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Table of Contents A history of Commencement ceremonies

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Q&A with College President Phil Hanlon

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Speaking Out: Dartmouth’s Recent LGBTQ History

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Q&A with commencement speaker Sal Khan

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Senior fellows adapt to COVID-19 challenges

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Han: Graduates of Pandemic

This is not the commencement anyone imagined — that much is evident — but it will certainly go down in

CHRISTINA BARIS, Issue Editor RACHEL PAKIANATHAN, Editor-in-Chief ELIZABETH JANOWSKI, Executive Editor EILEEN BRADY, Managing Editor

PRODUCTION EDITORS CHANTAL ELIAS & CALLUM ZEHNER, Opinion Editors

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From Humble Beginnings

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Modern Commencement ceremonies at Dartmouth are typically held on the Green in June.

A Historic Speech

Wartime Puts Traditions on Hold Speakers Leave Impressions

Lasting

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College President Phil Hanlon ’77 became the 18th president of Dartmouth in 2013. In his time as president, Hanlon has launched a set of initiatives, most notably the Moving Dartmouth Forward campaign, which aims to increase safety on Dartmouth’s campus. The editors of the Commencement special issue sat down — via Zoom — with Hanlon to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the College, reflect on initiatives instituted in the past four years and contemplate his plans for the future of Dartmouth.

exceed what we had budgeted back in March by a minimum of $8 million in all of the parents who have lost their jobs, and we recognize students, too, are losing income. I can tell you that Dartmouth will and must step up with need of our students. We are committed to that. I think, as always, we expect our alumni and parents to play a generous role in this. The Call to Lead campaign has already refocused. Financial aid is top priority. We have to galvanize alumni and parent support to help us meet that need.

been, but it’s really important that we gather that data and look at it with an honest assessment. Beyond hard data, there’s more anecdotal information.

What I hear anecdotally, including from students, is that the campus is calmer and safer.

PH: We want a campus which is safe, equitable, diverse and inclusive. Moving Dartmouth Forward itself was aimed largely at high-risk behaviors and safety, but also it included the house community system, which was for inclusivity. Inclusive Excellence, which was [created] a couple of years later, was really aimed at diversifying, particularly inclusion. And then [the Campus Culture and Climate Initiative], which was most recently launched, was aimed at reducing sexual misconduct but also

PH: I’m glad you asked that. The Center for Professional Development is working with alumni relations to reach out to the alumni community to ask that they step up with additional internships and job placements for not just our graduating class, who are looking at jobs, but for our other classes who may have lost internships.

PH: I was on campus from the fall of 1973 through the spring of 1977. It was — in terms of a campus climate — pretty quiet. There had been, of course, a lot of activism and activity in the years prior — 1969, 1970. But by the time I arrived, campus was pretty quiet.

However, there were some external events that were very meaningful oil embargo, which started in the fall of 1973. In the winter of 1974, Dartmouth cut the term short by a week to save on power and fuel … and also reduced temperatures in all of the academic buildings. I remember people were in gloves in class trying to take notes. The other big thing was Watergate. I think everyone was clued into that. Everyone was paying attention; it was a topic of constant discussion. And, of course, you know the outcome.

PH: You hit upon a really, really important point, which is this sort of support for our students. Let’s start with that. Financial aid has always been a huge priority for the College.

I would say my Dartmouth education was truly a gift, and a gift that has profoundly shaped my life. We must make sure that that same gift is available to every student, regardless of their I’m giving back 20 percent of my salary to the College this year. Gail and As you pointed out, with the COVID pandemic, we are seeing an enormous as economic circumstances change. I read today that 40 million people have applied for unemployment over the last six weeks or so. Early estimates suggest

PH: It was a very important initiative and still is. One way to answer that is to talk about the metrics that we track. And we do track a wide variety of metrics, which include things like encounters which involve alcohol, medical transports where the student’s blood alcohol level was particularly high, Good Sam calls. On the high-risk drinking side, I think the data show a positive picture of outcomes. In anonymous surveys of our students, look at the question of “Have you consumed hard alcohol in the last two weeks?”

Prior to Moving Dartmouth Forward, that was around 44 percent, which is pretty close to the national average.

It has dropped since the hard alcohol ban to the range of 10 to 14 percent.

We have seen corresponding drops in our medical transports with high blood alcohol content to the lowest levels we’ve seen in a very long time.

At the same time, Good Sam calls and encounters have not dropped, which indicates, at least to me, that in fact drinking is not going underground in any way. It’s just that when students are drinking, they’re drinking more safely.

Safety was the primary objective of all this. With sexual assault and violence, I think what’s really hard is getting data that [are] accurate, in part because these incidents are under-recorded.

So, you can look at reports, but you have to understand that many, many things are going on which are never reported. And so for that, we again look for anonymous survey data, and I think we are poised to do another survey soon. I think our last one was in 2017.

I don’t think it gave us enough time to understand what the outcomes have

not necessarily gender-related. So, yes, there is a lot of work to do. As I said, we are driven always by two north stars, one being academic excellence, the other being building a campus which is equitable, diverse and inclusive.

PH: There is not a topic of greater concern to me and my fellow presidents.

In the past fall alone, before travel got shut down, I attended three conferences, which were with fellow presidents and other experts on student mental health. I think on every campus, we see rates of depression and anxiety rising community. So, yes, I think it is a major issue. And it’s one we do talk about a lot.

I think that, to me, the real challenge is to understand why this is happening. And I think [the reasons] are multifaceted and deep. I do think that the good news is psychologists, sociologists and health experts all across the country are deeply engaged in trying to understand that.

At Dartmouth, we are working hard to increase the resources available to students in terms of the number of actual counselors that we hire. I also would point out, the [Student] Wellness Center is preemptive — it’s trying to help equip students with coping skills and tools for resiliency. And then, of course, Dick’s House and the Counseling Center [are] reacting to situations when students are reaching out for help. So, of counselors, that hiring is underway, and we understand it to be a major issue among students.

PH: I look at who’s involved in them — and that’s not only the student leadership. Student leadership is very important to the house committees, but so is the faculty leadership. There is an incredibly dedicated, creative group of this opportunity and make the most of it.

That’s one thing I can look at. Another is actually just activity levels. I do look at reports every year — what activities each house mounted and approximately how many people came. Based on those, I see a lot of progress. I think a lot of good things are going on. I think we learn every year and learn how to do it better. But I do come back to where I started, which is that the people who are leading this, the faculty and the student leadership, are incredible.

PH: I’ll come back to what I said before — this is an experiment. It’s new, and we’re learning every year. I don’t for a minute think we’ve got this perfect. We learned from, what we’ve tried and what new things are contrived. It gives me a lot of hope that the faculty and student leadership who are involved are really wise, smart, creative folk, so I do think that we will do better every year.

PH: I would not lead with problems.

I think that there’s a strong sense of stable, tight community that comes with Greek life. The ability of students to actually own their social interactions — it’s a longstanding part of what makes Dartmouth such a great place to be. I do think the Greek system, by and large, has really stepped up since Moving Dartmouth Forward, and [that helped] make this campus a safer place.

I think they’ve instituted reforms on their own. And, of course, the few that didn’t come along were shut down. So, I view the Greek system as healthier than it was when I started. I think that there’s a lot of positives. They are part of the expectation on campus that we will have a safer, more equitable, more inclusive campus. We hold those expectations of every student organization, including Greek organizations.

PH: Back to the house communities — one of the aspirations for the house communities is to provide another alternative for social interaction and community-building, one which is not gender-dominated in any way. It aspires to build connections between faculty, undergraduate students and graduate students — cross-generational community ties. [Another aspiration of the house communities is] to reduce the barriers between nighttime Dartmouth and daytime Dartmouth. So, in other words, have the academic and the residential lives of students be more seamless. That means injecting more intellectual considerations into the residential life of students. I’ve been to a few really extraordinary events in house communities where either visiting experts or visiting artists visited the house communities.

So what I think is, coming back to your question, it has been a longstanding tradition at Dartmouth that students by and large run the social scene. And I think that’s a positive. I think that’s a good thing. It does come with expectations, of course, and responsibilities. As we were discussing, I think the Greek system has really become stronger. As for what the future lies, I think I’m going to throw it back to you. I think it lies with the students, want to continue to organize their social scene. And if so, what is it going to look like? Our job is to say, “Here are the expectations. If you do that, that’s great, but here’s your responsibilities.”

PH: Good question. It’s a really important initiative. As you probably know, the way we structured the initiative follows the recommendations of a landmark study by the National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine. They made a landmark study that not only laid out the prevalence of sexual misconduct and abuse of power dynamics in the Academy and generally in all your colleges and universities, but also made a number of recommendations of how to improve that. For colleges and universities, there were nine recommendations, and we incorporated all nine of them in the C3I, along with a few other things. I think, if you just look at the tangible they’ve really been quite remarkable.

We’ve begun the departmental climate assessments. We have created a uniform policy and procedures for investigating allegations of sexual misconduct. Every IX training and training to increase sensitivity around power dynamics.

We have a task force that has made further recommendations about how to ensure that there’s less opportunity for abuse of power dynamics. The Guarini School has instituted that every Ph.D student have a thesis committee instead of a single thesis advisor. A lot of very tangible things have occurred in a remarkably short period of time for our college and university campus.

PH: We’re looking very carefully at what the new Title IX regulations are requiring. We will always follow the law — we are a lawful institution. But we believe that, in fact, most of the changes existing procedures and practices. And we’re looking at those instances where that is not the case.

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

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The completion of a Dartmouth education means many things: celebration, new opportunities and hopefully the joyful acknowledgement of four transfor mative years. As Commencement rolls around, on how Dartmouth changed us. to examine the ways in which we changed Dartmouth.

O n e o f t h e a re a s wh e re Dartmouth has both needed and seen the most student-led change This process isn’t something that started recently. As Val Werner ’20 studied in his historical research fellowship at Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth’s complicated, sometimes antagonistic dialogue with LGBTQ students stretches back to the 1970s. However, while Werner found numerous documents from the 1970s and 1980s, records of history have been harder to track down. Werner believes that this stems from the sentiment that gay student organizations were viewed as a “big deal” in the more distant past and thus were reported on more

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The Class of 2020 has seen student-led change in Dartmouth’s queer community.

Dartmouth’s traditions were not built for LGBTQ students.

“A c e r t a i n [ s u b j e c t ] w a s presumed when the university was constructed. And that was not

identity.’”

Pinkney added that listening to

Texas. It was not Native students.

It was not black students. It was not

[of SpeakOut training] we all we n t a ro u n d and said why we were gender identity. interested in E v i d e n t l y, D a r t m o u t h ’ s the oral history relationship with the LGBTQ initiative. I community still has room for kinda came up improvement. Campus culture with something is still overwhelmingly straight because I and cisgender, and the LGBTQ wasn’t out at students who are out are expected the moment, to present a normative expression but there were share this identity.’” than everybody other people in else. But a lot A s P i n k n ey p o i n t e d o u t , the room who m o re p e o p l e “[Dartmouth] is a very straight s h a r e d f r o m -ANNE PINKNEY ’20 k n o w m o r e campus — most people know who their personal things than they is straight and who is not.” Those experiences, used to.” who aren’t straight are expected to and that was a Dartmouth’s newest student- look and act the part, but in reality, formative experience for me,” she led LGBTQ organization, Within, said.

However, students past and My own freshman fall was a wild has pushed for more recognition of transgender and gender non- present are actively working to change this. One of the key and trying to make peace with it — all while unaware of organized of the Registrar. Some progress components of change is casting communities for LGBTQ students. has been made, but as with much a vision for the future, and in her It was only when I started writing of Dartmouth’s relationship to the SpeakOut interview, Barrett did exactly that. articles like these that I discovered been mixed.

“I really hope someone does that “The options that we have for imaginative work of establishing As both Werner and Pinkney gender [on school forms] are better a new infrastructure that will incredibly helpful for LGBTQ now, but they’re still not good. eventually become our tradition and fundamentally students, providing both an H o w e v e r , reorient the way accepting community and a group [Dartmouth’s “The options that that [Dartmouth] of students willing to advocate for thinks,” Barrett one another. For Pinkney, older commun i t y ] we have for gender said. “Dartmouth students in Panarchy — which has can see that [on school forms] are s h o u l d been long recognized as a LGBTQ and gender-inclusive social space — went into it, better now, but they’re i n c o r p o r a t e women, people set an example of what it meant to and we’re very still not good.” appreciative of this,” people into their tradition, [in Panarchy] who took me in Werner said.

-VAL WERNER ’20 A recent but someone and showed me that it’s OK to be s u r v e y somewhere needs created by to do the hard Pinkney said.

As a transgender man, Werner Within aimed to collect feedback work of how to rewire that place.” has found Dartmouth’s LGBTQ from the Dartmouth community and slow, and for all the progress community especially helpful for advocacy. There are many obstacles customization options, which were that has been made, there’s still a Dartmouth has yet to address for its revised in September to allow ways to go.

To the Class of 2020 and all those trangender students, but according students to indicate their preferred to Werner, the root of the problem name, pronouns and gender identity. who have come before: Thank you comes down to a lack of awareness. Within compiled the 75 responses for starting the process. Now it’s our “My freshman year, it was a new into a list of recommendations, turn to be the change.

In 2015, Brennan Connell Jr. ’87 was serving as president of DGALA, Barrett said. “They can add it Dartmouth’s LGBTQ alumni to the [Alma Mater], but it’s still association. At this time, Connell incomplete.”

Jr. founded an oral history project D a r t m o u t h ’s i n s t i t u t i o n a l focused on collecting and preserving i n a t t e n t i o n h a s p r a c t i c a l the stories of LGBTQ Dartmouth students. This initiative was created there was no organized LGBTQ to close the community knowledge gap when he needed between current “Even though I’m grad- one most.

D a r t m o u t h uating in 2021, I first “Even students and though I’m predecessor s’ untold stories.

It has grown i n t o wh at i s now known as SpeakOut, an online database that documents the history of t h e L G B TQ community at Dartmouth.

got to Dartmouth in 2016. That was a weird time for me because it’s when I was first trying to figure out my identity — and I show up and there’s really no support.”

-VAL WERNER ’20

set out to write an article about changes in Dartmouth’s LGBTQ community over the past few years, I didn’t know that I would stumble upon this treasure trove of recorded conversations. Although — as Werner observed — there is little written evidence of recently organized LGBTQ communities at Dartmouth, people have started telling these stories themselves. The conversations collected are pieces of this narrative: From students both past and present, we hear a complicated, ambivalent yet ultimately hopeful story of what it Institutionally, Dartmouth has often fallen short, but it is not As Leandra Barrett ’15 noted in her 2018 SpeakOut interview, some of the tension in Dartmouth’s goes all the way back to its founding in 1769. Barrett emphasized that

graduating in to Dartmouth in 2016. That was a weird time for me because it’s when I was first trying to figure out my identity — and I show up and there’s really no support,” Werner said.

H o w e v e r, a s with adding women to the Alma Mater, Dartmouth has made belated progress on the LGBTQ front.

“I left for a year, and when I came back Spectra [an LGBTQ group] was in place. Coming back to campus and there being an organization was a really big deal,” Werner said. “It did seem like in the year I was gone, Dartmouth grew up a lot.”

Werner wasn’t alone in having Anne Pinkney ’20, who is a member of Panarchy, former chair of the Student and Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault and SpeakOut interviewer, shared some of her experiences.

and I was like ‘Oh, there [are] all these people who share this

thing for [undergraduate advisors]

although Werner noted that the

meetings. In general, the bigger culture was starting to become aware of trans people and trans issues,” Werner said. “I think that still, in general, Dartmouth is “I think that it’s hard still not super acce p t i n g o f to find queer spaces trans people your freshman year. b e c a u s e There was definitely a t h e y d o n ’ t it moment where some- understand and they don’t thing flipped and I was t r y [ t o ] …

[Being trans at like ‘Oh, there [are] Dartmouth] is all these people who like living in a

everyone in the organization. One recommendation is to remove the word “chosen” from the selections of names, pronouns and gender identity, as some contend that language incorrectly suggests that aspects of one’s identity are a choice.

Another recommendation is to add

importance of SpeakOut was a meaningful experience.

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The Dartmouth Center for Social Impact has continued to support students amid the pandemic.

“This could be a time when we remake things in a way that is more equitable, and I think our nonprofits are on the front lines of really doing that generous, sort of reimagination work.”

-LEAH TORREY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR SOCIAL SECTOR LEADERSHIP AT THE DARTMOUTH CENTER FOR SOCIAL IMPACT

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ways for teachers to understand where their students are and then how they can keep them learning at their own time and pace.

In March, Khan Academy’s W h a t w a s y o u r o w n site usage grew to 2.5 times undergraduate experience what it was last year. How has like, and how did it contribute Khan Academy responded to to who you are today? its increased usership?

SK: It’s a bit of a cliche, but for SK: We like the fact that we’re me, it was a formative experience. able to have even more impact.

I think what makes college college Usership is, about half of it is is the connections, the bonds, because of more students, and the interactions, the memories the other half is because the you form with your classmates. students [who] are coming are I think that’s first and foremost using it more. So we were serving what defines college, even today. about 20 million students a month I met my wife — now it’s 30 in college. million — and “This is a moment where I’m on a text those students thread right it’s kind of our duty as a are spending 60 now, [and] I not-for-profit in this space t o 7 0 p e rc e n t just realized more time than that all the to be able to step up.” they were before.

18 people on So, before we had t h at t h re a d about 30 million -SAL KHAN were people learning minutes that I went to per day on Khan college with, Academy. Now and many of them are couples that we’re seeing closer to 80 million have formed in college, and that learning minutes per day on Khan that was 20 years ago.

Academy.

So in a lot of ways, the college We’re obviously fir st and social circles, they still define a foremost making sure that the site lot of my life. I think, at least on stays up and running. We have a a monthly basis, probably on a great engineering team, so that’s weekly basis, I have dreams that actually gone fairly well. This is I’m still in college. You know, a moment where it’s kind of our [in] all the different moments of duty as a not-for-profit in this space college, you’re growing in some to be able to step up, and it’s also way. You’re cramming for a test or a moment where there’s a lot of you forgot to drop a class. That’s open-mindedness to some of the a dream that I constantly have. I things we’ve been talking about for think it’s just something that lasts. many, many years, like personal learning, mastery learning, this How has Khan Academy’s notion that learning should not role in online education be bound by time and space. So, changed during the COVID-19 we’re trying to push as fast as we pandemic? can, while we’re in this kind of SK: We could have never foreseen historical moment to maybe have this situation happening, but some lasting positive changes for obviously when we started seeing the whole system as we get out of that it could be a possibility, we this moment. started realizing that what we had built over the last decade or so You have plenty of experience could be — in fact, and probably with learning online, and would be — [what] a lot of people what works and what doesn’t would need to lean on when schools work. What advice do you closed. Obviously, they would need have for students learning something that’s highly accessible, remotely right now? that covers many subjects and SK: In general, whether you’re grades, where it’s not bound by learning remotely or not, it’s all time or space, where kids can get about active learning. That’s why as much practice and feedback as on something like Khan Academy, they need, as much instruction a lot of people associate us with the [and] teachers can keep track of videos, but we’ve invested a lot — it. So, it’s one of those moments in fact most of our resources — on where you look left and look right the exercise portion, where kids and say, ‘I guess this is us.’ get as much practice as they need.

We saw our traffic [increase] And even with things like as soon as school started closing videos, the ideal is to not watch around the world. Depending on it passively. Just the notion that the week, [it] was about 250 to you’re clicking on it is some ways 300 percent of normal. We’ve just an active thing, versus just showing been trying to do everything we can up in a classroom and saying, ‘OK, to keep up with that. We’ve been whatever they’re going to lecture trying to put out parent and teacher today, I’m just here.’ webinars, and other things [like] If you’re in a university lecture, daily schedules and learning plans you can’t pause [the] professor, but just to keep everyone supported. the more you can try to replicate As you go back to school, the thinking, or maybe after students are going to have a huge they’ve finished a proof or explain variance in their preparedness. something, see if you can do it Frankly, that’s always the case, but yourself, or even do some problem it’s going to be that much worse sets while you’re there. That’s how this coming back to school. So the learning sticks, and then to be we’re building tools so that students able to do some spaced repetition can remediate what they need to and do it in multiple contexts, then know as quickly as possible to get it really builds the retention. to grade level — whatever grade What’s more difficult about level that might be — and then the online learning environment

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is that you don’t have the kind of social pressures — the positive social pressures — that you have in a physical environment. There might be ways to build some of those things. Just as when people go on diets or they’re training for a marathon, they might have running partners, or there’s a lot of these fitness apps where there [are] five or six people who are your partners and you hold each other accountable.

Like, ‘Hey, I ran four miles today or two miles or five miles today; what did you do?’ I think you could do something similar when everyone is now learning somewhat asynchronously. It’s like ‘Hey, I did my 30 minutes of math,’ [or] ‘I was able to finish my project today’ or ‘Hey, who hasn’t done this by noon?’ I think things like that are gonna be valuable. I think it’s all about that structure and that habit.

Do you anticipate that the rise of remote learning will have long-term impacts on the way that higher education institutions approach teaching?

SK: I think so. There’s been talk, honestly, about virtual education in higher education for a while.

A lot of that’s been catalyzed by rising costs in higher education and people looking for alternatives … ‘The Dartmouths of the world’ were never in siege because most of the value of Dartmouth is that community that you’re part of for four years and those connections and that socialization. But then it does beg the question, well, the dorms and the clubs aren’t what’s costing $50 to $60 thousand a year.

It’s something else.

I ’ve a lw ay s s a i d th at i t’s somewhat arbitrary that no matter what you pick to major [in], it seems to take exactly four years of classes. Clearly folks just said, ‘Let’s fill up four years.’ They didn’t say, ‘What do students really need to know and master, and what do they not?’ Because obviously if they did that, arguably some things you could develop in six months or a year, some things … might take six years to develop. But the reason why they did that is they viewed that four-year time period as a kind of socialization [and] development time period regardless of what

academic things you need to learn. So, I think this is gonna be an interesting unbundling.

And I think the Dartmouths of the world are going to be able to innovate and hopefully enhance their program, but I think [there are] a lot of schools where their inperson experience, frankly, isn’t as compelling. It’s going to be harder for them to justify tuition and the many tens of thousands of dollars of debt … when you might have virtual solutions that give you the academic and the credentialing things that are a reasonable level of fidelity and obviously cost a lot less and have a lot more flexibility.

Many students expressed dissatisfaction after tuition rates remained the same despite the move to remote learning this term. Do you believe that online learning can be as effective as inperson instruction, and why do you believe it is important that Khan Academy provides lessons for free?

SK: In general, I believe in market forces. I come from a for-profit background, but I think there [are] certain parts of our society where

market forces either don’t work well because the decision maker, the buyer and the beneficiary are all different people, or when they do operate, they lead to outcomes that aren’t consistent with our values. And I think the two spaces where that can be true is in education and health care.

It’s not that there isn’t a place for profit there, but generally speaking in a society, if someone wants to empower [themselves] or wants to reach their potential, they should be able to. There should be as few frictions as possible, and everyone should have kind of an equal shot at developing themselves and being able to participate.

And so that is the rationale behind Khan Academy being not-for-profit and it being free, that we want no friction for someone who really wants to improve themselves or to learn and obviously, that leads to business model or organizational model questions. Well, because of that, we have to do a lot of philanthropic revenue or other sorts of resources so that we can do this work for free.

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

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Senior fellows, whose yearlong research projects accompany or take the place of a major, have worked through unforeseen challenges due to COVID-19, including halted lab experiments and reconfigured presentations.

This year’s senior fellows, Janice Chen ’19, Jessica Kobsa ’20, Armin Tavakkoli ’20 and Seamus Walsh ’20, worked on projects ranging from the neural basis of fear renewal to the effects of attention modification training on attention to food cues.

Some of these seniors’ paths to fellowships began as early as freshman year. Tavakkoli said that his journey to becoming a senior fellow started during his freshman spring, when he took PSYC 22, “Learning.”

Tavakkoli said that the class was “super interesting,” and though he was already working in a lab at the time, he told his professor COURTESY OF ARMIN TAVAKKOLI that he was looking for a lab where Armin Tavakkoli’s research aimed to identify the neural mechanisms responsible for fear reduction. he could take charge of his own project.

120-page paper, others spent time research before the outbreak of Tavakkoli said. “It is all over Zoom fellows have a group chat, and “I wanted to learn everything in the lab this year.

Walsh said that Baker-Berry the pandemic. Kobsa’s project now.” but also become an independent Tavakkoli, whose neuroscience focused on using eye-tracking to Kobsa wrote that she was library’s Paul Room provided researcher,” Tavakkoli said. research spanned labs from the answer epidemiological questions. looking forward to participating f e l l o w s a c o m m o n , p r i v a t e Tavakkoli’s fellowship project, University of Texas Southwestern In Kobsa’s project, “At-Home in these presentations and sharing workspace to discuss things like “No Fear: Characterizing the Medical Center to Yale University, Sustained Attention Training to her research with campus, though deadlines.

Neural Basis of Fear Learning,” explained his fellowship project.

Director of undergraduate Reduce Attention to Food Cues: she added that the changes are all aims to map the neurocircuitry “Imagine you are raking the Computer Games to Reduce Risk for the “safety of our community.” advising and research Margaret associated with fear renewal. leaves in your backyard one day, Factor for Childhood Obesity,” Geisel School of Medicine Funnell wrote in an email that the Walsh said that his journey to a and a German Shepherd bites children were asked to perform epidemiology professor Diane 2020-2021 fellowship application fellowship started with his research you,” Tavakkoli said. “You go to simple attention-based computer Gilbert-Diamond ’98, one of process has proceeded on schedule, for economics professor Andrew the ER, and you develop a phobia tasks. with the only K o b s a ’ s Levin two years ago. Walsh said of dogs. A few days later, you see difference Kobsa said that while performing advisors, said “ ... the senior fellows that he and Levin researched your friend’s German Shepherd, the tasks, half of the participants that Kobsa was being that are by nature ‘out of board governance issues and CEO and you realize that this one’s safe, were presented with images of junk f o r t u n a t e i n the selected compensation. His project, “U.S. this one’s fine.” applicants and food, like donuts and candy. Kobsa that her work the box’ thinkers, so Corporate Governance: History According to Tavakkoli, his tracked how often the children’s p r o g r e s s e d I have no doubt that their faculty and Future Recommendations,” research seeks to answer the eyes were drawn to the food cues. q u i c k l y, a n d mentors were they will be able to studies the correlation between question: Does the brain remember interviewed by “Previous research has shown she was able to executive pay and company the initial, frightening experience? that the more attention kids pay to wrap up most come up with creative the Committee performance.

Or does the brain recall the food cues, the more likely they are data collection on Senior ways to do their Walsh said that he faced comfort of a friend’s safe pet?

Fellowships via to eat when they are not hungry, with in-person challenges due to COVID-19, “From experiments in the 1990s which is a risk factor for being p a r t i c i p a n t s research.”

Z o o m r at h e r as he planned to supplement and early 2000s, we know when overweight,” Kobsa said. than in-person. b e f o r e his company data analyses with you see a dog, your fear will come Kobsa added in an email that C O V I D - 1 9 personal interviews. According to back,” Tavakkoli said.

Funnell wrote she started her senior fellowship made her stop. -MARGARET FUNNELL, Walsh, as companies scrambled Tavakkoli said one of his three project early in the summer term, that senior G i l b e r t - DIRECTOR OF to tackle problems related to the experiments on rats and fear so she was able to complete most D i a m o n d fellowships UNDERGRADUATE pandemic, some executives were renewal, set to take place between data collection before coronavirus added that the are full year unable to speak to him. Walsh winter and spring, had to be restrictions were announced. appointments, senior fellow ADVISING AND RESEARCH noted, though, shortened so so COVID-19 Kobsa wrote that she had to e x p e r i e n c e that retired much because adjust to working virtually by p r o v i d e s could impact i n t e r v i e w e e s “A huge part of the of COVID-19 obtaining a remote license for a unique opportunity for an them in a variety of ways over — often stuck thesis is having the that it was no software critical to her research u n d e r g r a d u a t e t o t a k e a n the course of the year. Next at home — longer usable and keeping in touch with her experiment all the way from the year’s senior fellows’ research became even community come for his project. three project advisors. conception of an idea through t o p i c s r a n g e f r o m N a t i v e more flexible.

I n “That’s been harder than I complete data collection and American language revitalization together. Your friends W a l s h h i s f i r s t t wo thought,” Kobsa wrote. “I won’t analysis. to economic development in and family get to w o r k e d e x p e r i m e n t s , get to present Sumatra, Indonesia, according to with data on see you defend it in w h i c h t o o k m y r e s e a r c h “I won’t get to present L o o k i n g Funnell. e x e c u t i v e person.” p l a c e b e f o r e to campus at “Three of the [2021] fellows back on his perfor mance the pandemic, a n i n - p e r s o n my research to campus experience as are planning to travel for their metrics and T a v a k k o l i senior honors at an in-person senior a fellow, Walsh projects, and those plans may d i r e c t o r s o n -ARMIN TAVAKKOLI ’20 found that the thesis showcase, s a i d h e w a s need to be adjusted based on honors thesis showboard and stock r e t r o s p l e n i a l at the in-person v e r y h a p p y college policies,” Funnell wrote. returns. cortex i n Senior Fellow case ... I’m really disapthat he did it. “However, the senior fellows are “We merged rats’ brains is s h o w c a s e o r pointed.”

He emphasized by nature ‘out of the box’ thinkers, three data sets together, trying to necessary for renewal of fear — the in-person that students so I have no doubt that they will study if CEO pay and performance a novel discovery in the field. W e t t e r h a h n who a r e be able to come up with creative are related,” Walsh said. “CEO According to Tavakkoli, his S c i e n c e -JESSICA KOBSA ’20 looking to do ways to do their research.” pay has gone up a lot in the past third experiment was going to S y m p o s i u m .

With regard to this year’s a fellowship 30 years — is it justified?” be to determine the point in fear I ’ m r e a l l y s h o u l d b e cohort, Funnell highlighted some Walsh said he found that when response during which the region disappointed.” driven, as a lot of the project of the challenges they faced, a CEO is not the board chair, is activated. including Tavakkoli’s inability to Tavakkoli echoed Kobsa, saying involves working individually. increasing their stock reward or “The whole reason I did a the lack of an in-person outlet to “Make sure you work well on complete one component of his cash bonus incentives can boost senior fellowship was to do this big display his work is “the worst part your own, in a subject you are experiment. future company performance by project, so it was a bummer that it of it.” “[They] worked with their passionate about,” Walsh said.

10 percent. had to be cut short, but it’s not my “A huge part of the thesis is “It can be lonely at times and faculty mentors to come up with While Walsh analyzed data and place to whine,” Tavakkoli said. alternative plans, and we are having the community come isolating.” completed Zoom interviews for his Kobsa, however, said that she together. Your friends and family Wa l s h a n d Ko b s a b o t h looking forward to seeing their research, which culminated in a was able to complete most of her get to see you defend it in person,” mentioned that the four senior final projects,” Funnell wrote.

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Epsilon sorority was broken into.

The perpetrator wrote a graphic message inside the sorority house threatening sexual violence. In response to the message found in KDE, over 100 Dartmouth students and faculty gathered on the Green to speak out against sexual violence at the College.

2016-17 In September, College President Phil Hanlon announced the creation of the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society. Construction on the new institute, located between the Tuck School of Business and the 2017-18 Thayer School of Engineering, In October, the College began in October 2019. announced that psychology and In October, an unattended brain sciences professors Todd hibachi-style grill caused a four- Heatherton, William Kelley and alarm fire in Paul Whalen Morton Hall Now-former Safety were put on in the East paid leave and Security director Wheelock following h o u s i n g Harry Kinne estimated allegations cluster. While that 50 people of sexual no injuries misconduct. were reported, attempted to touch N e w all 67 of the the Homecoming Hampshire building’s state officials weekend bonfire in residents were also opened i m m e d i a t e l y October. The Hanover a criminal relocated. i nve s t i g a t i o n Fire Department Now-for mer into the Safety and decided to knock professors’ S e c u r i t y down a part of the fire conduct. d i r e c t o r I n Harry Kinne to preserve student D e c e m b e r, estimated that safety. the College’s 50 people computer attempted system was to touch the a t t a c k e d Homecoming weekend bonfire by a strain of WannaCry, in October. The Hanover Fire a ransomware virus widely Department decided to knock attributed to North Korea. The down a part of the fire to preserve College decided to shut down student safety. the file sharing network until all In November, over 300 vulnerable machines were wiped.

Dartmouth students, faculty and In January, the New Hampshire community members marched in state Senate passed House Bill “A Walk for Love and Justice” to 372, which redefined the term protest Donald Trump’s election “resident” for the purposes of as president. holding office and voting in the Former students Sebastian state. Critics claimed that the bill Lim and Daniel Ro of the Class could restrict student voting. of 2019 admitted to causing In February, the official Winter the Morton Fire in an online Carnival snow sculpture returned petition circulated in November. after a three-year hiatus. The In the letter, the two apologized sculpture depicted a Darth Vader and asked to be readmitted to helmet that corresponded to the the College. The letter did not carnival’s theme, “Snow Wars: change the disciplinary outcome, May the Frost Be with You.” and both were expelled.

In March, the Board of According to financial Trustees announced that documents released in January, the College will not expand the College suffered a financial undergraduate enrollment operating loss of $112 million following consideration of a in the 2015-16 fiscal year due to report from the task force for rising expenses and flat revenue enrollment expansion. The task growth. Much of the deficit came force was created in September from the reorganization of the 2017 to evaluate the merits of Geisel School of Medicine, which increasing the undergraduate cost $53.5 million. student body by 10 to 25 percent.

In March, the College released Also in March, data were a statement expressing support released indicating that the Class for transgender and gender non- of 2022 had the lowest rate conforming community members of admission on record, at 8.7 in response to President Trump’s percent. The College admitted decision to rescind protections 1,925 students to the class from a for transgender students. pool of 22,033 applicants.

In April, Native American In May, a committee was studies professor N. Bruce Duthu convened to decide the fate of ’80 was selected to be the next the Hovey Murals, which were dean of the faculty of arts and located in the basement of sciences, but later declined the the Class of 1953 Commons. position due to concerns about Controversial for their offensive his co-authorship of a 2013 depiction of Native Americans, declaration supporting a boycott the murals were relocated to an of Israeli academic institutions. off-campus Hood Museum of Art Hanover pizza restaurant storage facility in October.

Everything But Anchovies closed In June, psychological and permanently in May after 38 brain sciences professor Todd years of operation. The closure Heatherton retired following followed a decline in business allegations of sexual misconduct. after the opening of a Domino’s Fellow psychological and brain Pizza franchise in West Lebanon. sciences professor Paul Whalen Also in May, Kappa Delta retired later that month. Both

faced revoked tenure and termination of employment.

In July, William Kelley, the third professor implicated in the psychological and brain sciences investigation, resigned from the College. Kelley also faced revoked tenure and termination of employment.

2018-19 In September, the College announced a new 350-bed undergraduate residence hall to be constructed at the corner of East Wheelock and Crosby streets. The land is currently occupied by three tennis courts and House Center A, better known as “The Onion.”

Also in September, the Dartmouth Bookstore announced that it would close permanently at the end of the year following a decision not to renew its lease.

In October, over 50 students contracted hand, foot and mouth disease, prompting cancellations of an Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity chapter meeting and other events to curb the spread of the virus.

Also in October, the College limited freshmen to running only one lap around the Homecoming bonfire. The town of Hanover refused to grant a permit for the event unless the College altered Homecoming to meet the town’s safety demands. No students attempted to touch the Homecoming bonfire.

In November, a non-Dartmouth student was shot outside the Christian Science Reading Room in Hanover, prompting an active shooter response by the College and local law enforcement. The alleged suspect, Gage Young, was later arrested and indicted on charges including second-degree assault with a deadly weapon.

Also in November, seven women — six current and former graduate students and one former undergraduate student — filed a $70 million federal class action lawsuit against the College. The suit alleged that the College had ignored claims of sexual misconduct in the psychology and brain sciences department.

In January, the Hood Museum of Art reopened after a multiyear renovation project.

In February, at least three Dartmouth professors and 18 students were targeted by emails that had sexually explicit content and racist messages. These emails were sent from fake email addresses that impersonated Dartmouth students.

Also in February, the Courtyard Cafe made Green2Go mandatory for all to-go orders. This decision was expected to save seven tons of waste per year.

In May, Arun Anand ’19 was found alive after a three-day search on Mount Moosilauke.

Anand was on a Collegesponsored physical education hike and was reported missing after he separated from the trip group.

Also in May, the College challenged the grant of anonymity to three of the nine PBS lawsuit plaintiffs. Later that month, the College and the nine plaintiffs agreed to seek mediation.

On March 11, the Ivy League 2019-20 canceled all spring varsity In September, the College athletic events in response to the restricted dorm and house center COVID-19 pandemic. access for students to those within On March 17, all undergraduate their own house communities in and graduate classes for the response to racial bias incidents spring term were moved online. from October 2018.

The Following this decision, Provost restrictions drew sharp criticism Joseph Helble announced on from the student body.

March 23 that all undergraduate In October, former psychology courses would be graded on a and brain sciences professor credit/no credit basis. Graduate David Bucci died from suicide courses continued to use their at age 50. Bucci had been chair regular grading systems. of the PBS In April, department chief financial Sen. Bernie Sanders (I- officer Mike w h e n a l l e g a t i o n s VT) won the February W a g n e r of sexual New Hampshire estimated that misconduct the College against three Democratic primary would face an PBS professors with 25.7 percent of $83 million were unveiled. loss in revenue the vote. Former South for fiscal year In November, the College Bend, Indiana mayor 2020 as a r e s t o r e d Pete Buttigieg placed result of the universal economic access to dorms first in Hanover with r a m i f i c at i o n s and house 25.9 percent of the of the centers from 8 C OV I D - 1 9 vote. a.m. to 9 p.m. pandemic. The Overnight College also access to announced dorms was still a freeze on restricted to house members. staff hiring and wage increases In January, a New Hampshire through the end of the year. federal judge granted preliminary On April 9, College President approval for a $14 million Phil Hanlon announced the settlement in the class action postponement of commencement sexual misconduct lawsuit against activities for the Class of 2020 to the College.

June 2021.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) won On April 20, the upcoming the February New Hampshire summer term was moved Democratic primary with 25.7 entirely online. The College will percent of the vote. Former determine the status of fall term South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete by June 29.

Buttigieg placed first in Hanover In May, the Baker-Berry with 25.9 percent of the vote.

Library location of King Arthur In February, Still North Books & Flour closed permanently. The Bar opened in the space formerly cafe was a campus favorite among occupied by the Dartmouth Dartmouth students for coffee, Bookstore. pastries and lunch items since its In March, a Dartmouth- opening in 2011.

Hitchcock Medical Center On June 14, the Class of 2020 employee tested positive for will have its degrees conferred COVID-19. The employee later at a virtual ceremony. Salman broke isolation precautions to Khan, founder of the free attend an event hosted by Tuck, online education platform Khan where a second DHMC employee Academy, will speak at the virtual was infected. commencement.

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The purpose of the Student Assembly is to serve as a liaison between the student body and members of the administration, a mission that requires the organization to be visible and active on campus. From launching a food voucher program to advocating for eased dorm access restrictions, SA has taken strides to become more engaged in student life in recent years.

As another cohort of student leaders concludes its tenure in SA, seniors, current SA leaders and SA’s evolution years, as well they still face.

A c c o rd i n g to SA project c o o rd i n at o r G y a n Moorthy ’20, SA has not always played

bringing new life to SA. “Until my junior year, SA seemed mostly a popularity contest,” Clemens-Sewall said. “I can’t tell you the names of the people who were president and vice president

really excited to see that [Walters was] running because I knew that she was someone who thought critically about what would make Dartmouth a more inclusive community.”

Clemens-Sewall said that Walters and Knape made an impact on campus by pioneering the Dartmouth Coach voucher program and a program to combat food insecurity on campus during over the past four winter break in 2018. as the challenges Moorthy said that current members of SA have “revitalized “Until my junior year, the institution.”

He referenced SA seemed mostly a amendments popularity contest. to the SA I can’t tell you the constitution that dictate names of the people responsibilities who were president for SA senators

role in student life. and vice president of Moorthy for the president said that SA my first two years and vice during his ... ” president. freshman and Moorthy added sophomore that he believes years, very -MARY VERSA CLEMENS-SEWALL ’20 students are few students now much more would turn to SA if than they were they had an issue they wanted in previous years. “I think now addressed. people say, ‘Hey, look, no matter Outgoing SA president Luke what my view is, I can talk to Cuomo ’20 echoed Moorthy’s someone in SA,’” he said. statement.

Outgoing SA vice president “SA, when I [was an] Ariela Kovary ’20 echoed these underclassman, was a very quiet sentiments about SA’s increased and not very well-understood activity, saying that prior to her organization on campus,” Cuomo role as vice president, she had said. “It didn’t really have much little knowledge of what SA did. of an impact.”

“Being in the role that I am, I Cuomo said that SA has changed know everything about [SA] — dramatically in the past two years, the external perspective as well due in part to the leadership of as the internal one — and it’s previous SA president Monik great to see what it has become,” Walters ’19 and vice president Kovary said.

Nicole Knape ’19.

Kovary added that SA’s renewed Mary Versa Clemens-Sewall ’20 praised Walters and Knape for the amount of student interest

in the most recent SA election, the Dartmouth Coach voucher which took place last month. program that Knape and Walters “A lot of people [were] started, improving community advocating to become a senator, space and dorm access, hosting which is not something we’ve two voter registration drives, seen in the past because usually collecting textbooks to increase a write-in name [was] elected or the library’s supply, purchasing only one person [ran] and they hand sanitizer and hand warmers for students, working with Zipcar [were] undisputed.”

Dean of the College Kathryn to get two extra Zipcars on Lively also felt that the most recent campus, securing physical copies election represented SA’s increase of The New York Times and The Valley News in visibility, to put in the noting that this Collis Center, election had “I think there’s a lot working to the second- of natural skepticism create a “syllabi highest voter database” and turnout of any towards student sponsoring SA election to government in events for date, despite its general, but I think several student remote format. organizations.

Dylan Giles our record this year ’20 said that and the circumstances Kovary added over the that a large course of his that [the College] will portion of SA’s four years at face moving forward work focuses Dartmouth, he demonstrate that on “little began to pay projects that more attention student government are not seen to SA. can impact and by the student “I don’t body but are know if that influence change at eventually means that Dartmouth.” n o t i c e d their presence because they on campus just kind of pop has increased, -LUKE CUOMO ’20, OUTGOING up and they’re but I’ve been STUDENT ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT like, ‘oh, more exposed that’s, that’s to what’s a wonderful happening,” he thing.’” Kovary also emphasized said.

Cuomo hopes that students will SA’s work to build an open line continue to take SA seriously in of communication with the future terms, especially given what administration.

Lively said that she has enjoyed it has been able to accomplish working alongside members of SA recently.

“Students shouldn’t discount or during her past two years as Dean dismiss SA as an organization,” of the College and said that she is Cuomo said. “I think there’s a often moved by their dedication.

“I’m just really impressed by how lot of natural skepticism towards student government in general, service-oriented our students are but I think our record this year and how deeply committed they and the circumstances that are — even on their way out as [the College] will face moving seniors — to improve the quality forward demonstrate that student of student life and to improve the government can impact and nature of the community,” she said.

According to Cuomo, he and According to Cuomo, some of SA’s achievements during 2019 other members of SA have been and 2020 included extending in constant communication with

the administration throughout the past term. Cuomo added of concerns between students and the administration, SA has compiled questions from students and released notes on College President Phil Hanlon and College Provost Joseph Helble’s weekly live discussions.

Lively praised Cuomo and Kovary for their leadership, saying that they have “really shined in shepherding student perspectives into administrative decisions regarding COVID-19.”

Cuomo said that because the student body is so dispersed this term and there are thus no direct lines of communication between students and administrators, members of SA act as an intermediary between the two.

Cuomo also cited student concerns over a lack of student representation in administrative decisions as one of SA’s considerations this term.

“There’s a lot of consternation amongst the student body because there’s a sense that the administration isn’t fully taking into account student voices, which is a legitimate basis for criticism,” Cuomo said. “But I will say that Dean Lively, Provost Helble and President Hanlon have all been extremely receptive to our questions and to our complaints.

They’re doing their best to consider the student perspective when making decisions.”

Emma Miller ’19 said that she thinks SA has done a good job of asking the administration questions and being persistent during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cuomo said that there were projects, such as the syllabi database, that he and Kovary had hoped to complete during their time as SA president and vice president, but that have been put on pause due to the pandemic.

“Advocating for students in reaction to spontaneous crises is not easy, but it provides the greatest opportunity to actually lives of students,” Cuomo said.

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Learning to accept life’s challenges when they come my way.

I’ve never been a fan of goodbyes.

In one of the more unexpected moments of my life, I found myself on a July afternoon 10 years ago being carried

my feet, I reached down and caught it at my ankles. The runner on second had

ground, so I calmly ran over to second and tagged the base before he could get back. Double play. over.

I arrived at Dartmouth Game I remember thinking in the fall of 2016 to myself: “Great, now I

shoulders of my joyous teammates, having just made a play that secured win of the season.

It’s a moment I won’t forget — and one that I often think back on when time at Dartmouth and the future to come.

I was born and raised in St. Louis, where baseball has an almost religious

not knowing a single person, yet I left having made life-long friends — most of whom I didn’t really get to know well until a couple years in.

in the air conditioning.”

But next thing I knew, my teammates had lifted me up on their shoulders, shouting triumphantly.

To be fair, that was

— I weighed about 90 pounds soaking wet back then. Yet I remember being so astonished that a

from anywhere else. I went to a game at Yankee Stadium once. Most of the and routine to me had made such an crowd didn’t sing along to “Take Me impression on those around me. My Out to the Ballgame.” What’s wrong coach even awarded me the game ball. with them?

That’s how I remember the story, Anyway, being from St. Louis, I anyway. Much of it is true, but I may naturally grew up a big baseball fan, have embellished around the edges for never having learned to comprehend how someone else could even dislike the little embellishment here and there? sport I love so much.

I hadn’t planned on being a hero that Not being much of an athlete, let’s day. In fact, my plan had mainly been just say I’ve always preferred to be a to keep my head down and get through spectator of baseball. But up until high it. But you know the old saying: “People school, I played the plan, and God laughs.” game too. I was never Well, whether you’re What great story on one of those Little religious or not, I think League teams you see doesn’t have a little that’s a pretty good on TV — they wouldn’t embellishment here concept to keep in have given me the time mind. of day. So I stuck to and there?

It certainly has mostly non-competitive applied to me on many leagues, and I’ve got a occasions. Dartmouth nice collection of participation trophies wasn’t even on my original list of topcollecting dust in my room to show for choice schools, but I ended up having it. a wonderful four years in Hanover. I In my last few years playing baseball, was certain I’d be happiest in a large I played in what I would describe as a school in a big city, yet the opposite semi-competitive league. My team, you turned out to be true. I planned on know, we won some, and we lost some. being a government major, but I ended Well, mostly lost. But it was at the up adding on history as well. I arrived very end of my second at Dartmouth in season on the team the fall of 2016 not that my big moment As I write this, I’m not knowing a single arrived. certain what the future person, yet I left Allow me to set the having made lifescene. It’s a sweltering will hold, but that’s long friends — most hot July afternoon in OK. Planning ahead of whom I didn’t St. Louis. For those really get to know is a rational thing to of you who haven’t well until a couple been to St. Louis in do, but sometimes years in. the summer — and I the world is just too And what wouldn’t recommend it about now? I guess — it gets pretty humid uncertain of a place — there’s nothing with surprises in store like a pandemic to ruin plans. As I for us along the way. the season. Just three write this, I’m not outs to go, and we’re certain what the winning by a pretty big future will hold, score: 9-1, or something like that. but that’s OK. Planning ahead is a Feeling uncomfortable with so large rational thing to do, but sometimes the a lead, my team was determined not to world is just too uncertain of a place let our opponents miss their chance to — with surprises in store for us along score a few runs while the season was the way. still going. Sure enough, our lead started I still have the game ball from that to evaporate. 9-3. 9-4. 9-5. There’s one day 10 years ago — it’s been sitting out, and the bases are loaded. You get on a dresser in my room ever since. If the idea. anything, it reminds me that in baseball So there I was — playing shortstop, and in life, you never know when watching my team make mistake after opportunities will come your way. Most mistake, and wondering all the while of the time the ball will be hit in another why my great-grandparents ever left direction, but sometimes it’s hit right to Russia, where the heat in the summer you. couldn’t possibly be this bad.

I just hope I’m ready to catch the ball Our lead had shrunk to about two or the next time it’s hit my way. three runs when, all of a sudden, the ball was hit right to me — low to the ground, Alex Fredman ’20 is the former executive but in the air. Without having to move editor of The Dartmouth.

A 2012 gray Chevy Silverado rolls Saying goodbye to something you’ve down a Main Street lined with closed come to love forces you to confront the doors and hardly any lights. Despite the reality of leaving it behind. Perhaps a six rings from the Baker clock tower, silver lining of the remote nature of the late afternoon traffic is nonexistent. our college culmination is that it won’t With only a handful of other cars and no feel like the abrupt end I’ve always students to get in the feared. Instead, the way, the Chevy cruises If someone had told barriers between the ahead, disappearing Dartmouth bubble me then that in four into the distance. and life after college Flashback almost years Donald Trump have broken down, four years ago, and I would be president, as we live through was boarding the New an unexpected, York City coach with a the nation would be in imperfect and hiking backpack full of lockdown and that I’d muddied transition clothes. I gazed out the to the real world. window and watched wrap up my final term Everyone the skyscrapers turn at Dartmouth behind tells you that college first into suburbs a webcam, I would’ve makes up “the best and then into rolling, four years of your tree-covered hills. laughed them off as an life.” But often that When the bus arrived apocalyptic lunatic. line of thinking on campus, I was implies that the years jolted awake by the to come will be less screaming students than satisfactory. with multicolored hair in neon tutus. I While it’s true that we can no longer couldn’t help but wonder if everyone at live in a house full of our closest friends Dartmouth was like them. or spend an afternoon playing pickup I came to campus naive, open-minded hockey on Occom Pond, the people and determined. And it wasn’t just and their carefree, zany personalities me — I was surrounded by a class of will endure. Even though I’ve already enthusiastic, wide-eyed freshmen who forgotten last week’s physics material, wanted to juggle a varsity sport with the knowledge and experiences two clubs, four courses and a social life. accumulated over these past three Aspirations of academic distinctions, and two-thirds years won’t go away. dream jobs and changing the world were We don’t have to abandon wearing the norm, not the exception. If someone our favorite bequest, nor are we all of had told me then that in four years a sudden too old for Keystone, lazy Donald Trump would be president, the Sundays watching football and tender nation would be in lockdown and that quesos from the Hop. We don’t have to I’d wrap up my final term at Dartmouth grow up overnight. behind a webcam, I would’ve laughed June 14, the day when we shift from them off as an apocalyptic lunatic. saying “I go to Dartmouth” to “I went For the past three years, every June I to Dartmouth,” will mark a milestone, have witnessed a new group of seniors albeit a strange and almost surreal cross the stage and move on from one. But despite the virtual format, Dartmouth. Whether it’s from their as its name suggests, it will still be a occasional visits back to Hanover or “Commencement” — a recognition run-ins in major cities, one piece of that graduation is not just the act of advice from alumni reigns supreme: closing a door, but also the dawn of a “Enjoy it while it lasts.” Ever since new beginning. hearing those words from a shirtless ’16 As I watch the Chevy drive off into during my freshman the distance, the sun year Homecoming, June 14, the day when begins to dip behind I’ve envisioned the hills of Norwich. we shift from saying this dichotomous I cross an almost relationship between “I go to Dartmouth” to empty intersection, College and the “I went to Dartmouth,” only to pass by one ominous “Real World.” other person whose Yet this term hasn’t fit will mark a milestone, eyes are only visible either of those molds. albeit a strange and between his Big Instead, it occupies a Green baseball cap strange, unpalatable almost surreal one. and blue-and-white But despite the virtual surgical mask. Life limbo.

From the late nights format, as its name in Hanover this in the stacks this winter spring has not been spent finishing up suggests, it will still be the same without major requirements a “Commencement” students, just as to staying late after life after college captain’s practice — a recognition that won’t be the same to prepare for one graduation is not just without being in final spring season, it close proximity to the act of closing pains me to listen to Dartmouth. While the countless forgone a door, but also we may physically experiences that the dawn of a new filter in and out of all the seniors were Hanover, I hope saving up for this beginning. these friendships, spring. Ever since the the youthful energy announcement of a and the creative remote spring term, I’ve listened to ambitions of our class remains. seniors regretfully reminisce on what Although many of us have prematurely would have been: Green Key, Senior parted ways from campus, this need not Week, the packed Green on the first real be a final goodbye. day of spring, a 75-degree afternoon As June 14 looms on the horizon, I on the banks of the Connecticut. But hope not to close a door, but to keep it what I think we’ll miss most of all is wide open. the sense of closure afforded by those experiences.

Aidan Sheinberg ’20 is the former publisher I’ve never been a big fan of goodbyes. of The Dartmouth.

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THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF DEBORA HYEMIN HAN

!"#$%#&'()*+),#-$'./0 Don’t forget the features of campus that mirror the world we enter into.

As the days blur together, Dartmouth seems much farther away than it actually is, even on a day like today: graduation.

Juxtaposed against the debilitating realities we face, the idealistic, privileged place that college is turns into a dream land I once had the chance to visit, but will never really return to in the same way again.

In some ways, otherworldliness is the best way I can describe college right now.

The feeling I got being in Baker-Berry Library sums this up best. To walk into its bright, checkered lobby was to enter a busy hub, where chairs and tables merged to make room for more; where everything from the book you were reading to the screen of your laptop was covered by big, sun-soaked windows; and where passersby rushed through to get to the next thing. The further you went into the library, the closer you got to where the books were — where knowledge itself seemed to congregate and make itself available to anyone who walked through those heavy front doors.

And more often than not, you’d run into someone you knew doing the same thing you were: studying (or at least trying to) and enjoying what it meant to be young, struggling and learning in that moment. campus for me. It was in classrooms where I learned the words for concepts I could have never articulated on my own and got a glimpse of the leading ideas of our time. It was in organizations that let me see more of nature and learn about war and peace; in research labs that brought me closer to practice than theory; and in teams where I learned alongside my peers how to be better writers, advocates, mentors, believers and allies. It seemed like all I was expected to do was be young, struggle and learn. circumstances. Some are back home, confronting what it means to be in that space again, while others don’t have stable places to live at all. The same college I knew feels distant as I put “learning” on the backburner and focus instead on what is happening around full-time jobs, but made too little to get unemployment.” “Domestic abuse rises worldwide.” “Fear sent her Chinatown restaurant spiraling.” “COVID-19 took dead worldwide. And on top of that: “8 Floyd was killed in police custody.”

“I can’t breathe: braving tear gas in a pandemic.”

It’s true that you could call this an abrupt shift in worlds — many of us went from plans to savor every moment of one last spring on campus to ending up back in our childhood bedrooms.

After graduation, we will end up being comparatively disadvantaged right out of college, at historic levels. And the force with which the problems in our world have collided together makes me realize that this world is even more broken, fragile and inequitable than the one I thought I had studied in books for the past four years.

But as I’ve been reminded again and again these past few months, the world of college and the world I see now Because for all the ways campus felt like a fortress hidden deep in the woods, it was never impenatrable to the outside world, nor was it internally perfect. And for all the ways I thrived in a system

that advantaged me because of my race and background, I recall how often it disadvantaged and traumatized others.

I don’t need to look at the current state more broken, fragile and inequitable than the one I studied — all I need is to look at the world that existed on campus.

Our campus was where people were sexually abused by powerful professors and our own peers. It was where people identities and people with disabilities space. Where some had to work multiple jobs on top of being a student to support their families back at home, or to even just get by on campus. Where to be young, struggle and learn was a luxury more than it was an equalizer.

It was where we called on the administration to protect our classmates against the threat of deportation and demanded more equitable resources to meet a growing mental health crisis. It was also where we experienced racist and sexist vandalism in students’ places of living, and heard our own classmates use slurs against Black people as if it was so large that some of our friends had to leave the College, and those who stayed faced food insecurity, inaccessibility and stigma every day. We even sheltered in place during an active shooting.

Dartmouth, too, is a site of the problems it seeks to alleviate through scholarship and study. It is a site of systematic inequality, unexpected ambushes, endless shortcomings and hypocrisy.

Remembering that this was equally a part of “the college experience” makes college as a concept seem less otherworldly than originally thought.

Because so much of what occurred on campus is what occurs regularly, on a larger scale in our world. And it is what has occurred for many years, prior to the ‘crises’ we are so consumed by now.

Remembering that these were the features of our college experience, and the experience of students across almost every college campus, is what really unites us is not that we happen to all be graduating in the midst of pandemic, but that our circumstances require us to draw on our own experiences with these same problems and act on them. Because it might actually take a national ‘crisis’ or two to get us to realize that the world requires us to address these problems in the same ways we did on campus: with outrage, empathy, zealousness, boldness, indignation and persistence. And with new approaches, fresh ideas and by making our own sources of meaning.

Because regardless of whether or not these circumstances occurred, we would’ve had to ask ourselves as we stepped away: Are we going to leave behind how it felt when we were struggling with one another and learned beyond what we were expecting to learn?

Are we going to forget how we tried to confront these realities, and also forget what it felt like when we failed? What we promised ourselves we’d do the next chance we got? As graduates of pandemic, I think the answer is handed right to us — etched into our diplomas, woven into our caps and gowns, and wrapped into the congratulations and the goodbyes. This world is ours: to mourn, dismantle, rebuild, reconnect, destroy, rebuild and rebuild again.

Debora Hyemin Han ’20 is the former editorin-chief of The Dartmouth.

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percent report never having sex at all.

thought that things in the country

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primary. While the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee is Joe Biden, most of the Class of 2020 remain lukewarm on his candidacy, with only 25 percent indicating they have a favorable view of the former vice president, while 42 percent remain unsure and 33 percent have an unfavorable view. This trend seems to be driven by Biden’s lack of favorability among very and somewhat liberal students, of whom only 26 percent and 35 percent view him favorably, respectively. On the other hand, Biden’s favorability among moderate and somewhat conservative students is 27 percent and 9 percent, respectively.

Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders, who received the second most Democratic primary votes nationally, was viewed much more favorably than Biden at 41 percent, compared to 33 percent unfavorable and 25 percent not sure. However, views on Sanders are much more polarized; while 79 and 44 percent of very and somewhat liberal students viewed him favorably, 71 percent of somewhat conservative students and nearly all very conservative students viewed him unfavorably.

As in previous years, most of the Class of 2020 indicate that their social networks generally align with their political views. Sixtyone percent say that all or most of their friends share the same political views that they do, while a further 33 percent say that some of their friends do. Those identifying as very or somewhat liberal are the most likely to report that all or most of their friends share their views. No conservatives report that all of their friends generally follow their political the majority liberal composition of the class body. Those identifying as moderate were most likely to say that only some or few of their friends shared their political views, with 57 percent and 18 percent saying so, respectively.

Post-Graduation Future Of those living domestically postgraduation, the Class of 2020 will land in similar states to previous classes, with New York topping

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the list at 30 percent, followed by Massachusetts at 18 percent, and California at 13 percent. A much greater proportion — seven percent — of the Class of 2020 will be moving abroad, compared to just one percent for the class of 2019.

Of those moving abroad, most are heading to Europe and Asia.

The majority of the Class of 2020 will enter work directly after graduation. Sixty-two percent say that they plan to work immediately after Dartmouth, while 27 percent will go to a medical, law or other graduate school. This is a of 2019, in which a much higher 73 percent said that they planned to immediately enter the workforce after graduation while only 20 percent planned to attend graduate school. This drop in immediate workforce participation and increase in graduate school attendance may be due to opportunities lost as a

result of COVID-19’s economic impacts. Indeed, 65 percent of 2020 seniors indicate that COVID-19 graduation plans. the Class of 2020 will be working immediately after graduation,

Overall, 28 percent of the Class of 2020 anticipate graduating with no debt, similar to the Class of 2019; of students graduating with debt, the median debt was $18,000, also similar to that of the Class of 2019.

remain king: 30 percent will enter 23 percent will enter consulting. technology and engineering and government and politics with 22 percent and six percent respectively.

In terms of where the Class of 2020 hopes to end up 10 years balanced. Health and technology and engineering were the most Government and entrepreneurship were a close third and fourth at 13

— 55 percent of students whose families make less than $50,000 will graduate with no debt, while 90 percent of students with family incomes of over $200,000 will graduate with no debt. Thirty-eight percent of seniors indicate that they

to 37 percent of students with family incomes above $200,000.

Interestingly, students with family incomes between $100,000 and $200,000 are the most likely to receive assistance from their families, with around 50 percent receiving assistance.

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from their parents following graduation, while the remaining 62 percent do not. Students from higher income backgrounds are much more likely to receive assistance: Only 16 percent of students with family incomes below $50,000 expect to receive assistance, compared

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EJ Abass

Turia Adkins

Congratulations, EJ for your grand graduation success. I’m always praying for your success. God bless. - Mom EJ, Congratulations. I’m so proud of you. Don’t forget your family when you make it BIG. You’re my role model. Love, Jasmine

Congratulations Turiya!

Our hearts are bursting with joy on this momentous day. You’re an extaraordinary young woman and we celebrate all of your accomplishments. Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Love forever from us all, both on Earth and in Heaven.

Emma Alter

Junnat Anwar

Emma Bear- We are so proud of the person you have come to be and know you will only continue to share love and happiness in all that you do and with all who you bring into your life!

Love always, Mom and Dad

Congratulations on your graduation and best wishes for your next adventure!

We are so very proud of you.

With Love & pride today and always Mom, Dad, and Qirrat

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Daniela Armas

Roviel Arquiza

Congratulations Dani on this important achievement. I am so very proud of you and I look forward to seeing your continued success. This year has brought its challenges, but your resilience is what will continue to see you through. I love you.

Your family loves you! Let’s celebrate! Mom

As you leave the portals of this wonderful campus

Christopher Baccoti

Tyler Baum

Congratulations! We are very proud of Chris’ academic/athletic achievements and his acceptance into Dartmouth’s MEM program. His commitment to task, ability to work with others and high level of integrity will guarantee success in graduate school and life.

Mom, Grandma and Poppy Pecora

young man you have become. We rally you on to Love, Dad and Mom Love forever from us all, both on Earth and in Heaven.

Words cannot express how proud we are of you!

Watching you grow into the man you are today has been priceless! We will always be your #1 fans!

We love you so much!

Mom & Patrick

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Will Bednarz

Brendan Caltavuturo

While your senior year and graduation have not been what you expected or deserve, we are so proud of the resilience and maturity you have shown.

We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to see what you do next! Love Mom, Dad, Tess, Ellie and Dakota

Congratulations Brendan! We are so proud of all your incredible accomplishments at Dartmouth. We know you will cherish your time in Hanover forever.

We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to see what the future holds for you.

Love Mom, Dad, Evan and Julia.

Breiana Campbell

Ian Carter

We are so very proud of all you have accomplished in the past 4 years!

This is such a huge milestone, one of MANY MANY more to come!

Although this awful pandemic has taken away your commencement ceremony on campus, please know you are still celebrated and all your hard work has not gone unnoticed! We are excited for all the great things the future holds for you!

We love you so much, Mom & Dad

Squirt, Your Ivy League graduation continues a legacy started generations ago. Your parents, grandparents and great-grandparents overcame much to bring you to this moment. You have surpassed our wildest dreams, inspiring even wilder dreams of what will come.

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Tori Chanenchuk

Peter Charalambous

Congratulations on your phenomenal academic and athletic achievements! We are so proud of you and look forward to cheering you on in your next adventures. Oh, the Places You’ll Go! We LOVE you always!

Mom, Dad, Clem, Colby, Tucker

Congratulations on this exceptional milestone and the Jan Tarjan Award! You continue to amaze us, and we look forward to celebrating many more achievements. We are so proud to see the man you’ve become.

Love, Mom, Dad, Lefko, and Irene

Joseph Chavez

Kyle Clampitt

I am so proud of all you have accomplished during your four years of college. I can’t wait to witness your next adventure! Continue to be true to yourself and know I am always your biggest fan!

Love, Momma

We are so proud of the young man you have become. Congratulations on graduating from Dartmouth. Cannot wait to see what you do with the next chapter of your life.

Love, Mom, Dad and Stephanie

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Lizzie & Lily Clark

Frances Cohen

Cheers! Who knew, 22 years ago, where life would take you? From Dimensions to graduation, you have loved every moment at Dartmouth. I am so proud of you both, and it has been a joy to watch you blossom over these past four years. Now, get out there and take on the world!

Love, Mom

Congratulations, Sweetie! We’re all so proud of you and excited for your next adventure! xoxoxo, Mom, Dad, Danielle, Lucy, the Lesniks, the Kaplan-Hales, and the Kaplans.

Shepard Colby Connor

Annalisa G. Crowe

Congrats Son. The place you have called home for the last four years has given you experiences that you have enjoyed. You did your part to leave Dartmouth better than when you came. Kudos. We love you. Mom and Dad

Congratulations Annalisa! We’re so proud of all of your accomplishments. Our “Little Force” is a Dartmouth 2020 grad now!

Love, Mom, Dad & Scott

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Stephen Crowe

Hana Dai

Stephen- you laughed, studied, ran, coded, played ultimate, spoke French, fraternized, organized and matured through your Dartmouth years. We are very proud of the man you have become, as you embark on your career.

With our love and support, Mom & Dad

You have grown from a lovely little girl to a bright young lady. As you are about to graduate Dartmouth, we believe that your enthusiasm, inspiration and

Madeline Siena Donahue

Becca Jane Dufresne Rosko

Congratulations Madeline.

We are all very proud of you.

Mom, Dad, Connor, Novie pants!

Your heart is full, tender, and strong. You give your all. Perseverance, tenacity, strength on the Rugby

Love, Mom & Dad

home, your family. Let us guide and support you forever. We are here to hold you.

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Alex Fredman

Colton French

Alex, we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be more proud of you! You have worked so hard for this wonderful accomplishment.

We know that your time at Dartmouth and with The D have been memorable! We are excited to watch the next chapter of your life unfold! Love, Mom, Dad and Brandon

Congratulations Cole!

We could not be more proud of you and all that you have accomplished during your time here. We know you will always cherish your friendships and memories made. Cheers to your next adventure.

Love Mom, Dad & Bailey

Katie Goldstein

Franklin Goldszer

-Dr. Seuss Congratulations to our star!

We love you, Mom, Dad, and Charlie

We are so proud of the kind, caring, and our hearts with joy and gratitude. You make the world a brighter place. Hold fast to your dreams!

Love, Mom and Dad

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Holden Harris

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do than by the the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.

Alexis Harris

graduation is being delayed, that does not lessen the

Brandon Hester

opened the opportunity to attend Dartmouth. on your journey. You are a loyal son, brother, friend

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Sara Hileman

Henry Hilton

Sara, you continue to take our breath away! You have always set and accomplished goals with poise and grace. As your path now winds, love intensely,

May your life experiences turn into memories that you shall carry forever through the great adventure that is the future!

Much love always, Gram and Papa

the popcorn ready to watch what you do next.

All our love, Your “better than cable” family

Henry Hilton

Tim Holman

Huckleberries Forever!

Tim - Congratulations on your graduation from

Grandma Betty & Papa Tom

proud of you and your accomplishment. And we wish you the best of life in the years ahead.

Love, Mom and Dad

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Myles Holt

We are so very proud of all you’ve achieved thus far..in leaving the place you’ve called home for the last 4 years we are equally excited for you to spread your wings and soar Love Mom, Dad and Lucas XO

Congratulations on your Dartmouth graduation! college, we celebrate the hard work, commitment and all you have accomplished over the past four years. We couldn’t be more proud. All our love, Mom and Dad

Bella Jacoby

Zachary Johnson

It seems just months ago that we said goodbye at Fayerweather. You have made these years at Dartmouth your own. Hoping the memories of this special place stay with you always. We are so happy for you! Love, Mom and Dad

Congratulations Zack! We are so proud of how hard you have worked and how much you have grown. You are truly an outstanding human being.

Whatever you do, wherever you go - we are with you every step of the way.

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Liam Jolley

Michael Kellman

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” - Dr. Seuss Congratulations to the Dartmouth Class of 2020!

Liam, we love you and are so proud of you.

Love, Momma, Daddy and Sarah

There you are Michael, all suited up and ready for success! Stepping out with the historic Class of 2020….Congratulations to you, your Beta Brothers, Casual Thursday Seniors and all your classmates.

From Mom, Dad, Kate, Russ, Eliza and Dhiraj

Betty Kim

Sophia Kinne

We are so proud of you.

We knew you could do it.

All the best for your next step.

Love, Mom & Dad

The blessings and challenges of learning and living in varied places, have been abundantly provided.

The blessings of family and friends, educators and acquaintances, have been with you. Congratulations Sophia Therese. God bless you.

We love you, Mom & Dad.

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Jessica Kobsa

Markus Lake

Dear Jessica - Oh the places you will go - from wearing the sweatshirt at age 2 to graduating to a bright and successful future! We are so proud of you. As Dr Seuss would say - “your mountain is waiting, so get on your way!”

Love, Mom and Dad

Congrats, you did it! We are so proud of you and can’t wait to see where your many talents take you.

We will always be here for you - your #1 fan club.

Love, Mom, Dad and Sahara

Jack Leonovicz

Skylar Lewis

We are proud of all that you’ve accomplished in the past four years at Dartmouth. We know you will excel in your career and personal life. Congrats as you begin your new adventure. We love you. Mom and Dad

Skylar, you never cease to amaze us. Deep pride you are every day. We are forever with you on your fantastic journey, all of our love Mom, Papa, Gram, Nana, Uncle Joe and Aunt Lynn

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Stanley Liu

Hannah Margolis

Congrats Stanley! We’re so proud of your hard work and the challenges you’ve overcome to get here. There’s nothing you can’t accomplish/ overcome on the rest of this journey, and we will always be here to support you. Love you!

Mom&Dad&Harvey

Congratulations, Hannah, for all you’ve accomplished at Dartmouth, and not just the academics and research. You should be very proud of the hard work you dedicated to establishing a STEM mentoring program on campus. We hiked to the summit of Mount Rose near Lake Tahoe just before you left for college. I’ve enjoyed our time exploring, and I hope you never stop. Good luck at NIH! Love, Dad.

Lorna McElrath

Mollie McGorisk

Dearest Lorna, How proud we are of you graduating from a world-leading college! Throughout your life you’ve never wavered from taking on supreme challenges.

We are so proud of you and your achievements over the last four years at such a special place. We are thankful that we could share in this journey and will cheer you on in the next. We love you!

compassion!!

Love you so forever much, Mom & Dad

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Sanat Mohapatra

You have been my greatest accomplishment in life.

And with each milestone you have soared to higher ground. It is with love and pride that I witness your next chapter in life.

LOVE MOM

K: Now it is up to you to chart your course.

Remember, we are always here to support you ... but the best help is out there.

Do what you enjoy or enjoy what you do.

With best wishes and Love, Mama & D & B

Maddie Nelson

Sarah Pearl

Gentle. Strong. Kind. Encouraging. Demanding. Forgiving.

Honest. Contrite. Accurate. Precise. Creative. Athletic.

Enthusiastic. Patient. Optimistic. Realistic. Tolerant. Inclusive.

Careful. Hopeful. Humble. Thrifty. Indulgent. Provoking. Loyal.

Observant. Willing. Willful. Sensitive. Quiet. Intelligent. Radiant.

Nurturing. Excitable. Worthy. Adaptable. Clutch. Prepared.

Daughter. Love, Mom and Dad

Sarah Pearl, Dartmouth Class of 2020, we are so, so proud. From Environmental Studies, Physics, Trips, Farm, tutoring, teaching, AXiD and precious friends, you made it all special. Cherish your memories - the sky is the limit. Xo, Mom, Dad, Allie.

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Caroline Pennacchio

Jennifer M. Peterlin

One person can change the world and you are that person. We are so proud of your achievements; prouder of the beautiful person you are - inside and out. Blessed you are ours; excited for your next great adventure.

Love, Mom, Dad, & Joe

Congratulations on your landmark 2020 graduation!

Dartmouth is in your heart forever! We are incredibly proud of your accomplishments. Big Green D will propel you forward to accomplish even more in future years!

Love always, Mom, Dad, Victoria and Maria

Annie Phifer

Kara M. Powell

As you wave goodbye to a school you have loved, you leave behind great memories. Ahead are all your dreams. Around you will be those who love you and inside you is everything you need.

Congratulations! We love you!

Kara, we are so proud of you!

You have met every success and challenge at Dartmouth with humility, determination and grace. who gets understanding.â&#x20AC;? -Proverbs 3:13 Love, Mom & Dad

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Raphael Preston

Katie Pursley

Yet another journey! So proud! You chose a goal and gave it your Soul. May you always be as joyful, motivated, conscious, generous and CONNECTED as you are today. We love being your parents and always “have your back!”

Katie, We knew you were talented and beautiful from a very young age. But somehow you have managed to exceed our every expectation. So proud of your accomplishments and all the friends you have made at Dartmouth! Love, Momma, Poppa and Mike

Kerrigan Quenemoen

Meghna Ray

We are so proud of you and the creativity and passion you bring to everything you do. Continue to make the world a better place.

Love, Mom, Dad, and Ryan

Congratulations on your graduation Meghna! We feel so proud of you! We wish you the best, in the rest of your journey, and will continue to cheer you in all your endeavors.

Love, Mom & Dad, Bipasha, Ritam.

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Ben Saccone

Nicole Salet

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing’s going to get better, it’s not.” You have always been that someone. Celebrating your passion and adventurous spirit… today and always.

Congratulations!

Love, Mom, Dad, Max, Alex, and Grandma E

Congratulations on your graduation Nicole! Your journey in life will bring both challenges and chances and beat the challenges on the road to reaching your goals. Bonne chance! Maman, Papa et Stephane.

Alexandra Sasse

Samuel Seifert

Esa! Baby Lamb 1! Sprout! Wessle!

How do you ROCK? Let us count the ways. Smart.

Witty. Kind. Creative. Fun-loving. Compassionate.

Strong. BDE. Singer. Composer. Sigma Delta.

Trips. Streaker. Leader.

WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS! Love, Moosh & Oli

Congratulations on reaching this milestone! On behalf of your whole family, we are so happy to have been a part of this journey with you and to have seen all you have accomplished. Our hearts graduation!

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Sam Seifert

Shane Sellar

My sweet Sammy, Another mile stone in life‘s pathway. Always remember that if your actions inspire other to: dream, learn, do, and become more - you are a leader. My wish for you is simple- Have the best life imaginable, my son.

Congratulations to all the 20s!! Love, Mom

We are beyond proud of the person you have become. You are living proof that hard work leads to success and the best is yet to come. Best wishes as you begin the next chapter of your life’s journey.

Love Mom, Dad and Kira

Nicholas Shade

Armin Tavakkoli

It has been an honor to watch you grow and excel these last four years at Dartmouth. We are so proud of you and wishing you the very best.

Congratulations and good luck!

Love, Mom, Dad, Thomas, Matthew and James

It’s a beautiful thing, watching the son we’ve always loved, growing up and getting one step closer to his dreams.

Congratulations, with all our love, Mom and Dad

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Nitya Lily Thakore

Emanuela Tsesarsky

Nitya, You have developed a strong mind of your own and you believe in doing what is right. We are proud of who you have become. Wishing you the best in all your future endeavors. Mummy and dad will always be there for you.

Mani, Friends and professors are lucky to know you, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re luckier to call you our daughter, sister and tanta. We love you so much and know youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll always excel, brightening the world with your extraordinary mind, smile and heart.

Connor Turner

Carly Tymm

Son, you set a high goal for yourself, you worked hard and reached that goal. On to the next! Keep reaching for your dreams! We love you and we are so very proud of you!

Love Mom and Dad

We are all so proud of you. Looking forward to see all you will do in the future.

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Hanover Vale

Alec Vaules

Congratulations Han! We are so proud of all you have accomplished and are looking forward to seeing all the places you will go! We love you so much! xox Mom, Max, Alex and Lola

Congratulations, Alec! We are so proud of you and canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to see what you accomplish next. We love you! Mom, Dad, Becca, Charlie, Lexie and Maisie

Kiera Vrindten

Peyton Weber

Congratulations on your accomplishments at Dartmouth and good luck as this new chapter of your life begins. Remember, this is far from the end of the story, but rather another chapter in your journey through life!

Love, Mom & Ryan

Inspired. Focused. Passionate. Determined. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve delighted in being a part of your journey. As you take the next steps in life- dream big, have fun, hold on tight and enjoy the ride!

Love, Mommy & Da-Da

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Peyton Weber

Ellie Wilson

Congratulations on your graduation! With love and pride we celebrate all of your accomplishments.

Stay focused as you blaze your own path. Oh, the places you’ll go!

Congrats Ellie Wilson ’20 on a great 4 years at Dartmouth! We loved seeing you dive into your Sociology and Geography classes, emerge as a leader at Growing Change, and build a special circle of friends. Love, Mom & Dad

Mommy, Da-Da & Loren

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