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Of women who George Pataki talks politics rushed, 79 percent received bids

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Three hundred and forty-six women participated in fall term sorority recruitment, which lasted from Sept. 28 to Oct. 5. Of those who rushed, 273 received a bid from one of seven houses participating in formal Panhellenic recruitment, according to Panhell executives.

Thirty-seven bids were extended at Alpha Phi sorority, 39 at Alpha Xi Delta sorority, 44 at Chi Delta sorority and 43 at Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority, representatives of the organizations said. Epsilon Kappa Theta sorority, which did not participate in Panhellenic recruitment, extended 21 bids through its shake-out process.

Representatives from Kappa Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Sigma Delta sororities did not respond to request for comment by press time.

The number of bids extended from each individual sorority are roughly on par with numbers from last year, though the total number of bids extended dropped by 24. Overall, of the total number of women who rushed, 21 percent either withdrew from the process or did not receive bids.

During the first round of recruitment last Monday and Tuesday, potential new members attended parties hosted by each sorority, after which they selected their top four and ranked their bottom three choices. Panhell vice president of recruitment Sarah Young ’16 said that the 15 minute-long financial aid SEE RUSH PAGE 5

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Presidential candidate George Pataki spoke about America’s economic future on Monday.

B y SAVANNAH MAHER The Dartmouth

Five months after formally announcing his bid for the Republican presidential nomination inExeter,NewHampshire,former New York governor George Pataki returned to the Granite State on Monday night and spoke to a small crowd of students, faculty and Upper Valley community members in the Georgiopoulos Classroom at the Tuck School of Business.

Co-sponsored by the Tuck Center

for Global Business and Government and the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, Pataki’s lecture was the first in a series which will feature presidential candidates addressing the topic of America’s economic future.

Pataki’s lecture touched on topics ranging from America’s corporate regulatory system to global climate change. He proposed smaller government, fewer tax codes and increased political bipartisanship as key components to economic success.

Former New Hampshire Governor John Lynch (D), a senior fellow at the Center for Global Business and Government and the event’s organizer, said that a number of campaigns have been invited to speak as part of the series.

He emphasized that Dartmouth students have a unique opportunity to hear directly from candidates because of New Hampshire’s firstin-the-nation primary status.

“Inmostotherstates,campaigns SEE PATAKI PAGE 2

Event emphasizes community AD appealing Hanover zoning decision

B y ZACH BENJAMIN The Dartmouth

In the wake of the women’s sorority recruitment process, women from across campus gathered at Casque and Gauntlet senior society and One Wheelock Monday night to celebrate their collective identity as women at Dartmouth.

The gathering, named “Sisters of Dartmouth,”

was organized by Hui Cheng ’16, Sera Kwon ’17, Priya Ramaiah ’17, Laura Sim ’16 and Lauren Yeager ’16. It aimed to serve as an inclusive space for all women at the College, regardless of their Greek affiliation or lack thereof, they said.

Cheng, who served as the primary organizer for Sisters of Dartmouth, had the idea for the event earlier this term.

Remembering her own

experiences as a sophomore going through women’s rush, she said she decided to set up an event to remind the women on campus that they all have a place at Dartmouth.

“The process of sorority recruitment, I think, tends to lead certain groups of women, and women in general, to feel at times like they’re

SEE SISTERS PAGE 3

B y ERIN LEE

The Dartmouth Staff

Alpha Delta fraternity is appealing the Hanover Zoning Board of Adjustment’s decision that forced members to vacate the house, AD chairperson Lionel Conacher ’85 said.

“We’re not suing the town, we’re not suing anybody,” he said. “We’re going through the normal appeal process that’s part

of being a property owner.”

In August, the derecognized fraternity filed an appeal in the Grafton County Superior Court against the town of Hanover to contest the “incorrect” decision, he said.

“We want to be able to preserve our rights in the future to continue to use the house for residential purposes,” Conacher SEE APPEAL PAGE 5

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DAily debriefing Second-year Geisel School of Medicine student Adrianna Stanley was one of 21 fellows chosen to receive the Benjamin H. Kean Travel Fellowship in Tropical Medicine, Geisel announced. This award credits students in their medical accomplishments and encourages them to further their tropical medicine endeavors. Stanley attributes her success in receiving this award to the prodding of Geisel professor Lisa Adams. The fellowship provided Stanley with the opportunity to support her Latin American roots by working against diseases in Iquitos, Peru, a city in the Amazon Basin.

While there, Stanley researched the causes of Plasmodium vivax malaria — a common and extreme form of malaria in Peru. This job also offered Stanley insight into the world of scientific investigation and field experience working with tropical diseases. In the future, Stanley intends to pursue work as a disease clinician in Latin America.

The National Institute of Health recently awarded Dartmouth’s NH-INBRE (New Hampshire IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence) program $18.1 million to further develop its program aimed toward biomedical research, Geisel announced. NH-INBRE encompasses a collaborative group of colleges, in which the University of New Hampshire and Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine lead the forefront. According to the Geisel News Center, NH-INBRE offers technical training programs, funding for researchers and research employment opportunities for undergraduates in New Hampshire to further their biomedical research. NH-INBRE will use the money from the grant to advance its development in regards to nursing and particularly focus on the summer’s undergraduate nursing researching program.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, in conjunction with Elliot Health System and Frisbie Memorial Hospital, will collaborate with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care to form Benevera Health, according to a DHMC news release. Benevera Health seeks to minimize the costs of New Hampshire’s health care and while improving its quality.

Unlike other similar companies, Benevera is not an insurance company — rather, partner health care systems and Harvard Pilgrim own it and direct the company’s focus towards health improvement. Benevera plans to reach its goal of improving and regulating population growth through many factors. These include supplying health care clinicians with greater sources of information, establishing health monitoring systems and spreading information about results of medical processes and treatments. Benevera Health will begin on Jan. 1, 2016.

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“People over politics,” Pataki said FROM PATAKI PAGE 1

“In most other states, campaigns are conducted through the media,” he said.

“But here, candidates really do engage in retail politics where they’re able to talk directly with voters.“ Pataki’s campaign website and brochures tout the slogan “People over politics,” a motto that was repeated throughout his 20-minute lecture.

“Washington has become a planet apart — an insider’s game,” Pataki said, pointing to political corruption among Washington elites as a major source of economic turmoil.

If elected president, Pataki stated that he would ban all elected federal officials from registering as lobbyists at the end of their political careers. Pataki also proposed lowering corporate tax rates, decreasing the “regulatory burden” on corporations and lowering the “size, power and cost” of federal government to better the economic climate.

In response to an audience member’s question about government funding of scientific endeavors, Pataki said that more “pure research” in universities, nonprofit organizations and the private sector should be funded to allow private companies to advance technology.

Pataki remarked that the Republican party as a whole must “embrace science” by accepting vaccine science, the theory

of evolution and global climate change.

He expressed support for fracking and construction of the Keystone XL pipeline as “21st-century solutions” to America’s energy crisis.

When asked about decreasing the cost of higher education, Pataki said that he was “open to suggestions” on the matter, but offered reducing regulations on colleges and universities and decreasing the size of academic administrations as solutions.

Pataki also cited a program designed under his administration as governor that rewarded students for entering science, technology, engineering and mathematics — commonly referred to as STEM — fields by forgiving tuition costs and student loan debt as a tool to lower the cost of attending college.

On the subject of global refugees, Pataki stated that families fleeing harmful situations are “deserving of the compassion of the West,” but that the United States has “no obligation” to economic refugees looking to “get around immigration laws.”

He also expressed concern that terrorist organizations such as the Islamic State — also known as ISIS or ISIL — are using refugee crises to get “radicalized people” into the West.

Adil Ahsan ’19, a student in the audience, said that he attended the event to learn more about Republican

candidates, having followed primarily Democratic candidates in the news.

Ahsan said that Pataki was more “nuanced in his approach” than some of the more visible candidates like businessman Donald Trump.

“I agree with his trying to cut down the government, because bureaucracy can sometimes act for it’s own sake and not for the people,” Ahsan said. “But I don’t agree with his policy on taxes and on global intervention. The vibe I got was that he’s very interventionist.”

Another audience member, Henrique Bahr Tu’16, said he thinks that Pataki’s campaign differs from that of other Republican candidates in terms of policy and ideology.

“It was an interesting speech, given that he’s a conservative but he was touching on subjects like science — things that Republicans are, to some extent, stubborn about.” Bahr said. “He was more [politically] centered and more bipartisan.”

Prior to the public lecture, Pataki also met with students in the Rockefeller Center for an informal meet-and-greet.

Pataki was elected governor of New York in 1994 and served three consecutive terms before leaving office in 2006 to practice law in New York City. He announced his presidential candidacy in May 2015. The 2016 presidential election marks his first national campaign.

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Event promotes community, regardless of Greek affiliation FROM SISTERS PAGE 1

not part of the Dartmouth community,” Cheng said. “We wanted to have this event to remind all women on campus that they are.”

The event ran from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. The first half took place in Casque and Gauntlet, a coeducational senior society on campus, and included food and group improvisation courtesy of Casual Thursday, entertaining the crowd with short-form sketches. Organizers said the focus of this first stage, which was more informal, was to provide a social space for women of all backgrounds to talk freely with one another.

At 9 p.m. the gathering moved to One Wheelock. In conjunction with the radio program “This Dartmouth Life,” five women spoke to the audience about their experiences both in and out of the Greek system. In addition, the band Half the City provided live music and entertainment for the crowd.

The entire concept of the event was “empowering,” Lauren Harris ’16, who attended the event, said.

She said she came because it was very important to her that there were social spaces open to all women on campus regardless of their affiliation.

Tori Neville ’16 agreed, saying that she attended the event because she wanted to help create a place of support for unaffiliated women on campus.

Sisters of Dartmouth was cosponsored by Link Up, a female peer mentoring group on campus.

Link Up booked One Wheelock as a venue for the event and helped promote the gathering by sending out emails to self-identified women at the College. Other groups on campus also provided financial sponsorship and verbal support for the event, including the Panhel-

lenic Council, OPAL, Sexuality, Women and Gender Advising, the Rockefeller Center and Student Assembly.

Link Up co-presidents Liz Gold ’17 and Sarah Han ’17 agreed with Cheng about the necessity of the event.

“I think that rush can be very stressful for a lot of girls,” Han said.

“During this time, it’s really hard for a lot of people to remember that Dartmouth is way more than your Greek affiliation and who you are is way more than your Greek affiliation.”

Gold also praised the event and its focus on inclusivity, saying that she wished there were more functions like it on campus. She said she appreciated that the event remained neutral on the topic of Greek life, compared to past events which have been strongly “pro-Greek or antiGreek,” and noted that the event was early enough in the evening that sorority members could still attend bid night if they wanted.

She also said that she felt this event had a strong presence with women on campus, thanks to heavy promotional efforts and dialogue about the event.

Panhellenic Council communications director Allison Chou ’17 also expressed her support for the event.

“There are women who maybe go through the Panhellenic recruitment process and do not get the results they’d hoped for or choose to go forward with the process,” Chou said. “We think Sisters of Dartmouth is an incredible resource to remind those women and all the self-identified women of Dartmouth that we are a community.”

This is not the first time such an event has been proposed, but previous attempts have lacked the necessary support to succeed, Cheng said.

“Every fall there’s been an event like this [organized],” she said.

“So when I came back to campus, I hadn’t heard about anybody else trying to do this event again this fall, so I thought, ‘Why don’t I do it?’”

Han spoke positively of Cheng for her role in organizing the event.

She said that Cheng, in addition to formulating the idea, put in a considerable amount of time and energy preparing for the event.

Cheng herself was quick to point out the impact of those who assisted her.

“I’m very hesitant to say that I’m ‘the organizer’ of it because I don’t think it would have been possible without the four other women who helped me,” she said.

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Women gathered in Casque and Gauntlet senior society on Monday night.

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Women enjoy a game of poker during the “Sisters of Dartmouth” event.

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Staff Columnist MICHAEL BEECHERT ’16

CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST TADEAS UHLIR ’19

The College’s AP Calculus

More Guns, More Psychiatrists

Academic standards do not explain the decision to stop awarding AP credit.

As reported by this paper on Oct. 1, one year has passed since the College instituted its new Advanced Placement credit policy. Departing from its established practice, Dartmouth announced it would no longer grant credit for qualifying scores on AP exams taken in high school. The justification provided by administrators centered on maintaining standards of academic rigor throughout students’ four years in Hanover — high levels of achievement on standardized tests would apparently allow a significant number of students to circumvent the rigorous scholastic standards the College professes to uphold. This policy, keeping in character with a frighteningly large number of policy decisions made by the College in recent years, is misguided and should be reversed.

The College’s conception of “rigor,” which supposedly formed the basis for this policy shift, seems to morph according to the circumstance.

In a Sept. 9 interview with The Dartmouth, College President Phil Hanlon explained how a theater course could qualify as a “high-rigor experience.” I would hazard a guess that most students, including theater majors, would not first think of that particular discipline when asked to provide an example of a traditionally rigorous course. If median grades are any indication of rigor — many would say they are — then Hanlon’s hypothetical theater course is not subject rigorous grading standards. An analysis from Dartblog shows that from 2007-11, the courses in the theater department had the highest average median grade — 3.90 — of any department on campus. While the type of active engagement with the material that is present in theater courses has tremendous value, it would be a mistake to characterize this type of experience as rigorous if a low bar for distinction accompanies it. Similarly, the College’s proposal to introduce earlier class times on Tuesday and Thursday mornings fails to accurately capture the meaning of academic rigor. Students who are more tired will be unlikely to retain or think deeply about what is discussed in class.

Rather, rigor requires a challenging and demanding atmosphere, where only the mastery of

difficult material is rewarded. Anecdotally, I can attest that several of the AP courses I completed in high school fit this description better than some of my experiences at the College, and I am sure that many of my peers are able to say the same.

Administrators act foolishly and arrogantly when they refuse to address the real problem behind the lack of rigor on this campus — that is, lowered expectations in the classroom — and instead point to AP credit and issues like late class start times as boogeymen. Princeton and Yale Universities, for what it’s worth, have no problem giving students AP credits that count toward graduation. They do not seem too concerned about any detrimental effect on the student experience or on their own institutional reputations.

The cynic in me suspects that the College’s choice to eliminate AP credit was at least partially grounded in rationale less lofty than upholding academic standards. Many students, myself included, could spend fewer than 12 terms enrolled in classes by taking advantage of the former policy. Doing so frees up time to concentrate on other pursuits, such as theses, and saves tens of thousands of dollars in tuition money. Under the new policy, it will be extremely difficult to follow the same type of path. I would be curious to find out how much additional tuition revenue the College will take in per year as a result of more students spending the full 12 terms in residence.

My guess is that the sum is not insignificant.

Perhaps most regrettably of all, the College’s policy will give promising high school students yet another reason to choose different undergraduate institutions. The potential to open up one’s academic schedule by not having to repeat material already learned is naturally appealing, as is the ability to significantly reduce the cost of a bachelor’s degree. While it is true that some of our “peer institutions” do not grant AP credit, Dartmouth’s previous policy constituted at least one advantage over such schools in the minds of would-be students. The College has, once again, inflicted a wound upon itself with a short-sighted policy change. One can only hope that the College drops the latest iteration of its academic rigor script and chooses to reverse course.

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The canned responses to gun massacres are sounding increasingly absurd.

The Umpqua Community College massacre in Oregon marks the 32nd mass shooting incident since the beginning of the 2015 in which at least four people died. On average, one such shooting has happened every nine days. After adding incidents in which at least four people were shot, but not necessarily killed, the number rockets to at least the 294th shooting — on average more than one incident per day. Given that trends do not change overnight, there will likely be another shooting tomorrow. So the question is — will we do anything to stop that?

If history is any indication, probably not.

The last major gun control law was adopted in 1994. That law expired in 2004, and since then, the United States has not seen any solid moves toward stricter federal laws on gun control. On the contrary, the Supreme Court struck down District of Columbia laws restricting possession of firearms in 2008 and expanded on that decision in 2010. It defies logic that in a country where approximately 60 percent of those homicides are caused by firearms and these mass shootings are routine occurrences, gun policy has not changed in more than two decades. The fact that I am not allowed to purchase any alcohol but can order a new semi-automatic rifle online within 30 minutes is telling. Common sense is being ignored.

Probably the most ridiculous of all is the argument that we do not have enough guns. Under this line of thought, removing gun-free zones will prevent shootings by allowing people to carry their weapons in cinemas, schools and all other public spaces. Somehow, we are to believe that a determined gunman would be either subdued before his attack or killed right after he opened fire. In Oregon, it is highly improbable that armed students would have stopped the killer — armed with six weapons and a bullet-proof vest — right at the beginning. It’s understandable that people in shock would hardly be able to stand up against a heavily armored man.

In any other developed country, a mass shooting tragedy would lead most to decide that it is time to limit gun sales. Yet American gun rights activists seem to draw different conclusions, apparently living in a wild west fantasy where selling more

guns is the solution. As National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre asserted, “the best way to stop a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun.”

The idea of “good guy versus bad guy” is so twisted because the world is, surprisingly, not a fairy tale. The bad guy is not a lone wolf in the dark with huge teeth. Unfortunately, it is hard to recognize a “bad guy” until he starts shooting — and then it is too late. He is often someone who was always thought of as a good guy but secretly harbored animosity toward certain people.

On the issue of mental health, gun rights activists state that it is not the gun that kills people, but rather the gunman — often mentally ill — that kills people. Of course, this is true. There is no place in the world where guns voluntarily kill people.

The real matter at hand is how to prevent these deaths. For Republican presidential candidates, the answer is mental health care. Donald Trump says it is “another mental health problem.” Ben Carson says “the issue is the mentality of these people.” Marco Rubio talks about a number of “issues,” but never mentions the availability of guns. They all show a willful ignorance, overlooking other countries’ measures — measures that worked.

The ultimate gun rights argument is the U.S. second constitutional amendment. The applicability of the second amendment, though among the shorter provisions in the Bill of Rights, is not so obvious — the Supreme Court’s 5-4 splits for the most recent cases on whether it actually protects individual right to bear arms show just how ambiguous the law is. Two hundred and fifty years after the second amendment was written, it is still not clear how to interpret it.

It is time to recognize that NRA leaders might not be obsessed with freedom or protection. I would suggest a simpler explanation — they just love guns and want to keep them. They will post pictures of guns, they will organize gun shows and they will decorate their walls with new firearm equipment. And while the NRA prints articles on how to “spice up your Ruger 10/22,” another potential shooter will be free to buy guns he can use to commit a massacre.

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Alpha Delta fraternity appealing Hanover zoning decision

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Alpha Delta fraternity is appealing to to use the house as a student residence.

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said.

Former AD president Ryan Maguire ’16 declined to be interviewed for this article and deferred comment to Conacher.

Students lived in the house throughout the summer, Hanover

town manager Julia Griffin said.

The town sent AD a notice in early September that ordered students to move out of the house as the fraternity was no longer recognized by the College and thus cannot function as a student residence, she said.

Fraternity representatives are

arguing that the 9 East Wheelock residence should be exempt from the zoning ordinance, Griffin said.

She said under the current ordinance, AD’s house is in an institutional zone because of its location on Dartmouth’s campus. While the fraternity was recognized by the College, the house operated as a student residence, she said.

At this point, allowing students to live in the house would require it to be a private residence, which is not allowed within an institutional zone.

“They would have to get a special exception from the zoning board,” she said.

She added that the basis of the fraternity’s appeal is whether the house is grandfathered, meaning the house is exempt from Hanover’s current zoning ordinance because the house hosted students before the ordinance was put in place.

According to zoning board documents, the board denied AD’s grandfather clause appeal in a ruling on June 4. The decision was not unanimous — chair Carolyn Ra-

disch and board members Arthur Gardiner and H. Bernard Waugh Jr. voted to deny AD’s appeal, while Katherine Connolly and David Donegan voted to approve it. Connolly and Radisch did not respond to requests for comment.

Both Griffin and Conacher confirmed that the house and its parking lot have been vacant since AD received notice from the town before the term started.

“For the foreseeable future, the house should remain vacated until this issue is resolved,” Griffin said.

AD was derecognized as a student organization effective April 20, a decision related to the branding of new members last fall and violations of terms of its suspension, including hosting unregistered parties and serving alcohol to minors. At the time of AD’s derecognition, the College asked members to move out of the house — though many elected not to, under the advisement of AD’s zoning and land use attorney, Maguire said last spring.

The fraternity appealed to re-

verse the College’s decision in May, but Provost Carolyn Dever denied the request after approximately three weeks of deliberation. AD’s newly elected board of directors voted not to accept a rush class this fall.

Hanover police chief Charlie Dennis said that last November that the police department had received information that some form of hazing had occurred at AD. Hanover police investigated the claims and determined toward the end of this past summer that no criminal offense had occurred, he said.

Dennis said the police have had no involvement the dispute over AD’s residence.

Conacher said there is no set timeline for the appeal, as it depends on how long it takes the court to assign a hearing date.

A decision from the superior court on the case could be a “lengthy process” that could take many months, Griffin said, as the court is backlogged due to understaffing and underfunding.

Panhell hopes to make rush more inclusive and transparent FROM RUSH PAGE 1

presentations typically presented at each house during the first round were replaced with digital brochures so that prospective new members — or PNMs — and sorority members could have more and longer conversations.

“We felt that the PNMs weren’t getting a lot of information out of the programming and finance talks,” Young said. “Putting it in booklet form allowed the PNMs who were interested in programming or finance in particular to go back and review the information in their own time, in a setting where they are more likely to retain the information.”

For the second round on Friday and Saturday, PNMs were called back to one to four houses, and again selected their top two and ranked their bottom two choices.

After submitting final choices on Sunday after attending preference night parties, PNMs received their house bids on Monday.

“We were really excited about round two because every single PNM was asked back to at least one house, and that’s something that we’re very proud of because one of our main goals is to be an inclusive organization,” Young said. “We know that the Greek system has this stigma of being an exclusive system. It’s inherently exclusive in the way membership selection works. The fact that

every PNM was asked back to at least one house during round two means that each sister who wanted a place did have one in the Greek system.”

In the spring of 2014, Panhell announced a new policy that would guarantee that each women participating in rush would be called back to at least four houses for round two. During recruitment last fall, Panhell executives called sorority presidents asking them to invite more women to the second round, but two sororities refused — meaning that some women still did receive fewer than four invitations.

Chi Delta, which officially separated from its former national organization, Delta Delta Delta, went through its first formal recruitment process this term.

According to Young, most of the sororities on campus that are currently linked to a national governing body have been discussing the idea of localizing.

“I was very impressed with the [number of preferences for] Chi Delta, which was promising in terms of localization,” Young said.

“We are really interested to see how localization impacted the recruitment process and if it changed the outcome or number of preferences they received. We definitely saw a positive trend there, so that was reassuring, especially considering there is a trend on campus toward localization.”

For the second year, Epsilon Kappa Theta sorority held its own shake-out process outside of formal Panhellenic recruitment, in which PNMs attended one of two events before being offered bids.

Of the 21 bids extended, 20 were accepted.

“Since it’s still a new system, I think a lot of people were still confused,” Theta president Sally Kim ’16 said. “I was sad to hear that some girls thought you had to rush to shake out, you can’t

participate in both or if you get a bid from us on the first day, you can’t rush — even though that’s not true. I think there are still some misconceptions because it is so new, and I’m hoping that we will find ways to advertise the rules more clearly.”

According to vice president of public relations Allison Chou ’17, the Panhellenic Council is focusing on two areas of improvement regarding rush — transparency and inclusivity, regarding both

racial and socioeconomic diversity.

Chou said that currently, the Panhellenic Council covers 75 percent of financial need.

“We really want any woman who wants to join a sorority to be able to be a part of any sisterhood, and not have to select her sisterhood based on financial aid options in that chapter,” Chou said. “So the long term goal would be to cover any need that’s not covered by individual houses through the Panhellenic scholarship.”

RED, SET, TANGO

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Students practiced the Argentine Tango in Sarner Underground on Monday afternoon.

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THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2015

DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY 12:00 p.m.

“An Appreciation of Robert Caldwell’s Contributions to Cosmology,” physics and astronomy seminar, Wilder 202

3:30 p.m.

“Proton Acceleration at Injection Fronts in the Inner Magnetosphere,” Wilder 111

4:15 p.m.

“Understanding Egocentric Images, for Fun and Science,” presented

by David Crandall of Indiana University Bloomington, Moore B03

TOMORROW 2:00 p.m.

Graduate and professional school fair, Alumni Hall, Hopkins Center for the Arts

4:00 p.m.

“Against the Erinyes,” lecture with Dimitrios Yatromanolakis of Johns Hopkins University, Carpenter Hall 21

7:00 p.m.

“Collecting and Teaching: Fulfilling the Mission of a College Art Museum,” adult course, Hood Museum of Art

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THE DARTMOUTH ARTS

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Strauss Gallery exhibition features visiting faculty

faculty exhibitions is that students who have studied with these visitThe Dartmouth Staff ing faculty can see what they do,” The first of two visiting faculty Auten said. exhibitions — which together will Though all the works are by feature works by the 14 visiting visiting professors, there is no professors that have taught at the explicit theme tying the exhibition College since the opening of the together, Auten said.

Black Family Visual Arts Center — The lack of theme gave the opened in the artists an opStrauss Galportunity to “My process is very lery on Sept. experiment 22nd, direc- intuitive and it comes with their tor of exhi- from the materials. I pieces. Hein bitions and Koh ’98, one studio art pro- started working with of the showfessor Gerald the pantyhose, and cased artAuten said. It ists, taught then I discovered this features the at the Colwork of pro- clear resin and started lege in the fessors Sarah playing around with fall of 2013 Amos, Paul and winter Bowen, Ar- the materials. I didn’t of 2014. Koh iel Freiberg, necessarily have a submitted a Hein Koh, Juculptural concept in mind, but as spiece lie Puttgen, called Ed ward del I play with the materials “Blue Balls” Rosario and something comes out of that is curJessica Tam. rently on dis T h e s t u - it.” play. dio art de “ M y partment freprocess is - Former studio art quently hosts very intuitive visiting pro- professor Hein koh ’98 and it comes fessors, and from the there can be m at e r i a l s, ” up to three Koh said. “I visiting facstarted workulty and critics each term. All ing with the pantyhose, and then students enrolled in a studio art I discovered this clear resin and course must attend the presenta- started playing around with the tions of visiting artists. materials. I didn’t necessarily “I think the value of these have a concept in mind, but as I

B y Haley Gordon

play with the materials something comes out of it.”

Without the need to conform to any theme or influence, Koh was able to allow the materials to determine her direction.

“I found that my work was just throwing a reference to body and sexuality, these things that I was interested in started coming out in my work,” she said.

Bowen originally came to the College as an artist-in-residence, but later taught classes and more recently served as a visiting faculty member. Bowen’s piece, called “Angler,” is made from a raincoat from his youth as well as embroidery hoops, a child’s drum frame and a tar-like material called asphaltum. Bowen said that the visuals that have dominated his previous work, including circles and the color black, are featured in this piece as well as influences from his childhood.

Auten said that the only constraints given were of practical nature.

“We had to give them some size constraints, because you couldn’t have seven artists showing 12-foot paintings, so I talked to each artist and we discussed what they would show so that all seven pieces would fit in the space,” Auten said. “It’s interesting, given the constraints of the space, what the artists decide to submit.”

Auten said that the show did not just serve the students, but the faculty as well.

“I think for the faculty, espe-

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There will be 14 pieces by former and current visiting faculty displayed over the course of two exhibitions.

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The exhibitions have no set themes allowing artists to display their own vision.

cially for the visiting faculty shows, gram that exposes them to a wide it’s good to see their work within range of aesthetics and perspecthe context of their colleagues, tives, Bowen said with their other visiting peers,” “One of the great strengths of the department is that they he said.

Auten remarked on the variety bring in a very varied kind of aesof mediums and perspectives on thetic, from people from all over the place,” she display. said. “ We h a v e “It makes me really E n such a variety proud of the range of trance into the of exhibitors.

Strauss Gallery T h e r e ’ s t h i s faculty that we draw is free, and the range of art- here for our students. gallery is open work from the from Tuesday local and our It makes me really through Satstudent and fac- proud of the program, 12:30 to ulty work, to our the department­— that urday, 10 p.m., and on internationallyacclaimed con- we bring such a variety Sundays from temporary art- of faculty to come here 2:30 - 5:30 p.m.

“It reists,” Auten said. ally makes me “ T h e re ’s t h i s and visit, to teach.” proud of the kind of breadth­ range of fac— breadth of - Gerald Auten, ulty that we artwork and draw here for contemporar y director of practice — that exhibitions and studio our students,” Auten said we exhibit here. about the exI think that al- art professor hibition. “It lows our stumakes me redents to get a ally proud of really good idea the program, of contempothe department — that we bring rary art practice.”

Bowen echoed this sentiment. such a variety of faculty to come Students can benefit from a pro- here and visit, to teach.”

THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2015

SPORTS

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TUESDAY LINEUP

MEN’S SOCCER VS. VERMONT 7 PM

Volleyball splits pair of Ivy League games in Leede Arena

B y daniel lee

The Dartmouth Staff

After winning its Ivy League opener at Harvard University (6-7, 2-1 Ivy) last Friday, the women’s volleyball team split its pair of home games this weekend. Dartmouth (5-7, 2-1 Ivy) kicked off the weekend with a straight-sets loss against the University of Pennsylvania (8-7, 2-1 Ivy), but bounced back with a 3-1 win in its next match against Princeton University (5-7, 0-3 Ivy). The Big Green now sits in a four-way tie for second place among the Ancient Eight.

The volleyball team had a frustrating beginning to the first set of Friday’s game against Penn. After a slow start and a pair of attack errors each from Emily Astarita ’17 and Allison Brady ’16, Dartmouth found itself in an early 7-0 hole. A sloppy period of play by Penn allowed Dartmouth to work its way back into the set as the Big Green scored its first four points on a service error, a bad set and two attack errors. Dartmouth’s first kill — a strike by Astarita — did not come until the Quakers had scored 11 points.

Down 15-8, the Big Green went on a 10-3 run and tied the set at 18 points apiece. The aggressive comeback, however, was bookended by another 7-0 Quakers run, sparked by a kill from Penn

sophomore Michelle Pereira. Dartmouth’s first set of the weekend ended just the way that it started, and Penn took the set 25-18.

The second set opened neckand-neck until the score was tied 10-10. From that point forward, Dartmouth’s offensive rhythm fell apart, and the Big Green failed to score consecutive points for the remainder of the set. The Quakers capitalized on the Big Green’s miscues and ended on a 15-7 run, scoring eight points during that run on Dartmouth attack errors.

The third and final set of the game shared a very similar theme with the first as the Big Green found themselves in a quick 0-3 hole and saw the set slip away. Up 4-1, Penn senior Jasmine DeSilva led the Quakers on a 13-6 run on the back of her six kills over this period. The Quakers ultimately took the third set 25-12, giving the Big Green its first loss in Ivy League play.

Over the course of three sets, Dartmouth only held a lead over the Quakers once, an ephemeral 9-8 edge in the second set. The Big Green had an attack percentage of -.061, registering 22 kills while committing 28 errors.

“Everything that could go wrong for us went wrong,” head coach Erin Lindsey said. “We really struggled to execute in almost every part of the game. Penn is a

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The volleyball team lost to the University of Pennsylvania on Friday before beating Princeton University the next day.

really disciplined defensive team, and they were really making it hard for us to score.”

Despite being dealt its first three-set loss since Sept. 5, the women managed to bounce back a day later against Princeton. It took a little time for the Big Green to get into its rhythm as the Tigers started off the first set 4-0. Much like the night before, the Big Green did not lead once in the opening set, ultimately losing 25-20.

After losing four consecutive

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Head coach Erin Lindsey addresses the volleyball team during the course of its two-game home stand over the weekend.

sets on the weekend, Dartmouth entered the second set of its match against the Tigers looking like an entirely different team. With the score tied 4-4, Astarita registered a kill to give the Big Green its first lead of the match. Shortly after falling back 9-6, Dartmouth proceeded to take a two-point lead in the set at 12-10, a margin that both teams were unable to exceed for the rest of the game. The game went into sudden death after Princeton junior Cara Mattaliano scored a kill for a 25-25 tie, but a service error and attack error by the Tigers gave the resilient Big Green its first set of the weekend for a score of 27-25.

After squeaking out the tight second set, Dartmouth carried its renewed momentum to the beginning of the third set and opened with a 5-0 lead. The Big Green took its hot start and extended its lead to 14-6. Princeton fought back, at one moment cutting its deficit to three, but was unable to complete its comeback. With Dartmouth leading 20-14, Brady registered a kill that sparked a 5-0 run to close the game and give Dartmouth the 2-1 lead.

With the end in sight, the Big Green dominated the fourth set, and with the score tied at 4-4, it went on an 8-2 run and did not relinquish its lead for the rest of the set. Dartmouth led 21-12 at one point in the final set and ended

the match with a kill by Paige Caridi ’16 and a Tigers attack error. Dartmouth earned its second Ivy League victory with a final set score of 25-17.

“We came out today more aggressive and willing to take harder swing, and we were also more focused on our responsibilities,” Astarita said. “Each player [was] more focused on the gameplay and what we were supposed to be doing on the court.”

Astarita was one dig away from a double-double and added a teamhigh 13 kills. Dartmouth totaled a .185 attack percentage, compared to Princeton’s .087, and Caridi logged a double-double with 12 kills and 12 digs. Kaira Lujan ’16 registered 10 kills of her own.

“Our back row was being really gritty on defense and getting everything up, and it really made it a lot easier to run our offense,” Lujan said. “We were able to open up the outside, putting them up one on one to get some huge swings and great kills.”

After Saturday’s win, Dartmouth is tied with Brown University, Harvard and Penn for second place with a record of 2-1. Yale University — the only undefeated team in the Ivy League with a record of 3-0 — will come to Leede Arena to face Dartmouth on Friday at 5 p.m. The following day, Dartmouth will face Brown University at 5 p.m.