The Dartmouth 10/13/17

VOL. CLXXIV NO.128

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2017

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Homecoming weekend incidents and arrests decrease

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The total number of security reports and arrests during this year’s Homecoming weekend decreased significantly from 2016, which both interim director of Safety and Security Keysi Montás and Hanover Police captain Mark Bodanza attributed to increased security measures during the bonfire, including a fence around the fire itself.

From Thursday through Sunday, Safety and Security responded to 30 incidents, down from 42 last year and 66 in 2015. Five of these reports occurred on Thursday, 11 on Friday, 11 on Saturday and three on Sunday.

The College installed a fence around the bonfire after about 50 students touched the fire last year.

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Health data science Carlos Polanco ’21 named program to launch National Youth of the Year

By BERIT SVENSON The Dartmouth

Beginning next fall, Dartmouth’s g raduate program in quantitative biomedical sciences will offer a new master’s degree program in health data science. The creation of this degree is a response to the market’s

increase in demand for data scientists, according to Todd MacKenzie, professor of biomedical data science and medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine, and Kristine Giffin, curriculum director of Dartmouth’s graduate program in quantitative SEE DEGREE PAGE 2

By LEVI ROUSSELL The Dartmouth

Carlos Polanco ’21, known by some at Dartmouth as one of the students who wrote a letter to University of Virginia’s Class of 2021 following the Charlottesville protests, was named National Youth of

the Year by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America on Sept. 26.

T h e B oy s a n d G i rl s Clubs of America, which has chapters in various cities throughout the U.S., provides a variety of after school programs for America’s youth.

To select the recipient of

the award, a panel of judges assesses applicants on a variety of criteria, including involvement in their club and the surrounding c o m m u n i t y, a c c o r d i n g to Paula Benjamin, the program director of the Boys and Girls Club in SEE AWARD PAGE 3

Senior Design Challenge fosters collaboration

By MARIA HARRAST The Dartmouth

This Tuesday, the application for the new course Engineering Sciences 15, “Senior Design Challenge” went live on its website. Taught by design thinking lecturer Eugene Korsunskiy, “Senior Design Challenge” is a twoterm capstone course available to seniors this winter and spring. With

an expected class of 20 seniors, the course will sort students from a variety of academic backgrounds into interdisciplinary teams to design solutions to real-world challenges, Korsunskiy said.

“Senior Design Challenge” is one of seven projects that were awarded one-year pilot funding for this SEE DESIGN PAGE 3

COURTESY OF SENIOR DESIGN CHALLENGE

The “Senior Design Challenge” course encourages interdisciplinary collaboration.

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College installs fence Master’s program in health data around bonfire science will be offered next fall other three managed to get away, Montás said.

Fifteen of these incidents were “Overall, it was significantly alcohol-related, and of these, safer than last year,” Bodanza said. seven students were transported According to Montás, increasing to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical security measures at this year’s bonfire was a joint decision Center for treatment.

Bodanza said there were six total made by the College and the town of Hanover arrests over the as a response to weekend, a the unusually decrease from “It was really high number 1 1 i n 2 0 1 6 . dangerous to be of students He said that attempting to four of the six inside the collapse t o u ch t h e f i re a r r e s t s w e r e zone. If the fire fell in 2016. Thenfor disorderly down, it would be a director of Safety conduct at the and Security b o n f i r e a n d certain death.”

Harry Kinne the remaining e s t i m at e d t h at two were for about 50 people alcohol-related -KEYSI MONTÁS, attempted to touch incidents.

INTERIM DIRECTOR OF the bonfire. The Montás said fire department that among the SAFETY AND SECURITY decided to knock four students down a portion arrested at the bonfire, two were charged with of the structure that year because resisting arrest. Bodanza added that of the risk of collapse posed by so one of these four students was also many students running up to the fire. charged with underage drinking.

This year, a chainlink fence was Vice president for alumni erected 60 feet from the center of relations Martha Beattie ’76, who the fire, which was defined as the is also master of ceremony in the collapse zone. Security personnel Dartmouth Nights Ceremonies, agreed that touching stood around the fire is not a tradition the chainlink “Overall, [the but is instead perilous fence inside and irresponsible. a low, plastic bonfire] was Homecoming w a t e r - f i l l e d significantly safer includes the barrier. There than last year.”

Dartmouth Night was also an Parade, during outer orange which students and plastic safety -MARK BODANZA, alumni get together fence to separate and march through t h e s t u d e n t s HANOVER POLICE campus, which Beattie running around CAPTAIN said was a highlight of the fire from the weekend for her. onlookers.

“We really felt “It was really dangerous to be inside the collapse the strong connection between zone,” Montás said. “If the fire fell g e n e r a t i o n s o f D a r t m o u t h down, it would be a certain death.” students,” she said.

Not all students attempting to The Collis Center coordinates touch the fire got arrested, Montás the planning of the bonfire, which said. According to Montás, there involves over 10 departments and were seven attempts to enter the is led by two first-year build chairs prohibited zone. Four students and two bonfire chairs, director attempted to cross the outer barrier, of student involvement Anna Hall and the other three managed to said. bridge the fence. Four of these “This year’s bonfire was very students were arrested, while the successful,” Hall said.

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Correction Appended (Oct. 12, 2017): The original version of the article “Legacy students pave their own paths at Dartmouth” incorrectly stated that 13 percent of accepted students to the Class of 2018 were legacy students, when in fact this was the percentage of enrolled students who were legacies. The article has been updated to correct this error.

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biomedical sciences and instructor of molecular and systems biology.

MacKenzie said the new master’s degree is designed to provide students with the skill set necessary to thrive in the work force.

“Data science programs have been popping up at a rapid rate,” he added.

“We, at Dartmouth, thought we could put together a very good data science program ourselves.”

The 15-month program requires students to complete nine core courses and nine electives, ranging from computer science to epidemiology, Giffin said. For fall 2018, Giffin said she and her colleagues expect 12 to 15 students to participate in the program. She noted that the program will provide “students the opportunity to get a different type of education in interdisciplinary fields of science, data science specifically.”

To determine the curriculum of the program, MacKenzie followed a bit of an unorthodox path.

“I went through job [ a d ve r t i s e m e n t s ] a c t u a l l y, ” MacKenzie said. “I went on LinkedIn, Monster and other job sites under ‘data scientists’ and tried to determine

what skills employers want.”

These skills include machine learning, data wrangling and data visualization. The courses offered through the quantitative biomedical sciences master’s program will “reflect what the market wants,” MacKenzie said.

The field of data science is becoming integral to a growing number of industries, according to Alexander Titus Med’18.

However, Titus explained that there is greater demand for quantitative analysis skills than there are people with the necessary abilities.

“I interned at Amazon last summer because of the strong set of skills I developed in quantitative biomedical sciences,” he explained. “Every field is becoming much more automated.” “[The new master’s degree] will welcome [students from] broad backgrounds, and you can do a lot with it afterwards,” said Titus. “It’s open to people that don’t necessarily have extensive quantitative training.”

A biology and biochemistry major as an undergraduate student at University of Puget Sound, Titus explained that students do not have to have a background in computer science or statistics to be eligible for a

post-graduate degree in quantitative biomedical sciences. He added that more students will most likely find the new master’s degree appealing as it is a 15-month program, rather than four or five years.

According to MacKenzie, the primary difference between the new master’s degree and the existing Ph.D. program is that students earning the master’s degree will go on to obtain a job that utilizes data science after approximately one year of training, rather than remaining in the realm of academia.

Giffin added that the new program could possibly influence the overall structure of Geisel.

“Because of the evolution of this degree, not only will it broaden the depth of biomedical research at Dartmouth, but it will add to fields within the community as well,” Giffin said. “The [Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center] itself could potentially benefit from the research.”

She said a team under the quantitative biomedical sciences umbrella has been working hard to develop this program.

“We’re excited and looking forward to the applications that are coming down the road,” Giffin said.

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Carlos Polanco ’21 wins national Boys and Girls Clubs award since he was 12 years old and remained involved through his Clifton, New Jersey, where Polanco high school years. Foster called lives. Another factor of assessment his path to winning this award a is public speaking, particularly “success story” and commended in articulating their personal Polanco’s determination. background and their academic “[Polanco] took advantage of performance, she said. every opportunity to pursue his According to the Boys and dream,” Foster said.

Girls Clubs’ website, thousands Polanco described the meaningful of youth participate in Youth impact that the club has had on him. of the Year events at the local, “[The members of the club] state and regional level. Through genuinely care for me, and [they] these competitions, six youth will always be there,” Polanco said in — five regional a video statement winners and one “I never expected after becoming a national military regional Youth of youth winner — to represent four the Year winner. a re s e l e c t e d t o million kids and “T his jour ney a d va n c e t o t h e showed me that to be that voice. I N at i o n a l Yo u t h no matter how far of the Year Gala realized what can I think I can go, I and Celebration come to you when can go further.”

Dinner in Through this W a s h i n g t o n , you reach out to award, Polanco D.C. Of these six people.” has met New candidates, one Jersey Sen. Cory is selected as the Booker and Sen. National Youth of -CARLOS POLANCO ’21 Bob Menendez, he the Year. said. He also had T h ro u g h t h i s the opportunity aw a rd , Po l a n c o to design his own will act as the voice for the four custom Toyota Corolla, which he did million youth who participate on Monday, he said. In two weeks, in these clubs for the next year, he will throw the first pitch at the according to Robert Foster, the World Series game. executive director of Boys and Polanco will also receive a Girls Club in Clifton. total of $145,000 in scholarships, “I never expected to represent including $45,000 in scholarship four million kids and to be that money he received as a regional voice.” Polanco said. “I realized finalist and an additional $25,000 what can come to you when you after receiving the Youth of the reach out to people.”

Year award, which he can renew for Polanco has been a part of the the next three years, accumulating Boys and Girls Club in Clifton to a total of $100,000. He also FROM AWARD PAGE 1

received a free trip to Disney World, which he will use this year with his family.

In the upcoming year, Polanco will travel at least three times per term to connect with chief executive officers, leaders of the nation and legislators to work on issues today’s youth face, he said.

By winning this award, Polanco will be working to shape the very programs he once participated in.

He already has ideas on how to voice the concerns of today’s youth, such as expanding the meal programs that Boys and Girls Clubs provide, from two meals per day to three, and bolstering the current mentorship program that the club facilitates.

Associate director of the Boys and Girls Club in Clifton Greg Reinholt noted that Polanco’s concern extends beyond just the youth involved in the Boys and Girls Clubs.

“Oftentimes we see ourselves as the entire world, and [Polanco] has helped us advocate for youth outside of our walls,” Reinholt said.

On campus, Polanco is a member of the First-Year Student Enrichment Program, which provides mentoring for first-generation first-year students.

FYSEP director Jay Davis ’90 noted that Polanco’s belief in others is contagious.

“It was clear from the moment I met [Polanco] that he has a remarkable life force, ability to connect with others [and] passion for social justice issues,” Davis said. “There’s no question that he will make a dramatic impact, particularly in helping people connect across differences towards improving the world they live in.”

COURTESY OF CARLOS POLANCO

Carlos Polanco ’21 was named National Youth of the Year by the Boys and Girls Clubs, out of six finalists.

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Two-term design course will begin in winter

experience at Stanford University’s d.school — the university’s design academic year through a Dartmouth thinking institute — to help students Center for the Advancement of in “Senior Design Challenge” Learning’s experiential learning hone their skills in primary user seed grant. Since fall 2015, DCAL research, information analysis has sponsored over 30 experiential and interviewing. Before coming learning programs. This year, it to Dartmouth, Korsunskiy studied received project submissions from then lectured on design thinking at 20 divisions and departments at the Stanford and then served as senior coordinator of design initiatives at College.

Thayer project developer Ashley the University of Vermont for three Manning ’17 said she first proposed years. the idea for the course in a group “I’m not there to teach any project for Engineering Sciences content about the projects,” 12, “Design Thinking,” which she Korsunskiy said. “I see my role as the process-facilitator. I am there took last winter.

“For part of the project, my to help the students figure out how group members and I interviewed they themselves can design their students across campus and asked way through the challenges they’re them what their most meaningful working on. I’m there to help them learning experiences have been become better teammates, and I’m here at Dartmouth,” Manning there to help them articulate the said. “There are certain recurring kinds of skills they’re learning.” topics that constantly come up, One of the course’s distinctive like when your work involves an characteristics is its interdisciplinary outside organization, when you’re nature, Robbie said. He noted that passionate about what you’re doing, seniors majoring in any department when you’re interested in the topic.” can apply, believing the combined Manning said she drew on these expertise of academically diverse responses and her own learning students will produce promising experiences at the College to results. form the foundation of “Senior “ We w a n t t o l e v e r a g e Design Challenge.” Whether it be multidisciplinary skills and bring students from an app, service, all different e x p e r i e n c e “This class is a model departments or any other together,” Robbie c u l m i n a t i n g of the future — it’s said. “The easy p r o d u c t , for students who p ro bl e m s h ave s t u d e n t s really want to put been solved. This must design class is a model of something that is their knowledge to the future — it’s implementable work. for students who in the real really want to put world, Manning their knowledge to added.

-PETER ROBBIE, work.”

According ENGINEERING According to Korsunskiy, to Manning, s t u d e n t s PROFESSOR “Senior Design e n r o l l e d in “Senior Design Challenge” Challenge” will provide a sense of might choose to focus on health closure for seniors at the College. care, education, transportation By applying knowledge and critical or sustainability issues, and most thinking to a field, collaborating with students will likely collaborate with an external partner and producing relevant organizations in the Upper well-developed solutions, students will change how they conceptualize Valley.

“The question is, ‘How do you the purpose of learning, Manning find some human need that is not said. yet met by existing solutions out “This course really gives an there in the world, and how do you opportunity to apply so much of what come up with a better way to meet a liberal arts education entails on the field, and I think that is what makes that need?’” he said.

Manning and engineering it exciting,” Manning said. “You get professor Peter Robbie, who closure, but you also get to build a taught Manning in ENGS 12, said bridge in terms of understanding they worked together last spring how you move the classroom learning to receive the grant for “Senior into the real world.”

Design Challenge.” After they were Korsunskiy, Manning and Robbie awarded one-year pilot funding, said there are no prerequisites for Robbie asked Korsunskiy to teach the course, although experience in ENGS 12 or other human-centered the class, Korsunskiy said.

Korsunskiy said he plans to use his design experience may be helpful.

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CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST AVERY SAKLAD ’21

VERBUM ULTIMUM THE DARTMOUTH EDITORIAL BOARD

Rosaries Out of Ovaries

In Case of Fire

Ending birth control coverage is an attack on women’s reproductive freedom.

Every woman deserves uninhibited control over her body. To question her dominion over her very self is to threaten her most intimate security, to impose inequity in interpersonal relationships, to inherently discriminate against her in professional environments and to put an essential element of her ability to lead a healthy, productive and happy life into the hands someone else. How can any person claim to know the best or most morally right path of action for anybody other than himself ? Yet in opposition to what ought to be an unalienable right, a war for reproductive rights has been waged for decades, and on Oct. 6, President Donald Trump’s administration predictably stoked the flame.

The Department of Health and Human Services repealed federal requirements put in place by former President Barack Obama’s administration as part of the Affordable Care Act that mandated that all employers include birth control in their health insurance plans. The Trump administration authorized the repeal in response to protest that the Obama administration’s policy threatened employers’ freedom to practice religion without government interference. Thanks to the Trump administration’s actions, it is now permissible for employers to impose their religion upon their employees, but not for the government to protect the bodily autonomy of American women.

This decision is in direct conflict with the First Amendment, which states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” Although the amendment also guarantees all Americans the right to practice their religion, the moral indignity of those employers who opposed Obama’s mandated birth control coverage policy is still groundless. Under the Obamaera policy, any employer who was religiously or morally opposed to providing birth control for his personnel was free to notify the government of their conviction and opt out of the mandated coverage program. The government would then work with individual employees to ensure that their health care plan would cover birth control costs directly and completely independently of their employer.

No employers were ever forced to defy their religion in the name of the law.

Several religious employers including the Roman Catholic nuns of Little Sisters of the Poor, the craft chain Hobby Lobby and the produce company Freshway Foods, put pressure on the Trump administration to repeal the mandate because they believed the policy forced them to support anti-Catholic actions, such as premarital sex or sex without the intent of reproduction, despite the obvious loophole which guaranteed them religious freedom. The government’s compliance with these employers’ desire to force their religious beliefs upon their employees has numerous weighty implications.

The rollback of birth control coverage places implicitly greater value on male workers, as it denies sexually active women who may become pregnant in the absence of birth control the same right afforded sexually active men to remain in the workforce. The men who do not have to carry fetuses have no need to sacrifice their jobs in favor of their health or the care of their child, but a woman who becomes accidentally pregnant is forced to make a decision between her family and her career, not because she is more responsible for the conception of the child but because of intrinsic human biology.

Although many female employees of religious bosses do not view sex as sinful and therefore ought to have the right to enjoy their bodies in any way they see fit, those unable to obtain birth control on their own are now burdened with the possibility of pregnancy even during responsible, consensual sexual encounters because of the beliefs of someone with no right to control their sexual autonomy.

The financial implications of non-coverage of birth control also promotes a class divide in the area of reproductive health. Those employees who no longer have free coverage of birth control will be forced to pay as much as $66 for a monthly supply of birth control pills or $1,000 or more for an intrauterine device — costs which are simply insurmountable for many American women. Does this mean that lower-class women do not have the SEE SAKLAD PAGE 6

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How the College can make the bonfire more safe for students to come.

The Homecoming bonfire is a quintessential There are two main measures the Dartmouth tradition, but it is also a dangerous College and Hanover can take to deter one. With the bonfire, students successfully from after all, comes the yearly “[The Homecoming touching the fire. The first calls for first-years to bonfire] is a symbol is a short-term solution — touch the fire. If nobody a barrier designed more does, the class is dubbed of the Dartmouth conscientiously, and with the “worst class ever” — community like no student behavior in mind. a title that seems to have A fence built further away enough of a negative other and a critical from the fire could help. connotation that no class bonding moment for If students inevitably in recent institutional first-year students; it cross the fence and end memory has been riskup alone with the fire, averse enough to claim it. is, arguably, the point they would be able to D a r t m o u t h ’s s t a f f at which they truly escape heat and the flames has the difficult job of when trying to escape. maintaining the bonfire become one with the Safety and Security could tradition while keeping its College’s community.” then be less in the way students and alumni safe of the extreme heat. In from the flames. While the this way, the College student-led tradition of touching the fire is would maintain its safety measures — and frustrating for the College, the tactics it uses successfully deter most potential fire-touchers to keep students away need improvement. — while keeping the students who do cross The metal chainlink fence that surrounded the barrier safe. the bonfire this year made safety punitive A second, long-term measure is to derather than compassionate. By putting the emphasize touching the fire. Students led fence so close to the fire, it seemed to make it the charge against the unofficial Dartmouth difficult for students who attempted to touch Indian mascot and can do the same against the fire to get away safely from the flames. other traditions if and when they are harmful.

The added challenge — both for students Student Assembly, with an email to campus attempting to touch the fire and for security about the risks inherent in the bonfire, personnel — potentially added more risk provided a strong example of student-led rather than mitigating it. safety initiatives.

Students will try to touch the fire in But by restricting its warning to an spite of whatever measures the College email, which many students likely did puts in place, thus the College should not read, Student Assembly limited the prepare for the inevitable reach of its message. The by d e s i g n i n g s a f e t y “Touching the fire is a Assembly referenced an measures that allow law incident in 1999, when enforcement, Safety and tradition that is likely Texas A&M University’s Security and emergency to last. Since students’ bonfire collapsed during workers to take action construction, killing 12 institutional memory while maintaining the students and injuring safety of students. Interim is short, injuries of 27. If multiple student director of Safety and the past are soon g roups highlight the Security Keysi Montás potential dangers to many told The Dartmouth that, forgotten.” exacerbated by touching were the fire to fall down the fire, student voices on a nearby person, “it can lend legitimacy to a would be a certain death.” message both the College and Hanover hope Touching the fire is a tradition that is likely to spread. to last. Since students’ institutional memory is Of course, the simplest solution would be to short, injuries of the past are soon forgotten. get rid of the fire entirely. New town and state No matter how unfathomable running up to laws led to the elimination of Tubestock. The and touching a massive bonfire may seem Homecoming bonfire, hopefully, will not suffer to those who have never been Dartmouth the same fate. It is a symbol of the Dartmouth students, the action carries enough weight that community like no other and a critical bonding every year there will be those who are willing moment for first-year students; it is, arguably, to risk their well-being to do it. the point at which they truly become one with This year’s bonfire strengthens this point. the College’s community. The tradition brings Even with a tall metal fence surrounding its alumni spanning decades back to their alma perimeter, multiple people still attempted to mater, supporting the College and the local touch the fire, and a few succeeded. While economy. One way or another, the bonfire is the College can hope that it will create a here to stay. deterrent large enough that students will With this in mind, the College should not even try to get through, the fact that a thoughtfully consider how it protects students significant fence could not stop students from from the bonfire. shows that the College needs to create safety measures that factor in student attempts to The editorial board consists of the opinion editors, bypass those same measures — and prepare the opinion staff, both executive editors and the editorthe safest option for when they do. in-chief.

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DARTMOUTHEVENTS

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THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS

GRAMMAR WARS

DAVID VELONA ’21

TODAY

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

“I can’t believe it’s come to nuclear war.”

“Actually, it’s nu-clear.”

Colloquium: “Dynamics of Radiation Belt Electrons and the BARREL Experiment,” with physics and astronomy professor Robyn Millan, Wilder 104

7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Film: “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” directed by Terry Gilliam, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center

TOMORROW

10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Moosilauke Ravine Lodge Dedication Ceremony, Moosilauke Ravine Lodge, Warren, New Hampshire

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

Film: “Mountainfilm on Tour,” a collection of short films, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts

SUNDAY

3:00 pm. - 5:00 p.m.

Performance: “Cunentos: Tales from the Latino World,” with David Gonzalez, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts

7:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.

Film: “Pop Aye,” directed by Kirsten Tan, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center

Saklad: Women’s health must come first FROM SAKLAD PAGE 4

same right as upper- or middle-class women to control their reproductive health? To put some women at a greater risk of unwanted pregnancy places an undue burden on those who cannot afford to take time off work or away from other children to care for a new child, but in an era when abortion rights are endangered as well, these women may have no other choice than to carry their pregnancies to term.

Birth control pills are also used to treat many non-sexual medical conditions. The progestin and estrogen in birth control pills help to control hormone levels, so many women with no means of purchasing birth control are therefore at risk of suffering adverse effects in the absence of this necessary regulator. Five to 10 percent of all women between the ages of 15 to 44 suffer from polycystic ovary syndrome, 11

percent of American women have endometriosis and countless women experience excessive pain, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms caused by menstruation. All of these conditions can be medicated by birth control pills, and all of these conditions are back on the table for women whose health care will no longer cover their reproductive health.

If the Trump administration’s policy rollback holds, it sets a discriminatory precedent for future legislation. Not only is the reproductive health of women on the line — so is the equality of people of all gender identities in the work place. Denying women birth control on the basis of religious opposition is a small step from denying employment or service to LGBTQ individuals whose rights are constantly under threat. The Trump administration has already made a habit of violating the rights of the oppressed, calling for a ban

on transgender individuals in the military in August and ruling on Oct. 5 that transgender people are not protected by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlaws sex-based workplace discrimination.

The continuation of policy on this trajectory is a threat to the civil liberties of all Americans who have fought to make our country a safe space for everybody. The pledge of “liberty and justice for all” on which our country rests cannot apply only to one privileged group of people. It must encompass the vast spectrum of individuals who call these United States their home. While guaranteeing birth control to the over 55 million women who benefitted from the Affordable Care Act birth control policy won’t rid the U.S. of all discrimination, retaliation against an administration which seeks to repeal it will demonstrate that we are not a people who tolerate inequality.

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Storyteller David Gonzalez to perform ‘Cuentos’ on Sunday

By LAUREN SEGAL The Dartmouth

For many, storytelling represents an escape from reality into a world of fantasy. In “Cuentos: Tales from the Latin World,” however, venerated storyteller David Gonzalez relies on his own experiences and cultural heritage to render vibrant characters and spellbinding plotlines onstage.

Gonzalez will perform this program on Sunday.

Gonzalez, a renowned storyteller, playwright, poet and public speaker, has traveled the world sharing his fantastical imagination with audiences of all ages. He is a cultural ambassador for the U.S. State Department, a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Sustained Excellence from the International Performing Arts for Youth and a fellow of the Joseph Campbell Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to the preserving the art of mythology. While many of his stories are performed with the primary intention of entertainment, Gonzalez weaves in themes applicable to life, using his craft as a medium to expose audiences to his Latin-American tradition.

The stories Gonzalez will be performing on Sunday in “Cuentos: Tales from the Latin World” focus particularly on Gonzalez’s own

Latin-American roots, bringing to life folktales from Puerto Rico and an Afro-Cuban myth about a being called the Orisha, a religious concept of the Yohuba people that Gonzalez incorporated into his program.

Gonzalez will tell the tales of “Juan Bobo & the Pig,” “The Man who Could Make Trees Sing” and “Chango and the Power of the Drum,” which are primarily intended for younger students. These three stories range in their lessons for children, from wisdom and the power of music. His interpretation of the stories “Delgadina,” “Obatala and the Creation of the World,” “Milomaki” and “Vovo” will be included in a second set of performances intended for older students. Despite the ages recommended, however, Gonzalez firmly believes that storytelling is an experience that can be enjoyed and valued by people of all ages.

“Storytelling is an age-old art that is at the root of all contemporary dramatic forms,” Gonzalez said.

“The storyteller’s craft is to engage deeply with the imagination of the audience member so that the story becomes alive for them. All people can benefit from this.”

Gonzalez’s bewitching stories will also be accompanied by a salsa trio: percussionist Wilson “Chembo” Corniel, keyboard player Daniel Kelly and drummer Willie

Martinez. Corniel is a 2009 Grammy Award-nominated percussionist.

Born to Puerto Rican parents, he has devoted a part of his career to raising awareness of Afro-Caribbean tradition in the United States. The music emphasizes certain parts of the stories and creates an atmosphere that allows audience members to feel like they are characters in the tales.

“The musicians, in a very practical way, add color, form and energy to the story,” Gonzalez said. “They accent dramatic places, they foreshadow, they give propulsion. Their energy and beauty on stage adds to the charm and the enchantment of the moment.”

The perfor mance, though primarily in English, incorporates Spanish words and encourages younger audience members to recognize their meanings.

“Drawing from my heritage — Puerto Rico, Cuba and New York — it makes sense to blend in some of the vocabulary, because the language itself has a flavor and a sound,” Gonzalez said. “It’s a celebration of those cultures.”

Gonzalez believes that LatinAmerican tradition is grounded in these stories themselves, and this tradition can be passed down to audience members through his storytelling.

However, the traditional roots of

the folktales not only offer insight into Puerto Rican and Afro-Cuban culture but also into Gonzalez’s own worldview.

“It’s a story from my own life and how I make sense of my world,” Gonzalez said.

As a seasoned storyteller, Gonzalez regards storytelling as an art form that can form bridges between people of different backgrounds.

“Stories connect us. They give us solace, information, guidance and energy for our life journey, whether we are children, adults or senior citizens,” Gonzalez said. “Stories make us feel connected to one another, and that gives us a balm against alienation, loneliness and despair. But more importantly, it gives us a soulful energy to use in our lives.”

Margaret Lawrence, director of programming at the Hopkins Center for the Arts, said that Gonzalez’s performance will provide a valuable opportunity for residents of the Upper Valley to explore Latin-American culture in an innovative way.

“We hope that [the audience] will gain an appreciation for the diversity of Latin-American cultures,” Lawrence said. “It’s not only in the news right now as a political situation, but it’s a great source of pride and it’s something to be proud of and celebrated.”

Gonzalez praises storytelling as

an expressive art form that is not only vivid and expressive but vital in promoting awareness of heritage through oral tradition. His belief that the craft contains elements that cannot be replicated through other forms of media encourages him to further hone and explore the discipline that is storytelling.

“One of the beauties of storytelling is that it’s always fresh, it’s always a new public, new eyes in a new situation and storytelling is really about connecting to those people,” Gonzalez said.

Storytelling provides a haven of imagination and magic, one that stays with audience members well after the curtains close. Gonzalez will transport people of all ages to the lands of rich Latin-American tradition and colorful characters through his artistry.

“The joy of playing with my voice, finding the right turn of voice, being on stage, finding the right gestures, performing alongside great musicians; the pleasure of it is profound,” Gonzalez said. “I’ve been following the stream of that pleasure my whole life, first as a musician then as a storyteller and now as a combination of the two.”

Gonzalez will be performing “Cuentos: Tales from the Latin World” in Spaulding Auditorium at 3 p.m. this Sunday.

Talking about Food: deconstructing taste and navigating ‘foodways’

By HAN VALE

The Dartmouth

Talking about food is challenging because it is never just about food.

Food is inextricably tied to one’s being.

To all, food is indicative of identity, a myriad of intersections. So much so that there is even an academic term for it: “foodways,” defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as “the traditional customs or habits of a group of people concerning food and eating.”

However, I am sure you don’t need a dictionary term and definition to relate to the idea of food being tied with identity.

For me, and countless others, food has always been difficult. I always sense a tension when engaging with it. I can never escape it, for it reminds me too much of what I am. It amplifies the realities of my being — black, white, Asian — and exposed me deeply to the unsaid qualities that made my maternal and paternal families different.

Growing up, my Filipina grandmother, Lola, took care of my siblings and me. I learned how to cook with her. Strong flavors of vinegar and soy, smells of frying fish and trips with her to the small local pan-Asian market were familiar to

me. Like many do to engage with their communities, I often attended potlucks with other Filipinos where there would be plates of lumpia, bowls of pancit and trays of leche flan. I couldn’t have been happier.

These memories are etched into my childhood, and I hold on to them dearly. The more I look back, the more I realize how these dinners were a way for my grandmother to pass her culture — and a people’s collective tastes — down to me.

On the other hand, the tastes of my other grandmother, an upper class, white New Yorker with strong views on steakhouses, wine and country club menus, were just as familiar to me. Ever since I can remember, I have been sandwiched in between an understanding of taste that meant so much more than the flavor of the food I was eating.

Navigating my own personal foodway served as a consumable reminder of the lifetimes of history — and geography, immigration, migration, war, colonization and capitalization — creating a strange dissonance that seemed to be existing as a multi-racial, multi-ethnic American child.

It was taste that told me what I was, not the other way around. Ironically, food writers, critics and chefs alike have shared or recognize the validity

of this experience. Famous bourgeois gourmand Jean Anthelme BrillatSavarin wrote in “The Physiology of Taste,” “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.”

French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu claimed, “To the socially recognized hierarchy of the arts ... corresponds a social hierarchy of the consumers.

This predisposes tastes to function as markers of ‘class’.” But it doesn’t take the words of a gourmand or an academic to recognize that food is tightly and delicately tied to a person’s very being.

So, if you find yourself wondering if a food is even worthy of your time, or if you don’t understand why people just don’t stop eating fast food or “exotic” food, or if you make assumptions about people’s eating habits or preferences based on other facets of their identity — just think for a minute. Reflect on the ways in which your own personal foodway shows you what you are and empathize with the foodways of others. Remember that to many and to me, invalidating one’s food is simply another way to invalidate a person.

I’m not saying that all foods and food systems are perfect — in fact, many are far from it — but all foods exist for a reason, and all are valid.

It is understanding the nuanced

and complex nature of these foods that makes talking about — or

writing about, or eating — food a conversation worth having.

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with Nathan Albrinck ’20 Why are the New York Jets winning games?

If I told you the New York Jets and New England Patriots would be battling for the American Football Conference East lead during their Week 6 matchup on Oct. 15, you would have laughed and called me crazy. But they are, so how did we get here?

The Jets opened the 2017 National Football League season in September at 1000-1 odds to win the Super Bowl, according to the Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas. The Cleveland Browns, New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers, all of which came into the season with better odds, are winless after five weeks, while the Jets are 3-2 heading into Week 6. By contrast, the defending Super Bowl champion

New England Patriots entered the season with 11-4 odds to repeat as champions.

The Jets reached the AFC Conference Championship in backto-back years in 2009 and 2010 but haven’t reached the playoffs since. After a 4-12 season in 2014, the Jets fired Rex Ryan and signed Todd Bowles to a four-year deal. In Bowles’ opening act, the Jets finished 10-6 and finished second in the AFC East behind the Patriots. A year later, after the best season of his career, Ryan Fitzpatrick returned to old form and so did the Jets, who went 5-11, a record that looked almost unattainable heading into their 2017 campaign.

After releasing wide receivers Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker and losing Quincy Enunwa to a season-ending neck injury, only Robby Anderson, Jermaine Kearse and Charone Peake had ever caught a pass in the NFL, and only Anderson and Kearse had caught touchdowns.

The Jets also released veterans Darrelle Revis and Nick Mangold, two faces of the organization in recent years. Mangold, once described as the best center in the NFL, had a Hall-of-Fame-caliber career with the Jets, earning seven Pro Bowl appearances in 11 seasons.

At the quarterback position, the Jets brought in Josh McCown, now playing for the eighth team in his career, to battle for the starting spot in Fitzpatrick’s absence and mature

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young talents Christian Hackenberg been doing right? Putting away their and Bryce Petty. The Jets’ offseason wins. purge of every household name on They beat Jay Cutler-led Miami their roster shows their commitment 20-6 in Week 3 to put all talks of a to a full-scale rebuild in the coming winless season behind them. They years. followed up Miami with a 23-20 The Jets were projected to overtime win over the Jaguars, be so bad that who are leaning on FiveThirtyEight Leonard Fournette printed an article “... based on the and a healthy defense d i s c u s s i n g t h e caliber of their wins to carry Bortles. chances they go — over a Miami The Jets’ win over 0-16. The article Jacksonville wasn’t Dolphins team concluded the Jets exactly impressive, would need to be that has scored 41 but it certainly is incredibly unlucky points all season, a the best on their to go 0-16, despite Jacksonville Jaguars resume. New York the shortcomings took advantage of team led by Blake of their roster. an unsportsmanlike And so far, the Bortles and the conduct penalty to Jets haven’t been, Cleveland Browns set up Chandler now riding a three- (who don’t need Catanzaro for a 41game win streak any introduction) — yard game-winning that includes two field goal. Last week, most would argue three-point wins.

Cleveland’s second But based on the [New York] round draft pick the caliber of their Jets are still bad, DeShone Kizer wins — over a and most would turned the ball over Miami Dolphins twice — one an probably be right.” team that has interception, one scored 41 points a fumble — inside all season, a the Jets’ five-yard Jacksonville Jaguars team led by Blake line to hand New York their third Bortles and the Cleveland Browns consecutive win. (who don’t need any introduction) — The Jets are heading into their most would argue the Jets are still bad, Sunday matchup looking to ride and most would probably be right. their momentum and shock the They have given up the eighth most football world. ESPN’s Football yards in the league and have put up Power Index pegs them at a 17 the seventh fewest. What have they percent chance to do so. Tom Brady

The weekday Roundup EQUESTRIAN event, qualifying for regionals and moving into the intermediate fences class as a result. Meghan Poth ’20 added to the Big Green’s performance with a blue ribbon in the intermediate fences and a second-place showing in the novice flat class. Poth joined Champ and Lenihan in the high point ride-off, where Dartmouth held three out of the four spots. Champ placed first, Lenihan second and Poth fourth, but the University of New Hampshire edged the Big Green by one point overall.

The team had another narrow second-place finish at Vermont, where the home team beat out

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is playing great football. He leads the league in passing yards and is third in the league in passer rating, among passers with more than one completion. His offense has scored the third most points in the league.

Unfortunately for New England, though, Brady can’t play defense, too. The Pats have given up the most yards in the league (by far) and the second most points.

To beat the Pats, the Jets have to do the small things well. They have a better-than-average running game, putting up 111.4 yards per game.

McCown was second in the NFL in Week 5 in average snap-to-throw time and leads the league in air-yards-tosticks on third down. Though they are minute stats, they mean the Jets are throwing the ball quickly and past the first-down marker. They are moving the ball, despite their star-less offense. On defense, the Jets have over-performed so far and are 11th in stopping their opponents on third down and 10th in turnovers. To have any chance of beating the Patriots, the Jets will need their defense to step up on the big plays and give their offense the ball.

Statistics still don’t favor the Jets’ season. They have a 1.3 percent chance to make the playoffs according to ESPN, up from their league low 0.6 percent chance to start the season. If they can pull off a win on Sunday against their division-rival Patriots, their odds are sure to take a big jump.

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This past weekend, the equestrian team opened its season with reserve championships at Middlebury College on Saturday and the University of Vermont on Sunday. At Middlebury, the team pulled out a strong performance with Sophie Lenihan ’20 and co-captain Olivia Champ ’19 finishing one-two during in open fences. Both riders excelled again in open flat as Champ took first and Lenihan placed second. In her collegiate debut, Mahalia Dalmage ’21 placed first in her crossrails class. Co-captain Claire Bick ’18 had a strong showing in novice fences class and won the

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Dartmouth by three points. Shira Hornstein ’21 finished as high point rider after claiming first place in novice fences and novice flat. Also in their Big Green debuts, Nancy Curtis ’21 took home a blue ribbon in novice fences and Sophia Kocher ’21 won her walk-trot-canter class.

Poth took first in novice flat while Champ and Bick earned first and second respectively on the open flat.

Through two shows, the Big Green leads the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association’s Zone 1 Region 2 with 10 points. The team will be competing next on Oct. 22 at Morton Farm.

Women’s soccer (6-7, 0-3 Ivy) picked up a win against the College of the Holy Cross on Tuesday, grabbing a 3-2 victory in its final non-conference match of the regular season. The game marked the first time the two teams met since 1992. While the Big Green battled for possession with the Crusaders throughout the game, an early goal scored by co-captain Gia Parker ’18 put Dartmouth on the board just before the nineminute mark. Holy Cross contested the goal a few minutes later when Carly Flahive made a close shot off a pass made from the side by Jenna Barnes. The Big Green regained the

lead at the end of the first half as Alyssa Neuberger ’20 scored with a long shot outside the box off a cross made by Sally Sandoval ’19. Parker provided her second goal of the day midway though the second half on an assist from Neuberger and teammate Lauren Lucas ’19, who sent the ball from the corner.

Although the Crusaders attempted to rally with a goal late in the game, the Big Green’s offensive attack outmatched them with 11 shots on goal and six corner kicks. On the defensive end, goalkeeper Mariel Gordon ’21 made three saves. The women will face the University of Pennsylvania this Saturday.