The Dartmouth 02/17/16

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Museum celebrates 40 years

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Student Assembly drafts Bill of Rights

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COURTESY OF THE MONTSHIRE MUSEUM

The Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, Vermont recently celebrated its 40th anniversary.

By JOYCE LEE The Dartmouth Staff

The Montshire Museum of Science, an institution that has had a long-standing relationship with the College since its opening in 1976 in Hanover, celebrated its 40th anniversary this January in Norwich, Vermont.

In light of the 40th anniversary, Montshire Museum

has planned a series of new exhibitions and programs for the year, said Marcus Stafne, executive director of the Montshire Museum.

Exhibits include “Human Plus — Real Lives Plus Real Engineering” that looks at human abilities and adaptive technology that can be used to overcome physical challenges. A series of March talks with members

of the Dartmouth community including anthropology professor Jerry DeSilva and Thayer School of Engineering professor Michael Mayor will also take place, Stafne said.

Stafne said the institution was founded by former director of the Dartmouth College Museum, Robert SEE MONTSHIRE PAGE 3

On Feb. 10, Student Assembly announced via a campus-wide email that it has drafted a student Bill of Rights in reaction to student frustrations.

Assembly president Frank Cunningham ’16 said that after the committee shows the draft to the student body, it will undergo further revision before being presented to the administration. He added that Assembly hopes the administration will incorporate the bill into the student handbook, making it a “living document.”

Cunningham noted that a document like this does not exist at other colleges. He said that most colleges have a Bill of Rights for students but it is only intended to clarify the student handbook, not to be incorporated within it. He did mention that students at Georgetown University are working toward a similar

document, but said that besides that “no one has ever tried to do something like this.”

Next Monday a town hall will be held in Collis Common Ground on the first draft of this Bill of Rights.

Jeff Fastow ’18, the cochair of the Committee on Student Affairs, wrote in an email that a key consideration in drafting the Bill of Rights was making sure it was amendable.

“We want this to be a constructive bridge between students and the administration, something to more formally codify both what we value most, and also what rights we are most adamant on retaining,” Fastow said.

Cunningham said that recent policy changes on campus have caused “unneeded tension” across campus.

“We wanted to figure out a way to open up a dialogue between the administration SEE BILL OF RIGHTS PAGE 2

College bans hoverboards on campus and properties

By ALEXA GREEN The Dartmouth

In an email to campus last Thursday morning, director of Safety and Security Harry Kinne announced the ban of self-balancing scooters — commonly known as hoverboards.

The ban prohibits their use, possession or storage on campus and other Dartmouth owned properties.

Residential operations will coordinate the removal of the hoverboards, as many major airlines have banned hoverboards

on traditional flights due to fire concerns over the lithium batteries.

“The concern is that the batteries of hoverboards are known to explode and cause fires and so, we don’t want to have any of these in residence halls or any other campus building simply because of that concern,” director of residential operations Catherine Henault said.

Henault said that she has reached out to vendors in Hanover to see if they can coordinate shipping batteries to student’s homes or other suit-

able places away from campus.

She said that the College ruled out storing batteries and hoverboards on campus, as that would still qualify as a “College facility.”

Hoverboard owner Michael Stones ’19, a point guard on the Big Green’s men’s basketball team, said that the device has made getting around campus very convenient. He added that the ban is going to influence the time it takes him to get to class.

“It made walking easier because I didn’t have to walk anymore,” Stones said. “It’s always nice to save the legs when

you can after practice.”

Kinne said that on campus, very few students rely on hoverboards for transportation and leisure activities.

As one of that small number, Stone said that his hoverboard has become somewhat noteworthy on campus.

“Also because I always use it, people expect me to have it,” Stones said. “This will definitely stop that.”

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating 28 fires in 19 states caused by the hoverboards as well as

the companies that are producing them. Hoverboard360 and a variety of other companies’ products are being investigated for safety concerns. There have been at least 70 ER injuries related to hoverboards, the commission found.

A representative for Hoverboard360, who did not wish to be identified because they were not authorized to speak to the media, said that the company had not received any complaints about their products. The representaSEE HOVERBOARDS PAGE 3

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DAILY DEBRIEFING This past fall, the ALS Finding a Cure Foundation endowed a team of five faculty members at Brown University with a $1.8 million research grant, The Brown Daily Herald reported. The team plans to research the possibility of aberrant genes as a cure for ALS, suggesting that the gene mutations may potentially defend motor neurons.

Depending on its success, the team could receive up to $14 million in the next few years.

Cornell University Provost Michael Kotlikoff announced a four-percent increase in next year’s tuition rate, in addition international student admission will no longer be done on a need-blind basis, The Cornell Daily Sun reported. Students have shown concern about the change, with many expressing that their opinions have been disregarded. Cornell admissions will shift to a need-aware basis for international applicants starting in fall 2017.

Kathleen Bachynski, a Columbia University researcher who studies the correlation between brain injuries and youth football, suggested that youth football must eliminate tackles,the Columbia Daily Spectator reported. Even after concussion symptoms fade, the risks and long-term effects continue. These include deficiencies in cognition and attention, sleep problems, behavioral issues and headaches.

Bachynski asserts that the safety of human brains must be prioritized.

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Town Hall to be held next Monday FROM BILL OF RIGHTS PAGE 1

and the student body,” Cunningham said, adding that the current student handbook has many “gray areas” in terms of student rights. A document produced by the 1985 and 1986 Assemblies provided the foundation for the Bill of Rights draft, he said.

Cunningham said that the Bill of Rights seeks to address three main issues regarding campus life: academics, Safety and Security and Judicial Affairs.

Assembly Chief of Staff Nick Harrington ’17 said, they intend to produce tangible policy changes and stay away from large overarching policies that lack clarity.

“We see these macro-level policy changes happening at Dartmouth like MDF,” Harrington said. “From a student [government] perspective we don’t want student rights cast aside, we want clarity on what the experience of the everyday student will be at Dartmouth, we want clarity from the administration of what that expectation is.”

Co-chair of the Committee on Student Affairs Spencer Furey ’17 said that Assembly has been working on creating a bill of rights since the beginning of the year. The process has involved going through the student handbook and speaking with students.

Furey said that he is excited to get a wide variety of professor and student input at the upcoming town hall.

When asked how he felt about MDF and the Dartmouth administration, Eric Gokee ’19 said that he believed communication between the students and the administration could be improved.

Andrew Sheinberg, a prospective student on campus for Winter Carnival said that a bill of rights would increase his confidence on campus as a student.

Harrington said that a conversation with the administration can only happen after the student body has had one

amongst itself.

After that happens, Cunningham said that Assembly intends to work in conjunction with the administration on the Bill of Rights to “make the best Dartmouth possible.”

“They always come to us and ask how they can better aid the student body,” he said. “I think that from the initial responses we have gotten, and the responses we hope to receive during the town hall, that will be enough proof to say, ‘This is what the student body wants and are you willing to work with me?’”

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Arthur Frank gives a lecture on the power of storytelling and empathy.

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Montshire emphasizes teaching

These projects include one on Hampshire schools and teachers. obesity prevention in children The museum’s name derives from Chaffee. Chaffee headed conversa- by Geisel School of Medicine the last syllables of Vermont and tions in the late 1960s to implement professor and Montshire Board New Hampshire. a community education center of Trustees member Madeline “Paying attention to those comthat was devoted to broadening Dalton. Dalton said that she munity needs and being driven the minds of those in the Upper collaborated with Montshire to by grassroot interests meant that Valley. create a curriculum for seventh we’ve always been cemented and There had also been discussion and eighth graders to look at risk supported by that community,” about closing a scientific collection factors for obesity in the students’ DeFrancis said. “The Upper Valthat was housed on campus at school environments. ley is a pretty unique space in that Wilson Hall.

T he s tudents there’s a lot of people here who C o m m u n i t y “The type of science excelled in both highly value education and are members who their participa- concerned about education, both had enjoyed done here is very tion and their for lifelong learners and education the collection active, so that visitors results, Dalton opportunities for older kids and talked about said. grandkids.” approach the world extracting it “ T h e y b a s i - DeFrancis added that the supfrom the Col- and understand it.” c a l l y d i s c ov - port has allowed the museum to lege to make ered things that grow its science education prothe resources we discovered grams. available to -MARCOS STAFNE, t h r o u g h o u r New exhibits in honor of the c o m m u n i t y EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF own studies,” 40th anniversary will be unveiled members, she said. “I think over the year. In the summer, the Stafne said. THE MONTSHIRE MUSEUM that’s a g reat Montshire will exhibit “TinkerAfter five to example of us ing,” a hands-on exhibition that six years of as researchers will attempt to get visitors engaged discussion, being able to in the pre-engineering process members of translate our re- through different tinkering labs the community helped establish search findings into community that will create projects such as the museum at an old bowling alley. based projects, and for Montshire small robots and pinball machines, In later years, the museum to build on the expertise that’s Stafne said. removed much of the collection, nearby and do outreach to schools Two exhibitions, “Dinosaur because as a study collection it in the area.”

Revolution,” which focuses on pawas more fit for specialists to study Dartmouth biology professor leontology, and “Making Music,” than for visitors to experience in and Montshire Board of Trustees which focuses on the science and the museum’s hands-on style. member Roger Sloboda said that art of musical instrument design, “The type of science done here he worked with the institute under are scheduled for the fall, Stafne is very active, so that visitors ap- a grant from the Howard Hughes said. proach the world and understand Medical Institute. Dartmouth Stafne said that the museum it,” he said. “That’s what the Mont- students worked with students has proven itself as an entity that shire has evolved into — we serve f r o m t h e emanates many different audiences, but the R i ve n d e l l “The Upper Valley is a the “joy of focus is to awaken and encourage a School Disscience,” pretty unique space in that lifelong interest of science through trict in New and that exhibits and presentations that H a m p - there’s a lot of people here for the past encourage hands-on discovery and shire, cul- who highly value education 40 years, it learning for people of all ages.” minating has helped In 2002, the founding of the in demon- and are concerned about p e o p l e Dartmouth-Montshire Institute strations at education, both for lifelong enjoy the for Science Education by Dart- the Montscientific mouth Provost Barry Scherr and shire Mu- learners and education process. opportunities for older kids “What former museum director David seum.

Goudy formalized the frequent “It was and grandkids.” we want to collaboration between the Mont- a t e r r i f i c do for the shire and the College, Scherr said. interaction future is Sherr said that Goudy had of under- -GREG DEFRANCIS, MONTSHIRE make sure wanted to have a mechanism in g r a d u a t e p e o p l e place so that people could work s t u d e n t s , MUSEUM EDUCATION DIRECTOR come and back and forth and coordinate g r a d u a t e u n d e rjoint projects as well as facilitate s t u d e n t s stand that communication in a more formal and other science is way. He added that science educa- students at not some tion at the K-12 level was also an Dartmouth and younger children abstract thing, that we are all sciincentive for creating the institute in learning about science,” Slo- entists, and we need to question so that it could serve as a mecha- boda said. “Our students learned our surroundings, figure out how nism for fulfilling the community to teach and talk and younger things work, and really think about outreach requirements of science children had role models close issues,” Stafne said. “Science can be grants. to their own age who talked and tough and frustrating, so we want Montshire Museum education dressed like them.” people to be able to develop grit, as director Greg DeFrancis said that Montshire, as a largely com- with the ‘Tinkering’ exhibit. But at the institute supports science edu- munity driven organization pays the end of the day, science can be a cation initiatives in the Upper Val- attention to the needs of its com- lot of fun. We’ve been doing really ley. Projects done with researchers munity, DeFrancis said. In the last joyful science and providing experiat the College are brought to K-12 40 years, the community has grown ences of joyful science for the last 40 students as well as to families and to include families throughout New years and for the next 40 years we visitors to the museum, he said.

England and Vermont and New hope to provide more.”

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Hoverboards reported as combustable fire harzard

is actually at fault. It is the inexpensive batteries that are used in these devices tive added that the company’s products that tend to catch fire when then they are CE and UL certified, and that the are charging, at rest, or in use.” batteries used are made externally by The hoverboards present a danger to students and can cause substantial Samsung LG. Products sold or made in the Euro- damage to College property, Kinne pean Economic Area are required to said. Campuses are taking this step as a have the CE conformity marking, indi- precaution because there have been so many instances cating the manufacturer has “It is the inexpensive where hoverhave met production batteries that are used boards spontaneously requirements.

UL certification in these devices that burst into flames, said. Kinne indicates aptend to catch fire when he added that there proval from UL, LLC, a safety they are charging, at have been no instances on Dartconsulting and rest, or in use.” mouth’s campus certification of injury due to company. hoverboard use.

Smart Bal- -HARRY KINNE, DIRECTOR “Simiance Wheel did lar items, like not respond to OF SAFETY AND SECURITY s k at e b o a rd s, requests for where people comment on the consumer safety issue and collegiate can actually injure themselves are allowed,” Kinne said. “We take that risk bans.

Kinne reiterated that the problem because we are not as concerned about with hoverboards was more due to the that as we are where fire is likely.”

Dartmouth is not the first to tembatteries than the product itself.

“The Consumer Product Safety porarily ban hoverboards due to safety Commission has put out notices about concerns. Over 30 schools have either how dangerous [hoverboards] are as partial or full bans on the use, storage far as starting fires,” Kinne said. “It is and ownership of hoverboards on not the hoverboards themselves that campus.

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STAFF COLUMNIST WILLIAM PETERS ’15

GUEST COLUMNIST AVERY FEINGOLD ’17

Why I Voted for Bernie

Losing the Greek War

A vote for change isn’t a wasted vote at all.

An unhappy electorate is a dangerous electorate — at least for establishment candidates.

The Feb. 9 New Hampshire primary was won by two anti-establishment candidates — real estate mogul and reality television star Donald Trump and the democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders. Sanders left New Hampshire with the most votes ever in the state’s primary, beating previous record holder, Sen. John McCain, and besting Democratic rival Hillary Clinton by 22 points. How is it in a state that gives President Barack Obama a 90 percent approval rating, a state with the lowest poverty and murders rates, where unemployment is hovering around 3.1 percent, two political outsiders walked away with such big wins? I can’t speak for the thousands of voters that turned out, but I can speak for myself and why I voted for Bernie.

Let me take you back to a special election in 2010, the one to fill the late Edward M. Kennedy’s vacant seat representing Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate. The race received national attention because the winner would decide the fate of Obama’s healthcare bill, which was ultimately voted down after Scott Brown, the winner of the special election, cast a “nay” vote.

Brown managed to produce a Republican victory in a state that has been long considered a stronghold of the Democratic party. How did he do it? Former Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley had been the anticipated winner as soon as she announced her candidacy. People in Massachusetts often referred to Coakley by her first name. She was warm, personable and friendly to those around her. People liked Martha.

However, they began to like her less when they noticed she was not campaigning. Brown came out of nowhere with a grassroots campaign, going door-to-door and making sure he was seen daily with working people. He seemed passionate about securing what he called “the people’s seat,” in rebuttal to many Democrats referring to the seat as belonging to Kennedy. Gradually, Coakley began to appear out-of-touch and entitled in voters’ eyes. Seen as someone who was part of the establishment, Coakley lost the election to Brown by three points. This sent a message about the effects of voter discontent, a similar one that sent after the New Hampshire primary. I voted for Brown for those reasons and I was proud to send that message. We were unhappy then. We are more unhappy now.

The recent primary was my first time voting

in New Hampshire, and I knew for months that I would be voting for Sanders. Friends and peers have been asking me why. Some say that it’s because I want to see the system fall or that I’ve become a delusional leftist. Others have said that it was a waste of a vote, that I should have supported a more qualified candidate. They’ve asked me if I really believe that Sanders’s plans for single-payer healthcare, free public college and greater taxes on America’s wealthiest individuals were realistic, and I’ve said no. They’ve asked me if I think he can win the nomination and if he did would he be good for the Democratic party? I’ve said no. So, why did I vote for him?

Following Sanders’s 22-point victory, the Democratic party pledged six “super delegates” to Clinton’s campaign, turning the his victory into a 15-15 tie. Super delegates are officials who have already committed to a candidate, thus the primary was a pre-constructed tie. Superdelegates and who they are pledged to can easily be found online, and it’s clear that Sanders has minimal party support. This system is nothing new, but you might just now be realizing that all these years you’ve been participating in a glorified survey that only guarantees an unobstructed vote, not a victory. This system that empowers the establishment on both sides is as bad as the current campaign finance system Sanders hates so much. If Bernie is outside of the establishment, he’s outside of this deplorable anti-democratic system. He gets my vote, my voice.

I voted for Sanders because I think if he does well enough, he will shift the decision calculus on both sides of the aisle in Congress. More importantly, for once in my life, I voted for an idea, not simply a candidate. If we are going to be champions of democracy and economic success in the Western world, we are going to have to make big changes to our political system.

I’ll gladly join the rest of the voters in Sanders’s camp to show our discontent with the status quo.

Frankly, I no longer care about the most qualified or experienced candidate. I care about the one who’s advocating for the most important changes needed for our country. Right now that is Sanders. Sanders isn’t really running for president, and I didn’t vote for him to win the nomination. I voted for him because ballots are how we show support or discontent for ideas and policies in this country, and I believe he’s the only one who allows me to say that we cannot go on like this.

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We need to change the way we think about the Greek system and social spaces.

Last week, The Dartmouth published two opinion pieces lamenting the recent crackdown on Greek houses that committed policy violations and decrying what their authors perceive to be the malicious administration’s latest attempt to cancel all fun and ensure that not a single underage human drinks a sip of alcohol. While Michelle Gil’s and Annika Park’s intentions are noble in condemning what they and others perceive as an affront to cherished traditions and friendships built at Dartmouth, their arguments betray a lack of critical thought all too common in defenses of the Greek system.

I am not writing in support of the administration’s recent efforts or to advocate for the destruction of the Greek system. However, I think that as critics of “Moving Dartmouth Forward” and paternalistic administrations we owe it to ourselves to be realistic. College President Phil Hanlon, Vice Provost for Student Affairs Inge-Lise Ameer and Dean of the College Rebecca Biron do not kid themselves into thinking that they can eliminate all underage drinking at Dartmouth. They are strategic, rational decision-makers who take great pains to conduct research on potential policy decisions.

Their assertion that the Greek system promotes exclusivity is based in real social theory and one cannot dismiss it with the all-too-oft cited red herring “We have the most inclusive Greek system in the country.” If Dartmouth students are to defend Greek life against critics, they will need to drop the strawmen and red herrings and think more critically.

So let’s start by talking about alternative spaces. Gil posits that alternative social events “are not well-attended because they are not heavily desired.” Yet in student surveys there is consistent demand for better alternative social spaces. So let’s stop saying nobody wants them and think about the interaction between the Greek system and other spaces. Gil is absolutely right that students vote with their feet, and that Greek life continues to dominate the polls. Let us consider, just for a moment, why we might choose this option so consistently. Gil reasonably argues that college students’ high demand for parties and alcohol combined with the lack of in-town options for such carousal naturally push students towards Greek life.

But let us imagine Dartmouth without Greek life. This demand would not magically disappear, and as any economics student could attest, it would create large incentives for clubs and bars to open in Hanover, perhaps shifting Dartmouth’s party model to rely more heavily on in-town options (as is the case with many other schools). The argument “We go to Greek houses because there are no in-town options” is not exactly one upon which you would want your whole defense to rest. Dartmouth’s Greek life is as much an assurance of the sterility of Hanover’s nightlife as it is a product thereof.

Now, we may argue, “But bars and clubs are 21-plus!” Does this stop them from dominating party scenes at other schools? No. Gil further posits that student parties would be pushed into dorms. Ignoring the potential of bars and clubs cropping up to fill the void, this seems totally logical. She then insists that

as parties move from Greek houses to more private spaces, the social scene becomes more exclusive. The saving grace of Dartmouth’s Greek scene to Gil is its relative inclusivity.

“Dartmouth has one of the most inclusive Greek systems in the nation” is a useless argument. It contains the underlying assumption that Greek life, of one form or another, is a given. The comparison that needs to be drawn isn’t between Dartmouth’s Greek life and Penn State’s Greek life, but rather between current Greek life and no Greek life at all.

It’s easy to dismiss this, and most of us do, but if the Greek system is to be saved then we need to actually think critically about it and step outside of our own shoes. We need to approach it with — don’t flinch — academic rigor.

From a sociological perspective, Dartmouth Greek life’s “inclusivity” excludes those who do not wish to partake in the system. While parties themselves are more inclusive, the social system as a whole is more exclusive. It is true that parties in dorms and off-campus houses are themselves more exclusive than basement scenes, but more of these exclusive parties actually makes for a more inclusive social scene for those not invited.

Allow me to explain: in the current social climate, Jackie, a moderately social person on the fence about whether or not to engage with Greek life, doesn’t really have much choice but to engage if they want a social scene that may include alcohol, meeting new people and/or the prospect of hooking up. Without a Greek scene, and should Jackie not be invited to a closed-door party on a given night, they would be more likely to explore alternative options.

So in this way, a more “exclusive” social scene would send many people currently around the edges of the Greek system to alternative spaces. This increase in people open to alternative options would draw somewhat less social people out of their rooms, as alternative options would appear more worthwhile with higher attendance.

In the current climate, alternative options carry an implicit shame of “If I go to this, I’m not social enough to actually go out.” The current dominance of a single social scene makes it blatantly obvious who chooses to engage in it and ostracizes those who do not. Under a more decentralized system, this shame is reduced, since everyone does their own thing.

This is the social theory behind reducing the accessibility of the Greek system. I believe this is why the administration does what it does. If there are still Greek houses at Dartmouth in 30 years, it will be because we somehow figured out a way to address this central piece of the administration’s grievance with the Greeks. It will not be because we complained loudly.

Once again, I am not advocating the destruction of the Greek system. It is, as Park and Gil both explain, an important piece of Dartmouth. But right now those laying siege to it are armed with the battering rams and fiery ballistae of academic and intellectual rigor while its defenders fire back with jeers and fistfuls of sand. It’s time to be adults. It’s time to think critically about our space.

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DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY 8:30 a.m.

Jim Lustenader’s Paris Street Photography Exhibition, 7 Lebanon Street, Suite 107

4:30 p.m.

Excerpts from “Youngblood” (2016), presented by author and former U.S. Army Captain Matt Gallagher, Haldeman 41

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“Eternal Amazon” (2012), a film on the utilization of the Amazon rainforest, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center

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“Does Nonrandom Participation in Experiments Matter?” Jason Barabas, Stony Brook University, Silsby 119

4:30 p.m.

“Inspiring Stories from Women in Leadership,” leaders from various sectors share their experiences, Rockefeller Center, Room 003

7:00 p.m.

“Jane Eyre,” an adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s novel directed by Sally Cookson, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center

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Student Spotlight: Artist and illustrator Beverly Alomepe ’17

By WILLIAM TACKETT The Dartmouth

Beverly Alomepe ’17 drew her early artistic inspiration from an atypical source.

When she was younger, she was interested in anime and manga, she said.

Her interest in manga comics encouraged her to take a basic drawing and charcoal art class in high school.

Alomepe noted that she recognized her artistic talent after this class, but decided that pursuing a career in art would be difficult, even prohibitive. She went into Dartmouth thinking about studying biomedical engineering and Chinese.

Her path changed when during her spring term of her first year she took “Drawing 1.”

“From there, my creativity just exploded,” Alomepe said. “I was feeling really, really comfortable in the class.”

After “Drawing 1,” her interest began to shift towards more abstract forms of expression.

“Basically everyone initially sees art as representational. You want it to be based in reality,” Alomepe said.

She went through a time when she questioned if her art was “bad art,” because it did not necessarily represent something concrete or represent it realistically, like, for example, Renaissance paintings do.

“But I’ve become more comfortable with drawing and sculpting things that don’t necessarily represent one thing,

but are multi-faceted,” Alomepe said.

“I ideally want viewers to be confused and see and take what they want from the painting or sculpture.”

Studio art intern Gabriel Barrios ’15, who was in a monoprinting class with Alomepe last year, said her work “relied a lot on patterns.” “[Alomepe] was recalling Baroque at the time when we were studying together. A lot of work like Dada work, abstract expressionist work — early 20th century work,” Barrios said. “Very abstract, but I think in ways that recalled a lot of patterns you would see in weaving and textiles.”

Fellow studio art major, Amarachi Ihionu ’17 echoed Barrios’ description of some of Alomepe’s work as patternoriented. Ihionu said that before they met sophomore year, the two were in different sections of “Drawing 1.”

“We saw the work of the other class and vice versa,” Ihionu said. “I would also see her in the studio. At that time, I didn’t know her, but I was noticing her work and it was pretty eye-catching.”

Ihionu noticed Alomepe’s use of color in particular as a notable characteristic of Alomepe’s work in “Drawing 1”. While “Drawing 1” typically has students use pencil, charcoal and ink in order to establish a focus on line and form, Alomepe’s class was able to use oil pastels, Ihionu said.

Ihionu described Alomepe’s use of color as “very vibrant.”

“I think the way she works is that

the color dictates the composition as opposed to line or form, which is pretty unique in itself. It makes her work stand out,” Ihionu said.

Alomepe was recently featured on the “Artists of Dartmouth” Facebook page. In the photo, Alomepe is surrounded by a group of paintings of figures rendered abstractly in striking colors ­— bright blues, greens and yellows — on equally vivid pattern-based backgrounds.

Alomepe said the project began with one painting featuring a central female figure clutching a baby surrounded by a group of other figures.

“What I wanted to challenge myself to do was take this clearly representational and classical painting and simplify it and break it down into where the light hits each figure and bring the environment to a place where it is very subtly ambiguous but still manages to engage the viewer,” Alomepe said.

From there she experimented with different figures, scenes and color palettes to create a series of these paintings, some portraying the exact same figures, Alomepe said. She took this idea and expanded it in her next painting class, “Painting 2,” but added a sense of place, environment and storyline to her work, Alomepe said.

“I would take figure and place them in these strange, semi-alien but at the same time kind of children’s storybook environments,” Alomepe said.

This children’s book theme has

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Beverly Alomepe ’17 illustrated a free coloring book for children.

continued into one of her more recent projects, a free coloring book called “All the things I can do and can be...!” designed to encourage homeless children and teens of color to pursue science, technology, engineering and math and other areas in which they are underrepresented. Alomepe plans to submit this project as part of a grant application from The Class of 1961 Arts Initiative Fund for a Special Project in the Arts, she said.

Alomepe draws inspiration from surrealist art, admiring its representational aspect combined with its dreamscape quality, as well as found object art.

Some artists that inspire her include El Anatsui, Wangetchi Mutu and Yinka Shonibare. Her fascination with found object art is present in the collages she makes.

“How disjointed art manages to become whole and how it creates shapes and how its shapes interlink is kind of why I find myself drawn to collage,” Alomepe said.

Barrios described Alomepe’s presence in the studio as motivating.

“She’s a very bright person, she’s very warm,” Barrios said. “She does a good job of making people feel really excited about working.”

Osher shows ‘Paris in a Second’ photography exhibit

By ELISE HIGGINS The Dartmouth

With just a second to capture a moment with a camera, a street photographer must have a quick eye and a confident hand.

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is currently showing an exhibit called “Paris in a Second” featuring photographs by Jim Lustenader ’66, taken for his book of the same name.

The exhibit, which opened Feb. 1, is a collection of pictures featuring scenes from daily life in Paris.

Lustenader said he chose to focus on Paris because he finds the city to be charming and inspirational. The casual atmosphere of the city, where people sit outside in cafés or on benches, perfectly matches Lustenader’s technique, he said.

When observing the populated streets of a metropolitan landscape, Lustenader narrows down a subject by looking for relationships.

“What I look for is how people relate to each other in a particular situation or relate to the situation around them,” Lustenader said.

Lustenader said that he chose the style of street photography because he finds pictures with people to be more intriguing. He said that he finds

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Lustenader’s photos hang in the offices of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

landscapes to be uninteresting and portraiture to be too formal, so the candid format of street photography is perfect for him.

His photographs usually feature people interacting with others. Many of his café and metro scenes, which may seem ordinary at first, are powerful

upon further examination. Lustenader’s talent is that he is able to discern the mundane from the extraordinary, to produce photos that are visually striking.

“If I see something shaping up to be a picture I get to it as fast as I can,” Lustenader said. “When it comes it just feels right. It’s one of those things where

you say, ‘That’s it! Aha! I got it!’”

In these scenes of everyday life, the viewer can see his subjects’ humanity. In addition, the candid and casual nature of the pictures add a certain “je ne sais quoi,” making Paris the perfect setting.

Lustenader’s approach to his photography is unique and is part of the reason why Osher wanted to display them, said Laura Belback, program assistant at the institute. Osher only recently began showcasing exhibits, but when choosing artists, those involved look for those with talent as well as an involvement in the community, Belback said.

While Osher now exhibits art, it continues its main focus of holding classes for members of the community. There are three trimesters per year, Belback said, and most classes are held at the Dartmouth Outing Club house.

The addition of art exhibits to Osher can be seen as a way of furthering the organization’s goal of lifelong learning.

Osher began showcasing art exhibits last month, said Diane Doe, administrative assistant at Osher. However, they are a welcome addition according to Doe. “[The art] certainly improves the view from my desk,” Doe said.

The first exhibit displayed watercol-

ors, and the exhibit after Lustenader’s will feature textiles. All three of these exhibits focus on very unique styles of art, Doe said.

Lustenader’s photographic style in particular is unique because of his approach. He focuses on what he calls the “clickpoint,” a brief moment in time that can be representative of everyday life. Lustenader’s pictures display this idea through their candidness and relaxed nature. None of his pictures are staged; instead, they all feature normal people doing everyday activities, Lustenader said.

Lustenader said he chooses to shoot in black and white because the look is “more rich.” He also prefers to use a film camera as opposed to digital because it looks “warmer” and has a “greater range of gray.”

Lustenader believes that his style of photography helps viewers engage with the pictures.

“People looking at the [photo] can appreciate what’s going on and look for a story in the picture,” Lustenader said. “I think if a picture doesn’t have a story it’s kind of flat.”

Lustenader’s exhibit, “Paris in a Second,” will be open until March 31 in the Osher office at 7 Lebanon St, Suite 107 in Hanover.

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Squash teams finish in top ten, men qualify for the Potter Cup

By MATT YUEN

The Dartmouth Staff

Over Winter Carnival weekend, the then No. 5 men’s squash team fell 8-1 to then No. 4, now No. 2 Yale University in Hanover, followed by a 7-2 victory over No. 16 Brown University in Providence. The team finished the regular season 9-4 and ultimately ranked seventh in the country.

The women’s team rose in the rankings, beginning the weekend at No. 11 and rising to No. 9 after falling 9-0 to No. 5 Yale University and securing a 6-3 victory over then No. 9, now No. 11 Brown University. The team finished the regular season 5-9.

Placing top eight in the country has always been one of the dreams of the men’s squash team. Because the Big Green was ranked seventh at the end of the regular season, the team is eligible to compete in the Potter Cup, which only the best eight teams in the country can compete in.

“To see the final ranks today and to see we are in the top eight is a great feeling,” Brian Giegerich ’18 said. “To

know that all your hard work paid off and that you have the chance to compete for the national championship is a feeling like no other.”

However, the journey to the Potter Cup all depended on last week’s games against Yale and Brown.

Yale’s team is currently ranked second in the country. A bulk of the team consists of strong international players from India to Israel. As opposed to other teams that have one or two strong players at the top of the lineup but a few weaker players at the bottom, Yale’s entire lineup is very strong.

“They have really strong players and their team is really deep,” Matthew Giegerich ’19 said. “Players one to nine are really strong. They had a really great year and they’re at a really good position to potentially win the national title.”

After defeating the Big Green last Friday, Yale moved on to beat Harvard University and become the Ivy League Champions. However, the Big Green’s dreams of placing in the top eight were mostly unaffected

because Yale already ranked higher than Dartmouth. In addition, the Big Green’s lineup was significantly impacted by the absence of two of their top six players due to injury: Kyle Martino ’16 and Samuel Epley ’19.

“Yale is a very strong team,” Matthew Giegerich said. “We weren’t expected to win, so it didn’t discourage us too much. We knew that maybe if we had Sam and Kyle in the lineup, we may have fared a little bit better.”

Although the men’s squash team suffered a decisive loss against Yale, they were determined to win against Brown later that weekend, which was a must win for the Big Green to place in the top eight.

“We knew coming in that they were a solid team, but that if we played the way we were capable of, we had a good chance to win,” Matthew Giegerich said.

While the team was confident, the start of the match-up did not exactly play out as planned. Because Brown has a five-court system, the first round had four games while the

second round had five matches. The first round ended 2-2, leaving the Big Green and the Brown Bears at a tie.

However, the team was determined to not let the opportunity to play in the Potter Cup slip away.

“We were a little nervous, but we knew that we could get the job done if we stuck to our game plan,” Giegerich ’19 said. “So we won the last five matches and won 7-2.”

Although Martino and Epley were not able to compete in the past two games, they are expected to recover in time for the national tournament.

“I’m really excited,” Epley said.

“I thought I was definitely out for the season, so it really worked out well.”

The women ended the regular season with a strong 6-3 victory against Brown after losing to Yale 9-0, finishing the season 5-9. The team will move on to play in the Hoehn Cup, played between the teams ranked 9 through 16.

During Friday’s game against Yale, Yale’s strong women’s squash team shut down the Big Green. Even Janel Gaube ’18, who had a six-match

winning streak, was defeated 3-0 in games that ended in extra points.

However, the women’s squash team saw an opportunity to redeem themselves against Brown on Sunday.

Dartmouth jumped out ahead early when Lydie McKenzie ’16 and Tori Dewey ’16 both secured 3-1 victories.

A huge comeback was staged by Carly Rizzuto ’19, down by two after the first two games, who ended up taking opponent Purvi Goel in the final three games. After Gaube fell to conclude the first round, Dartmouth was up 3-1, still ahead but not safe from the threat of a Brown comeback.

In the second round of squash, Zainab Molani ’18 and Rebecca Brownell ’18 secured 3-0 victories to steal the match victory for Dartmouth. Madeline Fraser ’17 won her match in five games while both Emma Roberts ’19 and Jacqueline Barnes ’17 both lost their games in the second round.

The men and women’s squash teams are set to compete in the CSA Team Championships Feb. 26 to 28 at Yale.

Men’s tennis takes fifth in ECAC, women sweep weekend

By MARK CUI

The Dartmouth Staff

Over the weekend, the No. 34 Dartmouth men’s tennis team played in the ECAC Indoor Championship in Philadelphia, which consisted of St. John’s University and all the Ivy League teams except Columbia University.

The team played a total of three teams during the tournament, falling to the University of Pennsylvania in a tough 3-4 battle but rallying to defeat Brown University 4-0 and St. John’s 4-1 to secure fifth place.

On the road, the No. 42 Dartmouth women’s team followed up last week’s solid performance in the ECAC Winter Championship with a close 4-3 victory over No. 49 Boston College and a 7-0 sweep of Boston University.

“It’s a good tournament,” men’s head coach Chris Drake said of the ECAC Indoor Championship. “You get to have a look at all the teams and vice versa. It was very competitive. All the teams there are very close. All the matches were close as well, coming down to a few points here and there.

Everyone’s pretty close, so we gotta do what we can to keep improving.”

On Feb. 12, Dartmouth came in to the ECAC Indoor Championship as

the second seed and was matched up with the seventh seed and host Penn in the first round. Despite the higher seed, the team lost in a close 3-4 battle, going 2-1 in doubles and 2-4 in singles. Like last week, the Big Green got off to a hot start, with the duos of Max Fliegner ’18 and Max Schmidt ’17 and George Wall ’17 and Brendan Tannenbaum ’16 securing the doubles point with 6-3 and 6-2 victories respectively.

After a close-fought battle, the singles were unable to follow up.

Dartmouth’s first four singles all lost across the board, with Dartmouth’s No. 50 Dovydas Sakinis ’16 falling in a tough three-set match against Penn’s Kyle Mautner. Ciro Riccardi ’18, Tannenbaum and Fliegner all followed suit and fell in straight sets. Wall and Schmidt picked up the sole single wins with respective scores of 6-2, 6-4, and 6-4, 6-3.

On the second day of the tournament, Dartmouth followed up the loss to Penn with a 4-0 sweep of Brown, going 2-0 in doubles and 3-0 in singles. Once again, the duos of Wall and Tannenbaum and Fliegner and Schmidt quickly secured the doubles point with 6-1 and 6-3 finishes. Sakinis, Wall and Eddie Grabill ’19 picked up the required three singles wins to take

the match, with each victory coming in straight sets. Dartmouth was leading in the other three singles matches, but play was suspended after the Big Green had already secured the match.

On Sunday, the final day of the tournament, Dartmouth claimed a 4-1 victory over St. John, going 2-0 in doubles and 3-1 in singles. Though Dartmouth won the doubles point for the third time over the weekend, it was particularly close, with No. 49 Sakinis and Roko Glasnovic ’19 etching out a 6-4 win and Wall and Tannenbaum claiming a tight 7-5 victory. The singles followed suit, with Riccardi claiming a tight 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-2 win, Fliegner securing a 7-6 (5), 6-4 win and Grabill taking the required third singles point with a 6-4, 6-2 victory.

Drake praised the team’s bounce back performance after the devastating Penn loss.

“I thought our guys did a good job of trying to stay positive and claw our way back to play some good tennis,” Drake said. “I thought our guys have pulled ourselves back up the past few days and we’ve been playing better tennis as well.”

The men’s tennis team, now 7-4 on the season, will next host the University of Minnesota on Feb. 19.

Joseph Haig ’19 stressed the importance of maintaining that competitive energy, which contributed to the team wins against Brown and St. John, to take down the visiting Gophers.

The women’s team traveled to Boston over the weekend, playing both BC and BU. On Saturday, Dartmouth defeated BC in a closely contested 4-3 match, going 2-1 in doubles and 3-3 in singles. The Big Green continued its strong doubles play. With the duo of Katherine Yau ’16 and Julia Schroeder ’18 winning 6-1, and the tandem of Jacqueline Crawford ’17 and Julienne Keong ’16 falling 3-6, the doubles point came down to No. 7 pair Taylor Ng ’17 and Kristina Mathis ’18, who cruised through with a 6-3 win.

Dartmouth’s singles won just enough to secure the match in a very intense matchup. The two teams continuously traded wins and losses. With Dartmouth down 2-3 after losses by Dartmouth’s Ng, Yau and Mathis and victories by Dartmouth’s Crawford and Schroeder, Allison Chuang ’19 clinched the match with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Boston College’s Wan-Yi Sweeting. Yau said it was incredible to see Chuang, a freshman, seal the 4-3 victory.

“Our coach always says it is a privi-

lege to be the deciding match in a 3-3 match, and I definitely agree with him,” she said. “It takes composure, positivity and belief to pull out a third set 3-3 match, and Allison was definitely able to do that. Her energy and calmness played a huge role in allowing her to overcome her opponent, and I was really proud to see her persevere through the ups and downs of that match.”

The Big Green followed the encouraging win at Boston College to bagel BU 7-0. The sole loss was from the first doubles team of Ng and Mathis, who fell 6-7. The two duos of Yau and Schroeder and Keong and Crawford secured the doubles point with 6-4 and 6-1 victories.

In singles, three of the matches went into three set matches, with Dartmouth coming out on top in all three. Mathis won against BU’s Johanna Kostirko 6-0, 3-6, 6-4, Crawford defeated BU’s Sabrina Faybyshev 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, and Ng defeated Johanna Hyoty 6-4, 3-6, 6-1. Yau, Schroeder and Chuang completed the sweep with straight set victories.

Next weekend, the Dartmouth women will host two teams, No. 62 Minnesota on Saturday and the University of Massachusetts on Sunday.

Both matches are set to begin at noon.