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Hanlon received 2010 Dartmouth ranks 55th in study of allegations regarding generosity in college financial aid Michigan administrator

B y THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF

College President Phil Hanlon, while serving as provost of the University of Michigan, was made aware in 2010 of allegations of misbehavior against an administrator who was in the process of receiving a promotion, according to a report by the Detroit Free Press.

However, according to Dartmouth spokesperson Diana Lawrence, an independent investigation into the allegations at the time did not find evidence

of misconduct or anything that would undermine the appointment.

The administrator in question, Martin Philbert — who has served as the university provost since 2017 and had previously served as dean of Michigan’s School of Public Health — is currently facing allegations of sexual misconduct by over 20 women, with some complaints dating back to more than a decade ago. Philbert was placed on administrative leave SEE HANLON PAGE 3

Winter Carnival sees a few canceled events, small number of arrests B y Maud Mccole The Dartmouth

Despite weeks of warmer weather leading up to Winter C a r n i v a l , t e m p e r at u re s dropped on Friday and remained low throughout the weekend, preventing the traditional polar bear swim and ice skating on Occom Pond. Difficulties at the U.S.-Canadian border also

prevented the delivery of a large dome that would have been placed on the Green.

Despite these constraints, many of the other events ran as scheduled including a completion of a full-sized snow sculpture in the center of the Green.

Meanwhile, a similar numbers of arrests occurred

SEE WINTER CARNIVAL PAGE 5

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Financial aid director Dino Koff said that the data used by the Chronicle do not account for outside scholarships.

B y ARIELLE BEAK The Dartmouth Staff

Dartmouth ranked low among peer institutions in a Chronicle of Higher Education study of colleges that are most “generous” to its financially neediest students.

The rankings, which were released on Jan. 26 using United States Department of Education data from 2017 to 2018, placed Dartmouth at 55 on the list, making it the only Ivy League school not included in the top 50.

The study strictly analyzed four-year private nonprofit colleges in the U.S. with at least 300 undergraduate students that participated in the Title IV federal-aid

programs.

Duke University topped the list, with an average net price of -$3,260 for students of families with incomes of less than $30,000. Duke’s high ranking can be attributed to its policy that no parental contribution or loans are expected from students of families with annual incomes less than $40,000. The second and third colleges ranked on the list are Washington and Lee University and Stanford University, with contributions of $706 and $1,226 for families with annual incomes less than $30,000.

Dartmouth offers an average net price of $13,837 for students from families

w ith i n c om es of $0 to $30,000. Harvard University is the highest Ivy League institution on the list, coming in fifth with an average net price of $2,382 for students from families with less than $30,000 annual income.

According to financial aid director Dino Koff, many of Dartmouth’s low income students receive outside scholarships or Veterans Affairs compensation, both of which were not reflected in the data reported to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System — the database that the Chronicle of Higher Education used in its analysis.

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THE DARTMOUTH NEWS

Dartmouth Comedy Network brings ‘Datamatch’ to campus B y Eliza Gallant The Dartmouth

Datamatch, a free matchmaking s e r v i c e s t a r t e d by H a r v a r d University students 25 years ago, has arrived at Dartmouth.

Datamatch is an online survey that matches participants based on answers to humorous questions.

The service — brought to the College by the Dartmouth Comedy Network — will send out matches to participating students today.

DCN member Nicholas Sugiarto ’23 said he wanted to bring Datamatch to Dartmouth because, before this year, Dartmouth was the only Ivy League school that did not participate in the program. He said he wanted to help others meet new people in a fun and casual way.

“None of this is meant to be very serious at all,” Sugiarto said. “But we are hoping that real genuine connection comes out of it. That is the true purpose of Datamatch.”

Sugiarto said he pitched the idea of bringing Datamatch to Dartmouth to DCN president Samantha Locke ’22 and vice president Josh Ocampo ’22. Although Locke said she was initially apprehensive about bringing the matchmaking service to Dartmouth, she eventually got on board.

“I was a little nervous about the project at first just because I didn’t know what it was and compared to the other comedy groups on campus, [DCN] don’t have as much of a reputation and if this were something that was weird or not good, it would be really bad to start it,” Locke said.

Locke said she wanted to ensure that the matchmaking survey did not perpetuate any problematic elements of Dartmouth’s dating culture.

“One thing that is really important to me with these questions is that there is a legacy — not just at this school, but in a lot of places — of dating culture being really heteronormative and misogynistic,” Locke said.

Although the algorithm was made by Harvard students, all of the questions on the survey are specific to Dartmouth. DCN wrote all of the questions, striving to create humorous questions related to Dartmouth’s campus culture, according to Sugiarto.

“We wanted a lot of Dartmouthspecific humor in our questions to help capture the culture that Dartmouth has,” Sugiarto said.

Today at 8 a.m., each person that filled out the survey will receive matches that are decided by the algorithm. Everyone will get 10 matches — the top three being mutual matches.

Sugiarto said that as of Tuesday night, the survey had over 510 responses.

Locke said she believes that Datamatch will help people meet others in a meaningful way.

“On a slightly larger level, I think it could really help people form good relationships and meet people because, as much as there is a lot of overlap on this campus, especially during winter term, people are so busy that they are not going to be meeting many people,” Locke said.

Sugiarto said that he hopes Datamatch will help first-years in particular meet others.

“Everything is so fast-paced at Dartmouth and it feels like you have no time for anything,” Sugiarto said. “We hope we can help ease that burden by helping people meet others and laugh while doing it via Datamatch. Especially for first-years, it is scary meeting

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Datamatch provides both romantic and platonic matches — in a humorous way.

new people and we hope to make meeting people more fun with Datamatch.”

According to Ocampo, Datamatch is also different from other dating surveys because it has a platonic option.

“This option makes Datamatch more inclusive towards everyone because even if you are in a relationship, you can still use

Datamatch to meet new friends,” Ocampo said.

In addition to writing all of the survey’s questions, DCN also arranged a deal with Morano Gelato in which the first 25 couples who visit on the establishment on a date because of Datamatch will receive 15 percent off of their gelato, according to Sugiarto. However, Sugiarto said that DCN is looking

toward the future with Datamatch as well.

“We are looking to expand and get more of the Dartmouth students to participate,” Sugiarto said. “Right now, about 10 percent of Dartmouth students are participating, and we hope to get to around 15 percent by the end of this year. We are planning more events, like possibly a Datamatch prom.”

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Defining income of families at large institutions can be difficult FROM FINANCIAL AID PAGE 1

According to Phil Asbur y, the director of financial aid at Northwestern University — which scored 75th in the rankings — defining the income of families at larger institutions can be a difficult task. Income can be reported in a number of ways and can also encompass a number of sources; for example, many families show little-to-no income on their federal tax return but have a wealth of assets and steady income flow.

“That said, at Northwestern,

we realized that some of our data had been mischaracterized with certain net price calculations associated with incorrect categories of income,” Asbury wrote in an email statement. “We are in the process of correcting the baseline data from which the report was written.”

Koff said in an interview that a multitude of factors can be used to subjectively portray data.

“I think there are always different lenses to look at the data, and clearly every school is reporting things differently,” Koff said. “We

Independent investigation uncovered no evidence FROM HANLON PAGE 1

on Jan. 22 while the university investigates complaints made against him filed with the school’s Title IX office.

According to the Free Press, university officials were previously made aware of accusations against Philbert on at least three occasions over the years.

In 2010, Philbert was one of several internal candidates to apply for the position as dean of the public health school, but a search committee advanced only his candidacy to the next stage: approval by the school’s president, board of trustees and provost. Philbert was subsequently awarded the position.

After that, an anonymous email was sent to the leader of the search committee and copied to the entire School of Public Health questioning the validity of the search process and alleging that the process was manipulated to ensure that Philbert had “no real competition.”

In response, Hanlon sent an email to the School of Public Health supporting the search committee’s work and noting that he had received two similar emails earlier that year and had spoken to members of the search committee, who told him that the search was “aboveboard.”

“This kind of vicious, personalized and anonymous attack threatens the collegiality of the School and violates

all standards of professional behavior,” Hanlon wrote in the email, according to the Free Press.

Sources told the Free Press that the two emails “contained warnings that Hanlon needed to look into Philbert’s behavior” and that Hanlon was told in person by at least one individual that a previous allegation existed against Philbert.

According to Lawrence, Philbert underwent a “thorough background check” conducted by an external search firm as well as an investigation of the complaints. “[A] rigorous independent investigation of the allegations did not uncover any evidence of misconduct or anything that undermined his qualifications or fitness to serve,” Lawrence wrote in an email statement to The Dartmouth.

This incident was not the first time public allegations had been made against Philbert. In 2003, a former research associate named Thomas Komorowski brought a wrongful termination suit against the university in which he claimed that he had been pushed out of his job because Philbert favored a female researcher with whom he was having a relationship, according to the Free Press. Philbert denied the claim in a deposition and the court dismissed some of Komorowski’s claims. The university settled the suit.

have been reporting, from what I understand, for years this way.

When we look at the net price in different income groups — which we do all the time — we’re very comfortable with how we’re doing with our low income population.”

Koff said that when the millions of dollars brought in by outside scholarships as well veterans’ benefits are taken into account, a different picture comes to light.

“It’s clear some schools from the chart are including that, but at this point we’re not including it,” Koff said. “So when we break it out, we’re right in line with many of our peers.”

According to senior editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education Ruth Hammond, while outside scholarships and veterans aid may not have been counted, the conditions used in the article were applied “universally to all institutions in the table.”

Hammond said that the data were also a means of visualizing the financial aid discrepancy between

low and high income families.

“If I had had room to write a longer headline, it might say, “College[s] That Are the Most Generous to the Financially Neediest Students Compared With the Group of Students With the Least Need Who Were Still Awarded Some Kind of Title IV Federal Student Aid in the Form of Loans or Grants,” Hammond wrote in an email to The Dartmouth.

According to the study, Dartmouth students from the highest income bracket pay around 3.6 times what students from the lowest income bracket do. This discrepancy can be compared to the second school on the list, Washington and Lee University — when comparing the students with the highest and lowest need, the students from families with incomes of over $100,000 paid roughly 58.3 times that of the students from families with incomes less than $30,000.

According to Koff, Dartmouth’s financial aid policies channel funds to students from the lowest

income families with the most need. However, this process often leaves students from middle income brackets to take up a large share of the cost.

“All — not just Dartmouth — all of our peers need to strengthen our middle income, because that family making $150,000 may still be getting a $40,000 scholarship, but they’re still coming up with $30,000,” Koff said. “That can be scary.”

Koff said the College is working to make itself more accessible for students hailing from middle-class families. According to Koff, the financial aid office has a cost of living adjustment for students living in high-cost areas, and the College is also actively fundraising to support middle-income initiatives. The College’s ongoing “The Call to Lead” capital campaign includes a push for the College to eliminate the use of student loans.

“I think there’s a huge push to make sure that we are affordable and that we don’t lose access to the middle income,” Koff said.

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Verbum Ultimum: Spare Change Dartmouth’s financial aid offerings fall short.

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In recent years, students have seen the cost to the way that their researchers broke down of college rise dramatically. Between 1988 and income brackets. The analysis used five income 2018, according to the College Board, tuition groups: $0 to $30,000; $30,000 to $48,000; prices tripled at public four-year schools and $48,000 to $75,000; $75,000 to $110,000; and doubled at private four-year programs. incomes greater than $110,000 annually. But At Dartmouth, the estimated cost of according to the New York Times, 69 percent attendance for the 2019-20 academic year was of Dartmouth’s student body comes from $76,623. That’s more than $10,000 greater this top bracket. So comparing the bottom than the median annual American household group to well over half the undergraduate income. While Dartmouth’s current price tag population unsurprisingly renders bad results might sound extreme, it’s going nowhere but for Dartmouth. However, the fact that this up. Some researchers argue that by 2025, costs methodological choice had such a significant of attendance may surpass $100,000 at some impact is not wholly the fault of the researchers colleges. The simple fact is that most people — it is notable in and of itself that the highest cannot afford to pay those bracket in the study makes fees. up such a significant portion “There are plenty Dartmouth’s role in of our student body. these changes was brought But even aside of reasons to be into new light last month, from the recent study, concerned about the there are plenty of reasons when the Chronicle of Higher Education released state of financial aid at to be concerned about a study assessing the the state of financial aid Dartmouth.” financial aid programs of at Dartmouth. For the American colleges and Class of 2023, only 45 universities. The study ranked schools in percent of students qualified for a loanterms of generosity toward their “financially free aid package. Meanwhile, 55 percent neediest” students by calculating how many of Harvard students receive financial aid. times greater the average cost of attendance It’s no secret that Dartmouth’s financial aid was for the highest income group than it was often fails to adequately support students. As for the lowest. Most of Dartmouth’s peer this newspaper reported last fall, changes in institutions ranked well. Stanford University financial aid packages have even forced some was number three, Harvard University number students to leave the College. This is a college five, Yale University number six and Princeton with an endowment of over $5 billion. The University number nine. Dartmouth ranked Financial Aid Office advertises that Dartmouth lowest in the Ivy League at number 55. is “interested in you, your talents and your The study found that the lowest income potential — not your ability to pay.” But at least group at Dartmouth paid just 3.6 times less compared to its peer institutions, Dartmouth than the highest income group. At Stanford, doesn’t seem to take that mission as seriously. the lowest income group paid 35.7 times less If Dartmouth truly hopes to maintain its than the wealthiest segment of the student status as a leading academic institution in the body. The costs of attendance at both schools United States, it cannot do so by continuing are comparable, and the wealthiest students at the same practices that have led to this Stanford pay about the same as the wealthiest disparity. The share of students coming from Dartmouth students. The difference, according the bottom 25 percent of household incomes to the study, is in financial aid for the least- has been steadily increasing over the last 20 wealthy members of the student body. At years, but in that same timeframe, Americans Stanford, the lowest income group pays $1,226 have accumulated more student debt than on average, while at Dartmouth, the same ever before. If our students are going to leave group is charged $13,837. In fact, Dartmouth’s Dartmouth prepared to change the world and average cost for the lowest income group falls not burdened with unmanageable debts — and a full $3,000 above the next highest in the Ivy if we want the best and brightest to choose to League, Columbia University, and comes in come here in the first place — something has at 169th out of all the schools studied by that to change. metric.

In the College’s defense, the ratios from the The editorial board consists of the opinion editors, Chronicle study are artificially inflated due the executive editor and the editor-in-chief.

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Events canceled due to severe weather on Friday FROM WINTER CARNIVAL PAGE 1

during the big weekend compared to past years, and Safety and Security saw a variety of issues related to the ice and slippery conditions.

According to Hanover Police lieutenant Scott Rathburn, there were two arrests between Thursday and Sunday — one protective custody arrest for intoxication and one arrest for unlawful possession of alcohol.

The number of arrests has remained steady at three or four for the past couple of Winter Carnival weekends.

Rathburn said that the number of arrests this weekend represent a typical weekend at Dartmouth, and that he did not see an increase due to Winter Carnival activities.

Interim director of Safety and Security Keysi Montás wrote in an email that the majority of incidents over the weekend were medical troubles due to icy conditions. There were 26 total medical incidents and five alcohol-related incidents — down from nine last year. He also noted that there were a few miscellaneous reports, including calls about theft, a bat in a building, a 911 misdial and a noise complaint.

“It was a relatively safe weekend,” Montás wrote.

The theme of Dartmouth’s 110th annual celebration was “A Blizzard of Unbelievable Beasts,” which was commemorated by a giant loch ness monster snow sculpture in the center of the Green.

Several of this year’s events were canceled because of Friday’s severe weather, including the annual polar bear swim. According to an email sent to campus, freezing rain on Thursday night combined with snow on Friday made the conditions unsafe for swimmers. According to Winter Carnival co-chair Juan Miche Rosales ’20, it is unlikely that the swim will be rescheduled due to difficulties with coordination and warmer weather throughout the winter.

Furthermore, one of this year’s largest additions — a giant snow dome that would have been located next to

the snow sculpture — did not arrive to campus because of difficulties at the Canadian border with customs and Homeland Security and unsafe travel conditions. The dome would have been able to hold up to 200 people and would have been the site for various Winter Carnival activities, including the opening ceremony.

Miche Rosales said that while he was disappointed with the cancellations, this year’s celebration went well overall.

“It was a really successful Winter Carnival just because of how much interaction we had with the rest of the Dartmouth community,” he said.

According to Miche Rosales, a successful addition to the schedule of events this year was “S’more Lore,” which occurred on the Green on Saturday night. In line with this year’s theme, students were invited to share scary stories and legends that they knew from their own lives. Local cryptozoologist Aleksandar Petakov joined students to share folklore from the New Hampshire area.

Rosales cited the opening ceremony on Thursday evening, which took place in Collis Common Ground, as another highlight of this year’s Winter Carnival. The ceremony included catering from the Skinny Pancake, a capella performances from the Rockapellas and the Dartmouth Sings, and remarks from psychological and brain sciences professor John Pfister about mythological animals.

Following Friday’s snow, the Dartmouth Skiway provided favorable conditions for its 99-cent ski day on Saturday. This year, the Skiway also offered free beginner’s lessons for Dartmouth students. Due to changes in scheduling, this year’s Winter Carnival did not coincide a home race for the Dartmouth ski team.

Other events over the weekend included the annual Ice Sculpture Contest, Phi Delta Alpha’s chili cook off, a Yeti scavenger hunt, Cryptid Crafts & Creations and an Oscars viewing party on Sunday night.

KYLE SPENCER/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF

Students participated in an ice-carving competition along N. Main Street.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2020

THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS

AFTER CARNIVAL

LAUREN PINCHUK ’21

TODAY 7:30 p.m. – 9:15 p.m.

Film: “The Aeronauts.” Sponsored by the Hopkins Center for the Arts, Spaulding Auditorium.

7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.

Theater: “National Theatre in HD: ‘Present Laughter.” Sponsored by the Hopkins Center, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center.

8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Astronomy: “Public Astronomical Observing.” Sponsored by the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shattuck Observatory.

TOMORROW 7:00 p.m.

Sports: “Men’s Basketball vs. Cornell.” Leede Arena.

8:00 p.m. – 10:15 p.m.

Film: “Knives Out.” Sponsored by the Hopkins Center, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center.

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92nd Academy Awards were an improvement from last year’s B y Jack hargrove The Dartmouth

Last year, the Academy Awards were not in good shape; no one would host, the choices for winners were unpopular and the awards show faced consistently declining numbers. Alternatively, at this year’s 92nd Academy Awards, the decision to not have a host again worked very well; the choices for nominations and winners were the best they have been in years; and the presenters and performers kept the show interesting throughout. And yet, this year’s Oscars had the lowest viewership recorded since Nielsen Sounds can began keeping track in 1974. Those of us who did watch, however, were treated to the best Academy Awards in many years.

Heading into the ceremony, “Joker” led the field in nominations with 11, followed closely by “The Irishman,” “1917,” and “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood,” which had 10 apiece.

Other major films being recognized were “Jojo Rabbit,” “Marriage Story,” “Little Women” and “Parasite.” In my opinion, 2019 was a much better year for movies than 2018, and, as a result, this year’s Academy Awards were very competitive.

Despite there being no one host throughout the show, there were many presenters that kept it interesting and moved everything along smoothly.

Chris Rock and Steve Martin opened together with various jokes about the lack of diversity in the nominations.

Later in the show, Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph also performed a funny skit where they pretended to try and get directors to notice their acting skills. In addition to presenters, there were also quite a few music performances. The most interesting was the one that opened the ceremony: Janelle Monae, dressed as Mr. Rogers, sang the theme song to “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” before singing a

version of her track “Come Alive” with new lyrics referencing many of the films nominated for awards. Another notable performance was Eminem’s, which was a complete surprise. He performed a rendition of his song “Lose Yourself,” which won the award for Best Original Song in 2003. While the performances were, without a doubt enjoyable, they paled in comparison to the award winners themselves which were actually interesting for once.

Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt for “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” After being one of the world’s most famous actors for almost 30 years, Brad Pitt finally won his first Academy Award for acting for his role as aging stuntman Cliff Booth in “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.” While the field of nominees was very strong this year, Pitt deserved to win this award the most. Pitt’s portrayal of Cliff was the most exciting part of the film, and many of the most memorable scenes centered around him. Among these are his brilliant fight scene with Bruce Lee, as well as his first visit to the Manson compound. His chemistry with lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio also contributed to the high quality of the film. After so long, Pitt finally earned his first acting Oscar for one of the best performances of his career.

Best Supporting Actress: Laura Dern for “Marriage Story” While every performance nominated was great, the race was really between Scarlett Johansson for her role as Rosie Betzler in “Jojo Rabbit” and Laura Dern for her role as Nora Fanshaw in “Marriage Story.” Either could conceivably have won this award and I would have been happy. While Johansson’s performance as Jojo’s mother was very enjoyable to watch, Dern’s take on a divorce lawyer was

definitely the stronger of the two.

Nora was one of the most compelling characters in “Marriage Story,” and that is primarily due to Dern’s incredible performance.

Best Original Screenplay: Bong Joon-ho and Jin Won Han for “Parasite” The writing in “Parasite” was easily the best of any movie released last year, so this victory was very welldeserved for Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin Won. “Parasite” conveyed its meaning and nuances to an English-speaking audience extremely well in spite of the language barrier, which is no small feat.

Additionally, Bong communicated his biting critique of capitalism through a beautifully written metaphor that blows all of the competition out of the water.

Best Adapted Screenplay: Taika Waititi for “Jojo Rabbit” “Jojo Rabbit” is an extraordinarily bizarre film that revolves around a young boy in the Hitler youth who has Hitler as his imaginary friend. Taika Waititi’s take on Christine Leunens’ novel “Caging Skies” is a fantastic adaptation to the big screen that deserves plenty of praise.

While all of the movies nominated in the category were also well done, Waititi’s ability to bring such a strange story to life in such an effective manner is ultimately why he deserves the award.

Best Director: Bong Joon-ho for “Parasite” In a field of nominees that included both Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorcese, Bong Joon-ho was a big underdog. Not only was he a relative unknown competing with industry giants, but his film was not even in the same language as the other nominees’.

However, for the second year in a row, the Academy gave this award to the director of a non-English film. This was the third

of four awards received by “Parasite,” a major achievement for the film. In his speech, Bong said, “After winning Best International Feature, I thought I was done for the day and was ready to relax.” He even mentioned how heavily influenced he was by Scorcese early in his film career and thanked Tarantino for recognizing his work even when it was still not widely recognized in America.

He finished his speech by saying, “I will drink until next morning,” to much applause, demonstrating why he was one of the most beloved figures in the film industry last year.

Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix for “Joker” Joaquin Phoenix’s victory for the Best Actor was far and away the least surprising choice of the night. He was heavily favored going into the Oscars, given his victories at the Golden Globes, BAFTA Awards and SAG Awards. All of these accolades are very well deserved; Phoenix gave a oncein-a-lifetime performance in the role.

His performance was the highlight of “Joker,” making up for many of the film’s flaws. Phoenix also continued his streak of strange acceptance speeches this awards season; this time, he gave an impassioned appeal to consider the evils of the production and consumption of dairy products. In a very touching moment, he ended his speech by quoting his late brother, River Phoenix.

Best Actress: Renée Zellweger for “Judy” Of the movies nominated, “Judy” is certainly not the best. In fact, it may be the least interesting film with an actress nominated. However, the brightest part of “Judy” is Renée Zellweger’s incredible performance as Judy Garland. Despite the lackluster elements that make up the rest of the film, Zellweger gave one of her best performances to date and

carried the film to critical acclaim. For this reason, it’s hard to argue that she did not deserve this award. While I personally believe that Saoirse Ronan’s acting in “Little Women” was the best nominated in the category, Zellweger is a good alternative.

Best Picture: “Parasite” The biggest upset of the night was “Parasite” winning the award for Best Picture. “1917” was heavily favored because of the cinematographic techniques used to make the entire movie appear as a single shot. However, the sharp writing and brilliant direction in “Parasite” proved more important to the academy voters. “Parasite” is now the first movie in a language other than English to win Best Picture at the Oscars in their 92-year history. After the criticism the Academy received last year for giving “Green Book” Best Picture, the Academy got it right this year and awarded what was truly the best film.

Other Awards In addition to the three awards mentioned above, “Parasite” also won the award for Best International Feature Film, giving it the most awards of the night with four. “1917” won three awards in technical categories, including Best Cinematography, putting it in second place. Additionally, Elton John won the award for Best Original Song for the song “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” that appeared in his own biopic “Rocketman.” Finally, “Hair Love” by Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver won the award for Best Animated Short Film. As a former NFL wide receiver, Cherry became the second-ever professional athlete to win an Oscar, after Kobe Bryant became the first in 2018 with his short film “Dear Basketball.”

“Hair Love” is a beautiful seven-minute story about a father trying to do his young daughter’s hair for the first time.

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THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS

SPORTS

No. 22 women’s lacrosse eyes return to NCAA tournament

made adjustments to ensure more experienced players will be able to The Dartmouth Staff lead on the field.

After appearing in the NCAA Carson will likely be heading up tournament for the first time in the Big Green’s attack this season. six years and securing a share of She was unanimously named Firstthe Ivy League title last season, the Team All-Ivy in 2018; however, women’s lacrosse team will head an injury held her to 13 games in into the 2020 season ranked third 2019. Despite the limited playing in the conference and No. 22 in the time, she still managed to nab 29 nation. Under new head coach Alex goals to contribute to the team’s Frank, the Big Green will look to huge offensive campaign. build on last year’s title and finish “A lot of what we’ve done is try deeper in the bracket. to find the perfect set of chemistry Dartmouth set several records — that’s been a big focus for us during its historic 2019 season, since the fall,” Frank said. “We’ve including a regular-season high of adjusted some players positionally 245 goals for the program and eight to have a little bit more leadership All-Ivy honors. The team’s NCAA and more veterans on the offensive run was cut short in a tight first- end.” round loss against the University of In particular, Frank highlighted Colorado, which was coincidentally Carson’s veteran presence on the coached by Frank. attack, with Katie Bourque ’20 and “We had a really close game [in Sophia Turchetta ’20 fronting the which] we could’ve taken a win,” Big Green’s midfield unit. said Ellie Carson ’20. “Being on the In addition to positional changes, cusp of making it to the next round nine freshmen joined the team will definitely be motivation — that to add to the Big Green’s depth, feeling is still in all of the returning including Under Ar mour Allplayers.”

A m e r i c a n Among the Katie Elders nine graduated “I’d rather not be ’23 and Mimi player s were Lazore ’23, who ranked in first place three First-Team competed in All-Ivy selections because it gives you the U19 World and four All- motivation — it gives Championships Northeast last August.

R e g i o n you something to work Fr a n k honorees, with for, and we always arrives at Kathryn Giroux Dartmouth after need to get better.” ’19, Elizabeth four seasons Mastrio ’19 in multiple a n d K i e r r a -KATIE BOURQUE ’20 c o a c h i n g Sweeney ’19 roles with the being named to Buffaloes, which both first teams. qualified for the To fill this gap primarily on the NCAA tournament for the past offensive end, Frank said she has three years and won its first round

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matchups the last two years while Frank was associate head coach.

She also has experience coaching U.S. Lacrosse and the Women’s National Team, and she hoisted three national titles in her own playing career at Northwestern University where she played two seasons with former Big Green coach Danielle Spencer, last year’s Ivy League Co-coach of the Year.

“It’s been a really great transition for our team, and our team has responded really well,” Carson said.

“The dynamic between the players and the coaches is everything that we could want it to be, and that’s something that’s really important for the success and the cohesion of the team.”

The Big Green’s first game comes against the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Saturday; however, due to Ivy League regulations, the team was not allowed to practice more than two hours a week until Feb. 1, according to Bourque. Bourque said that the team now spends up to two-and-a-half hours per day training together.

“It’s always kind of a shock once you get into season,” Bourque said.

“Everyone was really excited for Feb. 1 to hit. When we were on our restricted hours, we really wanted to take advantage of every second that we’re on the field, and now we’re just trying to build off that and keep the momentum going from

January.”

The preseason rankings, according to Bourque, serve to drive the Big Green this season.

T he Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association poll placed conference rivals Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania at No. 6 and tied at No. 12 place, respectively.

“I’d rather not be ranked in first place because it gives you motivation — it gives you something to work for, and we always need to get better,” Bourque said. “[Frank] has taught us not to really look at the numbers because a team is so much more than a ranking. It doesn’t really matter who’s ranked what; it just matters who shows up to play that day.”

JOHN AND MATT RISLEY/COURTESY OF THE DARTMOUTH ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT

Dartmouth graduated a few top players from last year but returns a strong team projected to finish third in the league.