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Citations comprise 2.4 Physics and astronomy percent of total grades professors urge College

By ANTHONY ROBLES The Dartmouth Staff

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The academic citation, given for excellence in a class, remains an enigmatic goal in the typical Dartmouth student’s academic career. Only 2.4 percent of total grades recorded are citation grades, with 92 percent of those citations accompanying a grade of either A or A minus, according to an email statement from registrar Meredith Braz.

Although the first citation was recorded in 1963, the term “citation” was first defined in the ORC/Catalog in 1973, Braz wrote. The current description of the citation in the ORC/

Catalog reads that citations are designed to “procure an official record of information about undergraduates who h ave m a d e p a r t i c u l a rl y favorable impressions on members of the faculty.” If a student receives a citation, “the actual statement of citation,” which is a description of why a student deserves a citation, is included in their transcript unless otherwise indicated.

The Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning website notes that citations may be issued as a means SEE CITATIONS PAGE 5

QSS program sees increase in popularity

By KEVIN GE

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T here is an increasing number of students majoring in quantitative social science, a subject that teaches students how to apply quantitative tools to social science problems, since the program’s establishment in 2015. While only two QSS majors graduated in 2017, 13 and 25 QSS majors are expected to graduate in 2018 and 2019,

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respectively, according to QSS program chair and government professor Michael Herron.

In 2015, the QSS program replaced the Mathematical Social Sciences program, which also aimed to instruct students how to apply quantitative analyses to social science questions.

“QSS is built on [MSS’s] foundation,” Herron said.

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The Shattuck Observatory could be threatened if housing is built in College Park.

By ALEX FREDMAN The Dartmouth

T he physics and astronomy department is raising concerns that building new student housing in College Park could seriously impede its ability to teach undergraduate astronomy cour ses and conduct experimental physics research. The College announced on Sept. 20 that it would explore the feasibility of housing 750 undergraduates and that the Board of Trustees

will make a decision on the conceptual design in November.

In an Oct. 17 letter obtained by The Dartmouth, 88 faculty, staff, students and alumni associated with the de partment expressed opposition to constructing student housing in College Park and urged College President Phil Hanlon and other administrators to explore alternate sites.

All 25 of the department’s primary faculty members and all 15 members of the physics and astronomy

de partment’s Alumni Advisory Board signed the letter.

“The sheer enormity of [the proposal] – we were horrified,” said Miles Blencowe, a physics professor who helped organize and draft the letter. “And so we felt that we had to inform the relevant senior administrators about the possible unanticipated or unforeseen consequences of this on our department.”

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Seven Dartmouth Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows began Ph.D. programs this fall, studying a variety of

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Letters raise concern over College QSS program sees Park housing construction proposal uptick in majors C h a b oye r n o t e d t h at t h e observatory is used for frequent On Nov. 1, the alumni board public viewing sessions labs and sent an additional letter to Hanlon. in introductory astronomy courses, Signed by advisory board chair which is made convenient by its James Slinkman A&S’86 and 12 proximity to Wilder Hall, host of the other 15 board members, to the physics and astronomy the letter echoed the concerns department. He added, however, of the first letter and urged the potential light pollution from the administration to include new dorms would seriously impair a faculty representative from the telescopes’ view of the night the department in the planning sky even if the observatory was left standing. process. “[The alumni board letter] was “If they destroy Shattuck, I an attempt by the board to help don’t know how we’d run our the department and the College introductory labs, unless they built to see things from the perspective us another observatory somewhere of dedicated alumni,” Slinkman on campus,” Chaboyer said.

Blencowe sent Hanlon a revised said.

A key matter discussed in both version of the first letter on Oct. letters is the future of Shattuck 27. Two days later, Hanlon replied Observatory, located on the edge to the letter, in which he recognized of College Park, which opened the department’s accomplishments in 1854. The first letter’s authors and the historical significance write that they are “dee ply of College Park but did not concerned” about the potential specifically address Shattuck Observatory. construction “ I t project and that “If they destroy is helpful the development to hear the c o u l d l e a d t o Shattuck, I don’t Department’s the loss of the know how we’d run concerns o b s e r v a t o r y, a ro u n d a ny which the second our introductory labs, construction letter said would unless they built us that might be “a huge blow another observatory take place in for Dartmouth.” the College “Shattuck has somewhere on Pa rk a re a , ” a lot of historical campus.”

H a n l o n significance,” wrote. “It is said physics important and astronomy -BRIAN CHABOYER, for us to professor Brian PHYSICS AND understand, Chaboyer, who and we will a l s o h e l p e d ASTRONOMY PROFESSOR consider the organize and potential draft the fir st impacts of letter. “I’d really hate to see Shattuck destroyed, any possible construction project because it’s really the oldest extant on neighboring entities before final college observatory in the country decisions are made.”

— one that has not been altered, Ethan Isaacson ’18, a physics major and signee of the first letter, is still in its original footprint.”

According to the College’s said that Shattuck Observatory Campus Services website, the is an important site for the conceptual design would preserve department’s public outreach the Bema, Bartlett Tower and efforts. “the special character of the “I think one of the characteristics park,” but no mention is made of of the physics [and astronomy] Shattuck Observatory. In an email d e p a r t m e n t t h a t m a k e s i t statement, College spokesperson particularly special is its eagerness Diana Lawrence said that there to share the work that it does with is “no definitive plan related to the public, and the observatory is Shattuck Observatory,” adding a big part of that,” Isaacson said. that the College is still in the early Isaacson added that he trusts stages of the College Park design the department faculty’s judgment re g a rd i n g t h e o b s e r vat o r y ’s process.

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significance, and he hopes the administration takes note as well.

“It would have encouraged me as an undergraduate physics major to see an indication that people in the administration are concerned by the potential impacts on the research and history of that space,” he said.

Isaacson referred in part to Hanlon’s initial response to the Oct. 17 letter, which Isaacson said acknowledged the letter but did not specify whether its concerns would be addressed.

Chaboyer said that he and his colleagues were surprised when they saw the news release about the College Park planning study because no one from the administration had consulted the department beforehand. He said that they decided to write the letter after the director of campus planning could not confirm that Shattuck would be preserved or that the department would be consulted during the planning process.

Both letters also addressed the fact that construction in College Park could negatively af fect ongoing experimental condensed matter research in nearby Wilder Hall. According to the first letter, this research involves taking extremely sensitive measurements often on the atomic level, which could be hindered by vibrations from rock blasting or from a more active electromagnetic environment due to added cell phone communication and Wi-Fi in the new dorms.

“Disruption to these research p ro g r a m s d u r i n g a n d a f t e r construction will likely lead to delays in progress, which could irreparably harm their competitiveness and Dartmouth’s reputation,” the letter states.

B l e n c owe n o t e d t h at t h e construction’s impact on research could affect students as well.

“We have many students working in those labs, both undergrad and grad students, and if they can’t do their experiments, you know, it would be a disaster,” Blencowe said.

Blencowe added that while he recognized the College’s need for adequate student housing, he believes this should not interfere with its academic pursuits.

“We really do understand the importance of having good quality residence halls, student accommodations,” Blencowe said.

“But it shouldn’t be at the expense of our ability to teach [and] do our research.”

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“I would say we’ve modernized [MSS].”

Government professor John Carey, who is a member of the program’s steering committee, said the QSS program attracts students and faculty members from various departments such as sociology, geography and computer science.

He added that the program’s interdisciplinary approach to problem-solving is a reflection of the modernization of the MSS major.

Herron added that the QSS p ro g r a m ’s i n t e r d i s c i p l i n a r y approach makes it a “methods first, substance second program.”

“The boundaries between the disciplines aren’t as strong as they used to be,” Herron said. “Now, there’s a lot of mixing and one of the common threads that brings people together is methods.”

Herron said the increasing popularity of the QSS major can be attributed to the growing importance of data analytics.

“If you look around the world right now, data are becoming increasingly important,” Herron said. “I think the students know that, and we give a good foundation in ways to use data and we teach skills that are very relevant in the modern economy.”

Carey said he was pleasantly surprised at the QSS program’s increasing popularity with students.

“I did not anticipate that the level of student demand is as high as it is,” Carey said.

Carey added that the program teaches students critical skills such as engaging with data that can be applicable to any job.

“In almost any organization, if you are the person that can scrape primary source data off the web, analyze it and make sense of it, you’re going to be valuable,” Carey said.

According to Herron, a key component of the QSS program is research.

“Research is not an optional part of our curriculum,” Herron said. “[The students] are using the skills they learned [in the classroom] to investigate a social science question.”

Government professor Yusaku Horiuchi, who also teaches in the QSS program, echoed Herron’s sentiment, adding that the highlight of the QSS program is the thesis, which every major must complete.

Herron added that every year, the program invites several postdoctoral researchers, who teach classes based on their specialties. “[Post-doctoral researchers] are new, they’re young — that’s important because the world of statistics and modern methodology is changing very fast,” Herron said.

“So it’s really important that newly trained Ph.D.’s are involved in this program.”

Horiuchi said the program fits a wide variety of students with different academic interests. “[The program can be for] students who are really interested in majoring in sociology, economics, or anything but want to acquire more computational and statistical skills,” Horiuchi said.

Herron said it is too early to determine if the program’s popularity and growth rate will be sustainable in the future.

“We’re thrilled that students are interested,” Herron said.

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Mellon Mays graduates begin Ph.D. research during sophomore summer. During the school year, fellows and their repayment of undergraduate loans mentors meet frequently. Between up to $10,000. meetings, students are expected to The program is coordinated by engage with faculty, write grant comparative literature professor and fellowship proposals, prepare Michelle Warren, who is responsible for research and utilize off-terms for logistics, specifically overseeing to conduct research or academic the mentorship process, budget projects. and grant proposals.

While fellows have to study To be eligible to apply for w i t h i n t h e h u m a n i t i e s a n d the program, applicants must be social sciences, their specific sophomores, research interests although are diverse. j u n i o r s c a n “We are looking Adjeiwaa-Manu receive special not just for amazing is currently per mission, studying the planning to future researchers link between enter Ph.D. but amazing future socioeconomic programs and background and researchers who then have health. c a r e e r s i n are going to commit “I am [currently] academia. themselves to inclusive w o r k i n g w i t h “ We a r e a professor to l o o k i n g pedagogy...” analyze data not just for on Ghanaian amazing immig rants in f u t u r e Philadelphia,” r e s e a r c h e r s -MICHELLE WARREN, Adjeiwaa-Manu but amazing COMPARATIVE said. “There f u t u r e are some health r e s e a r c h e r s LITERATURE PROFESSOR indicators there who are going that will at least to commit be a foundation themselves for some of the to inclusive wo rk I wo u l d pedagogy like to do during [and] to the course of my institutional time here.” actions that Allie is studying transform structures of higher political science. Within the field, education in the long run,” Warren he is interested in political violence, said. terrorism and counter terrorism, Nana Adjeiwaa-Manu ’16, and Middle East politics. who is currently pursuing a Ph.D. While Allie said that he hopes to in sociology at the University of become a professor after finishing Pennsylvania, said that she was his Ph.D. program, Adjeiwaamotivated to apply to the program Manu said that she hopes to find because of her experience in her a career in the research sector. first-year seminar.

“I intend to be in the research “When I was an undergrad I sector … specifically in health got really interested in research policy or economic policy,” through a class I took in my first- Adjeiwaa-Manu said. “I have a big year seminar,” Adjeiwaa-Manu interest in the connection between said. “It was one of the first times health and socioeconomic status I completed a research paper on a and I’d love to continue that trail topic that was of interest to me.” of research.”

Feyaad Allie ’16, who is studying Of the other fellows starting political science at Stanford programs this fall, Leandra Barrett University, said that his experience ’15 is a doctoral candidate in with research as a freshman also American studies at New York motivated him to apply during his University; Oscar Cornejo ’17 is a sophomore year. doctoral candidate in sociology at “I had done some research with Northwestern University; Danielle faculty during my freshman year Jones ’17 is a doctoral candidate and I knew it was something I’d be in English at the University of interested in doing more seriously Chicago; Estéfani Marín ’17 is … and it seemed like the program doctoral candidate in sociology that would be really a good way to at the University of California, get more involved in research as an Irvine; and Jessica Womack undergraduate,” Allie said. ’14 is doctoral candidate in art Once selected, fellows have and archaeology at Princeton weekly meetings that take place University.

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Ten Percent of Ten Percent

Big Green Favoritism

Transitioning to Dartmouth is a challenge we should not be afraid of.

Legacy student admissions preferences undermine Dartmouth’s values.

Logically, I am aware that Orientation a few classes here and there, unable to only lasted seven days. Realistically, it felt rouse myself out of bed for another day of like seven years. By the end of it, the word watching other people live their best lives. “transition” did not seem like a real word Coming off the high of senior year at my anymore, and I had perfected the reflex small, East coast preparatory school then of telling people my name, hometown and diving into the reality of college, where intended major. Though most of Orientation my name is one out of thousands, I was felt like a repetition of information, there was floundering as a small fish in a big ocean. one moment that stood out with unfortunate However, it also served as a welcome kick clarity: When the coordinators asked how in the rear for me to get over myself. many of us had graduated in the top 10 It is now week eight of my freshman percent of our high school class, we saw that fall, and I have come to the realization most of us had been in that percentile. The that I’m not that great. There is no gravity of that exercise dearth of any admirable didn’t hit me until a few “The gravity of that quality in the people minutes later: If so many at Dartmouth. But if I of us had been in the exercise didn’t hit me am here, there must be top 10 percent of our until a few minutes something redeemable high schools, obviously in me as well. I have not later: If so many of us we couldn’t all be in done life-saving charity the top 10 percent at had been in the top work in Tunisia, created Dartmouth. Of course, 10 percent of our high my own company or I promptly dismissed worked for a senator’s that realization and schools, obviously re-election campaign reasoned that I could we couldn’t all be in — but I can start now. cruise on smoothly as There are people here the top 10 percent at always, because school who are smarter, funnier was something that I’d Dartmouth.” and more talented than always known how to do.

I am, but being around What they do not tell them is already forcing you is that the top 10 me to study harder and percent is not just about school; it’s about practice more (though the “funnier” thing athletics, extracurriculars, the drive to is a lost cause). succeed and even personality. I thought high If we all arrived here as top 10-percenters, school had prepared me to compete with then the top 10 percent of Dartmouth must the best of them, but as soon as classes and be a concentration of 10 percent of the clubs began, I found myself at a loss for the 10 percent. Though gaining entrance into first time in a very long time. Participating that top rank is still a daunting task, the in class felt like navigating a minefield sheer math of it no longer scares me. I am of people who possessed encyclopedic here to be challenged and I am here to get knowledge of the course content, knew the knocked flat on my face; I am also here professor better and could debate me into the to bounce right back and go for another ground. Trying out for performance groups round. My fellow wide-eyed, uncertain felt like the backstage of an “America’s Got ’21s are in my corner, along with plenty Talent” episode. Every “get-to-know-you” of upperclassmen who have been right conversation culminated in some casual where I am. The professors are learning reference to a research breakthrough, my name, I am writing for this newspaper business venture or internship. For many and next term, I’ll even be able to get off weeks, I fell into a slump of silence, inactivity the 20-meal plan. So yes, I’ve realized I’m and insecurity. I slept all the time and missed not that great … but I’m getting there.

Dartmouth, like most higher education scholars of 10 academically selective colleges, institutions in America, is a funnel that sifts simply being the child of an alumnus adds the through its applicant pool, systematically equivalent of 160 SAT points to your application favoring those of a higher socioeconomic — that is, a legacy applicant who scored a 1400 on background. Before access to higher education the test would have the same admissions chances was extended to more people regardless of race as a non-legacy student scoring a 1560. In the or gender, this funnel also greatly favored the 2000-2001 academic year, 567 legacy students at sons of College graduates, who were often white Princeton were surveyed. Ten were Hispanic, four and male. Though there is now more diversity were black. In effect, legacy bonuses are a form and access to higher education nationwide, of affirmative action that, rather than assisting the practice of giving preferential treatment to those who are least likely to have had access to the children of alumni still exits in the form of quality schools and private SAT tutors, benefits treatment extended to legacy students. those most likely to have a resource advantage.

Of course, many children of alumni are The American ideal is a meritocratic one, well-qualified for admission to Dartmouth in even if reality often differs from that goal. The their own right, irrespective of any support U.S. Constitution reflects this: The Nobility they receive during the application process. But Clause bans heredity titles being granted by the Dartmouth should not consider an applicant’s government while the Equal Protection Clause legacy status as a factor in admissions and turn guarantees that all citizens must benefit from “the down other, better-qualified students simply equal protection of the laws.” Those rules directly because of it. impact public colleges and universities. Though Dartmouth, like many peer institutions, private institutions such as Dartmouth are largely clearly gives preference to legacy students. As exempted, they should still try to uphold the ideals former dean of admissions Maria Laskaris ’84 they celebrate and benefit from. said in 2011, “Our legacy

Legacyadmissions applicants are admitted at “Not only do legacies go against the best impulses a rate that’s roughly twoof the American dream. make up a significant and-a-half times greater They seek to benefit those than the overall rate of portion of Dartmouth’s who need it the least. Last admission.” She added, accepted students — 8 year, the 1,542 billionaires “It’s never easy to turn away in the world saw their wealth the children of Dartmouth percent for the Class increase by a fifth to over $6 alumni.” of 2020 and 9 percent trillion, more than twice And Laskaris’ words gross domestic product for the Class of 2021 — the have been borne out of the United Kingdom. time and again. Not they make up an even Wealth inequality, and only do legacies make larger proportion of the inherent educational up a significant portion benefits that come with it, is of Dartmouth’s accepted actual employees.” already significant enough students — roughly 8 for most legacy students percent for the Class of without the added benefit 2020 and 9 percent for the Class of 2021 — they of legacy favoritism. make up an even larger proportion of actual Reforming admissions practices would hurt enrollees. Fully 14 percent of enrolled students few students. Many legacies are already highly in the Class of 2020 are the children of alumni. qualified and would likely be well-placed to gain (Data is not yet available for the Class of 2021.) admission to the College regardless of any bonuses Early decision acceptances favor legacies even accrued by their parentage. Letting go of the more — 16 percent of the Class of 2021’s early remainder — those students whose achievements, decision intake were legacies. Since Dartmouth taken without the context of favorable parentage, admitted 27.8 percent of applicants for that would not earn them admission — will not be a early decision class, it is possible to infer from great loss to the College.

Laskaris’ comments that almost 60 percent of While financial pressures on the College exist, legacy students who applied early decision were prompting Dartmouth to admit children of alumni accepted. donors who give so generously to Dartmouth, The benefits accrued by legacy students should the College weaken its academic standards applying to Dartmouth are higher than and, as a result, prestige? That seems too steep a those seen at other institutions, but not by price to pay for a few extra dollars, particularly with much. In 2008, 42 percent of early decision almost $5 billion in the College’s endowment at legacy applicants and 34 percent of regular present. Perhaps meritocratic-minded individuals decision legacy applicants to the University of could be prompted to give more to a school that Pennsylvania were accepted. In 2009, Princeton leads the way in abolishing hereditary privileges University admitted 42 percent of its legacy like legacy admissions preferences. applicants, even as it admitted just 9 percent Dartmouth should do away with admissions of non-legacies. Harvard accepted around 30 preferences for legacy students. The benefits percent of legacy applicants in 2011, well over the College accrues from alumni donations in its mid-single digit overall acceptance rates. exchange for admission cannot ever be great Harvard also maintains a special “Z-list,” a enough to justify the practice. legacy-dominated tool that allows a select few officially waitlisted applicants to attend Harvard The editorial board consists of opinion staff columnists, if they defer admission for an entire year. the opinion editors, both executive editors and the editor-in According to a 2004 study by three Princeton chief.

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Citations vary in frequency among courses and departments FROM CITATIONS PAGE 1

of “adding luster” to an A or in “appreciation of special efforts.”

Adding to the mystery sur rounding citations is the fact that many of the College’s departments do not keep centralized information about their use. Braz wrote in her email that while the college’s faculty has had numerous discussions regarding grade inflation, the subject of citations is rarely mentioned.

In an email, John Thorstensen, chair of the physics and astronomy department, wrote that the use of citations is “entirely up to the discretion of the instructor.” Many other department chairs echoed these feelings, including Hany Farid of the computer science department and David Bucci of the psychological and brain sciences department.

H o w e v e r, t h e e c o n o m i c s department keeps detailed statistics on citations. According to James Feyrer, vice-chair of the department, about 2 percent of students taking an economics course receive a citation.

Feyrer noted there is some variation within the economics department as some classes that

gave out more citations than others. the-year economics department For example, although Economics meeting, he encourages fellow 26, “The Economics of Financial economics professors to award Intermediaries and citations. He M a rk e t s ” h a s a “One thing that’s nice noted their reputation for being importance one of the tougher about citations is that i n h e l p i n g classes offered by they’re really in the students stand the de partment, out when eye of the beholder. the course awards deciding more citations than Professors can kind of departmental any other class in use whatever criteria awards at the the de partment, end of the they want for them, according Feyrer. year.

Regarding his and the thing that’s

“In the own use of citations, last few years, nice about that is Feyrer said that if we ’ve h a d there are one or two that [the citations] around six students who are are a surprise to the people a year clearly at the top of who have 4.0 his Economics 22, students.”

[GPAs] in the “Macroeconomics” major, and if course, they will you’re trying -JAMES FEYRER, always receive a to decide citation. However, VICE-CHAIR OF amongst he added that it THE ECONOMICS t h e m , gets “tricky” when citations multiple students DEPARTMENT stand out,” are at the top of Feyrer said. the class, leading to “ Yo u ’ l l s e e a situation in which there are some he would not give [students] out a citation, citing who will have the difficulty in distinguishing one 4.0s in the major but no citations top student from another. and others who will have two Feyrer said that at the end-of- or three citations in the major,

and that just pops because not extremely thorough essay. only were they able to get As in “One thing that’s nice about a lot of the citations is that classes, but to they’re really in see that citation “Somebody who’s the eye of the j u s t m e a n s being pegged beholder,” Feyrer that a student said. “Professors as being really was really can kind of use e x c e p t i o n a l . exceptional by a whatever criteria You have done humanities professor, they want for a great job at them, and the D a r t m o u t h by a science professor thing that’s nice if you come and by an economics about that is that out with any [the citations] are professor — that’s citations.” a surprise to the pretty impressive.”

students.”

Occasionally, Fey re r n o t e d even if a that it was not student’s test -JAMES FEYRER, unusual for s c o r e s w e r e VICE-CHAIR OF students with a not the highest citation in an THE ECONOMICS in the class, economics class a p r o f e s s o r DEPARTMENT t o al s o h ave a might still citation in a class award them a from another citation if they department. feel like they “Frankly, what we n t “ a b ove impresses me a lot and beyond,” Feyrer said. He is when you see people who get added that while his classes citations across divisions,” Feyrer heavily weigh test performance said. “Somebody who’s being to determine citations, seminar pegged as being really exceptional classes end up being a lot more by a humanities professor, by subjective, as the professor might a science professor and by an reward a student for being a strong economics professor — that’s participant in class or writing an pretty impressive.”

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Glee Club to perform Mendelssohn and Brahms this Sunday

By LAUREN SEGAL The Dartmouth

The musical stylings of the Dartmouth Glee Club will once again grace Rollins Chapel this Sunday as they reimagine the works of Felix Mendelssohn and Johannes Brahms. The performance will feature three recent graduates — Alyssa Gonzalez ’17, Nathaniel Graves ’13 and James Ragan ’16 — as guest soloist, and will be the first performance with this year’s members of the glee club.

The performance will include excer pts from Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” and Brahms’ “Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz.”

Separating this performance from past iconic glee club programs is the accompaniment by members of the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra alongside professional musicians.

Glee club co-president Douglas Tallmadge ’18 said that the center piece of Sunday’s program is the consolidation of two different composers into a single cohesive production.

“Part of what makes this particular performance interesting is that we’re doing both Mendelssohn and Brahms, who both have very different styles, side by side,” Tallmadge said. “It’s a good mix of musical history as well as musical offerings from both composers.”

Louis Burkot, the director of the glee club, commented that what posed a challenge in the conception of Sunday’s program was synthesizing major works by Mendelssohn and Brahms.

“Over the years that I’ve worked with the glee club, I’ve discovered that they really like singing works

that are the epitome or the apogee of great classical music,” Burkot said. “And a lot of those works are tied into much larger works. This year, I’m trying to tie together excerpts from these larger classical works, so that they almost form their own smaller drama.”

Burkot has taken a majority of the excerpts from “Elijah” and highlighted certain aspects of the original drama. In order to accomplish such a powerful program combining two renowned composers, Burkot has had to reduce a work that is over two hours long down to 40 minutes. This program required not only a time reduction but also the readjustment of keys so that they would flow together and the mood would stay consistent.

Caitlin McGrail ’20, a mezzosoprano and soloist for the performance, said that, despite the challenges this synthesis poses, Burkot’s work in seamlessly combining the two pieces will pay off in an memorable performance.

“T hey are definitely ver y different pieces,” McGrail said.

“Brahms is more romantic in style, while Mendelssohn is a bit more baroque with choruses broken up by recitatives and arias, so it’s a different structure than the Brahms ‘Requiem.’ Presenting those two contrasting styles in one concert is interesting.”

Noah Lee ’18, co-president of the glee club, is excited for the glee club’s collaboration with the DSO for this performance.

“I’m looking forward to performing at Rollins and being able to collaborate with an orchestra that draws from both

students and professionals,” Lee said. “In our past concerts, we have only pulled from professional orchestral players, but this year, some members of the DSO will be joining us, and I think it will be fun to see that kind of student interaction.”

To prepare for its ter mly performance, the glee club holds rehearsals three times a week: a male sectional, a female sectional and a combined rehearsal.

A challenge that comes with the rehearsal schedule is the unification of the sectionals when they rehearse as a group, Burkot said.

“It’s interesting because just by the fact that you’re suddenly dealing with double the people in the full rehearsal, it makes the dynamic trickier to work with,” Burkot said. “The fact that we’re not rehearsing together every time is tricky — we want to get what we’ve done in sectionals with a smaller number of people to really show through in the full rehearsal.”

However, Sunday’s performance will extensively reflect the intricacies of combining many strong voices into a sophisticated and polished final product.

“We have to have a good balance between all the sections, and we have to develop a group sound that is cohesive,” Tallmadge said.

“Some of these pieces have eightpart harmonies, so we split the men and women into four parts each.

It’s really important in that case to have a good cohesive sound across all the parts that blends together well, and that takes a lot of time.”

Tallmadge hopes that the final performance will accurately reflect

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the weeks of practice put into the works.

“The singing is at its best when we’re in the performance space,” Tallmadge said. “It’s the culmination of the rehearsal experience, so the performance is a great time to see the music at its fullest.”

Burkot noted that any student or faculty member interested in a performance that exhibits the

musical proficiency of students on campus should not miss the show.

“Classical musical with this level of stature, music of the highest calibre, it has a special quality to it,” he said. “[The singers’] energy is unbridled for the music.

Any student who is interested in seeing that energy should attend the performance.”

The glee club will perform in Rollins Chapel at 2 p.m.

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with Christine Honor ’19 a time. We battled really hard.

By JUSTIN KRAMER The Dartmouth

Women’s ice hockey player Christine Honor ’19 etched her name into the record book last Friday with an unprecedented 61 saves, an NCAA record for the most saves in a shutout. The goaltender’s efforts stymied the Quinnipiac University offense, helping the Big Green to a 1-0 victory. Honor, a native of Mississauga, Ontario, was awarded NCAA First Star of the Week for her first-career shutout and seems poised for a bigger role this year after the departure of star goalkeeper Robyn Chemago ’17.

Take me through the game — what is the pressure like in a situation where one goal would tie the score for the last 45 minutes?

CH: Obviously it was a really intense game. Quinnipiac is a pretty good team, and they put a lot of pressure on us. Getting that goal early by Alyssa Baker [’19] was huge for us, and I think we just battled the entire game to keep the score where it was.

You don’t really think about it too much while you’re in the game, just take it one shot at a time, one play at

Were you keeping track of your saves throughout the game? How did you find out you had broken the record?

CH: It was on the Jumbotron, but I wasn’t really keeping track. I found out afterward from [assistant director of varsity athletics communications] Charlotte [Brackett].

Can you take me through the mindset of a goalkeeper and how you manage to maintain focus?

CH: I think the biggest thing is focusing on one shot at a time, so not getting too ahead of yourself or thinking too much about the overall picture of the game. For me, just focusing in on the puck, dialing in and not worrying about external distractions.

What does being named NCAA First Star of the Week mean to you?

CH: It’s pretty significant to me. This is my third year here, and that’s definitely the biggest thing that’s happened to me so far. It’s definitely a humbling experience but really cool too.

What was your background in ice hockey through high school and

in what ways has it shaped the player you are today?

CH: I started skating when I was 3 and 4 years old and played hockey ever since. I grew up with both of my brothers as goalies, so I played learning from underneath them which was cool. In high school, I played club hockey for Etobicoke, a suburb of Toronto. I got a lot of pucks, a lot of action on that team which was huge.

What was the experience of playing in the Provincial Women’s Hockey League like?

CH: Where I’m from in Ontario, you go to high school and hockey is a separate club team. But it was a really competitive league, and I learned a ton from playing there.

How have your first two years at Dartmouth prepared you to take up perhaps a bigger role this year?

CH: I’ve learned a lot obviously.

Playing under [Chemago] last year was huge; she’s a big role model for me. I’ve been practicing every day and gotten the opportunity to get faster and stronger.

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The doubles duo of Julia Schroeder ’18 and Abigail Chiu ’21 fell in the first round of doubles competition on Wednesday at t h e 2 0 1 7 O r a c l e Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Fall C h a m p i o n s h i p s. T h e University of Kentucky team of Mami Adachi and Akvile Parazinskaite, ranked No. 13 in the ITA preseason rankings, defeated the Big Green 6-3, 6-0.

The championship is being held at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in

Indian Wells, California, from Nov. 1 to 5. Schroeder and Chiu qualified for the tournament after winning the ITA Northeast Regional over Kristina Mathis ’18 and Racquel Lyn ’20.

Schroeder and Chiu played Jessie Aney and A l ex a G r a h a m f ro m the University of North Carolina in the first round of the consolation matches on Thursday, winning by default.

The Big Green return to action this weekend, hosting the Big Green Invitational at the Boss Tennis Center.

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Christine Honor ’19 was named this week’s NCAA First Star of the Week.

Obviously, we’re just going to keep working and try to get that winning record, so we can keep building for the future.

What are some of your favorite parts of playing hockey?

CH: The biggest thing is that when you step on the ice, nothing else really matters. You forget about every other stress in your life like school, or family or anything like that. With hockey, you’re

able to zone all that out.

What do you enjoy doing off the ice when you’re not playing hockey?

CH: I like hanging out with friends, reading and watching Netflix. My other favorite sport is badminton, which I played in high school.

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

What hopes do you have for the women’s ice hockey team in the coming year?

CH: This year, our goal is to become a winning program and compete in every single game. I think we’ve done a pretty good job of that so far.

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Equestrian The equestrian team took home its third straight win this season in Sunday’s show at Colby-Sawyer College and took a 20-point lead in the regional standings.

Olivia Champ ’19 led the team, finishing first in open fences and third in open flat before winning a ride-off to take the title of reserve high-point rider. Meghan Poth ’20 took home a blue ribbon in novice flat, a performance that qualified her for the regional show and vaulted her into intermediate flat. To seal the win for the Big Green, Sophia Kocher ’21 won her fourth-consecutive walk-trot-canter event, and Alex Chen ’20 finished second in walk-trot.

The Big Green will take up the reins at Morton Farm this weekend for the second time this season.

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saves made by Christine Honor ’19 against Quinnipiac University, an NCAA record for most in a shutout

number of football teams that could share the Ivy League Championship in one scenario

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Ivy League Championships won by the rugby team in three years since gaining varsity status

six-kilometer time run by Olivia Lantz ’19 at Heps, good for fifth place overall

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consecutive times Dartmouth football has beaten Cornell University

overtime losses for women’s soccer in six Ivy League games