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In her research, Lisa Marsch uses technology in interventions for substance abuse among youth and adult populations. Marsch, director of the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health at the Dartmouth

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Auditorium in Moore Hall at 4 p.m. The talk will cover how to take advantage of new digital technology to develop innovative models of healthcare delivery.

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Psychiatric Research Center, will speak about her work and the influence of science and technology in healthcare when she delivers the 28th Presidential Faculty Lecture today.

The lecture, “Transforming Health Care via Science-based Technology,” will take place in Filene

The investigation into the Streeter Hall arson case implicating Vikram Naidu ’18 is still ongoing, with the defendant set to appear in court for an arraignment on April 4.

Naidu was arrested on Feb. 25 on felony charges of arson and reckless misconduct for allegedly setting two trash cans on fire in Streeter at around 2:49 a.m on Feb. 18.

Naidu was charged with a Class A felony count of arson, according to an official court complaint from the 2nd Circuit Court Lebanon Division. The complaint alleged that the fire was started knowingly, when the defendant ignited a trash receptacle in the first floor bathroom and second one in the first floor exit corridor in Streeter. The complaint also stated that the “defedant knowingly damaged the property of another,” by damaging trash receptables, carpeting and walls owned by the College in an occupied structure. It went on to state that the defendant was aware that the

structure was occupied.

Naidu was also charged with a Class B felony count of reckless conduct. The complaint stated that the defendant’s actions may have placed other in danger of seriously bodily harm by starting fires in the bathroom and exit corridors of Streeter during morning hours when residents are asleep. The complaint continued by alleging that Naidu left the building without notifying anyone of the situation, in full knowledge of the fact that the building housed over 50 students overnight.

The court complaint also said that fire meets the definition of a deadly weapon as defined in NH RSA 625-11 B. Naidu was released on a $5,000 cash bail and a $25,000 personal recognizance bond.

He will be personally liable for the entire $25,000 bond if he fails to comply with the conditions of bail.

The conditions of bail require Naidu’s appearance in the 2nd Circuit Court

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Advanced Transit’s new smartphone app will give users real-time updates on bus locations as well as projected arrival times. The app has been downloaded more than 500 times since its official launch last Tuesday.

A group of students from the Thayer School of Engineering started working on this application in October 2015. The Cook Engineering Design Center, which matches companies with engineering students, con-

nected the group with Advanced Transit. The group consists of two two-person development teams for the iOS and the Android apps respectively. Don Stayner Th’16 bridges the teams.

Stayner said that the overall goal of the project is to provide Advance Transit users easy access to bus arrival times.

The app, named Advance Transit, also includes additional functions such as a trip planning feature with an interactive timetable.

Users can plan ahead by seeing when buses will leave

throughout the day. The timetable also estimates how long any specific trip will take. Moreover, users can “favorite” certain stops and filter out routes, Stayner said.

Advance Transit executive director Van Chesnut said that the initial idea was to show real-time arrival information, but that the students took the app further than he expected.

As the regular Advance Transit website is not mobile friendly, Chesnut said that an app would help create a user-friendly interface for

smartphones.

He said that the goal of the app is to increase ridership through making the bus-riding process more convenient. The app makes it easier to understand how to use the bus system and increases the “comfort level” by giving riders easier access to bus arrival time information, he said, especially under weather conditions where delays may occur.

Stayner said that one of the biggest challenges for the student group was to make sure their product fulfills consumer demands.

Another challenge, given that there are 163 stops in the Advance Transit system with relatively generic names, was developing a viable interface.

None of the group members had any development experience for iOS or Android at the start, Stayner said.

A member of the student group Nick Gutierrez’16 said that the biggest challenge was the duration of the project, which lasted about 25 weeks.

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DAILY DEBRIEFING A second-grader’s story about helping a “farmer” grow “special medicine” plants in White River Junction led to the arrest of his mother’s boyfriend for cultivating dozens of marijuana plants, ABC News reported. Steven Mann was then taken into custody, with police finding two “grow rooms” in his apartment as well as marijuana-related paraphernelia. Windsor Police detective Jennifer Frank wrote in an affadavit that the boy told school officials that Mann was giving the plants to “anyone who needs the medicine.”

A new bill explicitly prohibiting bestiality in New Hampshire is gaining traction in the state House of Representatives, the Union Leader reported. New Hampsire is one of 10 states in which bestiality is not explicitly outlawed, Rep. Katherine Rogers told the Union Leader. House Bill 1547 has bipartisan support, though some have raised concerns about unintended consequences affecting commercial cross-breeding and hybrids.

A police detective who specializes in sexual abuse cases, a forensic veterinarian and a representative of the Humane Society of the United States all testified in support of the bill, while a spokesman for Dog Owners of the Granite State raised concerns over the use of animal breeding for commercial or veterinary purposes.

New Hampshire Public Radio reported that a new bill that would raise limits on those able to buy guns is moving through the New Hampshire House of Representatives. While it is currently a federal and state crime to wittingly sell a gun to a convicted felon, the new bill would also make it illegal to sell a firearm to drug dealers, mentally ill people, people who have entered the country illegally and those dishonorably discharged from the military. The bill is being considered now by the House Criminal Justice Committee.

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improving the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders and related behavioral health issues.

These preventions and treatments will be implemented in a manner that is cost-effective, ensures quality and personalization and enables the widespread integration of sciencebased interventions.

Marsch utilizes science-based tools and resources in a scalable way, leveraging technology bases to aid outreach. Her work also addresses a wide variety of behavioral phenomena including substance abuse, mental health, chronic pain manage-

“Our goal is to use science to form a new model of technology delivered healthcare that increases the quality and research of care.”

-LISA MARSCH, CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DIRECTOR ment, medication adherence, diet exercise and smoking cessation.

“Our goal is to use science to form a new model of technology delivered healthcare that increases the quality and reach of care,” Marsch said.

In 1987, under then-College President James Freedman, the College began the lecture series to highlight faculty research.

Antonia Barry, government lecturer and event programmer, said that the series, in Freedman’s words, was meant to “celebrate the life of the mind — the enduring delights of the scholarly life, the rich satisfaction of intellectual exchange, and the disciplined pursuit of ideas that matter.”

Marsch said that the center, a National Institutes of Health funded Center of Excellence, focuses on digital technology.

“The Center for Technology and Behavioral Health is focused on using digital technologies like mobile devices and new waves of social media with data analytics to understand health and health behavior in entirely new ways and provide new models of intervention delivery for all kinds of populations in every setting,” Marsch said.

Additionally, the center has partners nationwide as well as a growing international presence.

Data now shows that the development of mobile technology tools can impact behavior and subsequent

health outcomes as demonstrated by the center’s work with people with chronic drug addiction, she added.

Thayer School of Engineering professor Peter Robbie, who is teaching a course on healthcare and biotechnology in the spring, said that medical technology is moving into a new age.

“Many believe that we are moving into a unique period of explosive growth in medical innovation due to the autocatalytic combination of three technologies,” Robbie said.

The three fields he listed were computing areas including mobile

technology and artificial intelligence; materials science like biomaterial and nanotechnology; and biotechnology such as genetic and tissue engineering.

With the development of new patient-centric technology based models, there will be a shift from hospital-centric healthcare to a patient-centric one, he added. Mobile, wearable, connected technologies will monitor and help to provide care for patients remotely.

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App developed byThayer students provides live bus updates FROM APP PAGE 1

“We had to work over winter break to start with the coding,” Gutierrez said. “We had five people on the team and every person was in a different part of the world. Starting out development with people all over the world and trying to coordinate with everybody was a pretty big challenge.”

Stayner and Gutierrez both noted that meeting enthusiastic Advance Transit employees proved rewarding.

Advance Transit has been working for years on a system that provides real-time bus arrival information on its website, using the GPS transmitters inside their buses. Stayner said that his group built off of this work. In the end, the team felt like they delivered something that is “truly going to impact the community,” Stayner added.

Chesnut said that by giving out surveys to bus riders, Advance Transit and the student group came to a better understanding of the user base. The initial market study surveys showed 700 bus riders have smartphones with them while using the bus.

“We are developing an outreach plan for promoting availability of this in the future,” Chesnut said.

“We are looking to get information out to some of the bigger businesses, to [the] College, the medical center and places like that so they can email their employees and let them know [this app] is available.”

Stayner and Gutierrez both said that there could be a more complete route planning feature in the future, where the app will allow you to choose a location and it will plot the best route to get there.

Hana Nazir ’19 uses Advance Transit buses about four times a week, and has been using the website to find information of bus arrival time and routes.

“I think having an app would actually be a great idea because, it’s very convenient to just have it on your phone instead of having to manually go through all the routes,” she said.

Hanover town manager Julia Griffin said that making public transportation easier will help boost ridership.

“This [app] is a perfect example of a tool that I’m hoping is going to get more people on the bus,” Griffin said.

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I’m Not Racist, But...

Representing the Oscars

Selective dating, while not racist, can negatively impact people of color.

Although some shudder at the thought, a widespread research theory holds that we are attracted to people who are similar to our parents or ourselves. Before you quickly glance at your romantic partner and close this tab or stash this paper under something, keep reading.

We crave familiarity and want to feel understood. It’s human nature, and honestly not as bad as it sounds. Assortative mating means that people are more attracted to those with similar backgrounds, similar phenotypes, and approval from our families. These partners may also be found close to our hometowns ­— and predominantly monoracial demographics support the idea that our future partners will probably look a whole lot like us.

However, America is becoming far more diverse, truly living up to our “melting-pot” nickname. In 1967, Loving v. Virginia struck down laws prohibiting interracial marriage.

Since then, the multiracial population has been growing at an exponential rate. According to the 2010 census, the population reporting multiple racial backgrounds grew by 32 percent from 2000 to 2010, compared with those who reported a single race, which grew by 9.2 percent.

My class recently took an anonymous survey on interracial relationships. The survey asked, “Would you date someone who is black? Reside with them? Marry them? Have children?” The same questions were then repeated, but asked about Asian and Asian-Americans. Respondents could respond with, “I have,” “I would,” “I wouldn’t, but others can,” and “I don’t think anyone should do this.” My professor created the survey based on her research paper on the same subject.

Our class is by no means a representative sample of any significant population, let alone of Dartmouth itself. Not only was this not a simple random sample, but a very biased and small-sized voluntary sample, as the very course in question is centered around the growth of multicultural America. Also, there was an instance where the question-answering was not blind (“Hey, dude, what did you put?”) and an instance in which someone accidentally chose the wrong button on the clicker (“Whoops, I did not mean to say that I’ve been married before. My bad.”) A statistician would have had a heart attack.

However, those two outliers aside, this does

not mean that the data we gathered in the survey had no significance. I was honestly surprised to see that, when asked on whether or not they would date black and Asian individuals (these questions separately asked), some people (about 40 percent of the class) stated that they “wouldn’t, but others could.” We experienced the winnowing effect to a small extent: as the questions showed the relationship becoming more serious, more people said that they “wouldn’t, but others could.”

Is this racist? I honestly do not think so, but that doesn’t mean that this phenomenon does not have a significant effect on minorities in America ­— specifically on their sense of selfesteem. You’re probably familiar with the term “Yellow fever,” used to describe the fetishization of Asians and something which my own friends have admitted to having, as if it were an actual disease. Well, it is. But I doubt they have it. Either way, you should not be proud of fetishizing a race.

Thankfully, no one said that people shouldn’t be romantically involved with black or Asian individuals. I’m also impressed with my peers’ honesty, as it would be very easy to just lie and choose “I would.” There would have been no consequences to doing so. Because of this, I’m assuming that they genuinely had no racist intent behind their preferences. After all, everyone has preferences, and you can’t choose who you think is attractive or not — ­ right?

However, liking someone in a platonic manner is very different from romantic interest ­— something that is out of your control. If race stands between you and a potential pal, well, that would be a different story, and probably a racist one.

It’s not a pretty reality, but it’s not a malicious one, either. People could easily hide their racism by simply answering dishonestly, but I have faith in Dartmouth undergrads. Further, minorities unfortunately have other issues to worry about (i.e. discrimination from the police and workforce, lack of representation in the government and media, hate crimes and so on). And, personally, I have other things to worry about than my race, like whether or not I will scare potential suitors off with my at-best questionable sense of humor and rats’ nest of a dorm room.

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Chris Rock was the witty and pointed host the Oscars needed.

Last night was the biggest annual event in forces, sardonically joking that, “This year, in the film industry — the Academy Awards, the In Memoriam package, it’s just going to otherwise known as the Oscars. While be black people that were shot by the cops on controversy is nothing new to awards season, their way to the movies.” this year’s show was prefaced by a monthsNot all of his remarks, however, came long Twitter campaign against the Academy across as validating to the #OscarsSoWhite encapsulated by the hashtag #OscarsSoWcampaign. Many on Twitter were upset at his hite. Despite incredible performances and prosaying that African-Americans did not protest ductions by people of color across subject and the racism within the Oscars during the 1950s title, not a single non-white person entered and 1960s because they had “real things the Dolby Theatre as a 2016 acting nominee to protest at the time,” noting that Africanlast night. Going into the Americans were “too busy show, the question on just being raped and lynched “Rock’s critical, biting about everyone’s mind to care about who won look at race relations was this: how would the best cinematographer.” host, Chris Rock, address in Hollywood is exactly Yet, placing that quote the controversy and the context with his other what the Academy and in large implications Oscars comments regarding the the 34 million people whitewashing makes treatment of Africanabout Hollywood? The Americans in our society watching the Oscars answer became clear and the various forms in needed to hear.” within minutes of the which racism manifests, broadcast’s beginning — it is clear that Rock did Rock was going to hold no not intend to trivialize the punches. struggles faced by many African-Americans His critical, biting look at race relations in today. More than anything, I interpreted that Hollywood is exactly what the Academy and comment as a chilling reminder of the horrors the 34 million people watching the Oscars that were still normalized within American needed to hear. Overall, his remarks validated culture only a few decades ago. Rock was reand strengthened the #OscarsSoWhite camminding us as viewers that the Academy, and paign and its underlying issue of representathe elite cohort of American society which tion in the media. While it is easy to look at it tends to represent, is not that far removed police brutality and hate speech and recognize from the civil rights era and the violence that them as racist, the kind of racism responsible necessitated it. for inadequate and unfair media representaWhere Rock did misstep, however, was in tion is of a much more sinister and subtle his stunning failure to use this platform to prosort. Rock highlighted this during the awards, mote an intersectional voice. In the middle of snarking that, “Hollywood is racist... But it the broadcast, Rock joked about switching out ain’t that racism that you’ve grown accusthe typical Oscar tabulating firm Pricewatertomed to. Hollywood is sorority racist.” Rock house Cooper for more competent employees was pointing out that while it is all smiles and — and then proceeded to parade three Asian apologies and rationalizations, the end result is American children onto the stage. still the denial of opportunities to and recogniHe moved on by quipping that if people tion of people of color. were offended or upset by Representation is that particular bit, they “Representation is crucial to shifting socioshould “just tweet about cultural norms from one it on [their] phone, which crucial to shifting the paradigm to another, to was also made by these sociocultural norms actually equalizing the kids.” The former joke from one paradigm to perpetuates a blatantly playing field; what we see on TV as both children uncouth stereotype that another, to actually and adults is, to an extent, harms the self-perception equalizing the playing of many Asian-American what we expect to see in reality. If there are no individuals, and the latter field.” people of color on the makes light of child labor. screen, then our subconAlternatively, if Rock sciouses are taught to see meant that to be a jab at non-white individuals as abnormal, as the the hypocrisy of people complaining about philosophical and cultural “Other.” We as a racist jokes while supporting the marginalizacountry both need and deserve popular media tion of workers in developing countries, he that accurately reflects the tapestry of diversity could have made that point without prefacing in the United States, that shows how many it with an unfunny, outdated and stereotypical different ways there are to be “normal” and joke. happy and successful.

Overall, I was very impressed and pleased Rock’s performance as a host emphasized with Rock’s performance as the Oscar host. the cruciality of fair representation and He managed to navigate the minefield of recognition, while contextualizing these issues controversy before him with grace, humor within the larger scheme of structural racism and wit, while reminding the viewership of against African-Americans in U.S. society. He the very real issues regarding race in the film referenced the astounding number of Africanindustry. Here is to hoping that next year, hisAmericans who are shot each year by police tory will not repeat itself.

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Lebanon Division on April 4 at 8:15 a.m. and his agreement to not consume alcohol or use a controlled substance or narcotics while on bail.

The court complaint said that failure to comply with these conditions will result in forfeiting the cash bail to the state of New Hampshire.

The court may order the arrest of the defendant if the conditions are not met.

Additional conditions imposed on Naidu require him to live at his residence in Saratoga, California in the custody of a responsible adult residing in the same house. Naidu is also not permitted to travel outside of the United States.

Naidu wrote in an email that he is unable to comment until the investigation has concluded.

College spokesperson Diana Lawrence confirmed in an email that Naidu is not enrolled at the College at this time, but said she cannot comment on the ongoing investigation.

The Dartmouth student handbook lists arson, bomb threats, driving under the influence, sexual and physical assault and drug dealing as examples of “conduct that have led to suspension.”

The handbook also states that “the Committee [on Standards] sees each of these acts as significant harm or threat of significant harm.”

Hanover Police Department Chief Charlie Dennis said that there have not been any updates

to this case since last Thursday’s press release announcing Naidu’s arrest.

Director of Safety and Security Harry Kinne said that he could not comment because the investigation is ongoing. Kinne said that Hanover Police and the New Hampshire State Fire Marshalls have all the information that is currently available, and that it would be at least another week before further information is made available to the public.

Naidu is a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity. In an email statement, Tri-Kap fraternity president Keaton Renta ’16 said that while the allegations were not related to fraternity activities, the executive officers will investigate and take “appropriate action” now and at the conclusion of the police investigation.

In 2014, there were no incidents of arson on campus or in surrounding areas, according to data released under the Clery Act. In 2013, there was one incident on campus in a residential facility and two on surrounding non-campus properties. The arson on campus occurred at Chi Gamma Episilon fraternity. At approxiamately 3 a.m. on Sept. 13, 2013, cardboard boxes caught on fire in the basement.

Arson was suspected because the boxes were soaked in a flammable liquid.

In 2012, there were two arson incidents in residential facilities and one on a non-campus property in the surrounding area.

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Marsch also talked about this shift, noting that personalized resources available on mobile devices allows for constant access to people who need assistance managing conditions like drug addiction.

“We can more than double the effectiveness of treatment programs,” Marsch said. “We see similar patterns of effects across all kinds of populations in dealing with mental health, medical resumes, chronic pain and HIV. There are many different types of end users. It is leveled by ubiquitous technology.”

Marsch will discuss her experiences working with those suffering from chronic drug addiction and how

the center has helped them manage drug abuse.

Many current technologies fall outside FDA jurisdiction because the FDA is evolving its guidelines by which it defines mobile health apps as medical devices. Some diagnostic measurement devices are under the FDA’s ruling, but there are very specific categories about what the FDA will regulate. The medical technologies are still rapidly evolving, Marsch said. She added that these broad reaching devices are important because low- and middle-income countries with poor and nutritionally vulnerable populations increasingly have access to mobile phones.

“It is a tremendous opportunity to provide cost effective care with incredible reach,” she added.

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On Monday, community members held a demonstration in support of Black Lives Matter on the corner of Main Street.

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DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY 3:00 p.m.

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Artist Talk and Reception, internationally known glass artist Preston Singletary, Hood Auditorium, Hood Museum

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“Voices,” performance by self-identifying women, Moore Theater, Hopkins Center for the Arts

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“Fear Shot: Innoculating Students against Public Speaking Anxieties, DCAL, Baker-Berry Library, Room 102

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DEN Speaker Series with Gail Goodman, Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network Innovation Center, 4 Currier Place, Suite 107

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‘Voices’ features perspectives from self-identified women

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“Voices,” showing tonight in the Moore Theater for its third consecutive year, presents a variety of perspectives in a series of monologues, along with a few conversations, all written and performed by self-identifying Dartmouth women.

The program is part of V-February, a yearly campaign at the College intended to promote gender equality and end gender-based violence.

This year Kit Gardner ’17, Cori Lopez ’17, Julia Dressel ’17 and Libby Goldman ’18 directed the show, helped organize and run dress rehearsals through six weeks of practice and guided the cast members in writing their pieces.

Started as a response to the “Vagina Monologues,” “Voices” began in 2014, intended to represent the experience of modern-day Dartmouth women. The stories change each year. Some are submitted anonymously and performed by cast members, while others are written by the cast members themselves, Goldman said.

Many, including Goldman and Abby Rohman ’16, found that the “Vagina Monologues,” with a set script written 19 years ago by one woman, Eve Ensler, was a little dated, and did not encompass a lot of experiences, particularly those of self-identifying college-age women.

“Since it was written so long ago, it’s become a little less relevant and not

necessarily representative of all women’s voices,” Goldman said. “So ‘Voices’ was started as sort of a response to that, to give Dartmouth women an opportunity to talk essentially about whatever they want.”

Due to common themes, some cast members are also involved with the “Vagina Monologues,” performed at Dartmouth during V-February. Natalie Cantave ’16 and Goldman both found out about “Voices” through the “Vagina Monologues” auditions, as the auditions for both shows are held jointly. Approximately five to six members participated in both performances this year, Cantave said.

The cast of self-identifying Dartmouth women come from all class years and backgrounds, and many, including Rohman and Goldman, have been involved with “Voices” for multiple years.

The issues discussed in “Voices” are not necessarily confined to these topics.

The cast members are allowed to discuss nearly anything in the production, Goldman said.

“We’re just giving a space and a voice to these Dartmouth women who can talk about whatever, whether it has to do with being a woman at Dartmouth or sexuality or anything like that or some other facet of life,” Goldman said. “‘Voices’ is really just a platform for women to talk about whatever they want to talk about.”

The show embraces intersectionality, a theory which addresses the existence of coinciding identities and links be-

tween different methods of oppression, such as the connection between sexism and racism in the experiences of women of color.

Appropriately, the performance’s first story addresses the definition of feminism, pointedly noting that everyone’s experience is different. The topics vary from piece to piece.“Voices” covers “feminist” veganism, racism at Dartmouth, the coming out process and Native identities and other issues.

Cantave’s story discusses her racial identity at Dartmouth and outside of Dartmouth as an African-American, Cantave said.

“I just hope people understand that there’s different perspectives through the different experiences people have at Dartmouth,” Cantave said. “I’m also kind of nervous to hear people’s reactions to experiences I’ve had, but I think it hits you more in the face if it’s just people you know or kind of have seen around.”

The show also deals with aspects of feminism particularly relevant to Dartmouth’s hookup culture and the larger societal objectification of women.

Rohman, for example, discusses the “Dartmouth X” and her subsequent role as a “washed-up girl” as a senior woman.

Although the cast concedes that they cannot cover the experiences of all Dartmouth women, many of them believe “Voices” to be more representative of the college experience.

Goldman finds the show valuable

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The cast of “Voices” rehearsed for six weeks to put together tonight’s show.

as it addresses taboo issues. She, along with her friend Emily Smid ’18, wrote a light-hearted conversation between Goldman and her vagina, Goldman said.

Rohman commented that many value the show for its sense of community.

“It was awesome to find a group of women who feel the same way about a lot of the things I do,” Rohman said.

“It’s also just nice to find a group of women outside of Greek life, outside

of my team, who just want to have interesting conversations.”

“Voices” had a sneak peek at BarHop last Thursday as part of a sex trivia event hosted by Planned Parenthood Generation Action. The cast also held a full dress rehearsal on Sunday in Sarner Underground for those who could not make it to the main performance.

“Voices” will be performed at the Moore Theater tonight at 7 p.m. and is free for students and community members.

Artist Khaled Al-Saai presents calligraphy-inspired work

By ELISE HIGGINS

The Dartmouth Staff

Al-Saai, a Syrian born artist, has exhibited his work all over the world, but last night he brought his works to Hanover. Khaled Al-Saai gave a presentation on the subject of his artwork, called “Away from Home: A Presentation by the Artist,” which features Arabic calligraphy. His most recent exhibition, a mural on the subject of the Syrian civil war, was displayed in Germany.

Despite his most recent work’s political nature, most of Al-Saai’s artwork is abstract. He focuses on the calligraphy not as words with meaning, but as shapes used for their aesthetic appeal, Al-Saai said.

Al-Saai began his presentation by showing various examples of his artwork. Although the works differ, Arabic calligraphy connects them all, as well as a distinct style. In each work, he contrasts colors, usually light and dark, an effect accentuated by the presence of the calligraphy which usually occupies one area of the artwork.

Despite these overarching similarities, the works aesthetically differ because of the varied techniques

that Al-Saai uses to create each one.

He has used fluorescent paint, paint mixed with sand and other mediums to create different types of feeling.

“The inspiration [for the medium] comes because of the idea for the work,” Al-Saai said.

Despite these varied painting techniques, Al-Saai likes to maintain an element of traditionality by using conventional tools and creating the colors for the paint himself by using natural materials.

The combination of tradition with modernity and calligraphy with abstraction sets Al-Saai apart as an artist.

Although Al-Saai usually focuses on calligraphy as abstract shapes without a direct, intended message, his most recent artwork called “Away from Home” had a strong political message. Exhibited in Germany, the wall mural demonstrates Al-Saai’s thoughts on the Syrian conflict. AlSaai incorporated media including photographs and newspaper articles that formed a type of collage.

Over the past five years, since the very beginning of the Syrian conflict, Al-Saai has been collecting newspaper clippings. These years of work

cumulated in 13 days of creating the mural with his team of assistants in Germany.

This mural varies slightly from Al-Saai’s usual style because the calligraphy is not abstract. It features the names of Syrian towns affected by the civil war. Despite this aspect of literality, the work does maintain some abstractness.

“If I want to express it more, I need to twist it and play with the proportions and the size, put it upside-down, whatever,” Al-Saai said.

In addition to the names of Syrian towns, the mural also features words from other languages including English, French and German. There are also photographs of many of the towns and newspaper articles on the subject of the conflict. In addition, Al-Saai included painted images such as an oil barrel, an arrow and a card.

He said that the oil barrel represents to him what is at the heart of the conflict: oil. The arrow represents people exiting the conflict either through death or immigration.

When people die, they go upwards to heaven, and when they leave Syria, they travel north. The card, which

is a four of clubs, represents the four key figures in the conflict. The United States and the national community, specifically Europe, were the clubs on top of the card Al-Saai said, because they witnessed the conflict from above. The clubs on the bottom of the card were the Syrian rebels and the regime because they were actually in the midst of the conflict.

In reference to his decision to make a political statement, Al-Saai said, “Artists don’t always need to please. They can convey pain and struggle.”

Al-Saai presents these feelings in his mural in Germany by using various media in addition to convey his own strong feelings about the Syrian civil war.

“I am trying to do something to serve my country,” Al-Saai said.

Despite this, he accepts that he will be unable to return to Syria during this time of conflict because of the controversy that his artwork has caused.

“This is my decision that I have already made,” Al-Saai said.

Graziella Parati, acting chair of the comparative literature department and director of the Leslie

Humanities Center, said she was interested in bring Al-Saai to Dartmouth for many reasons, including his political stances. Firstly, she was interested in his political stance on the Syrian civil war, Parati said.

Parati said that finding speakers with knowledge about the Syrian civil war and refugees is a purposeful goal, considering the current refugee crisis.

In addition, Parati enjoys AlSaai’s art work, and describing it as “very original.”

“He brings together a very traditional kind of art which is calligraphy with the ideas inspired by literature and contemporary issues,” Parati said. “It’s particularly valuable because he brings not so much an Islamic tradition but an Arabic tradition to modern times.”

Al-Saai’s political views is part of what makes his artwork so intriguing to onlookers.

Matthew Giegerich ’19, who attended the talk, said he thought Al-Saai’s artwork was very interesting.

“It was cool to see how a lot of the present day issues in Syria were reflected in his work,” Giegerich said.

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SPORTS

TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2016

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WOMEN’S LACROSSE VS BOSTON UNIVERSITY 3 PM

Men’s and women’s track both finish third at Ivy League Heps

By CHRIS SHIM

The Dartmouth Staff

The Ivy League Heptagonal Championships, known to coaches and athletes as “Heps,” is the culmination of months of intense training and preparation for the men’s and women’s track and field teams. Hosted at Cornell University’s Barton Hall in Ithaca, New York from Feb. 27 to 28, the meet is unlike any other for the Big Green athletes.

“We begin the year with a plan, and for many of the athletes, when you take out [the athletes who also compete for the cross country team], this starts in September,” women’s head coach Sandy FordCentonze said. “Every year, there’s always that one goal, and that goal is the Heps.”

Corey Muggler ’17, who took first in the long jump and fifth in the triple jump, said that his performance at the meet was as much mental as it was physical.

“I did a lot of visualization in the nights leading up to the meet,” Muggler said. “The meet

atmosphere was also very intense so I tried to feed off this energy to get fired up for every jump.”

Both teams were rewarded for their hard work and preparation with third place finishes. The men’s third place finish was the team’s first top four performance in five years.

“I’m very proud of this team,” men’s head coach Barry Harwick ’77 said. “Finishing third was about as high as I thought we were going to finish, so it’s very gratifying to see us do well.”

The men’s team performed especially well in the jumping events.

Leading the way was Muggler, whose first place finish in the long jump in 7.47 meters on his first attempt and his fifth place finish in the triple jump with 15.28 earned him the men’s Most Outstanding Field Performer of the Meet honor.

Also performing well in the field events were Max Cosculluela ’17, who set a new school record in the men’s pole vault with a 5.12-meter vault and earned himself second place in the event, as well as Justin Donowa ’19, who placed second in the triple jump with a 15.57 leap.

The highlight on the track for the men’s side was Joey Chapin ’16’s performances in the 3000-meter and the 5000. Chapin won the 5000 on Sunday afternoon in 14 minutes and 25.96 and placed second in the 3000 on Saturday night in 8:08.47.

Chapin said the 3K was a tough loss, since he took the lead in the last lap.

“Somewhere in the last 30 meters, [Ben Rainero of Cornell] came up beside me and eventually out-leaned me at the line. It was a fantastic race on his part and it stings a little, but it’s hard to be mad about it,” Chapin said.

The 5K was more tactical.

“I was not sure about how my legs would respond from the 3K the day before so I bided my time waiting for the race to string out as much as possible,” Chapin said.

Other strong performances on the men’s side included a third place finish by Tim Gorman ’16 in the mile in 4:14.49 and a third place finish by Amos Cariati ’18 in the 500 in 1:04.73.

The women’s side earned strong wins from Kaitlin Whitehorn ’16 in

the high jump, Dana Giordano ’16 in the 3000 and Helen Schlachtenhaufen ’17 in the mile.

Whitehorn won the high jump for the third time in her career, clearing 1.84 on her third and final attempt at the height. She also placed sixth in the women’s 60 dash in 7.56.

Competing in the two events simultaneously made for a busy day.

“She jumped, cleared, and had seven minutes to get over to the 60 and get her spikes and blocks,” Ford-Centonze said.

Giordano also won the 3000 for the third consecutive year at the Heps. She barely edged out Natalie Schudrowitz of Brown University and Courtney Smith of Harvard University, stopping the clock at 9:16.37 compared to Schudrowitz’s 9:16.74 and Smith’s 9:17.10.

Giordano also placed third in the 5000, finishing in 16:29.19.

Ford-Centonze was impressed with Giordano’s determination throughout the season.

“She’s been battling back from a foot injury, but she went out there with pride and determination to

win the 3K,” Ford-Centonze said.

Schlachtenhaufen won a tight mile race, finishing in 4:53.44. The first four places were separated by 26 hundredths of a second.

“It came down to the last 50 meters, and when I saw that opportunity, that it was within my reach, I just went for it,” Schlachtenhaufen said.

The athletes seemed to reiterate the importance of confidence and mental visualization going into competition.

“Mentally, the biggest thing for me was to be confident and calm on the starting line, which is something I have been working on all season,” Schlachtenhaufen said.

According to Ford-Centonze, Whitehorn is ranked tenth in the country in the high jump and will most likely qualify for the NCAA Championships. Harwick added that Giordano will also probably qualify for the 3000.

Apart from Whitehorn and Giordano, however, the rest of the team will take some time off and then return to competition over spring break.

Men’s squash finishes 7th at Potter Cup, women take Kurtz

By MATT YUEN

The Dartmouth Staff

Men’s squash finished its historic season, ranked seventh in the country, while the No. 11 women’s squash took home the Kurtz Cup for first time in four years.

At the final squash tournament of the season, the men’s team lost 8-1 to Yale University, the newly established national champion, 6-3 to Harvard University but topped Columbia University 6-3 to close out the season 10-6. On the other hand, the women’s squash team remained undefeated throughout the weekend with a 9-0 victory over the University of Virginia, 7-2 over Williams College and a nail-biting 5-4 over Drexel University to finish off the season 8-9 with the Kurtz Cup. This season has been one for the books for the Dartmouth men’s squash team. At the very start of the season, the Big Green secured a 5-4 victory over Harvard, who was ranked No. 2 at the time, for the first time in nearly 70 years. In the first match of 2016, the men’s

squash team recorded a 8-1 victory over Princeton, beating the Tigers for the first time ever in Ivy League history.

“Squash is a sport that is predictable in that where you are ranked kind of predicts who you will win or lose to,” Alvin Heumann ’18 said. “[Last year] we really only completed people’s expectations of ourselves in that we beat the teams we were expected to win against, and lost to teams other teams expected us to lose to. Last season was kind of a predictable season, but this season, in the eyes of other team, was definitely unpredictable. I think that we have exceeded everyone’s expectations.”

Before the season even started, the squash team had one goal in mind — to be ranked top eight and subsequently qualify for the A-division to be eligible to compete in the Potter Cup. Dartmouth qualified this year for the first time since the 2011-12 season.

“While our goal at the beginning of the season was to be top eight, and we succeeded in reaching that goal, we weren’t totally satisfied,”

Samuel Epley ’19 said. “Although we achieved our goal of finishing in the top eight, we were still very motivated going into the weekend.

We knew that we could beat some of the top teams, so we put pressure on ourselves to beat some of the other teams [in the Potter Cup].”

In the first round of the Potter Cup, the Big Green took on Yale, resulting in a 8-1 loss. Yale swept nearly every match 3-0 victory for Yale with the exception of first seat Huemann, who was the only one to win his match, and ninth seat Brian Giegerich ’18, who lost 3-1.

In the second round of the tournament, the team played against Harvard. The Crimson, at full strength in the Potter Cup, avenged its loss earlier in the season when its team was missing two of their two players due to injury. Dartmouth started off the game with a substantial lead over Harvard before falling behind.

“We built a 3-1 lead in the overall match score and we had the opportunity to clinch the match, but some of the results didn’t go our way and that took the wind out of our sail so

to speak,” Matt Giegerich ’19 said.

“The last round [of matches] I think we struggled a bit. We couldn’t find our groove. It’s unfortunate that we lost to them, but they’re a good team.”

Finally, the Big Green was set up to play against Columbia on the last day of the tournament. Earlier in the season, the Big Green lost 5-4 to the Lions, but the Big Green flipped the script and ended up winning 6-3.

The Big Green’s seventh place finish this season showed the potential of men’s squash team. The team looks to improve in next year’s season and the rest of the years to come.

Heumann said the top four of the team’s lineup are all underclassmen — all freshman and one sophomore with a returning player in the fifth spot.

“I think it’s expected that all of our top five will get better in the next season,” Heumann said.

Heumann said that the team has three additional freshman players who are expected to play in the top nine next year and strengthen the team. Heumann added that he expects the team to continue to exceed

expectations.

The women’s team started off the Kurtz Cup by crushing Virginia 9-0.

The next day, the women’s squash team continued to play excellently and defeated Williams 7-2, putting them up against Drexel the next day to determine the winner of the tournament.

The match against Drexel came down to the wire. In the first round of the match, Madeline Fraser ’17, Janel Gaube ’18 and Rebecca Brownell ’18 acquired a solid 3-0 lead against Drexel. In the second round of the match, Carly Rizzuto ’19 was the only one to secure a victory, as Zainab Molani ’18 and Tori Dewey ’16 both fell against their opponents.

As a result, the final round would decide the winner.

In the third round, Jacqueline Barnes ’17 and Lydie McKenzie ’16 both fell to their opponents, 3-0 and 3-2 respectively. Emma Roberts ’19, however, was able to win the deciding game in the match 3-0, allowing the women’s squash team to bring home the Kurtz Cup to its new home in Hanover.