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Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef presented “Tickling Giants,” a documentary about Youssef ’s life, with a following question and answer session in the Black Family Visual Arts Center’s Lowe Auditorium on Feb. 28. In addition to the sold-out screening, Youssef also shared his story the next day in a public lecture entitled

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“Laughing Through the Arab Spring” in Silsby 028.

Yo u s s e f , o r i g i n a l l y a cardiothoractic surgeon, created a satirical political talk show called “Al Bernameg” in 2011, which eventually led to his exile from Egypt in November 2014. The show was created during former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s rule and aired through the Arab Spring, continuing through current

Two professors receive Sloan Fellowships

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The Alpha Delta Alumni Corporation received final authorization to use its house as an alumni office space by the town of Hanover last week, according to Hanover director of planning, zoning and codes Robert Houseman.

Prior to AD’s derecognition in April 2015, the house was classified as a student residence. Since March 2017, when the Dartmouth Board of Trustees announced that AD

would not be re-recognized as a fraternity, the officers of the AD Alumni Corporation have been working with the town of Hanover to find a new use for the house, according to cor poration president John Pe pper ’91 Tu’97.

Last summer, AD submitted an initial application to use the house as of fice space, which was denied on the grounds that the proposed use did not align with the ownership interests

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Economics professor Treb Allen and chemistry professor Katherine Mirica received Sloan Research Fellowships on Feb. 15. The fellowship, which recognizes early-career scholars for outstanding achievements in their respective fields, provides a two-year grant of $65,000 to support their research.

T h e A l f r e d P. S l o a n Fo u n d a t i o n , w h i c h o f f e r s research grants primarily in STEM fields and economics, established this fellowship award in 1955. The fellowship is open to scholars in eight scientific and technical fields who are in the early stages of their career and currently hold a tenured or tenure-track position. To qualify SEE SLOAN PAGE 3

president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s tenure.

Jonathan Smolin in an email statement, chair of the Asian and Middle Eastern languages department and Arabic professor who moderated the question and answer sessions, wrote in an email that Youssef was very influential in the development of the Arab Spring. His show in Egypt, SEE YOUSSEF PAGE 2

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Bassem Youssef has been hosting events on campus.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock given $2.7 million for pregnancy opioid treatment

By CAMERON ROLLER The Dartmouth

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center has been awarded a federal grant of $2.7 million to provide support for screening and treating pregnant women with histories of opioid abuse, it announced on Feb. 21. The grant allows for the

development of seven Medication Assisted Treatment programs across New Hampshire in Bedford, Berlin, Dover, Keene, Nashua, Laconia and Littleton. The new MAT programs will follow the practices already in use at Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Moms

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Bassem Youssef hosts Town permits Alpha Delta Alumni events at Dartmouth Corporation to use house as office historically important visitors from the Middle East, such as “Al Bernameg,” with a weekly Wael Ghonim and Alaa Al Aswany audience of about 30 to 40 million, — [Youssef ’s] visit is part of this challenged political authorities in series,” he wrote in an email the country and held other news statement.

During the question and media accountable. answer portion After fleeing of the public to Dubai and “Much of his political lecture, Youssef living there was asked about f o r o v e r a comedy comes from the reasons for year, Youssef being a realist and his shift from moved to the being able to spot the an Egyptian United States audience to an two and a half false and ridiculous.”

American one. years ago. He He responded currently lives by saying he i n O a k l a n d , -OLIVER BYLES ’21 is now a part California with of the United his family.

States and Raleigh cannot pretend Nesbitt ’19, who his previous at t e n d e d t h e show is still film screening, said she found the movie describing continuing. his life informative and compelling. Youssef added that he hopes to Nesbitt said Youssef ’s courage stay in the United States to create and dedication to spreading truth is a future for his family. The physical inspiring, and she enjoyed learning distance from Egypt makes him feel about Youssef ’s life in the United disconnected from the country, but States, his future agenda and his he is still concerned for the safety perspective on what constitutes of his loved ones who remain there, he said. activism.

“It’s During the the same fight, lecture, Youssef “We’re hosting a but it’s shifted said that his to a new battle n e w g o a l i s number of historically g ro u n d , ” t o i n c r e a s e important visitors Youssef said. his presence Oliver i n A m e r i c a n from the Middle East, Byles ’21, who media t o such as Wael Ghonim c o n t i n u e and Alaa Al Aswany — iesn rcoul lrer de n til ny telling his story.

Arabic 2, “FirstCurrently, he [Youssef’s] visit is part Year Courses is pushing his of this series.” in Arabic” and career further Arabic 10, by t r y i n g t o “Introduction sell a television -JONATHAN SMOLIN, to Arabic script that he CHAIR OF THE ASIAN Culture,” has written, a t t e n d e d t o u r i n g a s a AND MIDDLE EASTERN comedian and LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT t h e f i l m , i t s following Q&A, promoting Youssef ’s public his new book, lecture and his “ Re vo l u t i o n Arabic 10 class for Dummies: Laughing Through the Arab visit.

Spring,” in which he helps his Byles said Youssef ’s candor readers gain an insight into stuck with him and that he admires the Arab Spring, the Egyptian that Youssef admitted to a lack of Revolution and political unrest knowledge surrounding certain in the Middle East, he said in his questions, a dislike of particular questions and questions to which lecture.

Youssef was invited to campus answers did not exist. to celebrate the launch of the new “Much of his political comedy interdisciplinary Middle Eastern comes from being a realist and being able to spot the false and studies program, Smolin said.

“We’re hosting a number of ridiculous,” he said.

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purposes, according to Houseman.

This prompted AD to change its of running a fraternity, as stated bylaws so that using the house as in the organization’s bylaws, an office would be consistent with Houseman said. its own institutional uses, now that I n A p r i l 2 0 1 7 , t h e N e w it is no longer an undergraduate H a m p s h i r e S u p r e m e C o u r t frater nity. Shortly after this upheld the Hanover Zoning change was made, AD submitted Board’s decision that AD cannot a revised application in fall use its house 2017 and received a s a s t u d e n t “For now, at least, we approval from the residence town to use the without being have a place that a house as office affiliated with lot of very supportive space, contingent t h e C o l l e g e, alumni can feel very om no d i f i c as toi omn se, prompting the A D A l u m n i comfortable [in].

Houseman said.

Corporation to We’re going to have After the look for other town granted u s e s f o r t h e fun with it. It’ll be its preliminar y house. approval last good.”

“A t the fall, the AD beginning, corporation t h e i r by l a w s -JOHN PEPPER ’91 TU’97 began working to were focused update the house on running an to comply with undergraduate town codes and f r a t e r n i t y, standards, Pepper which was not said. This work permissible in included updating t h i s l o c at i o n the house to meet b e c a u s e Americans with frater nities, Disabilities Act which are accessibility considered standards and s t u d e n t removing any residences, features, such as must be operated in conjunction “lofts,” that could allow someone with the institution [Dartmouth],” to reside in the home, as residence he said. is no longer a permitted use for the Under Hanover zoning law, property, he said. property in the institutional zone No professional offices have — an area roughly corresponding been created in the house yet, to Dartmouth’s campus — must be according to Pepper. However, used in a manner consistent with the process of transforming rooms institution of ownership’s — in of the house into spaces that can this case, AD’s — own institutional be used for offices, meetings and FROM AD PAGE 1

alumni events is still underway. In the future, AD alumni will be able to return to the house for events, he said.

“For now, at least, we have a place that a lot of very supportive alumni can feel very comfortable [in],” Pepper said. “We’re going to have fun with it. It’ll be good.”

AD alumnus John Whitney Crowley ’56, who returns to campus every five years for reunions and annually for Homecoming, said he looks forward to being able to use the house as a space to gather with other AD alumni when they return to Hanover.

While Pepper said he is aware that people are curious about the house, he wishes that people would stop breaking its windows.

“We had a break in [Feb. 28], and it was undergrads ... When we were undergrads, we had to fix a lot of windows,” he said. “We don’t want to fix windows anymore.”

According to Pepper, the next steps for the AD corporation include having important discussions about how AD, in its new form, can benefit Dartmouth.

“How can this serve Dartmouth in a better way? How can it be helpful in Moving Dartmouth Forward, if that’s possible?”

Pepper said.

Pepper added that in the AD alumni community, there is significant interest in the house’s use, most of which has been very positive.

“There have been a lot of emails and phone conversations,” Crowley said. “Everybody has been pretty deeply involved; there’s a pretty tight level of communication.”

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Treb Allen and Katherine Mirica receive Sloan Fellowships FROM SLOAN PAGE 1

for the award, candidates also need a nomination from their colleagues.

The winners are selected based on their accomplishments, creativity and potential to become leaders in their fields, according to the Sloan Foundation website.

Allen and Mirica join the 2018 Sloan Research Fellows, comprised of 126 scholars from 53 colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada. Twentyone other Dartmouth professors have received the Sloan Research Fellowship in the past.

Mirica received the fellowship in recognition for her lab’s research, which broadly focuses on stimulant-responsive materials useful in chemical sensing and microelectronics, she said. She started the lab when she arrived at Dartmouth in the summer of 2015 with the help of four student research assistants.

“On day one, [we] got into the lab and started setting things up, and two weeks later we were running reactions and getting our hands on our first nanomaterials,” Mirica said.

Allen’s primary research focus is in international trade, overlapping with development economics, economic geography and applied

COURTESY OF TREB ALLEN

COURTESY OF KATHERINE MIRICA

Chemistry professor Katherine Mirica studies chemical sensing materials.

microeconomics. Economics chair Christopher Snyder said that Allen’s research is exceptional due to its creativity in combining

Economics professor Treb Allen focuses his research on international trade.

technical skills that cover theory Mirica said that the main output of her lab includes not only and empirical work.

Allen said that much of his recent fundamental scientific knowledge, research is about understanding but also students who become how economic activity is spatially trained to solve problems in the distributed by creating a toolkit to world. examine how geography impacts “I’m really thrilled to be economic activity. He hopes to use i n t e r a c t i n g w i t h t a l e n t e d the tool to understand how this undergraduates in my courses and relationship also in my research could affect “I’m really thrilled lab and having real-world the opportunity to be interacting policies. to work with “ T h e with talented graduate students real goal is undergraduates and postdoctoral to come up scholars,” Mirica with a toolkit in my course and said. t h a t h e l p s also in my research This term, us design Allen is teaching lab and having s m a r t e r Economics 39, policy,” Allen the opportunity “International s a i d . “ T h e to work with Tr a d e , ” w h i c h b i g p i c t u re he said he enjoys would be to graduate students because he is give people and postdoctoral able to bring like urban m o re a d va n c e d scholars.” planners concepts into the … and the classroom due to f e d e r a l -KATHERINE MIRICA, the outstanding gover nment academic talent of a s e t o f CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR the undergraduate tools and a student body. Many set of policy of Allen’s students prescriptions have become his that are research assistants grounded through programs in good l i k e t h e Ja m e s science.”

O. Fr e e d m a n Both Allen Presidential and Mirica Scholars research said they provide opportunities program and the Dartmouth for students to become involved in Economics Research Scholars their respective research projects program offered by his department, as research assistants. he said.

“One exciting thing about Dartmouth is that the students are absolutely amazing,” Allen said. “I have actually brought in a couple of more advanced concepts [into the classroom] that the undergraduates, usually, at other schools don’t get a chance to learn.”

T he impact of the Sloan Research Fellowship also extends to the recipients’ institution and department in the form of publicity, according to chemistry department chair Dean Wilcox.

“Prizes like this are widely publicized,” Wilcox said. “[They] elevate the visibility of the department. We are not a large chemistry department, but we always have to promote that we have a very active and vibrant research program. So this would actually help with the visibility.”

Snyder added that recruiting scholars like Allen, who are “at the cutting edge of research,” is important for the economics department as it works to build a strong research program.

Allen and Mirica both said that they hope to continue expanding their research with the financial support from research grants like the Sloan Research Fellowship.

Mirica said that her main focus is on building up her entire research program and making it financially sustainable to maintain an “exciting quality” of science and to train students to become research scientists.

“You are always trying to raise external support,” Allen said.

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STAFF COLUMNIST RACHNA SHAH ’21

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For Our Future

Dartmouth 2022

Fiscal sustainability needs to be a priority.

From their experience during exams or competitions, students are used to the pressure of the clock. Yet the U.S. national debt clock brings pressure to an entirely new level. Those who observe it are immediately drawn to the $20 trillion figure on the top left. Boston University professor Laurence Kotlikoff estimated that the U.S. government had unfunded liabilities worth close to $210 trillion. Fiscal sustainability is not a complicated concept — it is a term that describes whether or not the government is capable of maintaining its policies and programs without risking insolvency or defaulting on its promises. With programs such as Social Security and Medicare driving costs higher, change is imperative.

Five years ago, a class of college students developed a plan to balance the federal budget.

The studies did so by “lifting the Social Security eligibility age to 70, cutting Medicare spending by 10 percent, ending the war on drugs and decriminalizing marijuana [and cutting] 10 percent in defense spending.” Out of these four options, the changes to Social Security and Medicare made the largest fiscal impacts. Both Social Security and Medicare part A, which covers hospital care and nursing home care, are primarily financed through the payroll tax through contribution rates of 12.4 percent and 2.9 percent, respectively. In comparison, Medicare Parts B and D are financed through general government revenue and patient premiums; thus, they do not face the financing challenges that Part A does.

Social Security is projected to become insolvent in 2034 and Medicare in 2029. Action cannot wait until these years — it must begin today.

Approximately one in five Americans and nine of 10 individuals age 65 and older receive Social Security benefits. Seventy-two percent of benefits are directed toward retired workers and their dependents, 16 percent toward disabled workers and their dependents and 13 percent toward survivors of deceased workers.

If someone is below the full retirement age and begins collecting benefits, that person will receive 75 percent of monthly Social Security benefits.

Once the person reaches full retirement age, regardless of her earnings, she will receive the full monthly benefits. Social Security full retirement ages are gradually growing, from 66 years and two months in 2017 to 67 years in 2022. At the

same time, since 1983, there has been a four year increase in life expectancy in America. In addition, more individuals are beginning to collect benefits than those paying into the pay-as-you-go system; this phenomenon has been declared “a war on children.” The average return for 401(k) plans was 4 percent after inflation; Social Security’s was approximately 2 percent. There are many proposed remedies: increasing payroll taxes from 12.4 percent to 16.4 percent, decreasing retiree benefits, raising the retirement age by four years to 70, placing greater weight on individual savings accounts and other solutions.

Medicare spending represents 20 percent of national health expenditures, or $672.1 billion, and 15 percent of total federal spending; growth in spending is 7.4 percent each year. At 3 percent, the primary driver of this growth is projected enrollment growth from an aging population.

Medicare advantage has grown from 15 percent of benefit payments in 2006 to 30 percent in 2016.

According to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, changes can be made to improve quality without reducing health care benefits.

Limiting medical malpractice claims could save between $50 and $70 billion. Establishing a cap on damages and attorney fees would reduce premiums and perhaps discourage physicians from practicing defensive medicine.

While balancing the budget through Social Security and Medicare changes can theoretically be done, political considerations and gridlock prevent such proposals from passing. Whereas Social Security reforms largely focus on the structure of the program, Medicare reforms focus on health delivery, thus bringing different stakeholders into the process. Nonetheless, fiscal sustainability is a bipartisan issue that is about bridging perspectives and building systems that will work today, tomorrow and for future generations. As Medicare and Social Security place significant pressure on the budget, they may increasingly crowd out spending on discretionary spending and policy issues. If citizens care about other issues and want more funds allocated toward them, calling for Social Security and Medicare spending decreases may facilitate that.

As Americans grows older and our demographics change, economic growth is projected to slow.

The country needs to make changes for the future before it is too late.

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If Dartmouth makes the right choices, how will it look in four years?

The Green looks the same. The students are still in ubiquitous black gowns. The speeches are still full of hope and opportunity. But the College is reflecting — reflecting on four years of good leadership, good choices and an agenda of renewal that has built upon Dartmouth’s successes and helped the school, in a short time, become a better place for its community.

It is a sunny day in June, and the Class of 2022 is graduating. The College had elected to scrap proposals for an increase in its undergraduate population . Rather than moving away from its liberal arts focus, the College redoubled attention on undergraduates, committing itself wholeheartedly to offering the best undergraduate education in the country — and the world. An increasingly interdisciplinary view of education has fostered a stronger culture of creativity and resourcefulness, one that prizes student art, research and political engagement even more than the Dartmouth of 2018.

Of course, students are not alone on campus. Faculty salaries, which have lagged behind many of those at Dartmouth’s peer institutions by around $15,000, are up. The College has also committed itself to reducing its current seven to one student-to-faculty ratio to five to one or lower, which would put the College on par with Princeton University, the University of Chicago and Yale University.

These initiatives have helped to recruit and retain the most talented professors possible, including talented faculty of color. Those hired by Dartmouth are individuals who, in the best tradition of the College, put undergraduate teaching first and focus on building positive and rewarding classroom experiences.

Maintaining the size of the student body has helped Dartmouth address the housing issues that plagued campus in 2018. By 2022, the process of replacing the Choates and River clusters is well underway: A wrecking ball tore through the last of the River dormitories in summer 2019, paving the way for the construction of new dorms that are almost ready to house the incoming Class of 2026.

Older dorms on Massachusetts Row and Gold Coast are being renovated. The College is working to create more classroom space and alleviate strain on dining halls.

The College has a new mission to become truly global, increasing the number of offcampus study opportunities. Without global understanding and learning, there can be no global impact. A focus on transnational issues has led Dartmouth scholars to the forefront of new and expanding fields of study, and Dartmouth’s graduates — increasingly equipped with new global learning opportunities — are achieving ever greater things. The College has restored needblind admissions for international students and increased the amount of scholarships and financial aid to qualifying students to reduce the need to take out additional loans to attend Dartmouth.

But the College has not neglected issues at home. Robust sexual assault policies are making campus safer, with students taking the

lead to change Dartmouth’s culture and stamp out sexual misconduct. Numerous trainings against sexual assault are now mandatory for all students, and the College’s reporting and adjudication process has been streamlined to separate perpetrators from campus while ensuring that due process concerns are fully addressed.

To build a healthier campus environment, the College has also provided students with the resources to form and grow social spaces as they see fit. The students of the Class of 2022 who are assembled on the Green for Commencement are members of myriad social clubs and organizations. These include student-led iterations of the house communities system to Greek houses, all of which are available as inclusive, welcoming spaces for those interested in membership and none of which monopolize the campus’ social sphere. But social organizations hold themselves to ever-higher standards, refusing to tolerate in their living rooms, basements and social circles any hint of sexual misconduct or hazing.

By 2022, Dartmouth’s administrative apparatus is lean and efficient. It tackles problems head-on, reaching for broad student and faculty input to build the best possible solutions. It has reinvested in mental health resources and focuses on building an inclusive campus where all communities can feel at home. This Dartmouth fully welcomes diverse perspectives, ideas and debates.

What can this small college be, with the help of those who love it? It strives, as it enters the third decade of the 21st century, to maintain a close-knit community, to build a mutually supportive and collaborative student body, to advance the liberal arts in a pure and innovative form, to build close student-faculty relationships and to prioritize the education of deserving, qualified undergraduates. The Dartmouth of 2022 continues the best of its traditions, those that prize community and undergraduate teaching, while endeavoring to grow as an institution of learning and camaraderie.

The Class of 2026, just admitted as the Class of 2022 walks across the stage before Baker Tower, is better than the Class of 2025, which was better than its predecessor, which was better than the Class of 2018. So it should be each year, and so it has been. By advancing diverse perspectives, respectfully hearing diverse ideas and committing to expansion of the intellect and of understanding of each other and those across the girdled earth, Dartmouth students are continually becoming global scholars — and global leaders.

When the Class of 2022 walks across the stage at Commencement, will Dartmouth be a better place? The College’s leaders and students have to make choices, and if they make the right ones, Dartmouth can and will prosper as an institution that leverages its strengths to become a school of the 21st century. That is the vision. Let us make it so.

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DHMC receives grant for opioid treatment for pregnant women 100,000 people.

Julia Frew Med ’05, a psychiatrist in Recovery program, a treatment and professor of psychiatry and program for pregnant women with medical education at the Geisel School of Medicine, serves as the histories of opioid abuse. medical director A DHMC of Moms in press release Recovery and the n o t e d t h a t i n “I became aware director of the 2015, 7.8 percent that I was taking hospital’s Center of newborns to for Addiction New Hampshire care of women Re c ove r y i n r e s i d e n t s a t who had opioid use Pregnancy and DHMC were disorder and was Parenting. d i a g n o s e d w i t h N e o n a t a l really struck by the “ N e w Hampshire is A b s t i n e n c e lack of access to one of the states Syndrome or t h at h a s b e e n withdrawal after treatment women hardest hit by in utero exposure had.” the epidemic,” to substances.

Frew said.

The syndrome is “[Pregnancy] is associated with -DAISY GOODMAN seen as a really m o r t a l i t y a n d MED’14, DIRECTOR ideal time to morbidity for intervene, to women and their OF WOMEN’S HEALTH t r y t o ch a n g e i n f a n t s w h i c h AT THE MOMS IN the course of can include potentially two premature birth, RECOVERY PROGRAM generations’ poor fetal growth lives.” and neonatal w i t h d r a w a l a n d p r o l o n g e d Director of women’s health hospitalization, according to the services for Moms in Recovery press release. Additionally, the Daisy Goodman Med’14 began her Centers for Disease Control and work at a clinical practice in rural Prevention reported that in 2016, Maine almost 16 years ago, where New Hampshire’s drug overdose she said that the lack of access to death rate was 39 deaths per treatment for women with opioid FROM DHMC PAGE 1

use disorders was unsettling. place,” she said.

“I became aware that I was According to Frew, Moms taking care of i n Re c ove r y ’s women who had success is aided opioid use disorder “Women who have by the program’s a n d w a s r e a l l y not been able to ability to provide struck by the lack of services that access to treatment enter treatment are generally w o m e n h a d , ” in the past for a overlooked or Goodman said. “It impossible to variety of reasons was really, really cover by other hard for women are inspired to treatment to find somebody do so once they programs. The who could care for program has a become pregnant their addiction.” case manager F r e w a d d e d out of concern for who helps that the approach women connect the health of the of Moms in with community Recovery, which baby.” re s o u rc e s t h e s e s t at e w i d e around housing, programs will transportation be m o d e l e d -DAISY GOODMAN and employment o f f o f , b r i n g s MED’14, DIRECTOR insurance, she the traditional said. elements o f OF WOMEN’S HEALTH Goodman said treatment under a AT THE MOMS IN that women single roof. are much more RECOVERY PROGRAM “As opposed to likely to seek out a more traditional treatment when situation where they become women might get pregnant. their addiction “Women who care at an have not been addiction treatment program able to enter treatment in the and their prenatal care at their past for a variety of reasons are [obstetrics] clinic, this program inspired to do so once they become brings everything together in one pregnant out of concern for the

health of the baby,” she said.

William Torrey ’80, psychiatry professor and vice chair for clinical services of Geisel’s psychiatry department, said every addiction case must be handled individually for the best chance of success, which often includes a mix of medication and addiction therapy.

“Many people have opioid use disorders, but also suffer from stress disorders or post-traumatic stress disorder … and you want to make sure that the person is getting good treatment for that as well,” he said.

Goodman said that DHMC’s approach to treating women with opioid use disorders has been successful in many ways.

“We have a comparatively very high retention rate [of] 64 percent … We have good outcomes in terms of our average deliveries in our program [and] average birth weights are in the normal range,” she added. “We have a low rate of child removal from the home.”

Goodman said that the next hurdle is applying this model to other care sites in New Hampshire.

“We feel like our program has been tested and [has] shown its merit and the question now, or the challenge to us, is can we now expand that approach to these other sites and that’s what this grant is doing,” she said.

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TODAY

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Lecture: “The Afro-Asian Body,” with University of Michigan professor Joan Kee, Carpenter 13

7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Film: “Risk Field: Navigating Health Through Soccer,” produced by Film Studies 39: Advanced Videomaking, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center

8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Dartmouth Idol Finals, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts

TOMORROW

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Film: “The Darkest Hour,” directed by Joe Wright, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center

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

Film: “Call Me By Your Name,” directed by Luca Guadagnino, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts

SUNDAY

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

National Theatre Live in HD: “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” by Tennessee Williams, directed by Benedict Andrews, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Student Production: “Proof,” by David Auburn, directed by Louisa Auerbach ’20, Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center for the Arts

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Vaughan Recital Series: violinist Johnna Wu and pianist Edward Kim ’09, Faulkner Recital Hall, Hopkins Center for the Arts

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FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2018

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Dartmouth Idol Finals take place tonight at the Hop

By SAVANNAH MILLER The Dartmouth Staff

Talented students performing diverse song selections will be featured in the Dartmouth Idol Finals tonight at 8 p.m. in Spaulding Auditorium at the Hopkins Center for the Arts. Directed by Walt Cunningham and hosted by Aaron Cheese ’18 and Harrison Perkins ’18, Dartmouth Idol is a vocal competition that has become a tradition at the College, celebrating its 11th year. On Friday, the six Dartmouth Idol Finalists to perform are Kate Budney ’21, Matthew Haughey ’21, Soomin Kim ’20, Eni Oyeleye ’20, Connor Regan ’18 and Caroline Smith ’21. They were selected after the Dartmouth Idol Semifinals on Feb. 2.

Oyeleye said he decided to audition for Dartmouth Idol after seeing friends try out last year.

“I like to take any opportunity to sing,” Oyeleye said. “It’s what I really like to do. I thought it would be really fun.”

Smith was taken aback to learn she was a finalist as first, but now she is looking forward to performing in Spaulding Auditorium on Friday.

“I was initially really surprised and shocked,” she said. “After that, it started to settle in that I was a finalist.”

Haughey, who spent a significant amount of time rehearsing for the semifinals and preparing to perform, was grateful that his effort paid off.

“I’m so excited,” he said. “I was really happy to have that justification. I put a lot of work into [my semifinals piece].”

Kim, who is a part of the Dartmouth College Glee Club and typically sings classical music, is looking forward to singing in a style very different from what she is used to.

“This whole journey has been full of surprises,” she wrote in an email statement. “It has definitely been a challenge to get out of my comfort zone, but I’m so excited to share my passion and love for music with the Dartmouth community.”

While the students who moved on from semifinals were determined equally by judges’ scores and student votes, the winner of the finals will be chosen purely based on the audience’s vote. The finals will still feature four judges who will comment on the different performance aspects of each piece.

During semifinals, judge and former Dartmouth Idol winner Tara Joshi ’18 said she focused on the participants’ voices and how well they were able to push their vocal abilities.

“I look for creative things people do with their voice,” she said. “I think for Dartmouth Idol, you should know your voice really well.”

The six finalists worked closely with Cunningham and the Dartmouth Idol production team on song selection and preparation following the Feb. 2 semifinals. Each contestant performs a solo piece and a duet with a semifinalist, Joshi said.

Budney believes the wide array of music genres featured in Dartmouth Idol Finals is part of what makes it so interesting to attend.

“There’s all different types of music,” Budney said. “There’s something for everyone.”

Budney’s duet will be a mashup of “Love So Soft” by Kelly Clarkson and “Turn the Beat Around,” originally sung by Vicki Sue Robinson. She will also perform this piece and her solo song “Somewhere” from “West Side Story” in the style of Barbara Streisand. “[‘Somewhere’ is] a classic song, and it’s really powerful,” she said.

“I think it’s meaningful to a lot of people.”

Oyeleye is also excited for both of his pieces — his duet will be a medley of bass solos, and while he is keeping his solo selection a surprise, Oyeleye believes it will be another crowd-pleaser.

“I’m really excited about my song,” he said. “It sends a really important message, and I’m excited to perform it.”

Other performances to look out for include Haughey’s duet mash-up of “Livin’ la Vida Loca”

by Ricky Martin and “Feel It Still”

by Portugal. the Man; Smith’s solo “Don’t You Worry ’bout a Thing,” a song originally sung by Stevie Wonder, in the style of Tori Kelly; and an opening number that includes all of the finalists.

Dartmouth Idol Finals is a collaborative affair featuring other student performers on campus including members of various student dance groups and student musicians from the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble.

Joshi is excited to see how Dartmouth Idol g rows from previous years, citing the director and his inclusion of other ensembles and bands as part of what keeps the competition so popular within the Dartmouth community. “[Cunningham] tries to do something different every year,” she said. “He always tries to do something a little extra, a little more than the last year.”

Kim is excited to see how all these performance elements work together.

“Dartmouth Idol is not just about

singing,” she said. “I believe that it’s really a collaboration of the arts.

Every number, every song is crafted uniquely to that performance.”

Haughey cited this production quality as a major attraction.

“This has so much choreography, there’s a big band, there’s back-up singers,” Haughey said.

Joshi believes that Dartmouth Idol’s universality and love for the arts is part of what makes the competition an enduring tradition at the College, and one of the most beloved ones at that. “[Dartmouth Idol has] been one of the most important things in establishing a focus on the arts at Dartmouth,” Joshi said. “What [Cunningham has] done has been really crucial. It makes people who have never been to Spaulding Auditorium want to go to Spaulding Auditorium.”

While Dartmouth Idol does have winners and prizes, the performance really focuses on the singing. Smith said she is just excited to see the process through and have fun while doing it.

“It’s going to be a blast,” she said.

“I think a lot of us are just focusing on having fun and making sure the experience is worthwhile.”

Dartmouth Idol Finals is at 8 p.m. tonight in Spaulding Auditorium in the Hopkins Center.

Student Spotlight: production designer Will Maresco ’19

By LAUREN SEGAL The Dartmouth

A pioneer in the theater department, Will Maresco ’19 deviates from the typical Dartmouth theater major track, finding his passion in stage design. Participating in countless school productions, Maresco has cultivated an expansive repertoire of skills that span from sound design to lighting.

Arriving at Dartmouth as an engineering major with high school experience in theater, Maresco said he knew that he wanted to continue to pursue the performing arts in some manner.

“I realized I couldn’t not do it,” Maresco said. “I found myself wishing I had more time to do theater while I was on campus, so eventually I said I should listen to those thoughts.”

Despite the difficulty he faced transitioning into a full-fledged theater major, Maresco said that he is glad he let himself follow his desires, as he is much happier now. Maresco decided to pursue a theater major with a minor in engineering, a combination that he finds compliments his interests and future ambitions.

Since beginning his study of theater at Dartmouth, Maresco has

been grateful for all of the resources that the theater department provides to enhance his own knowledge of his craft. Being thrust into a higher-budget, more professional environment came as a shock after high school performances; however, Maresco built up a solid foundation of technical prowess with which he navigates his own interests.

The higher-stakes environment also forced him to change how he approached stage design, especially as the productions he undertakes have become increasingly more professional.

“I’ve realized that I have to make a lot of decisions really quickly, and I have to be confident in those decisions,” Maresco said. “I can’t question if they’re the right ones all the time. I just have to make the decisions and stick to them.”

While this realization reminds Maresco of how high the pressure can get as he gains insight and skill, it also plays a crucial role in cementing Maresco’s self-assurance, which he finds is necessary to attain high-quality results.

“I think that my work on the productions at Dartmouth have enhanced my confidence in myself and my confidence in my work,” Maresco said.

As a theater major concentrating on stage design, rather than the more popular acting and directing tracks, Maresco has unique expertise within the department.

Jaclyn Pageau ’18, a fellow theater major who worked with Maresco on the theater department’s recent mainstage production of “1984,” believes that Maresco provides invaluable insight when working on productions.

“He has a very well-rounded foundation of the different technical aspects that are involved in theater,” Pageau said. “He has such a good knowledge of all the different aspects of theater production that he’s such an asset to a team when you’re working on a show.”

As a specialist in theater production, Maresco has had many different opportunities available to him. Since beginning his career as a Dartmouth theater student, Maresco noticed that his priorities when deciding which productions to take on have changed drastically.

“I’ve learned to become more selective about what projects I’ll take on,” Maresco said. “Initially, I chose projects that sounded technically interesting, such as big shows where I would be able to do a lot of work.

Now, I’ve realized that ‘a lot of work’

comes with all productions, and I choose to focus on productions with messages that speak to me.”

Although the technical expertise Maresco has gained through his years at Dartmouth is a necessary foundation, he said the most critical lesson he has learned is how to work with his audience. While big sound effects are dynamic in productions, Maresco said he tends to focus on subtle sound techniques, such as silence, to elicit a reaction from his audience of which they may not even be aware.

“I don’t try to do anything for the audience,” Maresco said. “Although I want them to feel a certain way at a certain point, I’m going to be disappointed every time because I can’t control their emotions. Instead of eliciting a reaction through direct means, I want the audience to wonder why they feel a certain way.”

Maresco’s passion for sound design is encouraging the theater department to strive to provide him with the resources he needs to excel.

“We’ve never had a resident advisor for sound design, but now that [Maresco] has demonstrated such a strong interest, the school’s bringing people in to work with him,” Pageau said.

After graduation, Maresco

intends to pursue his interests and ideally work at a regional theater. At higher levels of theater production, such as on Broadway, Maresco believes it will be harder to maintain the broad nature of his theatrical expertise.

“At this point, I’m not sure if I’m ready to pick an area of production I would like to specialize in,” Maresco said. “I would like to maintain my interests in lighting, set design and sound, so I’m looking to keep all of those different passions alive.”

In the meantime, Maresco will continue his backstage work for Dartmouth productions. He will be taking on the role of student designer for the musical “Hair” in the spring. Students rarely gain the responsibility of designing a musical ­— a testament to Maresco’s unique talent and dedication to theater production.

Maresco said what he enjoys most about designing productions is the feeling of seeing the final product after months of preparation.

“No one can ever do it all by themselves,” Maresco said. “We’re doing this to achieve a final product, and when we collaborate well, we end up with a final product that’s better than any one person could have created.”

THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS

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FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2018

TODAY’S LINEUP

SPORTS

MEN’S HOCKEY VS ST. LAWRENCE 7 P.M.

ONE ON ONE

with Dan Martin ’21

By SABA NEJAD The Dartmouth Staff

Originally from Laval, Québec where he attended Académie SainteThérèse, Dan Martin ’21, is currently playing No. 2 singles for men’s tennis.

Despite dropping two matchups last week, the Big Green is competing at a historic level this season, beginning the 2017-2018 season 12-0, its best start in program history. Dartmouth is currently ranked No. 19 in the country, though it previously held the No. 14 spot in mid-February, which was also a program record. Martin, who is currently No. 101 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Division I men’s national singles rankings, has played an important role on the team all season.

In a 5-2 victory over the University of Minnesota on Feb. 9, Martin beat then-No. 34 Stefan Milicevic. Before Dartmouth, Martin finished second at the U16 Canadian Championship and third at the U18 Canadian Championship.

How did you get started playing tennis?

DM: Long story short, my dad was playing tennis with one of his friends, and I was there with them and decided to take a racquet and play by myself on the wall. I was pretty good for a 5 year old. One of the coaches on the next court came to my dad and asked him how long I’d been playing tennis for, and my dad told him I just took the tennis racquet for the first time. The coach saw something special in me and told my

dad I should try playing tennis and take courses. I played tennis for fun until the age of 10 or 11 when I started playing tournaments and really became more serious about tennis.

Whatwasyourexperienceplaying before coming to Dartmouth?

DM: Before coming to Dartmouth, I was playing local tournaments and doing very well in them. I was also doing some international junior tournaments, but not many because I was going to a full time private school and couldn’t afford to miss one or two weeks of school like other players my age. I kept a great balance between tennis and school all my high school life, and I didn’t want to give up my passion. That is why I took an interest in American colleges, especially Dartmouth.

Why did you choose Dartmouth?

DM:HeadcoachChrisDrakecontacted me and was super professional. He contacted me one day, and three days later he came to Montreal and I met him in person. He saw me practice. He got in touch pretty quickly. The fact that it was so professional and so quick, that was really a good thing. Then I came to visit here, and the guys on the team were great and friendly, unlike some other colleges I had visited. The campus wasn’t too big. Everything seemed to be perfect. And it was only three and a half hours from home. So far, I don’t have any regrets coming here.

Is college tennis much different

COURTESY OF DAN MARTIN

Dan Martin ’21 from Laval, Québec is currently playing at No. 2 singles for the Big Green.

from junior tennis?

DM: Yeah. College tennis is a lot of stress and a lot of pressure.

How close would you say the team is?

DM: We are extremely close. We eat breakfast, lunch and dinner together.

We go out together. We hang out together. We study together. There’s very few things we don’t do together.

It’s fun to have a group of guys like that who have your back. If you need help, they’re there. You can trust them.

Sometimes when we travel around and see other teams, I feel that other teams don’t have the same chemistry

The weekDAY Roundup Compiled by Nathan ALBRINCK

Women’s lacrosse Women’s lacrosse traveled to Albany, New York on Wednesday to face off against the University of Albany in the Big Green’s third game of the season. Ellie Carson ’20 was able to find the net six times, leading Dartmouth to a 12-8 win over the Great Danes, its first win over UAlbany

since 2005. Behind the efforts of Carson and Larson Bennett ’18, who scored two goals in the first half, the Big Green built up a comfortable 9-2 lead heading into halftime.

In the second half, unable to overcome the seven-goal deficit, the Great Danes picked up some

momentum, outscoring the Big Green 6-3. Kiera Vrindten ’20 made seven saves for the Big Green as they moved to 2-1 overall in the early stages of their season.

Dartmouth opens Ivy League play at home on Saturday against Columbia University.

that we have.

after that.

Last weekend, men’s tennis dropped from 12-0 to 13-2. What happened?

DM: We lost against the University of Iowa on Saturday. I didn’t play because I had shin splits so Drake said I shouldn’t play, and then Charlie [Broom ’20] had four match points, but he couldn’t close the match so we lost.

It’s not his fault; he did everything he could. Then on Sunday, I had to step in because Old Dominion University was one of the best teams we’ve played so far. They played so well. We lost pretty badly. We beat Boston University

Would you want to continue playing tennis after graduation?

DM: I think I could give tennis a shot on tour after graduation because I don’t feel the urge to find a job right away and start working. Once I graduate, I do have my diploma. I have the knowledge, and I’m not going to lose that knowledge over a couple years. So I could go on tour for a couple years maybe, and after that, if I can make it, good. If not, I’ll find a job.

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

men’s golf Men’s golf competed at the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate in Hilton Head, South Carolina on Monday and Tuesday. After two rounds of golf on Day 1, the Big Green stood in 16th place in the 18-team field, which was led by the University of Georgia. Jason Liu ’21 led the way for the Big Green with a four-over 76 in the first round and a two-under 70 in the second round, leaving him in a tie-for-21st place individually.

James Turner ’21 sat one stroke behind Liu after a two-over 74 and a one-over 73.

During Tuesday’s windy play,

15 teams in the field, including Dartmouth, scored their worst round of the competition. Despite finishing Tuesday with a higher score than it did on Monday, the Big Green was still able to move up in the standings. Turner paced Dartmouth with a three-over 75 to help propel the Big Green to a tie-for-14th place with Davidson College in the final standings, while finishing in a three-way tiefor-22nd place individually.

Dartmouth returns to action on March 23 when it competes in the Furman Invitational in Greenville, South Carolina.