Brazil, Canada, China, India and the United Kingdom. The cohort of 1,925 accepted applicants includes the 565 students

accepted in the early decision round, of whom 558 have already enrolled. Admitted students from the regular decision pool saw their decisions on March 28. The national candidates reply date is May 1. The Dimensions of Dartmouth programs, which provide accepted students with an opportunity to learn more about Dartmouth through an on-campus visit, are scheduled to take place on April 12 -13 and April 23-24.

COLLIS LUNCH AND CHILL

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Students enjoy lunch and causal relaxing outside of Collis Cafe. Some work on homework while others eat.

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THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS

FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2018

DARTMOUTHEVENTS TODAY

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Colloquium: “A Physics Education and Beyond,” with Mike Andrews of Wade & Wendy, Wilder 104

7:00 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.

Film: “Phantom Thread,” directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts

8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Performance: “Giselle,” choreographed and performed by Dada Masilo, Moore Theater, Hopkins Center for the Arts

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

Public Astronomical Observing, sponsored by the Physics Department, Shattuck Observatory

TOMORROW 12:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Softball: Dartmouth vs. Columbia, Dartmouth Softball Park

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Men’s Lacrosse: Dartmouth vs. Cornell, Scully-Fahey Field

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

Film: “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” directed by Martin McDonagh, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts

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THE DARTMOUTH ARTS

Chinese ceramics exhibition at Hood embraces cultural hybridity By ELIZABETH GARRISON

ceramics in Jingdezhen, China, technological innovation and the which is considered the capital of rapid growth of the global economy, porcelain. Ho is currently an assistant Ho’s artwork is relevant now more At first glance, the pottery pieces art professor at Queens College, City than ever. While some people displayed in the Hood Downtown’s University of New York. and countries responded to the spring exhibition, “Sin-ying Ho: To Ho, pottery uncertainty of globalization by Past Forward” chose her rather than closing their doors, Ho’s artwork seem to adhere “We can’t know the other way around. challenges viewers to embrace the to the traditional the future, but By using a medium that future with optimism and celebrates image of Chinese originated in Asia to the fusion of different cultures. we can imagine ceramics: round combine images from “We need to embrace cultural white porcelain the future different cultures, Ho hybridity, director of the Hood vases decorated explores her own hybrid Museum of Art John Stomberg w i t h o r n a t e through art.” identity as a global citizen. said.”Purity of tradition is not going imperial blue She said students should to continue, and the new world, which designs. Upon -SIN-YING HO, feel empowered to do the [Ho] is quite optimistic about, is going closer inspection, same through their art. to be made up of us merging our s u r p r i s i n g l y CERAMICIST “You should, cultures. And this merger of culture modern images t h r o u g h is a moment of icons such your medium and of creativity “This merger of as Barbie, John Lennon, Starbucks through your arts that shouldn’t and Wonder Woman pop out at the courses, discover who culture is a mobe feared. It is viewer. By combining the old and the you are,” Ho said. “Art ment of creativity not a decline, new, Ho captures the chaotic beauty teachers can direct and but rather an of the contradictions within global guide you along the that shouldn’t be opportunity to society and brings the art form of way, but at the end of feared. It is not a create a brave ceramics into the modern era. the day it is completely new future.” decline, but rather T hroughout her life, Ho up to you how you As an has encountered many cultural define yourself through an opportunity to inter national intersections. She was born in Hong art.” create a brave new Asian-American Kong when it was a British colony, In “Past Forward,” female artist, and immigrated to Canada. She Ho combines symbols future.” Ho’s first-hand received a B.F.A. from the Nova and images from experience with Scotia College of Art and Design d i f f e re n t c u l t u re s the intersection and a M.F.A. from Louisiana State to envision a future -JOHN STOMBERG, of cultures gives University. Through an off-campus in which ideas and HOOD MUSEUM OF her a unique study program offered by the former, values are integrated perspective on ART DIRECTOR she had the opportunity to study across the globe. With how members The Dartmouth Staff

of society can create this future. said. “It’s all mixed up, and that Professor Sunglim Kim, who works creates hope for the future. We all in the art history department have to collaborate and work together and Asian and as part of a global Middle Eastern “Since Hanover is c o m m u n i t y, studies program and her work such an isolated rural at Dartmouth, embraces this said students community, it’s really idea of a global s h o u l d p a y important to pay community and at t e n t i o n t o sees it as a source attention to global Ho’s artistic of inspiration voice. for her creative contemporary artists “ S i n c e work.” and especially to Hanover is such The exhibition an isolated rural marginalized artists t i t l e , “ P a s t community, it’s such as Asian female Fo r w a r d , ” i s really important sug gestive of to pay attention artists.” H o ’ s l a r g e r t o g l o b a l artistic vision. contemporary “We can’t know -SUNGLIM KIM, a r t i s t s a n d the future, but we especially to ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF can imagine the marginalized ART HISTORY future through artists such as art,” Ho said. “As Asian female an international artists,” Kim said. “So often, the focus citizen, I think that there is no of art history is on white Western hierarchy in culture or language male perspectives so this exhibit will because they are all reflections of our expose students to something new.” humanity. My hope for the future is Stomberg drew parallels between that we can live together in harmony the message of Ho’s work and and gain a deeper understanding of the diversity of the Dartmouth each other.” community. The exhibition runs from March “I think in a lot of ways, Dartmouth 30 to May 27. Students can meet the is like this because we take students artist at the Dartmouth Night student from all over the world and create a reception on Thursday, April 5, with new student body so there is no more the public opening reception taking pure New Hampshire,” Stomberg place on Friday, April 6.

Weekend Picks

Four things you should watch and listen to this weekend +music

+dance

+film

+music

The Vietnam War (soundtrack)

Giselle Dada Masilo

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

White is Relic/Irrealis Mood

The Silk Road Ensemble 2017, In a Circle Records

Friday and Saturday at the Hopkins Center for the Arts

Saturday, 7 p.m. at the Hopkins Center for the Arts

2018, Polyvinyl

“Giselle” has enthralled audiences since it was first performed in 1841, and South African choreographer Dada Masilo brings a new version of the classic ballet to the Hopkins Center on Friday and Saturday. In Masilo’s groundbreaking reinterpretation, the European ballet becomes a thoroughly African production. Myrtha, queen of the Wilis — traditionally a group of mythic women who dance men to death — is a sangoma healer. The story is set in an African village and swaps the victimhood of the original for a dramatic tale of heartbreak and revenge. A score by South African composer Philip Miller adds African voices and percussion, completing the transformation of the source material. Masilo dances the lead in the production, her fourth reinterpretation of a classic ballet. -Evan Morgan

In “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” a mother takes the unsolved murder of her daughter into her own hands by renting three billboards and putting messages like “Still No Arrests?” on them. Mildred Hayes (played by Frances McDormand) finds herself threatened by townspeople, especially the police, who are angry she has accused them of not doing enough to find the culprit. A violent feud ensues between Hayes and the townspeople. “Three Billboards” won Best Motion Picture — Drama at the 2018 Golden Globe Awards. The film will be playing at Spaulding Auditorium this Saturday at 7 p.m. -Betty Kim

Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble will give a sold-out performance at the Hopkins Center on Thursday. Get in the mood for the Grammy-winning virtuoso cellist with Silk Road’s latest recording, a devastating collection of tracks recorded for the ten-part Ken Burns documentary“The Vietnam War.” The original compositions combine Western string instruments with a variety of Asian instruments like the bawu and kamancheh, drawing inspiration from Vietnamese music. Like the documentary it accompanies, the album doesn’t hurry the listener. The third track, “Improvisation,” captures the spirit of the album: brooding, wistful and meditative. For the full Vietnam experience, listen alongside the documentary’s soundtrack, a collection of 38 iconic songs from the Vietnam era, from B.B. King to The Beatles. -Evan Morgan

Of Montreal (Kevin Barnes) “White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood”by Of Montreal (Kevin Barnes), released on March 9, is a darkly fun indie pop album. Musically inspired by extended dance mixes of 80’s pop singles, the album is filled with colorful synths and upbeat rhythms, and talks about romantic healing after a failed marriage. At the same time, it also deals with heavy themes: according to a statement on Barnes’s website, the album was largely inspired by Barnes’ growing paranoia regarding the manipulation of politics and media. When his anxiety peaked during the presidential inauguration, Barnes read works by Angela Davis, Noam Chomksy, Ta-Nehisi Coates and other thinkers to stay positive, eventually coming to the conclusion that “the death of ‘Whiteness’ appeals to me greatly. Might be the only way to save the world.” -Betty Kim

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THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS

FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2018

TODAY’S LINEUP

SPORTS ONE ONE ON

with Ellie Carson ’20

By Justin Kramer The Dartmouth Staff

Ellie Carson ’20 has catalyzed the Dartmouth Women’s Lacrosse attack this season, leading the Big Green to a 6-1 record and a No. 19 placement in the Division I NCAA rankings. After starting only six games last year as a first-year, Carson has already surpassed that total this season, starting all seven games and scoring a team-leading 31 points. The team has had remarkable success so far this season. What do you think has contributed to this improved team success? EC: This is head coach Danielle Spencer’s second year, so I think last year we had to understandably focus on a totally new foundation of what she wanted. We spent a lot of time on the basics last year, and I think that this year we’ve been able to delve into more complex offenses and defenses because we understand more of what she expects of us. The fall training was definitely more intense than last year, so that contributed because we were practicing almost every day, which really made a difference for us. Our overall motivation and competitiveness has translated into games and made us stronger. What have been some games this season that you felt were particularly impressive? EC: Our first couple of games, besides our first game against the University of Massachusetts, we didn’t play top teams. Our two most notable games were Jacksonville University and Princeton University. Jacksonville was definitely the strongest team we had seen so far in the season. We started out a little slow, and it ended up being a really close game, but we came out on top. I think that was really crucial before going into Princeton who is our biggest rival. Princeton was ranked No. 16, so we knew they were going to be a really tough opponent, so having Jacksonville before Princeton was super helpful in playing a really competitive team. For Princeton, we had been preparing mentally and physically for a very long time. They smoked us last year, so we were looking to get some revenge, and then we really came out strong and surprised them. Everyone on the field was playing their role: our defense was making their stops and our

offense was making their shots. It all just came together. We were definitely controlling the pace of the game. Dartmouth recently broke into the top 20 Women’s Lacrosse D-1 rankings for the first time since 2013. What does that mean to you? EC: That is huge. Since I’ve been here we haven’t been ranked, and last year we were 7-8, so we didn’t really think we could be ranked last year. This year, having all of the really tough fall training and preseason actually translated into wins, and having the hard and motivated work ethic that Coach Spencer has ingrained in us pay off is such a rewarding feeling. You’re leading the team in goals so far this season, already tripling your total from last year. Why do you think you have been able to achieve such success in these first several games? EC: I think that our offense is very dynamic in that we don’t have a lot of selfish players. That’s really crucial to having a high scoring attack because you can trust anyone in our attack to either feed or drive to goal and score or cut inside and catch and finish. The seven of us on the field are very dynamic, and having that trust in each other results in a much more successful attack. For me personally, we have such good feeders down low that I like to play inside and cut. Having great feeders that I know will hit you right on your stick make it very easy to score for everyone else. Looking ahead, what are your team goals for the season? EC: Our overall goal usually is to win the Ivy League Championship. We’re definitely setting ourselves up better than we did last year. In terms of actual Ivy play, Princeton is always our biggest rival, and I feel like we have the most passion for that game, so that was also a subgoal. [It] was awesome that we beat them. Overall, [our goal] would be to win the Ivy tournament, and if we do, [we would] get a bid into the NCAA tournament which would also be awesome since it’s been a while since we’ve gotten there. What are your personal goals for your sophomore season? EC: I would say to try and be consistent. We’ve come out really strong and I

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don’t want to get overconﬁdent in our abilities but rather just to think about what we’ve been doing and continue to work hard and make those adjustments after every game. Personally, I want to be consistent and not just having a couple games where we shine through — being able to perform every game and help the team, whether it’s causing turnovers, assists or goals. W hat was your lacrosse experience like before coming to Dartmouth? EC: Before I came to Dartmouth, I went to a high school that was very intense with lacrosse. We were No. 2 in the country and known for breeding lacrosse players from a young age. My high school coach has been coaching for over 30 years. She’s an incredible coach. I’ve been playing since second grade, so I’ve been in the game for a long time. My older brother played too, so in my area and in my childhood, it was a very large portion of my life. My high school was very successful and intense, so we lifted multiple times a week and had practices for two to three hours each day after school, so in high school I was already in a pretty committed program. Obviously it wasn’t as much in college, but it wasn’t a massive change from high school to college for me in terms of hours and work put in. Can you describe your recruiting process to Dartmouth? EC: I started being recruited my freshman year of high school, which is crazy to think about. It was just starting that early; that wasn’t just me. My freshman summer and sophomore fall were the big times when I would actually start interacting with coaches

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Ellie Carson ’20 leads the Big Green in scoring with 24 goals and 7 assists.

and going up for visits. I was looking at Dartmouth, Duke University, Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania mainly. I wanted to pick a school based on academics versus lacrosse standings because I knew that would last me longer than the sport itself. It came down to Dartmouth and Penn, but I liked the size and home feeling of Dartmouth’s campus and I felt like Dartmouth would be a good place for me. Do you have any lacrosse role models that motivated your early playing career? EC: In terms of famous lacrosse players, I didn’t watch a ton of lacrosse when I was much younger. I looked at the role models at my own high school because my mom started taking me to high school games starting in fourth or ﬁfth grade. I knew all of the big names at my high school who went oﬀ to play at the University of Maryland, University of North Carolina and University of Virginia — all top schools. I watched them grow up, saw how they played

and looked up to those girls. Those goals seemed more attainable because I knew they were being coached under the same high school coach. What would you say is your favorite part about playing lacrosse? EC: Deﬁnitely the people that I’m with. I don’t mean that to sound cliché but it’s so true. Coming to Dartmouth, I immediately had a group of friends, which is pretty rare coming into a college scene. It’s been so true throughout the past few years that my team is my best group of friends. For all of the work, tough and gritty times, conditioning sessions and early mornings that you put into lacrosse, having that translate into winning games with your best friends is the best all around experience you could ask for because you’re playing the sport you love with the people that you want to be with all the time. It makes it all worth it. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity and length.

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years, prior to this season, since women’s lacrosse beat Princeton University. They beat No. 16 Princeton 15-12 on

career draw controls for Kathryn Giroux ’19 who now holds Dartmouth’s all-time record. Sarah Plumb ‘12 previously held the record with 155.

straight wins for the women’s lacrosse team, the thirdlongest current streak in the nation.

March 24, 2018.