The Dartmouth 02/19/16

VOL. CLXXIII NO.34

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‘Inside Dartmouth’s Budget’ course to begin in spring

By SONIA QIN OPINION

Fifty people, mostly women, gathered in the Rockefeller Center yesterday evening to hear a discussion about women in leadership and the different workplace experiences women face compared to men.

The panel featured moderator Terie Norelli, former New Hampshire House of Representatives speaker, and Hypertherm vice president of corporate social responsibility Jennifer Levy, Geisel School of Medicine professor Roshini Pinto-Powell and Ledyard National Bank presi-

The Dartmouth Staff

In the spring term, Dartmouth will be rolling out its third annual offering of “Inside Dartmouth’s Budget,” a six-session non-credit course available to undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff. Each session is two hours long and will take place in the Life Sciences Center on Thursday evenings from March 31 to May 5.

The course was created in 2014

by the Office of the President. Chief financial officer Mike Wagner said that the purpose of the course is to help increase understanding of the College’s budget and how initiatives are funded and financed, both here and in higher education more broadly.

College President Phil Hanlon will be the lecturer in the first session.

Other lecturers will include Provost Carolyn Dever, chief investment officer Pam Peedin, chief operating officer for advancement Ann Root

Keith, vice president for campus planning and facilities Lisa Hogarty, financial aid director Dino Koff and director of admissions and interim dean of admissions and financial aid Paul Sunde.

College executive vice president Rick Mills said that while everybody likes to comment on how the College spends or does not spend its money, few people have the base of knowledge necessary to develop informed opinions.

“I think President Hanlon was

trying to make it possible for people to have the background and the information that they need to draw conclusions,” Mills said.

Wagner said that topics covered in the course include the business model for higher education, the Dartmouth budgeting process, what Dartmouth spends its money on, tuition and financial aid and information about the College’s endowment.

Mills added that people will gain a SEE BUDGET PAGE 2

Businesses see a bump in sales over Carnival weekend

By NOAH GOLDSTEIN The Dartmouth Staff

Winter Carnival weekend saw a spike in sales for many Hanover businesses, with an influx of Dartmouth families and alumni coming in for the big weekend, which also coincided with Valentine’s Day. Lou’s Restaurant general manager Shawn Nelson said that the restaurant, as is usual on big weekends, saw an uptick in sales this weekend as there were more people in town than normal.

The increase was slightly higher than in prior years, which he said could have been a result of Valentine’s Day and

Presidents’ Day weekend being at the same time. Nelson attributed the usual increase to the fact that Lou’s is one of the only breakfast places in Hanover.

In preparation for the increase in customers, he said that the restaurant increased the amount of staffed hours, alongside boosting bakery production.

Lou’s did not add any additional items to their menu for Winter Carnival, although Nelson said that he probably will next year.

Nelson said that the cold weather probably resulted in people not wanting to walk around as much and preferring to stay inside, although the inclusion of

Valentine’s Day also could have offset the effects of the weather.

In comparison to other big weekends, such as Homecoming or Green Key weekend, the amount of sales was slightly higher, he said. Additionally, there was a generally older crowd as opposed to Green Key, when the restaurant normally sees high numbers of students.

Jennifer Packard, director of public relations for the Blue Sky Restaurant Group, which oversees Molly’s Restaurant and Jesse’s Restaurant and Tavern, said that Winter Carnival is always a consideration for both restaurants in terms of planning.

For Jesse’s, Valentine’s Day added a

brunch service to the Sunday menu, which the restaurant does not normally offer on the weekend of Winter Carnival.

Both restaurants increased staffing, scheduling extra bussers and food runners.

The managers also ensured that there were a larger number of specialty dishes than normal in order to have more options for the large crowd, Packard said. Longer wait times for tables were another factor that had to be taken into account, she said.

Packard said that there is generally a noticeable increase in business over Winter Carnival weekend compared to SEE BUSINESS PAGE 3

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DAILY DEBRIEFING Feb. 13, 12:05 a.m., Webster Avenue: Safety and Security officers and Dartmouth Emergency Medical Services rendered aid to a student found intoxicated to the point of needing medical attention. The individual was transported to Dick’s House and admitted for the night.

Feb. 13, 12:48 a.m., Webster Avenue: Safety and Security officers, the Hanover Police Department and the Hanover Fire Department rendered aid to a non-student showing signs of intoxication. The individual was turned over to family for care.

Feb. 13, 1:04 a.m., Collis Café: Safety and Security officers and Dartmouth Emergency Medical Services rendered aid to an intoxicated student at Collis Late Night.

The student was transported to Dick’s House and admitted for the night.

Feb. 14, 1:42 a.m., Little Hall: Safety and Security officers and Dartmouth Emergency Medical Services rendered aid to an intoxicated student found vomiting in a bathroom in the Choates Cluster. The student was transported to Dick’s House and admitted for the night.

Feb. 14, 1:25 a.m., McLane Hall: Safety and Security officers discovered a shattered sidelight window leading to an elevator in McLane. The window appeared to have been broken intentionally. The College Troubleshooters were contacted to clean up the material and repair the window.

Feb. 14, 2:14 a.m., Bissell Hall: Safety and Security officers, Dartmouth Emergency Medical Services and the Hanover Police Department responded to Bissell Hall for a Good Samaritan call. The student was found incapacitated due to alcohol, and was subsequently transported to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center for treatment. The student was later transported back to Dick’s House and admitted for the night.

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Budget course runs for third year FROM BUDGET PAGE 1

new perspective regarding the College’s endowment after the course, because lecturers will be explaining how much of the endowment is actually accessible.

“I think there’s a belief that it’s just administration not willing to spend the money as opposed to maybe there really are constraints here,” Mills said.

The course is run in a lecture style, but students may ask questions whenever they want, Wagner said.

“We feel like the questions that people have are what they’re really interested in and that’s more important than the next slide that I might have to present on,” he said.

“We really want to encourage those questions and go as deep as people want to go, on the topics that are interesting.”

This year, instructional designer Adrienne Gauthier will be helping to “take our materials and make them more of a learning experience, not just a presentation,” Wagner said. Mills added that sometimes clickers are used to answer questions in class.

Each year, the first few sessions tend to see greater participation, though not all participants attend all six sessions, Wagner said.

In the course’s first year, around

120 people signed up, while around 90 signed up last year, he added.

“The effort in putting together materials that are clear, concise, interesting, and then standing up in front of between 60 and 100 people and talking about it in a way that doesn’t put them to sleep is really hard,” Wagner said.

He said that feedback led them to bring in more outside reading materials. He identified providing some of the information before the session as a possible improvement, which he said would facilitate dialogue once attendees had the chance to “digest” the information.

Wagner said this year, he will pre-record short videos with background information for students to watch before class to allow for more material to be covered and for in-depth discussions during class time.

“The dialogue has been so fulfilling and I think that the participants felt that way as well,” he said. “The questions that folks would ask and then our responses and the dialogue that would evolve around those questions was so, so rich and I think got people thinking, got people asking other questions.”

However, Wagner said in previous years, this extended dialogue often prevented the course from covering all of the material.

“We learned that asking students

to read materials that then are never discussed in the class really irritates students,” Mills said.

He said that they are considering putting together a bibliography of optional suggested readings.

Other than in class sessions, Mills said that there will also be breakfasts and lunches where people can sign up and come to ask further questions or delve in to topics in more depth.

Several students interviewed by The Dartmouth said they would consider enrolling in the course.

Zachary Panton ’19 said he appreciated the initiative to further inform students and faculty about the College’s budgeting process.

“Getting the faculty and students more involved is definitely a good thing,” Panton said.

Elizabeth Jenny ’19 expressed interest in the course, noting the importance of course material, but had not heard about the course before.

“It’s hard to get the word out and I feel like no one knows about it yet,” Jenny said.

Stephen Ofori ’17 said that he liked the transparency this program creates with respect to the College’s budget.

The course is currently filled, but students can still sign up to be on the waiting list.

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Feb. 14, 3:02 a.m., Theta Delta Chi Fraternity: Safety and Security officers, Dartmouth Emergency Medical Services and the College Troubleshooters responded to a call from a member of Theta Delt who was reportedly awoken by a loud noise. Further investigation revealed that someone had smashed one of the fraternity’s windows from the outside. The window was repaired and there are currently no suspects.

Feb. 14, 2:34 p.m., Bildner Hall: Safety and Security officers responded to Bildner Hall for a Good Sam. The intoxicated student was transported to Dick’s House and admitted for the night.

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Valentine’s Day, Presidents’ Day bring in more business

ing, Winter Carnival and commencement weekend require extra preparation. Behind those weekends would be other weekends in February.

The weekend also coincided with sophomore parents weekend, she said.

Dartmouth Co-op store manager school breaks as a result of the holiday weekend, which means that a lot of Megan Nemeroff said that, Winter Carfamilies were stopping by the restau- nival did not change the store’s normal business hours. The Co-op, however, rants. was involved with She said that Winter Carnival she did not think “Winter Carnival in in another way that the weather general had a very — selling carnival had a large impact posters. on their business different feel to it this T h e this year, at least year because we are so Co-op saw the in comparison usual increase in to other years, used to seeing those customers it sees although she did big wonderful glorious on big weekends. think that fewer However, this skiers came into snow sculptures on the year, the Co-op town.

Green that we did not sold 300 more Packard did Winter Carnival say that Winter get to see this year.” posters than it had Carnival felt difthe year before, ferent this year.

“Winter Car- -JENNIFER PACKARD, BLUE Nemeroff said.

Nemnival in general SKY GROUP PR DIRECTOR eroff said that the had a very differincrease in sales ent feel to it this was due to the year because we are so used to seeing those big wonderful cold weather, as people walking along glorious snow sculptures on the Green Main Street would stop inside the store that we did not get to see this year, in order to warm up and end up browsalthough I think the College adapted ing. She also attributed the increase to the Dr. Seuss-based theme of the poster. well to the situation,” Packard said.

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Hanover businesses saw more sales this weekend with the influx of alumni and other visitors.

DASA AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH

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Dartmouth African Students Association participates in Black History month events.

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Opinion Asks

An Open Door to New Ideas

Do you think the College’s new housing community plan is viable?

As a disclaimer, I joined one of the working groups for the new house communities. However, the opinions written here are mine alone. Here’s how I see the house system: it’s a way of establishing new communities of students that’s focused on closeness and continuity. Does it come at the cost of residential flexibility? Yes, but in return we get a whole new facet of student life — a wellfunded, student-governed and proud microcosm of Dartmouth. It addresses the well-documented social disruptions caused by the D-Plan. Is it at all anti-Greek? Absolutely not. This is not a zero-sum game. The house communities do not infringe on the Greek system in any way whatsoever — they provide an additional facet of life here. Say what you will about the administration’s “agenda,” but the house system is singularly focused on creating new social bonds, not destroying old ones. It will not and never will prevent someone from living and being active in their Greek house, nor is it designed to replace the Greek system. There are those who question whether the communities are even viable. There is little that can prevent people who live together under a single identity from forming a community. Change will always be hard and should be met with healthy skepticism, but imagine, just for a moment, feeling a unique, intense pride and connection to a few hundred other Dartmouth students; knowing that after an off-term, your house is still there; knowing that just down the hall are students you call housemates, if not close friends; meeting a professor not just on an intellectual level, but on a personal one. Imagine what this could be.

-Steven Chun ’19 I love the idea of the housing communities. The D-Plan, although great for career planning and development, can be difficult to adjust to. First, there is the dreaded term during which all of our good friends are off. Then, there is the inconvenience of moving across campus multiple times a year and having to store boxes in Building A, despite having lived in Building B and preparing to move to Building C. More broadly, there is a sense of discontinuity in one’s residential experience over four years — we start out living in an active first year floor, only to realize sophomore year that “residential life” is practically non-existent. I think the housing communities will alleviate many of

these problems. The most obvious drawback is that not all housing communities, even though they include a variety of room types, are created equal, leading some to feeling stuck in a bad living situation for four years. But, at the end of the day, having a fun, supportive house beats having a single in McLane Hall.

-Reem Chamseddine ’17 As a ’16, I have not put much thought into the new housing communities because they will not affect my experience as an undergrad at Dartmouth. That being said, this plan — like much of “Moving Dartmouth Forward’s” social life-related initiatives — is a half-baked idea with a poor execution. The new housing communities are a poor plan for what’s clearly meant to be a substitution for Dartmouth’s currently dominant Greek system. The reasons why residential colleges function successfully as social spaces and bases for communal identity at places like Rice University and Yale University do not apply to Dartmouth’s nascent housing system. For example, Baker College at Rice is more than just a place to sleep; it is a place to relax, to meet new people, to eat together and to study in a residence that is more than just a house — it is a home, one in which you can live for all four years of undergrad. The housing community system will not function like a residential college because students will be geographically separated into distinct buildings, there will not be large eating halls attached to each community (the current ones will still dominate), and students will not have the option to live in the same building for all four years. Moreover, the idea of cross-community events like intramural sports will crash and burn, given the incredibly busy extracurricular schedules of Dartmouth students stuck under an ineffective and inefficient quarter system — not to mention that many students already dedicate a significant amount of time to varsity and club athletics, in which case intramural sports would be a superfluous use of time. Maybe in a decade or two, when Dartmouth’s Greek system will probably be a memory and its housing communities are an institution, the social desires of Dartmouth students will be different — but I highly doubt it.

-Emily Albrecht ’16

The new housing communities should come with new policies.

Next Friday, students will receive their house membership letters. The assignments come as part of the College’s effort to revamp its current housing system. Next fall, students will live in one of six communities: Allen House, East Wheelock House, North Park House, School House, South House and West House. Living and learning communities will also remain a viable housing option for students. While the College’s plan to sort students into houses may call to mind scenes from “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (2001), Dartmouth isn’t Hogwarts, and unfortunately, the administration doesn’t seem to be as savvy as the Sorting Hat. In light of administrators’ efforts to build new communities and cultivate a healthier campus culture, we believe it is incumbent upon them to evaluate their approach thus far.

Many of the College’s attempts to construct alternative social spaces have fallen flat. Many College-approved social spaces have suffered from poor attendance. If administrators truly have students’ interests at heart, then they must reassess their ultimate goal. Otherwise, the College’s new housing plan will fare no better than its previous attempts to foster a more close-knit community.

According to the Office of Residential Life, the residential house system aims to “promote intellectual engagement, community and continuity.” However, several features of College policy make such aims unfeasible. Perhaps most troubling is the administration’s stance on social gatherings in residential communities. As it stands, gatherings of 10 or more students must be registered with the College as a social event if alcohol is present.

The College’s micro-management of such social interactions detracts from student relationships. The administration’s lofty aim of cultivating a supportive community won’t come to fruition unless they reevaluate College policies first. Revision of existing policies should go in lockstep with the College’s efforts to build a better Dartmouth.

In reconsidering its policy, the College should look to other institutions for examples.

Other colleges and universities of the same caliber as Dartmouth have implemented more lenient policies without compromising

academic rigor. For instance, Stanford University has become known for its “open-door policy.” According to the policy, university officials — excluding the Department of Public Safety — are not required to act in accordance with California’s state drinking laws.

In effect, Stanford students are permitted to possess and consume alcohol in residence halls. Ralph Castro, head of the Stanford’s Office of Alcohol Policy and Education, told The Stanford Daily, “Our intention is to build community in residences that encourage responsible behavior among peers.” He added, “We take an educational approach, wherein we educate students about accountability for bad choices, and expect them to make legal and healthy decisions.”

Stanford is not alone in endorsing a more moderate approach to alcohol on campus.

Other schools have followed suit. Washington University in St. Louis recently adopted a similar alcohol policy. Ultimately, the policies of both universities take a softer approach compared to the College’s draconian hardalcohol ban. Yet, students at Stanford and Washington University don’t seem to be going out every night of the week or underperforming in the classroom. In fact, both educational institutions boast vibrant, close-knit communities of students. If the administration is truly concerned about our physical, social and emotional well-being, then alternatives like Stanford’s “open-door policy” merit serious consideration from those in Parkhurst.

While we’ll some need time after its implementation to gauge the effectiveness of the College’s residential housing system, administrators have their work cut out for them. Although students will be sorted this coming Friday, the conversation about how to improve our school is far from over. In the coming months, we ask that the administration seriously consider the implications of its actions. Will foisting a new housing system onto students really solve our problems? Will meticulous social planning promote genuine relationships across campus? We are not saying the residential housing system is doomed. But without a hard look at our current policies they won’t be able to achieve the administration’s desired effect.

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Panelists discuss barriers women face in the workplace FROM LEADERS PAGE 1

dent and chief executive officer Kathryn Underwood as panelists.

Norelli began the discussion by quoting statistics from the “Women in the Workplace” study by management company McKinsey & Co., which showed a high gender gap in leader ship roles and that in the corporate promotional hierarchy, women are less likely than men to advance at every level and the gender gap in leadership roles is high.

She said that women get less credit for successful outcomes and are blamed more for failure. She added that there is an anti-maternal bias in the workplace, as motherhood triggers the assumption that women are less competent and committed.

Levy, Pinto-Powell and Underwood all spoke of their personal experiences of gender-based discrimination in their respective fields.

Levy said that her field, industrial manufacturing, was mostly dominated by men. While there are fair number of women in lowerlevel jobs, there are very few women

in senior leadership, she added.

Underwood said that while 63 percent of banking employees are women, the few in management ranks are usually in human relations and marketing. In terms of supporting women at higher ranks, Underwood said that the United States is making no progress.

Norelli said that women are underrepresented throughout the corporate promotional hierarchy, especially in senior leadership positions. While women are well represented in positions that support the organization like legal, human resources and information technology, women are not well represented at every level of central positions with more core operational responsibility, Norelli said. Norelli called these roles “lines roles.” Since line roles provide types of experiences that leads to executive positions, she said women are disadvantaged in reaching higher level leadership positions.

Levy recalled from her time at an early job that while she wanted to be a positive leader in the workplace, even in her male-dominated field, she was afraid to assume a staff role because she did not want to

be excluded from the promotions arising from line roles.

Pinto-Powell said the challenge in getting more women leaders is that the system of advancement is a “leaky pipeline.”

Underwood noted that part of the reason why women do not advance is that women often do not give themselves enough credit, take risks or apply for jobs until they are absolutely certain of success.

She then emphasized the importance of mentors, explaining that her mentors saw more in herself than she did.

“It’s the mentors who pulled me, pushed me and dragged me to move from one job to another,” she said.

Pinto-Powell said that the lack of support women receive and the glass ceiling women encounter are barriers less frequently faced by men.

She said that women experience an uneven playing field in the corporate world because of unconscious bias, which can negatively effect their performance. In the academic medical field, many opportunities for promotion are not available through open searches,

but instead by appointment from those in higher positions, which puts women’s ability to advance at risk due to the unconscious biases of others, she said The panelists also agreed that there are stereotypes about the way men and women lead, and as a result, women can be discriminated against in leadership positions.

Underwood said that women tend to be more collaborative and more “consensus builders” than men. She noted that from her personal experience, certain people disliked her leadership style of being more detail-oriented and focused on getting everyone on her team involved.

Pinto-Powell said people should focus more on what type of leader they want rather than shying away from women’s style of leadership.

After the discussion, an attendee asked the panel whether or not women should downplay being mothers. Pinto-Powell said that nowadays medical students and residents are warming up to the idea of having children and encouraged women to not buy into the stigma of being a mother, saying that a “career will wait.”

Another attendee asked what strategies could be employed to bring more women into leadership roles. Levy said she formed a diversity-creating council to figure out best practices. Pinto-Powell said people should educate others about stereotype threat, write positions in gender neutral terms and help other women reach leadership positions by mentoring. Underwood encouraged challenging organizations without diverse representation in workforce.

Norelli closed by saying that the takeaway is that equality for women in the workplace has come a long way, but that there is still a lot to overcome, as evidenced by how the panelists from different fields face similar biases and challenges.

After the event, Levy said she thought the panel went well and was encouraged by the enthusiasm of the audience.

Patricia Higgins, an attendee and former representative in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, said that Norelli brought together the panel well and that it was inspiring to see how the treatment of women in the workplace has changed over time.

BLACK ICE TURNS STAIRWAYS TO HEAVEN INTO HIGHWAYS TO HELL

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Daytime precipitation and freezing temperatures overnight created black ice that caused students to clip and fall in various locations across campus.

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THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2016

DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY All day

“A Dialogue on Earthquake Representations,” NEPAL Summit at Dartmouth, Hood Museum of Art

3:30 p.m.

“Solar Flares: Explosive Plasma Physics,” Rice University professor Stephen Bradshaw, Wilder 104

7:00 p.m.

Men’s Ice Hockey, Dartmouth v. Colgate University, Thompson Arena Rink

TOMORROW 5:00 p.m.

“The Big Short” (2015), directed by Adam McKay and nominated for five Oscars, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center

6:00 p.m.

Women’s Basketball, Dartmouth v. Columbia University, Leede Arena

8:00 p.m.

“Chicago: The Musical” theater department MainStage production, Moore Theater, Hopkins Center for the Arts

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Dunn ’16 and Ramage ’19 picked for national team player pools

By MAX ZHUANG The Dartmouth

For many student-athletes, representing their country would be a dream come true. For women’s rugby players Yeja Dunn ’16 and Kat Ramage ’19, competing in the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup for the women’s national team is only a few steps away. Dunn is one of 49 players in the 2016 Women’s Eagles national team player pool, while Ramage is one of 38 in the age-grade national team player pool.

“They both have the athleticism and attitude required of international players,” head coach Katie Dowty said. “Everyone can see what an impact these two make on the field, but the [women’s national team] also looks for players with the drive and work ethic to achieve their full potential — and Yeja and Kat have that in spades.”

While the two share rugby success, drive and work ethic, Dunn and Ramage come from completely different backgrounds.

Dunn, a senior on the team, had never touched a rugby ball before arriving at Dartmouth but joined the club team during her freshman year.

“It’s really bizarre how I think I fell in love with the sport and got to where I am,” Dunn said. “I

think I fell in love with the team itself before I fell in love with the sport and I just love hanging out and playing with them.”

Ramage, only a freshman, was one of Dartmouth’s very first recruits last year.

“Kat is very much a decision maker, by deciding where the ball goes, that’s her strength, and Yeja is more of the powerhouse who gets work done and can tackle just about anyone,” teammate Ashley Zepeda ’18 said.

Dunn’s placement in the player pool for the Eagles means she is on a short-list of players who may likely be called onto the national team following the results of an individual competition system.

“For me, the idea of being an Eagle is really cool. But for me I love playing, I love playing for Dartmouth,” Dunn said. “I love playing for the team. What matters more is the love of the sport.”

In Ramage’s case, she was placed in an age-grade pool which is a group of players who have a strong chance of becoming Eagles but are not currently old enough to qualify. Instead, they receive training to develop their talent.

Ramage dreams of national rugby achievement, hoping to eventually tour and play as an Eagle in the Olympics and World Cup. Despite Dunn and Ramage’s

differences, the two complement each other on the Big Green’s women’s rugby team. Both players stand out during competition, and both note that Dowty contributes to much of their success. Dowty also coaches both the players for All-American events leading them through the pathways onto the national team. Dowty, herself, played for the USA Rugby national team from 2010 to 2014. She was a captain and player for the Harvard University women’s rugby team before graduating in 2006.

“I had the privilege of playing for the women’s national team,” Dowty said. “Now, I cherish the opportunity to help our Dartmouth players achieve that goal.

Representing your country is every athlete’s dream and there really is nothing like it. I would be very proud to see Yeja and Kat carry on the legacy and represent Big Green rugby on the national stage.”

Dunn and Ramage are both looking to perform their best in their upcoming individual competitions. Together, they have helped build a strong women’s rugby culture.

“There’s a lot of ways to keep being able to play this but they can be very competitive,” Dunn said. “I hope I will keep getting to continue to play at a high level in this sport for a long time.”

COURTESY OF YEJA DUNN

Yeja Dunn ’16 played rugby for the first time her freshman year at Dartmouth.

COURTESY OF YEJA DUNN

The women’s rugby team sends both Yeja Dunn ’16 and Kat Ramage ’19 to national team player pools. Head coach Katie Dowty, a former USA Rugby team player, has played a key role in their development.

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FRIDAY LINEUP

MEN’S HOCKEY VS. COLGATE 7 PM

Women’s swim and dive kicks off Ivy Championships

By MAX ZHUANG The Dartmouth

From Feb. 18 to 20, the Big Green women’s swim and dive team is competing for not only bragging rights and rankings, but also for team goals and individual bests in the Ivy League Championship in Princeton, New Jersey. On Thursday, the school broke records in the 500-yard freestyle and the 200 freestyle relay. At the end of the day the team was in seventh place with 161 points. The Dartmouth spoke with the team before it left for the meet.

“On the first day, we’re looking to have a strong showing in the freestyle events especially in the 50-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle,” head coach Jim Wilson said. “The team is excited and we hope to swim well and that’s about where we stand.”

This year’s group of swimmers include strong freestylers in AnnClaire MacArt ’18, who broke the school record in the 500-yard freestyle twice

in the day, and Kendese Nangle ’16, who holds the school record in the 50 freestyle and finished ninth on Thursday. The Big Green, the third seed going into the 200 freestyle relay, finished sixth yesterday, setting a new school record at 1 minute and 32.34 seconds.

“One of my goals is to make an NCAA cut time,” co-captain Charlotte Kamai ’16 said. “I would love to get one in the 100-yard freestyle.”

Kamai added that another goal is to have the Big Green’s 400 freestyle relay team compete at the NCAA level.

Fellow co-captain Olivia Samson ’16 spoke of the unique mental obstacles of this meet. With the swimmers competing in “tech suits” for extra speed and sporting freshly shaven skin to optimize their hydrodynamics in the water by reducing drag, the Big Green brings its absolute best to the annual meet. The team’s weeks of hard work, hours of practice everyday and extra time

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Hank and Fish talk fallen heroes, hoverboards and NBA player Dwight Howard.

RIDING THE PINE WITH JOE CLYNE AND HENRY ARNDT

Things are worse than ever. Our final Winter Carnival is in the books and all the traditions we once held dear, everything that we once lovingly cradled to our bosom, has been robbed from us by the idiotic and corrupt College administration. The polar bear plunge. Canceled because “Occom Pond was unsafe.” The snow sculpture. Abandoned because “there was no snow on the Green.”

(Although we do appreciate the efforts of Thomas “Riddle” Rover ’16 and his rogue snow sculpture.)

Hoverboards. Banned from campus

merely because their “lithium ion batteries were prone to spontaneous combustion.” Now, finally, College President Phil Hanlon and his hunchbacked lackeys have gone too far.

The writers of Riding the Pine hold just one thing to be sacred, one thing to be held beyond the reaches of juvenile humor, beyond the mocking jibes of the College’s administrative phalanx. That one sacred mode of transportation was the hoverboards. And now, the powers that be in Parkhurst have

tapering, decreasing practice yardage as the meet nears, pay off at the meet.

“I think [the practice schedule] adds a new mentality to it,” Samson said. “When we prepare like that, it brings an extra-sense of seriousness amping us up. We’ve put in a lot of work since day one and we have the tools to be really excited to swim our best.”

Swimmers having stellar seasons so far to look out for include Megan Crook ’19, Amber Zimmerman ’19 and MacArt, who all aim to continue their success this week in the Ivy League Championships. Diver Allison Green ’19 placed 12th in the 1-meter dive on Thursday. For the freshmen, the meet represents the biggest competition they have faced in their collegiate careers.

“I’m feeling nervousness mixed with excitement,” Crook said. “It’s such a big meet with some of the top swimmers in the nation, but I’m excited to see how fast I can go. I’m

expecting to grab some best times.”

With the combined mental and physical pressures, the team is also aware of its team goals set up at the beginning of the season. This includes taking down a 200 breastroke record (2:17.69) set in 1997 that remains as the longest standing women’s swim record, wiping all the previous standing relay records and, for the seniors, swimming their career bests in their final meet of the season.

“I think it will be a really cool chance to see how well we perform in an invite style meet,” Kamai said.

“We have so much talent spread out on the team that I think we have a real chance to beat Columbia, Cornell and Brown [Universities].”

The championship isn’t just an important meet for the nostalgic seniors and eager freshmen. Taylor Yamahata ’18 is a swimmer to keep an eye on during the meet. Yamahata, who won The Dartmouth sports award for best freshman athlete

last year, fell ill earlier this season.

After a strong freshman campaign, she has spent much of this season recovering, unable to swim at top condition. Now, with proper rest and preparation leading up to the Ivy League Championship, Yamahata poses as a threat to bounce back in the backstroke and individual medley events. She finished 22nd in the 200 IM on Thursday.

“It’s definitely going to be a bittersweet meet for me,” Samson said.

“Everyone will totally be decked out in Dartmouth gear and we plan on showing the most team spirit. We’re all putting in our hearts and souls and hopefully this will be a great finish to an amazing season.”

Kamai noted for the past four years, she has anchored all the relays she has swam in.

“On Saturday night, the last event of the meet, I’ll be exactly where I want to be anchoring the 400-yard relay racing for the team one last time,” Kamai said.

profaned even that last sanctuary of the futurists among us, that refuge of the exhausted and hopeful denizens of Hanover. Hoverboards are no more. By banning hoverboards, the administration may as well have banned hope from Hanover.

After the administration plummeted from grace in our eyes, we were left alone on this campus, grasping for some figures to respect and even to idolize. While we hoped it could be the new editor-in-chief of The D, Rebecca “A-Side” Asoulin ’17, we sadly lost all respect for her as well after she allowed us to publish the phrase Bernie “the Butthead” Sanders in last week’s column. Her complete lack of judgement and utter disregard for cultural norms and mores has lowered her from her once-maternal role in our lives to bottom-feeder status, no better than the morays scooping the filth and bacteria from the ocean floor.

After these two fallen heroes, we were left to turn to the sports world in the hopes of finding one lone figure to represent us, one role model to call our own. We found such a figure nearly immediately in Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard.

Howard naturally embodies nearly all the values that we hope to embody ourselves one day. His unmatched dominant physical virtuosity reminds us of our own

unpracticed and untrammeled writing ability. When you’re 7 feet tall with a 40 inch vertical, you almost have no choice but to dominate the NBA. Our writing skills and diction bring to mind a similar dominance over the field of words and letters.

Howard reminds us of ourselves in another, perhaps less flattering way. Just as we strain at the constraints posed by even the loosest and most relaxed editor, so too does Howard chafe beneath the chains presented by any coach at all. Howard is widely known as a coach-killer, demanding trades or changes in management when he does not get his way. We are known as editor-killers, having offered our talents to The Tab at least 11 times over the last calendar year. (Unfortunately, we have been denied every time.)

Despite his dominant physical attributes and immense natural talent, Howard remains widely hated by the sports community. This is one of the characteristics we admire most about the Superman. It’s lonely at the top.

Finally, and shamefully, we will admit the other area where we keep Mr. Howard company. Nearly always, natural talent and physical dominance is accompanied by other, far less flattering traits — profound mental weakness and insecurity. In this area, your favorite sports scribes

find Howard to be a true kindred spirit. Though Howard can dunk from the free throw line, he finds himself unable to shoot better than 60 percent from the charity stripe.

In the same way, though we can pen nearly flawless commentary on the worlds of sports, art, culture and finance, we find ourselves undone by the slightest criticism, humbled and humiliated by a moment far from the spotlight. We came into the public’s eye naturally, but we’ve grown addicted to it, nourished by it.

Without the adulation from our countless fans, we find ourselves lower than dirt, buried beneath even our pathetic editors at The Daily Dartmouth. There are no role models left on this campus. We’re seniors. We are the ones that people turn to looking for idols, looking for guidance. But who will watch the watchmen?

Despite the pain, despite the sacrifice, despite the heartbreak, we must keep struggling along. As Sartre once said, “Man is condemned to be free.” Still, somewhere deep down, we find a grain of optimism, an ounce of hope. Perhaps around this next corner, we can find a modicum of inner peace.

As our other idol Ted Kennedy once said: “The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.”