The Dartmouth 01/06/2023

First members of the Class of 2027 report few COVID-19 interruptions in admissions process

on campus and they’re not able to retake the SAT without traveling super far, I would say that it was more of a return to the normal than in the past,” Cramer said.

Maria Alice Hebling ’27, an admitted student from Valinhos, Brazil, said that the presence of vaccines helped to create a “calmer experience” than previous admissions cycles allowed for, while Tiana Duong ’27, a QuestBridge finalist who matched with Dartmouth from Duluth, Georgia, said applicants to the Class of 2027 were more accustomed to changes to the college admissions process brought about by COVID-19.

Class of 1953 Commons reopens for late-night dining

BY EMILY FAGELL The Dartmouth Staff

This article was originally published on Dec. 23, 2022.

On Dec. 16, 578 out of a recordhigh 3,009 early decision applicants were admitted to the Class of 2027, marking a 19% acceptance rate — the lowest in the College’s ED history.. The newly accepted students — joined by the 47 who matched with Dartmouth through the QuestBridge program earlier this month — are the third class to undergo the college admissions process since the start of COVID-19.

The Classes of 2025 and 2026 navigated fully virtual and semivirtual admissions cycles, respectively. While members of the Class of 2027

said the pandemic still impacted their application process — through factors such as the College’s testoptional admissions policy or reduced extracurricular opportunities in high school — many noted a more typical experience than the previous two years’.

Lydia Cramer ’27, an admitted student from Raymond, New Hampshire, said that her class’ admission cycle was affected “a little” by COVID-19. She added that, compared to pre-pandemic admissions cycles, COVID-19 affected the ability of students to tour campuses in person, do extracurricular activities and take standardized tests like the SAT.

“But in comparison to previous years where people aren’t able to get

Luke Montalbano ’27, an admitted student from Vancouver, Canada, said that the pandemic still caused challenges as an international student. Due to school closures in Canada, Montalbano had to fly to Las Vegas to take the SAT, but said that the inconvenience was the “only thing that really was lingering from the pandemic.” Montalbano added that he was even able to tour the College before applying, which cemented Dartmouth as “the perfect fit” for him.

“When I visited Dartmouth, it was perfect to the T,” Montalbano said. “Everything about it was beautiful. The students were excited, happy, willing to engage. The facilities were, for the most part, renovated, new, in a great condition … It’s one thing to see a college through photos, but it’s totally different to see it in person.”

Lynda Rios ’27, an admitted student from Godwin, North Carolina, said that she toured Dartmouth through a summer program for low-income students accessing college and agreed that her campus tour “really drew [her] in” to Dartmouth and encouraged her to apply ED.

Hanover businesses adapt to student absences during interim period

BY CHARLOTTE HAMPTON The Dartmouth

This article was originally published on Jan. 5, 2023.

In the 10 years since Dartmouth established its current academic schedule — creating the six-week break known as “Winterim” — Hanover businesses still must “adapt” to students’ extended December absence, according to Murphy’s on the Green owner Nigel Leeming.

“There’s been an adaptation, a purposeful adaptation in the business to fll those void spots,” Leeming said.

The break, which lasts from Thanksgiving until early January, was put in place in 2012 to make the fall term more continuous. According to previous reporting by The Dartmouth, the period gives more time for students and faculty to conduct feld research and go abroad for classes. However, the absence of approximately 4,300 students, as were on campus in the fall, leaves Hanover restaurants and stores emptier, according to Lou’s Restaurant and Bakery owner Jarett Berke Tu ’17 said.

Berke said he estimated that one third of his business income comes from the Dartmouth community, leaving the restaurant significantly quieter over winter break. The Lou’s monthly guest count reaches approximately 15,000 customers in the summer, but falls to around 10,000 in December, Berke said.

“All of a sudden, you lose a good chunk of your customer base — and it’s just gone,” Hanover Improvement Society general manager Jef Graham said. “Main Street was pretty scary when [the interim period] frst happened.”

Records, Posters and Memorabilia New Hampshire owner Bryan Smith agreed, noting how during that frst interim period in 2012, Hanover was “dead.”

Smith said the negative impact of the long winter break on local businesses was compounded by Dartmouth’s usage of Dartmouth-owned catering for holiday

parties instead of using food from local restaurants.

“It took a big chunk out of [business for] restaurants in a time when the students are gone. Some [restaurants now] close up for a few days or the two weeks before Christmas actually starts,” Smith said.

Some businesses are able to handle the winter downturn better than others. Leeming said a strong customer base in the Upper Valley was the key to his restaurant’s success.

“We serve well and we keep our customer base strong — that’s Business 101,” Leeming said. “We built a neighborhood restaurant that includes the College, but we’re not a restaurant that goes to the College [for business].”

Graham said that the Nugget Theater, operated by the Hanover Improvement Society, increased the business it received from locals by playing special holiday movies and hosting free movie nights for kids.

“Anything to keep the Nugget fresh in people’s minds,” Graham said.

Berke, who is a member of Hanover’s economic development council, which supports downtown businesses, said that Hanover restaurants can ride the December lull more easily than retail stores. Although retailers normally rely on December holiday sales, Dartmouth students who have left Hanover for the interim period buy their gifts in their hometowns, Berke said.

“The students leave right before the big retail push, and that really hurts,” he said. “It makes it really difcult for retail to actually survive in Hanover.”

According to Still North Books and Bar owner Allie Levy, who opened her store in 2019, newer businesses in Hanover have had to create their business model with the interim schedule in mind.

“[The interim period has] always just been something we had to fgure out how to make work with our business plan,” she said. “Other businesses are in a harder position where they were used

BY EMILY FAGELL The Dartmouth Staff

This article was originally published on Jan. 5, 2023.

Starting Jan. 3, the Class of 1953 Commons opened for late-night dining from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. seven days a week, according to Dartmouth Student Government president David Millman ’23. The Courtyard Cafe — which temporarily opened for weekend late-night dining on Nov. 4 — will reduce its hours, closing at 9:30 p.m. daily to accommodate stafng issues, Dartmouth Dining Services director Jon Plodzik said.

Plodzik said that while ’53 Commons will continue to accept meal swipes during its late-night hours, campus snack bars will no longer accept swipes this winter and may operate under shortened hours due to staf shortages and expanded hours at ’53 Commons.

Millman said that DSG has been advocating for late-night dining since the spring, calling the initiative one of his “biggest priorities.” He explained that the reopening aims to address food security, public health and public safety. Plodzik added that the new dining program will be called “’53 After Dark.”

“It’s not just people getting food when they’re drunk,” Millman said. “[Late night dining also] gives people a place to go. It extends dining times. It’s public safety — you can get people out of frat basements into well-lit places with friends, food and water. It really is a place where people can regroup and check in with their friends.”

The Student & Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault executive Madeline Gochee ’23, whose organization worked with DSG to implement late-night dining, added in an email statement that “late night is paramount to violence prevention” on campus.

“First, it gives students an alternative social space to consume food and get away from high risk drinking spaces,” Gochee wrote. “Second, late night is an important excuse for people to leave spaces where they feel unsafe or uncomfortable without raising alarm bells. Third, late night is important for friends of students who are inebriated to get them out of high risk scenarios.”

According to Plodzik, ’53 Commons will serve many of the “really popular items” from the Courtyard Cafe, including breakfast burritos, popularly known as “bobs,” quesadillas and other grill options. The location will also ofer items such as cofee, frozen yogurt, ice cream, pizza, soups and bottled beverages such as Yerba Mate. He said that Wednesdays will feature pancake night — an event previously held only during fnals week.

Plodzik added that late-night dining will operate under a retail model, with items priced individually — rather than the typical all-you-can-eat style during other meal hours.

While Sonya Danchak ’25 said that although she was surprised by the retail model, she added that the decision ultimately makes sense.

“You’re not eating a full meal if it is after 9:00, so I feel like I am fne with it,” she said. “That makes sense because otherwise it would be [a] free-for-all.”

In addition to changes to snack bars, Plodzik said the Courtyard Café will close at 9:30 p.m. everyday, with only grab-and-go options available after 8:30 p.m. to allow staf time to close. Previously, the café closed at midnight

Monday through Saturday and was closed on Sundays; prior to Nov. 4, the café closed at 6:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

The new winter schedule primarily stems from the introduction of latenight dining at ’53 Commons, as Dartmouth Dining continues to address stafng constraints, Plodzik said. He added that the adjustments are “very separate” from upcoming renovations to the Hopkins Center for the Arts but noted that the construction may have an impact on “business and fow.”

“It’s a give and take in stafng mostly, to be honest with you, and it’s a consideration of overhead and the bigger picture: Do we need to have multiple venues open all over the place ofering similar things at the same time?” Plodzik said.

Dartmouth Dining was able to offer some staff at the Courtyard Café an opportunity to transfer to ’53 Commons, according to past reporting by The Dartmouth. However, Plodzik said they are still looking to fll two positions at late-night, out of seven open full-time positions overall, and that the lingering staf shortage is “a little concerning.”

While Dartmouth Dining initially chose the Courtyard Cafe over ’53 Commons for late-night dining due to stafng constraints, Plodzik said that ’53 Commons was eventually selected due to its size and equipment, as it can cook food faster than the Courtyard Cafe.

“We’re estimating that we’d get somewhere around 1,000 to 1,200 students nightly in the program,” Plodzik said. “This allows a lot more elbow room and a lot more production capacity than we would’ve had in other venues, for just about the same amount of staf.”

Gochee wrote that SPCSA also preferred ’53 Commons due to its proximity to Webster Avenue and student housing. Millman added that the Campus Connect shuttle will now have a stop near ’53 Commons, allowing students to ride from Webster Avenue to the dining location until 2:30 a.m.

“I remember Collis late-night from back in my freshman year,” Ryan McClure ’23 said. “Most ’23s have pretty fond memories of it, but I remember Foco late-night from that [COVID-19] winter when all of us were back, and Foco was a great spot for it too. I’m more about just the fact that there is food being ofered [at] that time as opposed to the location.”

While Simon Buchsbaum ’26 said he is “a little bummed that the [Courtyard Cafe] is closing” earlier, he said he is glad that ’53 Commons is extending its hours and called the initiative “a big step [forward] in student wellness and mental health.”

Like Buchsbaum, other students responded positively to the announcement.

“I think that Foco being open later offers a better opportunity for Dartmouth as a student body to really be together,” Brennan Welsh ’26 said. “I went for when they did the pancakes during finals week and it just seemed like such a great energy. People were having fun, [there was] a little lightheartedness. I ended up actually meeting people there that I hadn’t really met.”

Danchak added that the decision to stay open until 1:30 a.m. is “amazing,” noting that she expects students to utilize the new hours for dinner, not just late-night dining.

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Democratic National Committee

set to revoke New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary status

BY TAYLOR HABER The Dartmouth Staff

This article was originally publishsed on Jan. 5, 2023.

The Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee voted on Dec. 2 to reorganize its presidential primary calendar, rescheduling several states — including New Hampshire — which have long kick-started the nomination process.

New Hampshire’s Democratic primary, which has been the first in the nation for more than a century, is slated to hold its contest second alongside Nevada on Feb. 6, 2024.

South Carolina will launch the Democratic race three days prior on Feb. 3. The Republican National Committee stated it would maintain its past order, beginning with the Iowa caucus, followed by the New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina primaries, respectively.

In December, President Biden called for states with more voters of color to feature earlier in his party’s nomination process, the New York Times reported. The December vote, which changed its party’s calendar in accordance with those demands, will be voted on by the full DNC early this year.

State officials from both parties have admonished the DNC’s calendar changes. Republican Governor Chris Sununu and Democratic Secretary of State David Scanlan — as well as federal officials, including Democratic senator Maggie Hassan — have all stated that regardless of the DNC’s plans, New Hampshire will maintain its first-in-the-nation status.

A 1975 N.H. state law mandates that the primary either be held on the second Tuesday of March or “...7 days or more immediately preceding the date on which any other state shall hold a similar election.”

Government professor Russell Muirhead, who is a Democratic state representative for Hanover and Lyme, said that he believes the primary order will depend on the 2024 Democratic nomination race, namely if President Biden faces a challenge in his potential reelection bid. The disconnect between the DNC and New Hampshire officials could get “complicated,” he added.

“I think the DNC won’t be able to control the situation in a contested primary,” Muirhead said. “But it can control the situation with an incumbent running for reelection … Without Biden on the ballot, I would predict that [first-in-nation primary] stays in New Hampshire.”

Beyond the proposed changes for New Hampshire, the primary shakeup has moved up several states in the DNC calendar — notably, South Carolina, Georgia and Michigan — which have larger and more racially diverse electorates than the previous Democratic lead-off states, Iowa and New Hampshire.

The Democratic primary realignment is meant to serve as a more accurate reflection of the party’s base, rather than skewing towards states with heavily white populations, Dartmouth Democrats president Gabi Rodriguez ’23 said.

Rodriguez said that if South Carolina — where the state’s Black Democratic base had been credited with reviving President Biden’s 2020 presidential nomination, — becomes the party’s first contest, it will acknowledge the pivotal role voters of color play in politics.

“The Democratic Party appeals to a larger swath of people than just white people,” Rodriguez said. “And I think South Carolina was a big indicator in the previous election with [President] Biden, just showing folks who turned out were largely a lot of Black and minority folks in South Carolina. So I think the DNC was looking to show,

not just the appreciation of their voter base across the country, [but] also trying to make it more updated with the times.”

Democratic primary calendar changes, which favor more populous states, are likely to diminish the role of “truly retail politics” — the face-toface, localized brand of campaigning which the New Hampshire primary has embodied — Muirhead said. In past election cycles, the state’s unique political brand has been a litmus test for presidential hopefuls, he added.

“Media buys won’t substitute,” Muirhead said. “That creates a real test of character. And it allows candidates who haven’t done the bidding of the donor class to compete.”

For Republicans, the New Hampshire primary has served as a bellwether for the party’s recent national candidates, state representative Ross Berry, a Republican from Manchester, said. In the three most recent open Republican presidential primaries, the winner of the New Hampshire primary has been a different candidate from that of the Iowa caucus and has gone on to be the party’s presidential nominee.

Candidates not running on social issue platforms are able to thrive in New Hampshire, where the primary “...allows mainstream Republicans an avenue,” Berry said. “It allows somebody who’s not banging those rural, Midwest and Southern state drums — it gives them a launchpad, especially to get to Nevada.”

The DNC’s move away from New Hampshire, one of several swing states “key to winning the general election,” may negatively affect Democrats’ chances in future elections, Muirhead said. The state has boosted the campaigns of both New England politicians and those with more grassroots support, which has helped candidates reach the general election, he added.

“That’s not the path to victory,” Muirhead said.

Restaurant and store owners in Hanover see revenues decline over winter break

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to one thing and that pretty radical shift had big impacts on them.”

Levy said that the interim period was “a fun challenge” to which her business has adapted. She added that Still North is busier than normal with holiday book shoppers when cafe food and beverage sales drop by about 30% in December.

“[The interim period] is a big blow, and I think it’s symptomatic of a much larger issue of a lack of communication between the town and the College,” Levy said. “But I don’t think it’s inherently harmful, especially to new businesses that are coming in.”

While most businesses have reported having few student workers during academic terms, Still North employs roughly 10 students every term, Levy said. She added that this means she has had to anticipate the long break in ways other businesses do not.

Levy said she plans ahead to fnd help during the holiday rush. This year, she ofered to pay the transportation fees of employees so they could come back to

Hanover for a short period and help out.

Smith also said that he feels that there is a lack of communication from the College such as when it will be hosting large groups of visitors in town.

“I would personally like to see, just in general, better communications,” Smith said. “When they’re doing things, let us know, so we can adapt.”

The dearth of information has left businesses unable to prepare for large Dartmouth community events — including admitted student days in April or student organization events like Model United Nations conferences — according to Smith.

“We are an asset to the College,” Smith said. “I wish the College would see that.”

Hanover town manager Alex Torpey wrote in an email statement that he is hoping for better communication between Dartmouth and the town.

“What we’re hoping to do in our [economic development council] meetings is bring stakeholders together so that diferent entities can make plans and solicit feedback from each other

before making decisions,” Torpey wrote. “We’ve had lots of great participation from various folks at the College.”

According to an email statement by Dartmouth government relations director Heather Drinan, the College is “actively engaged with downtown business owners and is committed to being a good partner and neighbor.”

Drinan wrote that while most students may not be in Hanover for all of December, Dartmouth’s quarter system allows for students to be in Hanover at times of the year when other universities are not in session, such as in early January or the summer.

“Recently, I (along with other administrators) have been pleased to be a part of a series of ongoing meetings convened by the Hanover town manager with downtown business owners to strategize on the future of the downtown and how to best support current and prospective businesses and encourage a vibrant and welcoming community for all,” she wrote.

Cheri Pierson sues former College trustee and BVAC namesake Leon Black ’73 for rape

BY ARI ROJAS The Dartmouth Staff

On Nov. 28, Cheri Pierson fled a lawsuit alleging that former College trustee Leon Black ’73 — the namesake of the Black Family Visual Arts Center — raped her at the home of convicted sex ofender Jefrey Epstein in 2002. Pierson is represented by Wigdor LLP, the same law frm representing Guzel Ganieva, another woman who is suing Black for sexual harassment. Ganieva’s lawsuit, fled in June 2021, had previously been amended in Sept. 2021 to include Pierson as another woman Black assaulted, referred to then as “Jane Doe.”

According to the lawsuit, the “violent assault” took place in Epstein’s home in Manhattan, where Pierson arrived under the pretense that she would give Black a massage and in return he would pay her money that she “desperately needed” as a single mother for her young daughter. The assault resulted in vaginal tearing and bleeding that Pierson used ice and over the counter medication to treat because she had no medical insurance.

“Black had the opportunity and the means to rape Ms. Pierson that day because their meeting was pre-arranged by his close friend and confidant, Epstein,” the lawsuit reads.

The lawsuit also claims that Black called Pierson several times after the alleged rape insisting to see her because he felt “bad.” At one point the two met at a bar in the St. Regis Hotel in New York City, where Black gave Pierson $5,000 in an envelope.

In an email statement to The Dartmouth, Black’s attorney Susan Estrich wrote that these allegations are “categorically false” and aim to extort money from Black. Estrich and Black initially met at Dartmouth in 1972 when Estrich was part of an exchange program as a junior at Wellesley College.

“Other than a feeting reference to an unnamed and otherwise unidentifed ‘friend’ Ms. Doe supposedly confded in a few weeks after the alleged episode, no evidentiary support is ofered for an assault that supposedly took place more than 20 years ago,” Estrich wrote in a letter to Wigdor.

Despite some students and alumni denouncing Black for the rape allegation and his ties to Epstein, Black’s name remains the namesake of the Black Family Visual Arts Center. Black donated $48 million to fund the building in 2012.

emerged, Lawrence confrmed that there were no plans to rename the arts center.

Denise Lee ’25, a Sexual Assault Peer Alliance member, said she supports changing BVAC’s name and that it is something the College should have done already without students and alumni bringing the issue to their attention.

“If there’s no contractual obligation to keep the name, then there is no reason for us to have essentially a memorial for a sexual assaulter,” Lee said. “It’s another instance in which the [College] is passive when it comes to taking positive action in the name of furthering women’s rights.”

Gochee said that maintaining the Black namesake in light of rape allegations is “especially frustrating” because some sexual assault survivors use art programs and classes as a space to work through their trauma. Gochee added that she is “not surprised” by the Dartmouth administration’s decision not to change the building’s name.

“It’s been very clear for a long time that Dartmouth is more beholden to alumni and donor contributions than they are to student voices and survivors,” Gochee said.

Alumni have come out in support of changing the name of the center. In an article for the Valley News, Stan Colla ’72, Ruth Cserr ’88, Roberta Millstein ’88 and Diana Whitney ’95 wrote that maintaining Black’s namesake over BVAC is an “ever-present insult” to sexual assault survivors on campus.

“Dartmouth cannot in good conscience continue to honor this man,” Veronica Wessels ’81, a founding member of the Dartmouth Community Against Gender Harassment and Sexual Violence, wrote in an email statement. “It’s an institutional embarrassment.”

To ameliorate the situation, the alumni behind the Valley News article have suggested removing Black’s name from BVAC and initiating a communitywide conversation about a more appropriate name. Gochee said that in the wake of the rape allegations against Black, she knows that many students and professors who have taken to calling the arts building “VAC” instead of BVAC.

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“Everything was paid for [on the program], or I would’ve never been able to actually tour Dartmouth … I didn’t even consider it until I was there,” Rios said. “Just walking around the campus, I could really envision myself as a student and then I even got to eat at the dining hall… It was just a perfect experience.”

In addition to tours, many students took advantage of virtual resources implemented before and during the pandemic. Montalbano said he utilized the Dartmouth Admissions website and attended a virtual tour before visiting, while Duong and Hebling both said that they used social media platforms such as Instagram and YouTube to learn about the lives of current and former students.

Hebling, who said she has not visited campus, added that she also used campus publications, to help make her decision. While Cramer said she was able to tour, she added that the

Dartmouth admissions blog “definitely had an impact” on her decision to apply.

Regardless of how each student learned about the College, all expressed excitement about the next four years.

Bella Reyes ’27, a QuestBridge finalist who matched with Dartmouth from La Mirada, California, said she “fell in love with the small community aspect” of the College and looks forward to “getting out of the city.”

“The schools I visited, just from the [Los Angeles] area, are just really big and a little overwhelming,” Reyes said. “I’m really excited to be in a small school area.”

“I’m definitely really excited,” Trevor Bingham ’27, an admitted student from Chandler, Arizona said. “My dad and I coordinated a trip earlier this year, in October, to visit a bunch of colleges on the East Coast. We went to 12 colleges in a week, and the results of that trip was really [that] Dartmouth was the place that

Varun Swaminathan ’26 contributed reporting. definitely felt right.”

Students also expressed gratitude for receiving admission during the most competitive cycle to date — the number of ED applicants has increased by 45% over the past three years, according to The Dartmouth, reaching a record-high this year. Hebling said she feels “honored” to be a member of the Class of 2027 “despite the competitiveness.”

As the admitted students wait for the fall, many said they are looking forward to getting to know their classmates. Reyes said she has already connected with other QuestBridge matches, while Cramer added that she has started to talk to peers through social media.

“It’s been really cool to talk to people about their journey to Dartmouth, where they’re from,” she said. “I’ve already talked to people from South Korea and Canada, which has been super cool. I’m just so excited to get on campus and meet more amazing people.”

“[Black’s name] sends a message of who really matters and I think money talks on Dartmouth’s campus more than anything else,” Student and Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault executive Madeline Gochee ’23 said.

College spokesperson Diana Lawrence did not respond to requests for comment as of press time. In November, when the lawsuit first

“If Dartmouth really cares about uplifting and supporting survivors in the way that they say that they do, renaming [the building] to something that indicates that either another donor or an organization working for that cause would be a really great way to demonstrate to the community their care regarding this issue,” Gochee said.

Lee said that the College must also focus on substantive changes to how it address sexual assault.

“Dartmouth is kind of trapped because it is performative to change the name without actually changing its policies like making the Title IX process easier, but also not changing the name is worse,” Lee said.

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Before the Curtain: Arts on Campus Week 2

BY SABRINA DURMAZ The Dartmouth

Since fall term ended in November, two new exhibits have opened at the Hood Museum of Art. The “Historical Imagery” collection, which opened on Dec. 17, features art that explores U.S. history — including an unfinished study of Emanuel Leutze’s “Washington Crossing the Delaware.” On Jan. 4, an exhibit featuring the work of Margaret Bourke-White opened highlighting her images from World War II and Life Magazine.

Saturday, Jan. 7

“Text and Texture,” an exhibit featuring over a dozen pieces of student artwork at the Black Family Visual Arts Center’s Nearburg Gallery, will close on Jan. 7. The exhibit, curated by Jen Capriola ’23 and Leah Ryu ’22 with support from studio art lecturer Matt Siegle ’02, has been on display since Nov. 8, 2022. It highlights the intersection of language, form and viewer experience with various prints, collages and paintings.

Monday, Jan. 9

American filmmaker Khalik Allah is hosting two film screenings and a Q&A on Jan. 9, with a follow-up masterclass on Jan. 10. Allah will show his 2015 documentary film “Field Ni**as” at 6 p.m. and his 2018 documentary “Black Mother” at 7 p.m. in Loew Auditorium. Following the showings, there will be a Q&A with Allah and film and media studies lecturer Shevaun Mizrahi. Tuesday’s two-part masterclass will be held in BVAC at 3 p.m., followed by a reception at 7 p.m. at the Shabazz Center.

Tuesday, Jan. 10

The studio art department is hosting an artist’s talk with the 23W Artist-in-Residence, Sotirios Kotoulas. The talk will focus on Kotoulas’ award-winning global work in architecture and urban design. The conversation will take place at Loew Auditorium at 5 p.m., followed by an opening reception at 6 p.m. in the Jaffe-Friede Gallery, which has been relocated from the Hopkins Center to the first floor of BVAC due to construction. Both events are free and open to the public.

Wednesday, Jan. 11

The College is holding a presentation and screening with Dr. Rhea L. Combs, director of curatorial affairs at the National Portrait Gallery and the co-curator of “Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971.” The reception will take place at 5:30 p.m. at the Nearburg Gallery, and the screening will follow at 6:30 p.m. in the Loew Auditorium. After the screening, Combs will participate in a Q&A session. This event is free and open to the public.

The Hood is holding an inperson Hood Highlights Tour from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Current featured exhibits include “Park Dae Sun: Ink Reimagined,” “Historical Imagery” and “Margaret Bourke-White, World War II, and Life Magazine.” The museum requests that visitors arrive five minutes in advance at the Russo Atrium so that the tour may begin on time. No registration is required and the event is free and open to the public.

The English department is conducting a reading of “The Best American Essays 2022” with associate English professor and the

editor of the anthologyAlexander Chee. Featured writers Ryan Bradley, Naomi Jackson and Justin Torres will join the discussion. The anthology is an annual literary event and tradition dating back to 1986. The event will take place in the Kreindler Conference Hall in Haldeman Hall at 6:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Thursday, Jan. 12

The Dartmouth Neukom Institute for Computational Science and

Northern Stage will present the first public reading of 2022 Neukom Playwright Winner Matthew Libby’s play “Sisters,” a story about sisterhood and family in the age of technology. The show follows Matilda and her artificial intelligence sister Greta throughout Matilda’s life. The show will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Filene Auditorium with another performance on Friday, Jan. 13 at Northern Stage’s Byrne Theatre. Both showings are free and open to the public.

SENIOR STAFF COLUMNIST SPENCER ALLEN ‘23

Allen: Don’t Rock the Vote

This column was originally published on Jan. 5, 2023.

It’s no secret that political ambitions run high among Dartmouth students. Take, for example, the six students who have run for or served in elected offices representing Hanover in my time here: Garrett Muscatel ’20, who represented Hanover and Lyme in the New Hampshire State House of Representatives in 2019 and 2020; Riley Gordon ’22 and Victoria Xiao ’22, both of whom ran for state representative in 2020, though Xiao dropped out of the race before the primary; Miles Brown ’23 and Nicolás Macri ’24, both of whom ran for the same office in 2022; and David Millman ’23, who ran for Hanover Town Selectboard in 2021.

Now, these students all had great reasons to run for office. In previous coverage, The Dartmouth reported that the aforementioned candidates ran on issues such as immigration, voting rights for college students, antiAsian discrimination, student housing, mental health and climate change — all of which have captured the attention of the student body and portions of the Hanover electorate at large in recent years. In addition, many Dartmouth students are eligible to serve in elected office, provided that they have lived in New Hampshire for two years and are U.S. citizens and adults.

Despite this, students have found very little success in representing Hanover. Brown, Gordon, Macri and Millman all lost their elections. Meanwhile, Muscatel resigned several months before the end of his term following questions about his residency status during the pandemic. With such historically low prospects, is it really worth it for students to run for office? Strategically, no.

I served as an election worker during the 2022 primary and general elections, where I met more Hanover residents than I had in the previous three years I’ve lived in Hanover. From overhearing snippets of conversations and chatting with my fellow election officials off the clock, I got the general sense that many non-student residents of Hanover do not trust Dartmouth students to effectively represent them.

And that makes complete sense. Dartmouth students can very easily be great representatives of our 4,000 undergraduates — which, as I’ve noted in another article, is about one-third of all Hanover residents. When choosing between a two-year resident of town who appeals to student residents — and will likely leave after their term — as compared to a two-decade resident who understands the concerns of non-student residents and will likely grow incumbent in the position, it makes sense that most residents would choose the latter.

Student candidates also have to overcome legitimate concerns about their fitness to serve. Notwithstanding the frivolous anti-student sentiments held by some town residents, previous student representatives in local and

state office have less than perfect histories. Vanessa Sievers ’10 was elected Grafton County treasurer in 2008 only to face calls for her to resign after she missed three consecutive meetings, and Michael Wopinski ’15 was elected as county register of probate following his fraternity’s write-in campaign in his favor. And let’s not forget Muscatel, who flip-flopped on whether he would resign upon his graduation or finish out his term before being effectively pressured out of the state house. Collectively, these failed tenures in office have left Hanover residents “skeptic[al] toward student candidates.”

Simply put, it is not in students’ strategic interests for our fellow students to run for elected office. When gaining political power through running for elected office is doomed to fail, what alternatives are available for students in Hanover?

Above all else, students and non-students alike need to come to the table and work together to build a strong pro-Hanover coalition. This is a point I first made shortly after Millman lost his election for town selectboard back in 2021, and we’ve already made progress on this point. Following that defeat, Millman worked with the town and student body to pass an article at the 2022 town meeting to create a new zoning district in Hanover with expanded housing density.

Coalition-building between student and non-student residents would have enormous benefits. Of course, students’ calls for change on a myriad of issues would have a strong backing to succeed. But more than that, engaging in constructive dialogue as residents of Hanover — the town we all call home — would bring with it a sense of togetherness in the community that would benefit everyone. Tensions between students and the rest of the community would likely ease, and students may actually have a decent shot at winning a race in town.

As a result of community building, this would give students a shot at advocating for a student presence on the selectboard, whose policies and decisions have a heavy weight on college affairs. This electoral reform could take shape by splitting Hanover into electoral districts and having Dartmouth be its own district. Or, we could install an existing student representative — say, the student body president — as a permanent member of the selectboard, where they could then advocate on behalf of all students.

Students deserve to have their voices heard at all levels of government, but gaining that voice must be done strategically so as to actually get that representation. Instead of wasting time and money on campaigns that are destined to fail, students should prioritize setting the stage for long-term successes by helping build coalitions with town residents. This sort of strategic reprioritization of goals will benefit all of Hanover moving forward.

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e Look Ahead: Week 2

BY Caroline York The Dartmouth Staff

Friday, Jan. 6

Women’s hockey (5-11) will compete at Princeton University (7-6-1) at 3 p.m. Dartmouth is 1-8 in conference play and hopes to keep up momentum from its last game, a win against Stonehill College.

Both the women’s and men’s squash teams will be traveling to Bowdoin College to play the Polar Bears at 5 p.m. The women’s side (1-2) will seek its second win of the season in its frst competition since Dec. 4 against Tufts University. The men (2-2), also playing for the frst time since the Tufts matches, will look to get above .500.

At 6 p.m. women’s basketball (213) will take on Yale University (6-8) in Leede Arena. After nearly a month away from home court, the team returns to Hanover seeking its frst conference win of the season after dropping its Ivy League opener against Cornell University last Sunday.

Men’s basketball (4-11) will travel to New Haven to take on Yale (10-4) at 7 p.m. Dartmouth will be on the road for the frst time in Ivy League play this season, looking for its frst conference win against the Bulldogs who also lost their conference opener.

Men’s hockey (2-11-1) will take on Quinnipiac University (15-1-3) on the road, starting at 7 p.m. The Big Green, 1-5-1 in Eastern College Athletic Conference games, will be tested by a Quinnipiac team that stands at a perfect 10-0-0 in conference play and tops the conference standings 11 points ahead of second-place Harvard University.

Saturday,

Jan. 7

Competition will continue on Saturday for men’s and women’s squash as they travel to another set of New England Small College Athletic Conference matches against Colby College, beginning at 11 a.m.

Women’s and men’s swimming will be traveling to Bates College at 1 p.m.

Both sides look for their frst meet wins of the season after starting the season 0-4, with all the losses coming in Ivy League competition.

Women’s hockey will take on Quinnipiac University (18-3-0) on the road at 3 p.m. in M&T Bank Arena. The Big Green faces a tough fght against the Bobcats as Quinnipiac currently stands at the top of the ECAC standings with an 8-1-0 conference record.

The men’s and women’s basketball teams resume play this Saturday. At 5 p.m. women’s basketball will be

competing at home against Brown University (7-6). At 7 p.m. the

basketball team also takes on Brown (7-7) on the road in Providence.

Men’s hockey will again travel to Princeton (7-8-0) for Ivy League play

Thursday, Jan. 12

Football awards abound despite underwhelming season

BY WILL DEHMEL The Dartmouth Staff

Despite fnishing 3-7 this season and second-to-last in Ivy League play with a conference record of 2-5, Big Green football did not conclude the season without accolades. Several players were selected for the Academic All-District I University Team, the All-Ivy teams, and the All-New England Division I Team.

Selected by the College Sports Communicators, the Academic AllDistrict I University Team includes student-athletes from New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont that have participated in 50% or more of the team’s games and have sustained, over one or more years of classes, a 3.5 GPA, according to Dartmouth Sports.

Those selected for the all-district academic team include Macklin Ayers ’24, Danny Cronin ’24, Michael Flores ’23, Josh Greene ’23, Joe Kramer ’22, Braden Mullen ’25, Paxton Scott ’24 and Konstantin Spörk ’25. Those eight players span the team, jointly playing ofense, defense and special teams, and majoring in a diverse array of disciplines, from religion to engineering.

Named to the All-Ivy teams was a smaller, fve member cohort of Big Green

players. Selected by the Ivy League’s eight head coaches, the All-Ivy teams are ft with ofensive, defensive and special teams players First Team, Second Team and Honorable Mention along with an eight-player Academic All-Ivy Team, consisting of one athlete from each Ivy League school.

Coaches selected defensive stars Quinten Arello ’23, Shane Cokes ’23 and Joe Hefernan ’22 for the Second Team, while fellow defenseman Ayers won Academic All-Ivy. Jace Henry ’24 and Nicholas Schwitzgebel ’24, both ofensive players, earned honorable mentions.

All four defensemen led the team in tackles, with Hefernan amassing 98 the most of any Ivy League player. Seven of Hefernan’s 98 tackles were for loss, and Hefernan forced one fumble and recovered another the latter at Princeton University on Nov. 5, where he recorded a career-high 15 tackles.

Arello, a captain and defensive back from Kansas City, Missouri, recorded an interception, a forced fumble and three pass breakups during his senior season in addition to 53 tackles.

Both Arello and Heffernan were selected to the All-New England Division I Team, an honor given by the New England Football Writers Association.

Adelekun’s SportsCenter Top 10 Play Not Enough Against Cornell

BY WILL DEHMEL The Dartmouth Staff

When Cornell University’s guard found separation on a give-and-go just nine seconds into the second half of Dartmouth’s New Year’s Day Ivy League opener, it was understandable that Dame Adelekun ’23 wanted a breather. Cornell’s ofense leads the Ivy League in nearly every ofensive statistic, averaging 84 points a game and, as displayed in that moment, continuing to mystify opponents with its passing wizardry.

Or perhaps Adelekun was fearful this contest would be a repeat of last game, when the Big Green had been up 35-28 at the half against University of Massachusetts Amherst and still lost by 11.

Either way, Adelekun’s posture arms dangling, knees relaxed, a passive viewer to the impending shot was justifable, but it certainly didn’t ft with the player Adelekun is as the conference’s current leader in blocked shots.

Except Adelekun wasn’t resting.

An instant later, the 6’8” senior from Gastonia, North Carolina, was high above the ground, his arms an impenetrable wall to Cornell’s attacker, grabbing the shot right out of the air with both hands. In no time, the ball was downcourt, in prime position for Dartmouth, down 37-36, to retake the lead.

While Adelekun’s block was enough to warrant a SportsCenter Top 10 feature, it was not enough for the win. Ultimately, Dartmouth fell 74-63,

watching its one point halftime defcit continually expand as its once-highpowered ofense stuttered in the second.

And if Adelekun gave Dartmouth the spark it needed to contend with the Big Red, his foul trouble doused it.

Two minutes into the second half, Adelekun found himself with three personal fouls, enough for head coach David McLaughlin to give him a breather this time a real one.

At that point, Cornell went on a 12-3 run, putting them up by 10 points with 13 minutes remaining. The Big Green made multiple eforts to claw back into the game, especially once Adelekun returned, reducing the defcit to six points several times before getting within four with four minutes remaining.

Cornell allowed Dartmouth to return within four once more, but a late 9-2 run in the fnal few minutes ensured the Big Red victory.

When Adelekun sat back in a chair postgame his hands bracing the armrests, a tired, blank look on his face this time his posture hid nothing.

“Yeah, it was defnitely frustrating,” Adelekun said. “Foul trouble has defnitely been a theme throughout the year. Just gotta be smarter. I felt like most of the fouls were in my control – I know I’m a key point to what we’re trying to do this year, so I just can’t get in foul trouble.”

Despite only playing 21 minutes, Adelekun proved he’s ready for the rest of the season, leading the team with 14 points and 10 rebounds, his ffth career double-double and second this season.

“[In non-conference play], I feel like for a good stretch I played [tall] bigs the whole entire time,” Adelekun said. “I felt pretty used to the physicality of those types of guys, so I feel like it prepared me going into this game. I felt like I was on a bigger level of physicality than them.”

Despite Adelekun’s second-half detour to the bench, McLaughlin and forward Cam Krystkowiak ’23, whose 11 points tied his season high, still think the Big Green should have held its own.

“At the end of the day, I still trust the guys coming of the bench to contribute,” Krystkowiak said. “It’s tough sometimes to have to watch from the bench…but we’re gonna be alright either way.”

“They were getting into the paint a little more than we would like, and yeah, Dame does make a diference down there,” McLaughlin said. “But some of those plays we need to learn how to fnish as a group.”

In the postgame press conference, McLaughlin spoke about missed opportunities, pointing out that despite the defense holding Cornell to its second lowest feld goal percentage of the season, the Big Green could not execute ofensively.

“When you defend a team like that, you have to do a couple things,” McLaughlin said. “You gotta fnish plays. There were three or four plays in the second half where we didn’t fnish, where we had very good defensive stops and we just didn’t stop the rebound.”

The Big Green started of well early in the game, going up 5-0 en route to

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’25. Ultimately,

“The only way to counter that is you have to get great shots every time down,” McLaughlin said. “When you turn the ball over 20 times, you can’t get great shots every time down.”

With the loss, Dartmouth has now

ceded six straight games and falls to 0-1 in conference play a disappointing 4-11 on the season. Even so, the Big Green shot 47.4% from the feld, surpassing its season average so far. That number could have been higher if Dartmouth, which made only 23.1% of its three-pointers (6-of-26), shot more accurately from behind the arc.

Moving out of Leede Arena, the Big Green now turns its sights to away games at Yale University and Brown University, which it will play on Friday and Saturday, respectively.

PHOTO COURTESY OF JOSH GREENE

A dozen players were named All-New England, All-Ivy and Academic All-District I this season.

men’s

ZOORIEL TAN/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF starting at 7 p.m. In the 215 total games the two teams have played, Dartmouth has won 108 games and won the last matchup 2-0 in 2022.

Men’s and women’s skiing will travel to Newry, Maine for the Bates College Winter Carnival races. The three-day event begins on Thursday and marks the start of the Big Green’s competitive skiing season.

17-10 lead. Dartmouth also found its points coming from a wide array of players, including nine from Jackson Munro ’26 and Izaiah Robinson ’24, as well as 11 from Ryan Cornish

the ofense faltered in the second half, fnding itself unable to keep possession.

PHOTO COURTESY OF DAME ADELEKUN

The Big Green kept pace into the start of the second half of its Ivy League opener, but Adelekun’s foul trouble led to an insurmountable defcit.

Women’s rugby defeats Harvard to repeat as NIRA Champions

BY Will DehMEL The Dartmouth Staff

This article was originally published on Nov. 24, 2022.

As the sky flirted with freezing temperatures Saturday evening, women’s rugby faced off against Harvard University at a jam-packed Burnham Field. The match culminated in a Big Green victory, capping of its perfect season with a second consecutive Division I National Intercollegiate Rugby Association Title — its third in four seasons. In the 15-10 victory, the Big Green looked sharp; strong defense held Harvard to its season-low in scoring, and the ofense was equally as feisty. Kristin Bitter ’23 converted an early penalty kick before Ariana Ramsey ’22, under a crowd of more than 3,000 fans, completed two tries.

“It means that all of our hard work has fnally paid of,” Ramsey, who was named the match’s MVP, said of the victory. “We put so much work into our culture and our team and making sure that we actually have a true connection — and that’s what really wins national

championships.”

In the 15th minute, Bitter sailed the ball through the uprights from 22 meters out, giving Dartmouth the early 3-0 lead.

From there, Harvard responded quickly, scoring a try minutes later with 21 minutes expired in the frst half. A missed conversion would, however, keep the score tight at 5-3.

The Crimson would not hold on to that lead for long, though. Five and a half minutes later, Ramsey caught the ball at the 10-meter mark and broke two tackles to cross into the try zone. With her wicked speed, Ramsey was able to run to near midfeld before placing the ball down, allowing a for a trouble-free Bitter conversion.

In the 35th minute, Ramsey struck again, this time catching the ball within the 22 and bolting towards the goal line. Ramsey would be tackled this time, but not before the ball crossed over into the try zone. That was all a result of smooth spirals between Simone Bautista ’26, Sophie Ragg ’22 and Anjali Pant ’24 before the ball found the hands of Ramsey.

This time Bitter missed conversion,

resulting in a 15-5 Big Green lead as the frst half came to a close.

As the temperature dropped and a light furry of snow began to fall, so too did the speed of play.

The second half was scoreless until 11 minutes remained in the match.

At that point, a series of crisp passes and two broken tackles resulted in a Crimson try. The conversion was missed, however, and the Big Green held a 5-point lead.

A few minutes later, Harvard threatened again, driving all the way to within the 22-meter mark before Dartmouth clutched up on a scrum.

With the win, Dartmouth has now won 18 straight matches, cementing itself as Division I’s top dog.

According to interviews with ESPN, head coach Katie Dowty along with Ramsey both expressed their gratitude for the support from the team and fans that led them to their title. Both added that they shared an intense love for the game and would love to see its popularity expand in future years.

A full story with more information will be published in the future.

Football ends on a high note, sti ing Brown’s o ense to win 30-7

BY Will DEHMEL

The Dartmouth Staff

This article was originally published on Nov. 24, 2022.

“Winning is nice,” head coach Buddy Teevens ’79 said after Dartmouth football defeated Brown University 30-7 in Saturday’s season finale. For a team that split the Ivy League championship the last two seasons, winning was a surprisingly rare commodity for the Big Green this year — the team finished 3-7 overall and 2-5 in Ivy play, just barely evading a last-place conference finish.

But on Saturday the Big Green looked recognizable, nearly doubling Brown’s time of possession, holding the Bears to under 200 total yards of offense and rushing for nearly 300.

Dartmouth made its intentions clear early on. With Brown receiving the opening kickoff, the Big Green defense gave Brown little room for hope. On the fourth play of the game, Charles Looes ’23 and Macklin Ayers ’24 put pressure on Brown’s quarterback, forcing him to throw the ball off balance. Robert Crockett III ’22 jumped in front of the intended receiver and waited for the ball before snatching the early interception.

“Complete,” Teevens said simply to summarize the defensive effort. “The front guys put pressure on the passer… the second level — our linebackers — that’s as clean a coverage scheme as we’ve had…they were blanketing people, breaking up passes.”

The Big Green would start its opening drive on the Brown 38-yard line, but couldn’t convert from there. Dartmouth converted two first downs and advanced to the Brown 15-yard line before Howard, pressured by two Brown defenders, threw an interception in the end zone.

When the Big Green got the ball back, Jackson Proctor ’25 got his moment. On a quarterback option, Proctor dashed right and then, in acrobatic fashion, weaved all the way back to the left side before being taken down. That 64-yard rush — the Big Green’s second-longest of the year — placed the Big Green on the Brown 16.

From there, Q Jones ’25 rushed for 14 yards before Nick Howard ’23, on a two-yard rush, found the endzone to go up 7-0.

Howard, who missed both the Yale and Princeton game due to injury, opened up about the injuries that had been bothering him all season.

“I had a fractured rib, a high ankle sprain, I pulled my groin and then just your typical bumps and bruises,” Howard said. “So it’s been a rough season, but I can’t say thank you enough to Alyssa Brewster and Ben Schuler, our athletic training staff, along with Delaney [Schafer] and Pete [Dawry], just keeping me alive with tape.”

Teevens did, however, wish the Big Green played a cleaner game, noting that penalties cost the team several points.

A good example was the Big Green’s third drive. Dartmouth started at the Brown 50 and advanced 41 yards before the first quarter came to completion. Then, Noah Roper ’23 found the end zone on a nine-yard rush, but the play was called back due to a holding call. Dartmouth could not find the end zone again, settling for a 25-yard kick from Ryan Bloch ’23 that put the Big Green up 10-0.

Dartmouh then held Brown to its second consecutive three-and-out, and the Big Green made the best of it. A rushing trio of Howard, Roper and Zack Bair ’22 executed the initial firstdown, and then Howard found Jonny Barrett ’23 for a 24-yard completion. Dartmouth then converted three more first downs over eight carries to reach a first-and-goal situation. The Big Green did not require four plays, though, because two plays later Howard found the end zone on another two-yard carry, this time to put Dartmouth up 17-0 with 3:55 remaining in the half.

“There’s been ups and downs with our running game throughout the year,” Howard said. “But those guys all play hard…what a crew, what a position group — love those guys.”

On the ensuing kickoff, Dartmouth pulled out a trick they had long practiced. Bloch chipped the ball with backspin, and it landed on the Brown

33 before bouncing back to the 36. Upon breaking up the fumble pile, the officials found that Tyler Green ’24, Dartmouth’s running back, possessed the ball.

“Team football is pretty much what we played today,” Teevens said. “Our special teams did a good job, defensively and offensively, looking for a complete game.”

Proctor would lead the Big Green offense this time, and it stuck with the rush-heavy attack. On the second pass of the drive, Proctor found Jarmone Sutherland ’24 in the end zone, but yet another penalty forced the Big Green to settle for a field goal.

Brown could do nothing with the 12 seconds they had, so Dartmouth entered the locker room up 20-0.

Inside, Teevens maintained the same message he’s had all year.

“The competitive mindset,” Teevens said. “We didn’t let the foot off the gas…If you’re up, we should be up by more — hold yourself accountable, can’t make the mistakes, let’s go play.”

Dartmouth started the second half with a three-and-out, and Brown advanced all the way to the Dartmouth 13 over the course of seven plays. Needing a touchdown to put a dent in the Dartmouth score, the Bears failed to execute on a fourth and two, giving the ball back to the Big Green.

No points were scored in the third quarter, but an interception by defensive back Sean Williams ’26 put the Big Green in scoring range. Bloch would convert his third field goal of the game, and then Dartmouth scored a touchdown five and a half minutes later, driving the score to 30-0.

Brown would score the following drive, but that was the most productive they were all day, picking up nearly half their offensive yards on that drive alone.

Speaking of his quarterback, Teevens called Howard “one of the toughest football players I’ve ever coached.”

“He was beat up — we ran him too much early on in the season,” Teevens

said. “He never would turn it down, but he wouldn’t protect himself either… He’s the type of guy that people believe in and rally around, and if something’s going to happen he’s the guy that’s going to trigger it.”

But Howard’s injuries did give the Big Green ample time to experiment with younger personnel, Teevens noted.

“Proctor I thought really showed his capabilities and skills,” Teevens said. “He’s an accurate passer, he’s got some athleticism, he’s a really calm presence out there…Proctor, in a critical deal — we kind of alternated series a little bit — and he executed very, very well for us.”

Howard agreed.

“We had a lot of new faces, and there were definitely some growing pains,” Howard said. “But I think just the effort that we put together all year just showed the character of our team — and that’s we’re going to fight, and we’re going to come out and play.”

COURTESY OF DARTMOUTH WOMEN’S RUGBY

The Big Green, undefeated in rugby 15s over the last two years, has now won the championship in three of its last four seasons.

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578 students admitted into Class of 2027 with all-time low early acceptance rate of 19%, record number of QuestBridge students

STAFF

BY THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR

This article was originally published on Dec. 16, 2022.

This afternoon, Dartmouth accepted 578 members to the Class of 2027, drawing from a record-breaking pool of 3,009 early decision applicants, the College announced in a Dartmouth News article. The acceptance rate of 19% is an all-time low for the College’s early decision cohort. Additionally, 47 students were matched with Dartmouth through the QuestBridge program earlier this month, bringing the total number of soon-to-be students to 625.

This year’s ED applicant pool saw a 14% increase in the number of applications compared to last year’s class. The number of ED applicants has

soared by 45% over the past three years, the announcement noted. The College’s decision to extended ofers of admission to 19% of applicants is a decline from the last two years, in which 21% of applicants were accepted.

Additionally, 17% of accepted applicants came from low-income households and the projected average scholarship this year is $63,600 based on preliminary results — another record high.

In the College’s announcement, vice provost for enrollment and dean of admissions and fnancial aid Lee Cofn said that the College’s decisions in the last year to eliminate loans in student fnancial aid packages and ofer needblind admissions to international students helped to support a diverse incoming class.

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Former College trustee Leon Black ’73 accused of rape in Jeffrey Epstein’s home

BY THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF

This article was originally published on Nov. 29, 2022.

Former College trustee Leon Black ’73 has been sued by a woman alleging that Black raped her at the home of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2002. Black is the namesake of the Black Family Visual Arts Center, and College spokesperson Diana Lawrence confirmed today that there are no plans to rename the arts center.

Cheri Pierson, the woman who filed the lawsuit, alleged that Black raped her in a “brutal attack” in Epstein’s mansion in New York City.

According to the filing, Epstein arranged for Pierson to give Black

a massage in a private suite, but left Epstein’s house in “excruciating pain.” Pierson named both Black and the estate of Epstein as defendants in the lawsuit, filed in New York court on Monday.

Black has denied the allegations, according to CNN.

Lawrence declined to comment on the ongoing legal matter.

Black is also facing allegations of sexual harassment by Russian model Guzel Ganieva, which Black has also denied. An internal review from private equity firm Apollo Global Management, founded by Black, revealed that he paid Epstein more than $150 million from 2012 to 2017. Black is a longtime donor to the College and has also established two endowed professorships.

on the Class of 2027 are an expanding socioeconomic, geographic, racial, and international identity that continues to create an entering class that really represents the 21st century. It’s a multidimensional cohort of compelling individuals,” Cofn said.

The new members of the Class of 2027 represent 47 states, as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and 44 countries — a jump from last year’s early cohort, which saw admission extended to students from 36 diferent countries. Additionally, of those who are American citizens, a record 41% of admitted applicants are people of color and 15% are in the frst generation of their family to attend college.

14% of the incoming early decision class are the children of Dartmouth alumni, on par with the respective 13%

and 15% from the last two years of early decision cohorts.

Dartmouth also admitted a record 47 students through QuestBridge, a nonproft that pairs high-achieving students from low-income backgrounds with top colleges and universities, from a pool of over 1,200 applicants. Dartmouth’s early decision cohorts included 30 QuestBridge matches in the Class of 2026 and 25 in the Class of 2025.announcement, the College has already raised $60 million for STEM-X, and an additional $40 million will be needed to endow the program.

The $25 million gift will also create the Coulter Scholars program, a 16-student, four-year “cohort and academic enrichment experience” to develop student potential in STEM disciplines, according to the College’s announcement.

Mannion wrote that the frst cohort of

students in the program will be admitted as part of the Class of 2027.

In addition to the Coulter Scholars, Mannion wrote that the STEM-X program will allow the College to expand its fnancial support for ffthyear Bachelor of Engineering students through endowed scholarships with a goal of meeting 100% of demonstrated fnancial need.

According to the 2020 U.S. Census, women made up about 48% of the American workforce but only about 27% of STEM jobs were occupied by women. Additionally, a study conducted with 2020 census data found that about 7% of STEM jobs were held by Black people and about 8% of STEM jobs were held by Hispanic people, even though those groups make up 12% and 18% of the overall workforce, respectively.

Geisel research director Vicki Sayarath dies at 61

This article was originally published on Dec. 5, 2022.

Vicki Sayarath, a research scientist and the research director for the epidemiology department at the Geisel School of Medicine, died on Nov. 14, College President Phil Hanlon wrote in a statement on Friday.

Sayarath’s cause of death has not been announced. She was 61 years old. She is survived by her husband John, daughters Maya and Melanie, parents Reginald and Carol Godin and brother Vance Godin.

“Vicki will be greatly missed by all who knew her, and the impact she had on those who had the pleasure of working with her will surely stay with them forever,” Hanlon wrote.

According to Hanlon’s announcement, Sayarath joined Geisel as a research grant writer in 2006. She earned her undergraduate

as research director, Sayarath provided administrative oversight , developed research protocols and supported grant and publication manuscripts.

According to her obituary, Sayarath was a sixth-generation Vermonter, an excellent writer and photographer and an avid reader. She was committed to addressing social inequities and environmental change and uplifting her communities.

“Vicki’s insight, wisdom and resourcefulness were great assets to many, and she led her life with extraordinary devotion to her loved ones,” the obituary wrote. “The output of such sincere, selfless love was the way she elevated the lives and experiences of her family through countless sacrifices of her own dreams and ambitions.”

Dax Tejera ’07 dies at 37

This article was originally published on Dec. 24, 2022.

College President Phil Hanlon announced on Dec. 6 that the College has created a new $100 million program called Dartmouth STEM-X to support historically underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The program is partially being funded by a $25 million gift from Penny Coulter and James Coulter ’82, the co-founder of global alternative asset management firm TPG.

“We are acting on two contrary truths — American innovation benefits greatly when diverse perspectives are applied to a problem, and yet the pipeline of advanced-degree recipients in STEM from underrepresented

groups falls far short of representation levels in our society,” Hanlon said at a San Francisco alumni event where he announced the new initiative.

STEM-X will bring multiple existing student programs together under one larger, university-wide strategy with a new executive director for undergraduate STEM diversity, along with additional career and graduate school mentoring for students.

According to Racepoint Global spokesperson Kerri Mannion, which supports the College’s advancement office, the six participating programs and offices include the E.E. Just Academic Enrichment Program, Women in Science Project, Dartmouth Emerging Engineers, Health Professions Program, FirstYear Student Enrichment Program and Undergraduate Advising and Research.

According to the College’s announcement, the College has already raised $60 million for STEM-X, and an additional $40 million will be needed to endow the program.

The $25 million gift will also create the Coulter Scholars program, a 16-student, four-year “cohort and academic enrichment experience” to develop student potential in STEM disciplines, according to the College’s announcement. Mannion wrote that the first cohort of students in the program will be admitted as part of the Class of 2027.

In addition to the Coulter Scholars, Mannion wrote that the STEM-X program will allow the College to expand its financial support for fifthyear Bachelor of Engineering students through endowed scholarships with a goal of meeting 100% of demonstrated financial need.

College launches $100 million Dartmouth STEM-X program

BY THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF

This article was originally published on Dec. 9, 2022.

College President Phil Hanlon announced on Dec. 6 that the College has created a new $100 million program called Dartmouth STEM-X to support historically underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The program is partially being funded by a $25 million gift from Penny Coulter and James Coulter ’82, the co-founder of global alternative asset management firm TPG.

“We are acting on two contrary truths — American innovation benefits greatly when diverse perspectives are applied to a problem, and yet the pipeline of advanced-degree recipients in STEM from underrepresented

groups falls far short of representation levels in our society,” Hanlon said at a San Francisco alumni event where he announced the new initiative.

STEM-X will bring multiple existing student programs together under one larger, university-wide strategy with a new executive director for undergraduate STEM diversity, along with additional career and graduate school mentoring for students.

According to Racepoint Global spokesperson Kerri Mannion, which supports the College’s advancement office, the six participating programs and offices include the E.E. Just Academic Enrichment Program, Women in Science Project, Dartmouth Emerging Engineers, Health Professions Program, FirstYear Student Enrichment Program and Undergraduate Advising and Research.

According to the College’s announcement, the College has already raised $60 million for STEM-X, and an additional $40 million will be needed to endow the program.

The $25 million gift will also create the Coulter Scholars program, a 16-student, four-year “cohort and academic enrichment experience” to develop student potential in STEM disciplines, according to the College’s announcement. Mannion wrote that the first cohort of students in the program will be admitted as part of the Class of 2027.

In addition to the Coulter Scholars, Mannion wrote that the STEM-X program will allow the College to expand its financial support for fifthyear Bachelor of Engineering students through endowed scholarships with a goal of meeting 100% of demonstrated financial need.

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