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Innovation center launches with fanfare By CHRIS LEECH
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A full house of students, alumni, professors and community members packed into the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network’s Innovation Center and New Venture Incubator Wednesday night for the space’s grand opening. LED lights, which are usually set to Dartmouth green, pulsed different colors as a DJ played high-energy music and guests milled about. The Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network has raised $4.3 million in alumni donations for the incubator, surpassing an original goal of $2.5 million, Innovation Center
director Jamie Coughlin said. Coughlin said around $500,000 went to construction and furnishing, with the rest funding events and accelerator grants. Programming will include an entrepreneurship “boot camp” called Six to Start, which will include sessions on brainstorming, pitching, marketing and other similar concepts, DEN associate James Furnary ’16 said. The program will be open for public registration. The boot camp will begin Thursday night with a talk by Mike Collins ’86, founder of SEE DEN PAGE 2
College converts rooms to accomodate requests By KENT SUTTON
The office of residential life received around 3,740 housing requests for fall term, requiring spaces in Cutter-Shabazz Hall, Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity, Delta Delta Delta sorority and the Chinese Language House to convert into bedrooms. Director of undergraduate housing Rachael Class-Giguere attributed the residential squeeze largely to the influx of the Class of 2018,
the largest class in Dartmouth’s history. The closure of Panarchy undergraduate society’s house over the summer also contributed, as students planning to live there this fall were forced to join the housing wait list. The initial housing wait list had 123 students, and the late wait list contained around 45 students. While the housing SEE HOUSING PAGE 3
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Sexual assault and burglary reports jumped in 2013, and following a change in how the College tallies liquor law arrests and violations, reports of these incidents skyrocketed. The College released its annual security and fire safety report as mandated by the Clery Act on Wednesday afternoon. Reported forcible sex offenses increased to 35 in 2013 from 24 in 2012, while burglary reports increased to 27 from 16. Drug law arrests increased to 22 in 2013, from 16 in 2012, while drug law violations referred for disciplinary action remained steady at 20.
Liquor law arrests soared to 100 in 2013, from 16 in 2012. Safety and Security director Harry Kinne said the jump follows a new recording policy which now includes students referred to the Hanover Alcohol Diversion Program, which offers first-time underage drinking offenders an educational alternative to court. Liquor law violations referred for disciplinary action jumped to 243 from 83, as the data now comprise not only students who undergo Committee on Standards disciplinary procedures but also those referred to the Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students program — a drink-
ing behavior assessment program implemented in 2011 which consists of a 20-minute online survey about alcohol and drug use followed by a one-onone interview. Kinne said the boost in numbers does not reflect a change in students’ behavior, but a change in way the data is tallied, based on recommendations from a consulting firm specializing in campus safety, security and regulatory compliance. The firm, which was hired to review Dartmouth’s data collection, told College officials that changing the counting policy would bring them “more in compliance with SEE REPORT PAGE 5
Construction to start on Pine Park bridge
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The College and the Town of Hanover are working together to improve trails in Pine Park, a privately managed forest reserve near campus, by building a bridge over a crossing near the mouth of Girl Brook, where it flows into the Connecticut River. Construction
is slated to begin the week of Oct. 13 and scheduled to finish by Thanksgiving, Hanover public works director Peter Kulbacki said. Local residents, including students, have complained that unpredictable water levels make the crossing, which consists of a few stepping stones, is often dif-
ficult to traverse. The track and cross country teams used to race through Pine Park, but stopped several years ago because runners were injuring themselves trying to cross, deputy director of the College’s outdoor programs office and Pine Park
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DAily debriefing CAMPUS BLOTTER Sept. 26, 3:12 p.m., North Main Street: Safety and Security officers responded to a motor vehicle accident on North Main Street. A member of the Class of 2016 was riding her bicycle, attempted to cross the road and struck the side of a passing pick-up truck. No one was injured. Sept. 26, 10:54 p.m., Thayer School of Engineering: Safety and Security officers responded to a Good Samaritan call. The intoxicated student was transported to Dick’s House and admitted for further evaluation. Sept. 26, 11:09 p.m., Sarner Underground: Safety and Security officers responded to a report of an unresponsive male. The intoxicated student was transported to Dick’s House and admitted for evaluation. Sept. 27, 12:58 a.m., Gile Hall: Safety and Security officers responded to a Good Samaritan call. The intoxicated student was transported to Dick’s House and admitted for further evaluation. Sept. 27, 11:57 a.m., Hanover Police Department: A Safety and Security officer picked up an intoxicated student from Hanover Police. The student was transported to Dick’s House and admitted for further evaluation. Sept. 28, 12:20 a.m., Thayer School of Engineering: Safety and Security officers responded to a call requesting medical assistance for a graduate student. The student, who did not require further medical attention, was transported home. Sept. 28, 1:15 a.m., Dartmouth Hall: Safety and Security officers responded to a Good Sam call from Dartmouth Hall. The intoxicated student was transported to Dick’s House and admitted. Sept. 28, 2:56 a.m., Choates Residential Hall: Safety and Security officers responded to a report of a suspicious person lingering near the Choates. Safety and Security discovered the suspect was a student photographing the nearby grass and trees. — Compiled by May Mansour for Dartbeat
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Center to offer entrepreneurial advice FROM DEN PAGE 1
the Big Idea Group, a consulting firm that works with inventors and entrepreneurs to generate ideas. Other programming includes Lunch ‘N’ Learn and DEN hangouts, during which Dartmouth alumni involved with entrepreneurship meet in-person or online to tell their stories to students, Furnary said. Coughlin added that the group is planning a two-week excursion that will take 10 undergraduates and five Tuck School of Business students to visit alumni entrepreneurs on the West Coast over winter break. Furnary said that, outside of prearranged programs, students can come to the center with an idea for a business and get advice. The center aims to support a range of proposals, from social ventures to for-profit businesses, Coughlin said. While the space is currently open for eight hours a day and manned by DEN associates, Coughlin said he hopes to have the building open 24 hours a day in the near future. “Innovation never sleeps,” Coughlin said. Although the center had a “beta launch” in the summer, the official opening marks the beginning of a series of events that will continue throughout the year, Coughlin said. About 250 indicated they would attend. DEN associate Martin Moon ’16
said the center shows the College’s commitment to promoting entrepreneurship and might make Dartmouth more of an innovation hot spot. He added, however, that entrepreneurship on campus is scarce compared to schools like Stanford University or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Students often consider launching a new venture riskier than starting a career at an established firm, Moon said. “Right now, the environment that Dartmouth produces is not conducive to an entrepreneurial environment,” he said. DEN associate Josh Schoenbart ’16 also said that the building will be an important step for entrepreneurship at Dartmouth. “The physical space is a place where you can go to be with others — it puts you in a different mindset,” Schoenbart said. “It’s fun, it’s active and there’s a lot of different people that can throw around ideas.” Schoenbart first became involved in entrepreneurship in August 2012, when he founded EyeBook, an online service that matches optometrists and patients, he said. He was one of the first students to become involved in the Innovation Center. “When I got to campus there was very little entrepreneurial activity,” Schoenbart said, adding that the new center will attract prospective students. Adam Grounds ’16, a DEN associate, said that his involvement in entre-
preneurship began last year, when he joined the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Society, which later merged with Mitosis, another innovation-based group. He said he appreciates how the Innovation Center offers engagement on both short-term and long-term levels. Grounds recalled that earlier in the week, he watched a group of students develop a concept in the center as he did work. “Over the course of an hour, this idea took shape and developed into a full-fledged project that they were going to do,” Grounds said. “It’s cool to see students have the resources to take their ideas and run with them.” College President Phil Hanlon announced the establishment of the innovation center last September in his inaugural address, which identified growing entrepreneurship and experiential learning as two of his primary goals. The Office of Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer coordinates DEN and the College’s other entrepreneurship efforts, a move announced in spring 2013. In April of this year, Gregg Fairbrothers ’76, DEN’s founding director and a professor of entrepreneurship, was notified that his position had been eliminated. The transition prompted backlash and a petition in protest of Fairbrothers’s departure. In a July 31 ranking, Forbes named Dartmouth the 10th most entrepreneurial school in the country.
Bridge expected to make crossing safer FROM BRIDGE PAGE 1
Association trustee Brian Kunz said. “I’m a runner, and I have had many cases where I misjudged and ran down Girl Brook underneath the Charles Bridge and across a little crossing where there’s a good rockhopping place, but then get down to this second crossing and turn back because I’m going to have to get my feet wet,” said William Young, a Pine Park Association trustee. The 40-foot-long and 6-foot-wide bridge, which will be supported by three I-beams, is designed to accommodate small vehicles as well as hikers and pedestrians. It is also expected to make the crossing safer and more dependable, said Young, who serves as chair of Hanover’s bicycle and pedestrian committee. The project is estimated to cost $50,000, Young said. Of that sum, the College will contribute $25,000 in construction materials, and Hanover public works will provide $25,000 in labor. Pine Park is jointly administered by the Town of Hanover and the Pine Park Association, a private nonprofit organization founded in 1900 to con-
serve pine forests on the banks of the Connecticut River. While the College does not directly fund the management of Pine Park, the College’s department of facilities operations and management helps maintain and repair trails.
“Part of the reason why it costs so much is we’re trying to build a bridge that doesn’t do any damage.” - WILLIAM YOUNG, PINE PARK ASSOCIATION TRUSTEE Building a bridge was originally proposed about 15 years ago, and serious consideration began several years ago, with plans being drawn up over the past year, Kulbacki said. The primary challenge concerns the engineering of the bridge. Since the stream is narrow and meanders in either direction, deciding where to put the landings was difficult, Young said.
Variations in stream flow also pose a challenge. Falling behind schedule is another concern, Kulbacki said, as the project requires coordination between the College and public works department. Austin Caldwell ’15, a member of the Nordic ski team, said he welcomed the change. He said the bridge will make a difference particularly in the spring, when the water is higher. This project brings into focus a broader problem of soil erosion. Kulbacki said the rapid development in the last 50 years, both residential and at the College, has contributed to the process of erosion. More recently, construction near the 13th hole on the College’s golf course, which is upstream from Girl Brook, has caused the erosion on the banks to accelerate, he said. The Pine Park Association is taking care to ensure the bridge and the construction process have no adverse effects on the environment, Young said. “[Environmental concerns] have been raised, but they have been raised by us,” Young said. “Part of the reason why it costs so much is we’re trying to build a bridge that doesn’t do any damage.”
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Students make do with alternative living spaces FROM HOUSING PAGE 1
office was able to accommodate all students on the first wait list, only 15 on the second wait list were offered housing. Class-Giguere said most students who did not receive housing on campus found places to live off campus or pursued internship opportunities instead of taking classes. Due to the high demand, the housing office had to find new spaces to convert into residential rooms. Justin Levine ’16, a member of Alpha Chi, initially received housing through the office of residential life, but volunteered to move into his fraternity house when the housing office asked Alpha Chi to convert its first floor study space into a bedroom. “We’ve all been upset that we lost the study space, but we were told that if nobody from the fraternity took the room, they would put a random person in it,” he said. Levine said he was comfortable taking the room because of its decent size and full bathroom, but wishes he had a closet. Alpha Chi president Noah Reichblum ’15 said the fraternity added tables in the front room for studying purposes, and will use its chapter room as a study space. He said he was pleased that an additional brother could live in the house this term, as the fraternity often receives more requests than available rooms. Dustin Ponder ’17 said he had a bad lottery number and was anxious all summer about his living situation for the fall. In August, he and the housing office worked out a plan to convert a common room in Cutter-Shabazz Hall into a bedroom. Though he said he felt
bad about taking away a common space, he said the room is spacious and he has found the community very welcoming. In addition to creating new residential rooms, the housing office assigned students to accommodations they did not request, including living learning communities, affinity houses and substance-free housing. Class-Giguere said that four upperclassmen who were placed in living learning communities they did not request for the fall term have been given the option to move to another residence hall in the winter. When housing accommodations do not have sufficient occupancy, then the housing office must assign students to spaces they did not request, Class-Giguere said “We can’t leave the floor empty,” she said. Several freshmen who did not request East Wheelock were placed there. Rachel Hand ’18 said that she requested to be in a double room in a traditional residence hall, but in July she learned that the housing office had placed her in East Wheelock. “I was a little upset initially, but I actually love it,” Hand said. “I love the quietness.” Morven Chin ’18 is also adjusting to living in East Wheelock, despite not having applied to live there. “I was happy that I was placed in a suite with a common area, but I didn’t really have an opinion on being in an LLC just because I didn’t know anything about what it would be like,” he said. Levine is a member of The Dartmouth’s business staff. Reichblum is a former member of The Dartmouth staff.
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CONTRIBUTING Columnist JESSICA LU ’18
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A Damning Double Standard
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Questioning why women like sports is indicative of a larger issue.
As an Asian woman standing at a diminu- slut. When a man does the same — or worse tive 5 feet 3 inches, no man seems to take me — to a woman, many people write it off and seriously when I tell him that I’m a hockey fan. say he is just “being a dude.” The reaction is almost always the same: Turn on your TV and watch a few comsurprise followed by scornful disbelief and mercials. What do you see? Women in tight, condescending questions. “Yeah? Name five short skirts. Women with plunging necklines. guys on your team.” Women engaging in blatantly sexual acts until Honey, I can name my roster and yours. they themselves are the product, not the things Sometimes openly hostile, sometimes pa- they’re selling. tronizing, these men share a deeply ingrained Are men sexualized in the same way? Very notion — as a woman, there’s no way I’m a rarely, because the sexualization of men is “real” sports fan. something we seem to Many men seem to “When a woman sexualizes find patently ridiculous. believe that women can a man, she is slapped with BuzzFeed posted a video only enjoy sports on a dirty labels and called this March demonstratsuperficial level, that our shallow, a slut. When a ing just how silly it seems only possible motivation to have men portrayed man does the same — or is the eye candy. Apparadvertising the way worse — to a woman, many in ently all we care about is that women are. Yet the the enticing visual of a people write it off and say phenomenon persists man in uniform, a mo- he is just ‘being a dude.’” and likely will continue tivation that is somehow because of a simple something to condemn. advertising truth: sexualizing women sells. Even moving past the blatant sexism of such Problematic or not, it’s an undeniable truth. skepticism, the argument is baseless — there People don’t point fingers at men at Lingerie really isn’t all that much that’s sexually appeal- Football League games and say, “You’re not ing about a hockey game to me (a heterosexual a true football fan!” Men aren’t crucified for woman). But even if a woman is in it only for going to powderpuff football games just to leer the eye candy, for the ass and abs, it should be at the female players. Male fans of women’s of no concern to anyone else. beach volleyball aren’t called into question. The thing is, it’s not uncommon for men to Why is it different for women? openly sexualize women. It’s rarely questioned. What, a woman who can appreciate the While this is a huge problem — women are physical attributes of an athlete isn’t a “true human beings, not objects — an issue we sports fan”? A woman can’t know the game rarely consider is the lack of reciprocity. If men inside out, can’t play it better than you, can’t sexualize women and police their sexuality, crunch numbers and spit out facts? Women women should not be demonized or ridiculed are smart, women are strong — and women for doing the same to men. are also sexual beings. We can find athletes That insidious idea — a double standard sexy if we want to. Putting aside issues of indicative of a massive power imbalance be- objectification, there shouldn’t be a double tween males and non-males — is at the root standard for the way women look at men. of this whole “women aren’t real sports fans” But honestly, at the end of the day, I wish I debate. It somehow simply isn’t acceptable for wasn’t sitting here writing this column. I wish women to sexualize men the way men have I didn’t have to worry about getting slapped sexualized women. with labels. I wish that others would see me When a woman sexualizes a man, she is for what I am — just a girl and her hockey slapped with dirty labels and called shallow, a game.
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How do you feel about the DartmouthX initiative? There seems to be a conflict of interest here. The idea of an online, non-profit, open-to-all lecture is commendable in its contribution to universal education; MOOCs extend the caliber of an Ivy League education to students who may not have access to such resources. Pro-bono education! However, we must be careful of letting loose resources that were once limited to Dartmouth students as it may have a dangerous side-effect — MOOCS could bring down the public’s perception of a Dartmouth education. We can criticize the elitism of an Ivy League education as much as we’d like, but students at Dartmouth are here for a prestigious education above all else. That experience comes from not only the quality of teaching, but also from the reputation and prestige that accompanies attending a selective institution. Allowing free-for-all access to those limited resources in the form of a project as large as edX could be a step too far for the College.
accelerating trend. It’s time to think big and embrace learning that is wireless, global and free for all. — Jon Vandermause ’16 DartmouthX is definitely a good development for the College at this point, amid the ever-publicized and rampant negativity that has recently pervaded our campus. Much like the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” initiatives in other areas of campus life, this MOOC initiative represents a positive change to the status quo. Putting forth online courses will help us break out of “the Dartmouth bubble,” at least from an academic standpoint. It is a legitimate demonstration not only of our institution’s academic excellence, but also of the College’s willingness to share its passion for learning and its commitment to teaching — even to those outside of Dartmouth. — Aylin Woodward ’15
— Annika Park ’18 It’s about time Dartmouth caught up with its elite peers. Online education is the future. As an elite school at the forefront of higher education in America, Dartmouth should be leading the way toward a world where quality teaching is available to anyone with a router. We have long been the leader of education’s old traditions, where lectures are live and localized. But these traditions are quickly proving obsolete. Companies like Khan Academy and Minerva are beginning to show that online platforms for learning can be made efficient and effective. Dartmouth cannot afford to fall behind the curve on such an important and rapidly
I think that implementing MOOCs at Dartmouth is an unwise decision. As a liberal arts college, Dartmouth is ostensibly focused on delivering a high-quality, student-focused undergraduate experience. In-class discussions, opportunities to interact with professors outside of class and even conversations with one’s peers are critical properties of Dartmouth’s academic experience. No webcast can or should match that. The MOOC fad fits Dartmouth poorly. The College would do better to invest in classroom technologies that aim to enhance learning in the classroom, rather than technologies that aim to replace the classroom experience itself. — Lorelei Yang ’15
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Reports of forcible sex offenses, burglaries increase in 2013 FROM REPORT PAGE 1
the law,” Kinne said. College spokesperson Justin Anderson said the report now includes every incident that could possibly be counted as a liquor law arrest or referral for disciplinary action. In the past, students who were referred to Dick’s House as a result of the Good Samaritan policy were not included in the tally. The consultants clarified that Good Samaritan reports meet the standard of “referrals for disciplinary action” because if a student refuses to go to BASICS he or she would undergo normal disciplinary procedures through the Committee on Standards. A new standard also applies to liquor law arrests, Kinne said. When a student is found violating New Hampshire alcohol laws by the police, an officer can either arrest the student or refer him or her to the Hanover Diversion program, Kinne said. While in previous years students referred to the Diversion program were not included in the data, the consultants said those incidents should be tallied as arrests. For the third year in a row, Dartmouth reported a rise in the number of forcible sexual offenses,
including rape and sexual assault, on campus. The College reported 24 offenses in 2012 and 15 in 2011. Drawing conclusions from the jump in sexual assault numbers is difficult because the crime is historically underreported, Kinne said, adding that the College has increased the “avenues and touch points” for reporting this year. “We think we’ve been somewhat successful in that, so we’re anticipating our reports will go up,” he said. The College added stalking, domestic violence and dating violence statistics as separate categories in this year’s report, following the 2013 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act. Although the legislation does not require this data in the reports until 2015, there has been a “good faith effort” by schools across the country, including Dartmouth, to add the data earlier, Kinne said. For 2013, the report includes one dating violence incident, four stalking incidents and no reports of domestic violence. Some data included in the annual report covers individuals unaffiliated with the College, such as visitors to campus, Title IX coordinator Heather Lindkvist said.
All reported crimes are included in the report, regardless of a “guilty” verdict or formal legal process, Anderson said. The Department of Education opened an investigation of alleged Clery Act violations at Dartmouth on Aug. 18. Noncompliance with Clery Act requirements or failing to take corrective action can lead to federal sanctions ranging in severity from fines to termination of federal financial aid programs. The Clery Act mandates that institutions release their security reports, which also include information on campus policies and practices, by Oct. 1. Methodology and recording procedures vary from school to school. Looking at incidents reported on campus, non-campus and public property, Dartmouth saw a total of 73 criminal offenses — including homicide, negligent manslaughter, forcible sex offences, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, arson, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking. Among the Ivy League, Brown University reported a total of 104 criminal offenses; Cornell University, 28 ; Columbia University, 79 ; Harvard University,
145; Princeton University, 57; the University of Pennsylvania, 92 and Yale University, 135 . The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act also changed the method of reporting sex offenses from the previous division of forcible and non-forcible to match the FBI definition of rape, incest, fondling and statutory rape. Reports from four institutions followed the new division of sex offenses. Columbia reported 14
rapes; Harvard, 18; Princeton, six and Penn, nine. Some universities instead continued reporting the number of forcible and non-forcible sex offenses. On campus, Brown reported 21 forcible sex offenses, Cornell saw two and Yale reported 12. On campus, Yale saw the most incidents of stalking, at 17, and domestic violence, at 7. Columbia saw the most dating violence, with 12 reported cases.
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Rauner exhibit offers insight into Robert Frost’s private life
Frost’s granddaughter, the event is held at a different, Frost-related The Dartmouth Staff location every year, Satterfield said. On the mezzanine level of “Most people experience poets the Rauner Special Collections through what’s being published in Library stand three unassuming anthologies or what you read in a wood cases. Lined with deep blue class,” Braunstein said. “To see a velvet, each case contains a differ- letter that one of them has written ent story weaved together by letters is actually fascinating.” to and from the Callrenowned poet ing the poet a Robert Frost. “Most people part of “DartThe letters, part experience poets mouth lore,” of the exhibit Satterfield said “Correspond- through what’s that Frost api n g Fr i e n d - been published in peals to Dartships: Robert mouth students. anthologies or what Frost’s Letters,” T h e give viewers a you read in a class. To first case of letglimpse of the see a letter that one ters illuminates poet’s humanFrost’s correof them has written is spondence and ity. The exhibit actually fascinating.” close friendwas carefully ship with John curated by EngF. Kennedy. lish language - LAURA BRAUNSTEIN, “They and literature ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND were sort of adlibrarian Laura mirers of each Braunstein and LITERATURE LIBRARIAN other from a special collecdistance,” tions librarian Braunstein Jay Satterfield. said. “At Frost’s 85th birthday “This is a very tiny fraction party in 1959, he was asked about of what we have,” Braunstein politics and [gave] his prediction said of the letters featured in the that the next president would be exhibit, noting that Rauner has from Massachusetts — Kennedy an astounding 27 boxes of letters hadn’t even decided to run yet.” and manuscripts related to Frost. When Kennedy began his “There was a challenge of finding campaign, he used the line “I have a tiny bit that would represent the promises to keep and miles to go whole and not just finding inter- before I sleep” — a direct alluesting materials, but putting them sion to Frost’s poem “Stopping by together as a story.” Woods on a Snowy Evening” — in The exhibit coincided with a many of his speeches. Exhibited are conference of Robert Frost schol- letters from Kennedy to Frost, an ars who visited campus last week. invitation to a White House dinOrganized by Lesley Lee Francis, ner and even the typescript draft
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of “Dedication,” the poem Frost was supposed to read at Kennedy’s inauguration in 1961. “My second favorite item in the whole exhibit [is] this letter where Kennedy says that he and Mrs. Kennedy were invited to [Frost’s] reading, but wouldn’t be able to make it because he was tied up with ‘the international situation,’” a reference to the Bay of Pigs in 1961, Braunstein said. The center case tells the story Frost’s tumultuous friendship with Ezra Pound, the pioneer of modernist poetry. Many of the letters reference Pound’s imprisonment for treason. Frost, along with T.S. Eliot and Ernest Hemingway,
wrote letters urging the release of Pound. Finding the Ezra Pound files, Satterfield said, was “one of those moments” with the archives and was “an outrageous thrill.” Satterfield’s and Braunstein’s favorite item is a map with directions to William Butler Yeats’s house in London, hastily drawn by Pound. The third case relays Frost’s relationship with Cornelius Weygandt and Sidney Cox, both prominent literary scholars of their time. Cox was a professor at the College, a position Frost helped him obtain, Braunstein said. In one of the letters to Cox, Frost writes, “Dartmouth is one of my favorite
colleges,” praising the College for its intellectually stimulating environment. English and writing professor Nancy Crumbine will take her Writing 5 class, “Writing into the Wilderness,” to the exhibit this term. Crumbine said she likes to have her students read Frost because he is a master of “concision, diction, saying exactly what [he] means and having the words do the work of multilayered meaning.” “The exhibit really brings to life the human being, Robert Frost,” Crumbine said. “When they read the poems, it’s not just this abstraction, but it’s a real human being.”
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“Corresponding Friendships” comes 17 years after the Robert Frost statue, a gift of the Class of 1961, was installed.
hopkins center for the arts wed
oct 8 7 pm
$10
SPAULDING AUDITORIUM
RICHARD GOODE piano
“A pianist’s pianist” (Times, London), Goode is hailed worldwide for performing Classical and Romantic music with tremendous emotional power, depth and expressiveness. He is also beloved regionally for his long association with Vermont’s Marlboro Music School and Festival. At the Hop, Goode applies his finely tuned interpretive skills to a program full of color and contrast, from mysterious and soulsearching Mozart to charming, light-filled Debussy.
MiWa MatreYek fri
oct 10 7 & 9 pm
$10
WARNER BENTLEY THEATER
THIS WORLD MADE ITSELF
Matreyek performs live, intricate shadow play in combination with breathtaking projected digital animation with for an experience both sophisticated and full of wonder. This World follows the history of the earth—from the universe’s first spark to the complex, accelerated present—while Matreyek’s graceful “everywoman” silhouette interacts on screen with the dream-like panorama.
hop.dartmouth.edu • 603.646.2422
Dartmouth college • hanover, nh $10 for Dartmouth students
THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS
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SPORTS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2014
THURSDAY LINEUP
No athletic events scheduled
Sacred Heart ends Big Green’s unbeaten streak in OT B y ALEXander AGADJANIAN
Following an impressive five-game unbeaten streak, the women’s soccer team fell to Sacred Heart University on the road Tuesday night 1-0 in overtime. Despite faltering in its fourth overtime game of the year, the Big Green has demonstrated offensive potential, and players remain hopeful heading into Saturday’s Ivy League opener. To commence the season, Dartmouth (3-3-2, 0-0-1 Ivy) made an unusual trek to the Northwest, participating in the Husky/Nike Invitational in Seattle. The trip was the Big Green’s first to the West Coast since 2010. Although the team lost both its games, head coach Ron Rainey said these early challenges strengthened his team, showing what the players did well and what they needed to improve on. Lucielle Kozlov ’16, who leads with four goals, said the team returned to work on skills they noticed were lacking and ultimately benefited from it. Upon returning to Hanover, the Big Green squared off against three out-of-conference opponents in the comfortable confines of Burnham Field. Seeking to gain momentum, Dartmouth proceeded to rattle off a 2-0-1 tally during this three-game
homestand. The first in this set of games resulted in a scoreless draw against the University of Albany, a match in which the Big Green doubled up its foes in terms of shots, 22-11, but failed to capitalize on an abundance of chances. The following four matches continued that theme, as Dartmouth consistently outshot its opponents, averaging more than 16 shots per game during the five-game unbeaten streak, converting about 10 percent of those opportunities. Speaking about the unbeaten streak, during which the Big Green saw eight goals, Rainey pointed to the development of his team’s offensive identity as crucial to the recent success. “We’re starting to gain some traction in how we’re going to score goals,” Rainey said. “We’ve been able to create a lot of corner kicks and set pieces, but our ability to combine has gotten better and better over these last weeks.” Rainey said team spirit has grown, and goalkeeper Tatiana Saunders ’15 echoed the sentiment, referencing a recent interview with a Dartmouth soccer alumna. “One thing they talked about was how much the team was like a family
and how close they were, and how devoted they were to each other,” Saunders said. “I think we have that same kind of chemistry. We push each other on the field, and off the field, we all get along.” Tuesday afternoon’s game at Sacred Heart (5-5-1, 0-0 NEC) showcased both the Big Green’s strengths and weaknesses in an overtime loss that snapped the team’s unbeaten streak. In the road battle, the Big Green outshot the Crusaders 22-11 but was unable to tally even a single goal. Thirteen of Dartmouth’s 22 shots were on target, but senior goalie Talia Schwartz turned each one away. “We had 13 shots on goal — we have to put at least one of those in,” Saunders said. “Especially now that we’re getting into harder games, we’re going to get less chances in the Ivy League, so we really need to focus on the chances that we do get and putting them away. We do all the hard work to create the chances — it’s just the last touch of actually finishing the ball and putting it in the back of the net.” The Big Green’s inability to net a goal sent the game to overtime, where the Pioneers were able to strike for a sudden-death win. In the 95th minute, a foul call against the Big Green gave Sacred
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In a game earlier this season, a Dartmouth defender attempted a sliding tackle to stop an attack by Brown senior Chloe Cross.
Heart a chance to end the game. Senior Jillian Picinich sent a ball into the box where Sacred Heart star senior Kristin Verrette headed the ball home for a game-winning goal, her tenth tally of the season. The tough ending disappointed the Big Green, especially after a close call penalty in extra time, Saunders said. “The bus was extremely quiet on the way home, and we’re going to use that kind of anger and frustration as motivation in the next few days to prepare for Princeton this weekend,”
Saunders said. Kozlov said the Big Green still generated opportunities and controlled the pace of play. “We’re all a little bitter about it,” Kozlov said. “But we’re still looking forward to the rest of the season and beating Princeton this weekend. We’re definitely not dreading this loss because everything was going so well and just the score was the worst part of it.” The Big Green returns to the field on the road Saturday night against Princeton University.
Telemedicine robot roams sidelines for Big Green football
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This year Dartmouth has a robot on the football field, designed to help protect players — not from alien invaders, but from injuries. At every home football game, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center’s first telemedicine robot will run up and down the sideline, screening for traumatic head injuries like concussions. Robert Singer, a neurosurgeon at DHMC, said multiple concussions have a negative effect on cognitive ability, concentration and emotional maturity. “If a concussion goes undiagnosed, students in particular can have a difficult time in class, can have a difficult time in keeping their hours, can be bothered by headaches,” he said, adding that several concussions can lead to “pathological changes in the
brain.” In 2013, the Mayo Clinic, a nonprofit medical practice and research group, tested portable and remote technology in evaluating athletes who had suffered head injuries, working with the Northern Arizona University football team. Singer heard about this work from colleagues and joined Sarah Pletcher, medical director of the Center for Telehealth, to bring the technology to the Big Green. The robot is part of a complex system of screening technology, Pletcher said, which includes tablets, laptops and smartphones. The technology could potentially be expanded beyond football, Pletcher added, including to situations in which athletic trainers cannot accompany athletes, like the middle of a ski race. The robot will link athletic trainers on the field with the clinical team at
DHMC, headed by Singer. The robot livestreams video of a potentially injured player back to the team, which can assist in making an evaluation or tell the trainers to hold a player out of the game. The robot should become even more effective as new concussion tests are developed and approved. One newly approved test, the King-Devick test, promises to accurately diagnose even low-level concussions in about two minutes. Rapid testing is necessary on the sideline, as two concussions in rapid succession can lead to serious health consequences. “The clinical team is already in place,” Singer said. “It is made up of athletic trainers, concussion experts, family practitioners and internal medicine doctors that are here at Dartmouth.” For all its perks, the robot initially garnered some bewildered glances.
“At first we didn’t really know what it was,” Ryan McManus ’15 said. “After learning a little bit about it, we all agree that it’s a pretty cool aspect that’s unique to Dartmouth that sets us apart from some other programs across the country, to have something like that geared to the head injury issue.” McManus, a wide receiver on the football team, suffered a serious concussion last season that kept him from playing the last eight games. Dartmouth football has long been ahead of the curve when it comes to concussion prevention and treatment. It was the first to refrain from tackling in practices. Before the change, Dartmouth’s team averaged about 2,500 hits to the head during practice over the course of a season. 300 of those hits came within a range commonly understood to cause concussions, according to a 2010 study in the Journal of Athletic Training.
According to the Big Green Alert blog, the team’s tackling has improved since the team made the change. The Ivy League generally has stronger anti-concussion policies than the rest of the NCAA. In 2011, the Ivy League drastically reduced the number of full-contact practices permitted during the season while also increasing penalties for head-to-head contact or unnecessary roughness. These new rules were widely hailed as effective, and the NCAA released similar guidelines in July. Despite the regulations, Dartmouth players are still vulnerable to traumatic brain injury. While the Dartmouth athletic department does not categorize different types of personal foul (besides unsportsmanlike conduct), referees called 19 personal fouls or hits on defenseless players in the Big Green’s games last year — an average of nearly two per game.