The Dartmouth 02/02/16

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VOL. CLXXIII NO.21

SUNNY HIGH 39 LOW 28

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2016

College suspends KDE

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Thayer searches for new professors By NOAH GOLDSTEIN The Dartmouth Staff

SPORTS

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SPLITS TWO PAGE 8

OPINION

ALBRECHT: NO LAUGHING MATTER PAGE 4

ARTS

MUSICAL ‘LEGALLY DREW’ REVIVED PAGE 7

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KDE will be suspended until the end of term, followed by probation until Jan. 3, 2017.

By DANIEL KIM The Dartmouth Staff

The College’s Organizational Adjudication Committee suspended Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority for one term starting Jan. 26 for violations of the College alcohol policy, disorderly conduct and property damage, according to an official statement released by College spokesperson

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social probation period, the house will be prevented from hosting or sponsoring events where alcohol is served, but other operations of the house may continue, such as business meetings and engagement with governing councils. The alcohol restrictions will be lifted during the College probation period. SEE KDE PAGE 2

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Rajput ’14 and Carlin ’15 design award winning app

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Diana Lawrence. After the suspension is lifted, KDE will be under social and then College probation until Jan. 3, 2017. The sanctions are related to a social event held in November 2015 at the KDE house and a venue in the Upper Valley. While suspended, the house cannot participate in any activities, according to the College’s Standards of Conduct. During the

The Thayer School of Engineering is conducting three distinct searches for faculty members. At the end of the searches, the school will hire three new faculty members — one specializing in engineering in translational medicine, one in the intersection of energy and design and one in computational material science. Thayer professors John Zhang, Ian Baker and Lee Lynd are each conducting their own search for the different specializations. As there is little to no overlap between the three sets of candidate qualifications, the searches are being conducted separately from each other and at different speeds, Baker said. The professors were each asked to conduct the search by Thayer Dean Joseph Helble. Zhang, an engineering professor, will be searching for an expert in engineering in translational medicine, which requires knowledge of both engineering and biomedicine. The specific position reflects a rising interest in medical de-

vices among the incoming generation of students and entrepreneurs. “Over the past few years we have seen students attracted to engineering because they see these emerging engineering frontiers,” Zhang said. The overlap between engineering and translational medicine helps with medical processes such as medical imaging, which can be used to find early stages of cancer, he said. Zhang said that he is right in the middle of his search, where he is narrowing down the initial list of applicants and moving on to interviews. A passion for teaching and the ability to create a research agenda among applicants alongside a strong academic mind are traits that Zhang said he looks for in the candidates. He added that he is looking for someone to start in either the fall or next January, which will be decided by the summer term. During the process, Zhang

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One year and two days ago, Salman Rajput ’14 , Carly Carlin ’15 and software engineer Annie Tuan founded the fitness app Simple Steps. Recently named the “Best Health App of 2015” by Men’s Fitness, Rajput said that thousands of people are now using it to track their health. The app is focused on healthy eating by having people make small isolated changes to their life, which later become habits, Rajput

said. The app makes dietary recommendations based on the user’s unique lifestyle. Users select their goal, whether it be weight loss, disease prevention, feeling better or generally increasing better health. Users then take a short quiz about their lifestyle, and the app offers suggestions on how to reach their goal. The changes are basic and do not require a complete diet overhaul, Rajput said. For example, users can choose to focus on drinking more water each day to stay hydrated. Users concentrate

on the small habit for a period of time until they make enough progress to unlock another goal, he said. “You only work on one thing at a time and you never bite off more than you can chew,” Rajput said. The ultimate objective is for people to build healthy habits that actually stick, Rajput added. The app also features a social component where users can add friends to keep each other motivated. Rajput said the app was started in order to help Americans combat many of

the diseases related to poor eating as well as help the environment. The app aims to encourage Americans to follow a more sustainable diet, he said. The recommendations are mostly based on Harvard’s Healthy Eating Plate, a dietary guideline. “Eating healthy is the single most impactful action to affect our health but also to tackle the public health challenges that are plaguing our nation,” he said. Following a healthier diet is also more sustainable for the environment, as the production of unhealthy foods

requires more resources and emits more greenhouse gases, he said. Rajput cites his passion for healthy eating as an important part of why he was interested in these issues. He said most healthrelated apps currently on the market advise users to make large-scale changes, such as going on a diet or counting calories. “These are really big changes that are hard for people to stick with,” he said. “People find them too SEE APP PAGE 3


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