March 8, 2017: Students hold event to interrogate naming practices

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By NICHOLAS GOLDROSEN NEWS EDITOR On Thursday, students, along with some staff and community members, gathered for a town hall meeting and student protest of the naming of Horn Hall following the resignation of Joey Horn ’87 from the Board of Trustees. Horn and her husband, Ragnar Horn ’85, were convicted in Norway last month for violations of the country’s au pair laws and sentenced to five months in prison. The Horns have since appealed their case and, until the resolution of the new trial, retain a presumption of innocence in the Norwegian judicial system.

The event began in Griffin Hall with what was intended by the event’s organizers to be a broader discussion of how the College names buildings and uses physical space to reflect institutional values.

Divest Williams, the Coalition for Transparency and Accountability (CTA) and the Williams Minority Coalition (MinCo), co-hosted the event, according to the event’s Facebook page.

The event faced institutional obstacles even before it occurred; the College’s communications department rejected two different submissions for Daily Messages from the organizers, asserting in an email to organizers that, “Daily Messages is not an appropriate place to publicize protests.”

Lili Bierer ’19 and Linda Worden ’19 facilitated the discussion, which had around 70

people in attendance and featured a heavy presence of Campus Safety and Security (CSS) officers and staff from the Office of Student Life (OSL).

Initially, they did not intend for the discussion to focus specifically on the Horns’ case or the official naming of Horn Hall. “The event was meant to be framed as a direct action,” Bierer said. “The point was building student power by going around institutional channels to symbolically and unofficially rename a building to call out bad practices on the part of the College. More broadly, we wanted to call attention to the politics of naming a building on campus and call attention to the history of the College.”

However, a small minority of attendees began the event by raising opposition to the premise for the event. Many of these attendees focused on the Horns’ generosity to the College and the personal toll their imprisonment might have on members of their family.

“To rename Horn Hall is to deny the numerous contributions that Joey Horn has made to our College,” Diala Al-Masri CDE ’15, a research assistant in the economics department, said. “To name a few, she has helped multiple Williams students in their academic and career journeys, founded an international alumni outreach program, founded a winter study for the [Program in Teaching], played a key role in the [Windows on Williams] program and helped raise funds to support various endeavors of our college ... Importantly, the

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Students pose outside Horn Hall with the banner unofficially renaming the building as "'69 & '93 Hall," which they then hung on the building. entire propaganda of it [tabloid coverage of the case] was illbased and extremely damaging to the Horn family.”

Many attendees felt that objections to the event which centered personally on the Horns fundamentally misunderstood the purpose of the event. “Our goal was never to judge how

good of a person anyone was, but that was how some people were feeling [the debate went],” Abel Romero ’19 said.

“The argument [in support of the Horns] made sense in a vacuum, but in the context of Williams, they fell flat to me,” Berline Osirus ’20 said. “They were saying things like, ‘They worked

so hard,’ but my family works hard too – where’s our building? They were trying to gather sympathy that just wasn’t there.

There’s a difference between someone who does nice things and someone who has goodness in their heart.”

Organizers and attendees intended to question broader

policies of naming spaces at the College, especially as they reflect the College’s values.

“The names that we say in our casual lexicon are indicative of violent systems that have made way for the College to exist,” Bierer said.

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Computer science ad- Examining mental health services abroad dresses gender disparity

By WILLIAM NEWTON NEWS EDITOR This is the second of a twopart Closer Look into gender disparities at the College, examining what departments and student organizations are doing to address this issue.

Several groups at the College are actively working to understand and address the gender disparities in academic programs.

“Student access and inclusion is an issue that individual academic units at the College regularly assess,” Ngonidzashe Munemo, associate dean for institutional diversity and associate professor of political science, said. “The Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity (OIDE), through the work of several committees, also examines student access and inclusion in academic units across the college. With data on the gender, racial and ethnic composition of majors, we partner with individual units to better understand disparities when they exist.”

Specific academic departments are also working to encourage more gender parity. In the computer science department, home to one of the largest gender gaps at the College (20 percent of majors between 2011 and 2015 were female), faculty members hope to address the disparity between female enrollment in introductory and higher-level courses.

“The percentage of women in lower-level courses is almost at 50 percent, but that percentage drops significantly in upper-level courses,” Associate Professor of Computer Science Jeannie Albrecht said. “We aren't sure why this happens, but we are experimenting with various strategies for trying to address it.”

Faculty members, including Albrecht, believe a higher number of female computer science faculty could help. “We know that courses that have female instructors often have higher female enrollments,” Albrecht said.

Currently only two female faculty members work in the computer science department, but the department has hired another female professor who will start this fall. Despite the relatively small number of female faculty, the department has had high female

enrollment in recent classes with female instructors.

“I taught a section of CSCI 237 [Computer Organization] this fall, which is a course that historically has not had a high percentage of women. I had 50 percent women, which was very exciting, especially since this is a gateway course for the major,” Albrecht said. “It's not clear yet if this will in fact lead to an increased percentage of women majors, but we are hopeful.”

Beyond their faculty, the department also tries to employ female teaching assistants whenever possible, particularly in introductory classes, and a high number of female summer research assistants.

Students in computer science have also taken several initiatives such as forming the club Underrepresented Identities in Computer Science (UnICS).

“UnICS was created with the goal of providing support for students who feel excluded, especially students from groups underrepresented in computer science,” Lauren Yu ’16, who founded the club with Pamela Mishkin ’16, said. “Our main objectives in starting it were to expand dialogue around diversity and to put changes in place that would meaningfully improve students’ experiences.”

UnICS hosts regular dinners for its members and hosted a panel last fall to offer career and internship advice for students who are members of groups underrepresented in computer science. While this group is exclusively student-run, there is also a similar faculty-led group.

“We have a ‘Women in CS group’ that meets several times a year to informally chat about various topics,” Albrecht said. “The main goal of the group is to foster a sense of community and build positive relationships.”

While overall gender disparity remains high in many departments across the College, the computer science department, among many others, is actively looking to close the gender gap and encourage inclusiveness and parity.

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In recent years, both students and the administrators have worked to improve accessibility to mental health resources on campus. However, there still exists a significant lack of awareness surrounding mental health challenges that may come up while studying abroad. Due to the positive discourse at the College around studying away, many students who do have negative experiences end up feeling unprepared and isolated.

In the first part of a two-part Closer Look on mental health abroad, the Record examines the experiences of students who have faced challenges of this nature and the resources that the College offers.

Oftentimes, students that encounter mental health challenges abroad are taken by surprise due to the largely enthusiastic discourse around study abroad at the College. Abby Rampone ’17, who studied in Granada, Spain during the fall of her junior year, expressed

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feeling unprepared for the chal- tain programs providing and lenges of studying abroad. “I covering the cost of therapy hadn’t really fully understood while others do not. Students that going abroad could be a abroad are not eligible to conreally negative experience be- tinue counseling with the Colcause at Williams people only lege’s Psychological Counseltalk about abroad as this life- ing Services (PCS). “Health changing adventure,” she said. resources can be limited in many loca“It’s always, tions and always poswithout itive and a doubt transformamedical tive, and I structures just expectand couned that to try specific automatihealth care cally haplaws will pen to me. differ,” It was reDirector ally hard to of Interbe abroad Justice Namaste ’17 national and having Education a hard time because you’re expected to go and Study Away Tina Breakell out and do things and be really said. “The level of care will vary enthusiastic and explore and and can be much less than we want to travel and just want to can offer at Williams.”

There is also a disparity all these good experiences, but I just didn’t necessarily have the in access to emergency care, energy, and I felt a lot of guilt which can be covered by the because I felt like I was wasting College’s insurance provider if necessary, and consistent the time.”

The mental health resources therapy, which is not necesavailable while abroad vary by sarily included in program tuindividual programs, with cer- ition. “Williams has access to

“I didn’t feel like I had any real support from the program, nor did I feel as though I had any real support from Williams.”

an insurance provider that can offer assistance in situations of imminent risk,” Breakell said.

“However, management of non-emergent or chronic conditions is much more variable depending on location.” Director of PCS Wendy Adam concurred. “Treatment resources vary greatly site to site and are often limited to emergency intervention care only,” she said.

Student experiences reflect this variable access to mental health resources abroad. Rampone’s program provided and covered the cost of therapy, although she only had one English-speaking therapist from whom to seek care.

In contrast, Justice Namaste ’17, who studied abroad in the fall of her junior year in Cape Town, South Africa, had no access to therapy. “[The program director] was not particularly helpful or receptive to student needs,” Namaste said. “And so in talking about mental health resources, he was basically like, ‘Hey, unless it’s extremely severe, there’s nothing I can do

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We would like to call attention to last week’s Record editorial concerning the Junior Advisor Advisory Board (JAAB) and the Selection Committee’s (SelCom’s) decision to shift the Junior Advisor (JA) copairings away from a gender binary system (“Progressing with clarity: Why JAAB’s shift away from the gender binary was a good idea executed poorly,” Mar. 1, 2017).

We support the decision made by JAAB and SelCom but seek to highlight why more students should have had input into the decision to change JA co-pairings. As the organization primarily responsible for creating the JA system in the 1930s, the Gargoyle Society believes that it represents a much-needed shift towards a greater commitment to diversity, inclusion and representation.

We aim to question here not the decision itself but rather the process by which it was made. We believe this decision advances a dangerous precedent, one that limits effective engagement of student voices and allows only for reactionary input towards newly-implemented policy.

To elucidate this point, we first ask: Who should have had the opportunity to voice opinions and thoughts

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regarding this change to the JA system? The answer seems clear: an amalgamation of people with a variety of perspectives on campus, with the most substantial emphasis placed on student voices. The JA system has fundamentally shaped experiences for all students for nearly a century; students, and their respective student groups, should have had more of a voice before a decision was made, regardless of whether or not they were on SelCom. Input from current and former JAs would have been especially valuable here as well. Each JA gains insight into the position by virtue of their experience, providing them with a unique perspective regarding the system’s flaws. Similarly, administrators have the long-term outlook essential to making decisions that shape the future of our college. And finally, those on JAAB and SelCom are our resident experts and what they say carries significant weight.

Having established the parties who should have had a voice, we then ask: Who should have ultimately made the decision? Here, it makes perfect sense that JAAB and SelCom should have done so, as they did.

These are the JA system’s governing bodies; it is their job to think extensively about, discuss and implement these changes.

However, in this case, the process by which these groups came to this decision was faulty. It is the responsibility of our governing bodies to provide a platform to allow student engagement before making decisions on this scale. Implicit in positions of leadership at the College is the requirement that those in power positions solicit thoughts, opinions and

suggestions from the student body.

They should make their decision only after students have had the chance to deeply engage. Incoming JAs and first-years are the most important stakeholders in this transition. So, at the very least, gathering a group of past, current and prospective JAs would have created a platform for exchanging hopes and concerns, brainstorming and offering transparency to the stakeholders of the system. Or perhaps this platform would have created a place for reflection and exploration of institutional history: How has the JA system changed and adapted over the years to fit the needs of the student body?

The nature of JAAB and SelCom’s decision precluded students from having anything other than reactionary conversations. Moving forward, we feel it is important to ensure that future decision-making processes break this precedent. We urge governing bodies on campus to solicit and give weight to outside student opinions when determining what direction to take. And now, more than ever, we encourage students to think critically about what our expectations of the JA role are and to engage in meaningful conversations about the future of the role and the system.

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Am I Williams?

The co se e ces o i come dis ari a he olle e

By ROCKY DOUGLAS How would you respond if someone asked you why students come to the College? Would you point to the mountains and relationships with professors? Would you emphasize the ability to choose classes flexibly, take tutorials and live in the entry system? Would you respond that Ephs come because the Williams experience is special?

If you answered in this way, would you believe me if I told you that some chose this college for reasons other than the unique experience? As a first-generation student whose fulltime job prevented me from ever going on a campus tour, I applied to the College without having the slightest idea of what a college experience would be like. I knew nothing about the Purple Bubble or first-year housing, nor about anything that made the College different from other elite colleges. As a low-income student, the College instead enticed me with a generous financial aid package, promises of finally being financially stable and dreams of bringing my family out of generational poverty. For me, the security of the College was always more attractive than the experience.

Logically, most of the lower-income students at the College come here with hopes of future economic stability. I came here to make sure that my mother and I never have to be homeless or worry about our next meal again. I came here so that my family and I can stop cancelling doctors’ appointments because we cannot afford co-pays and medication. I came here so that the future generations of my family don’t have to work full-time during high school to eat and afford school.

My experience at the College and the motivations for why I came here do not fit into the narrative of a typical Eph. Stories similar to mine are never talked about at the College outside of short panels. For instance, admissions and the “I am Williams” campaign do not mention students who skip meals because they are forced to drop to a lower meal plan. That struggle is not deemed a part of the Williams experience.

We all read the statistics on income distribution and outcomes that the New York Times published. (“Report questions upward mobility at the College,”

Feb. 8, 2017.) Why are there not larger conversations about income inequality and economic disparity on campus or the different ways in which people experience the College? Are those conversations not vital to improving the experience of lower income students?

When 67 percent of the student population here come from homes that are in the top 20-percent income bracket, the experiences of low-income students are not taken as a vital portion of the College identity. Only 5 percent of the campus population comes from the same income bracket as me, so our struggles are rarely addressed systematically. As a low-income student, my experience at the College is incredibly different than 67 percent of Ephs. The Williams that I experience is being told that I should be grateful that rich donors allow me to be here. The Williams that I experience requires that $1300 of my summer earnings go to financial aid instead of my mother because the College wants to ensure that students with the highest level of need still pay. The Williams that I experience is sitting my black body in the chair of a white administrator’s office and being told, “I’m going to assume you’re on financial aid … Actually, I shouldn’t say anything.”

The struggles of low-income students are not talked about en masse because these narratives do not fit into what people believe about the College. For many people, coming to the College means taking tutorials, being in an entry, studying abroad, hiking in the mountains, etc.

Compared to other colleges, Williams is the exception in giving flexibility in choosing classes, opportunities to study abroad and beautiful mountains.

I expected nothing from the College except for socioeconomic stability and mobility. According to the report from the New York Times, the College systematically fails to provide these to students. We don’t talk about the reasons why the College doesn’t prioritize issues surrounding socioeconomic mobility because they do not fit into the Eph narrative. On multiple occasions, the Williams that I experience is being told that if I am unhappy, I should simply leave.

There is no systematic outlet for me to express my grievances to the College because, at the end of the day, my poverty and I are not Williams.

Building a new legacy

Celebrating student power by renaming Horn Hall R Ra d ADRIENNE BANKS On Thursday, students convened a meeting in response to troubling comments about workers made by trustee Joey Horn ’87. This was an open space where we discussed the colonial legacy of building names on campus, with Horn Hall as a jumping off point. It was not a space to discuss Horn’s work with the College or the legal specificities of her conviction. Our aim was not to choose the perfect or permanent name for Horn Hall but to explore a new process for naming buildings that is student-centered. About 70 students attended, as well as multiple faculty and staff members.

Students agreed that, in a more just world, buildings would not solely be named after millionaires (who often make much of their money from extractive and harmful industries, like oil). Building names are one way that we bestow institutional honor and demonstrate what we value. The names of the College’s buildings reinforce a sentiment on this campus that affluent white masculinity is valued above all else.

We brainstormed dozens of names that would articulate a different vision of what this community values: buildings named after the indigenous peoples whose land was dispossessed by the founders of this college, buildings named after Professor of History Leslie Brown and Joshua Torres ’15 and buildings named after our professors and therapists and fellow student activists, not just named after the wealthy.

Through the town hall, we hoped to interrogate the legacies of colonialism and slavery memorialized on the College’s campus through the figures of Ephraim Williams, Amos Lawrence, Paul Chadbourne 1848, as well as other means, such as the Haystack Monument.

Although a few students expressed concern with Horn’s association with this broader legacy and were not excited about a student-centered renaming effort, the majority of students (over 60) who attended the meeting showed up in support of renaming the building.

Thus, toward the end of the meeting, students voted on ’69 and ’93 Hall as a new, temporary name for Horn Hall, in recognition of the 1969 student sit-in that led to the creation of the Africana studies department and the 1993 student hunger strike that led to the creation of the Latina/o studies department at the College. Following the vote, many of us marched to the newly named ’69 and ’93 Hall. We hung a banner from the hall, and other posters that said “justice for all workers,” “students in solidarity” and more.

The town hall meeting and subsequent banner drop was a direct action about reclaiming the campus for students, especially students whose families are subordinated by the present economic system.

The town meeting was called after the College refused to discuss Horn’s conviction with the students who uncovered it. President Adam Falk and the Board of Trustees ignored a letter that a coalition of more than 40 students sent two weeks ago regarding the conviction. Horn quietly stepped down from the Board one day after the letter was sent. Would she have stepped down had we not brought her conviction to light? Would the College have been transparent with us about a court case that they knew was going on? We aren’t so sure.

We are troubled that the administration refused to engage with us and thus led us to take matters into our own hands and call this meeting. Yet it is even more troubling and telling how threatened the administration was by fairly tame student activism

The names of the buildings reinforce ... that affluent white masculinity is valued above all else.

that fell neatly within institutional organizing processes. The administration rejected our daily message for the town hall meeting and took down many of our banners and posters.

Four different security officers, including plain-clothes officers, greeted students as they came into the meeting. The administration used both the Office of Communications and Campus Safety and Security in an attempt to assert what is permissible under an institutional rubric.

To us, this repression of student activism raises questions about who the College protects and who this campus is built for. It is disturbing how far the College will go to protect a millionaire from being criticized. What about protecting the students who walk this campus every single day feeling unsafe and unprotected? What about hiring more therapists for the health center instead of spending hundreds of thousands on flashy marble slabs? What about implementing AsianAmerican studies and Native studies departments and hiring more faculty of color? What about divesting from fossil fuels and improving our sexual assault policies? Williams College: What about taking actions that actually protect the students you are claiming to serve, instead of the millionaires who give money so that fancy new dorms can be built?

This place, steeped in a long history of white supremacy and violent colonialism, has never been an institution that protects marginalized students unless students demand it. This is why the sit-ins and hunger strikes of 1969 and 1993 were necessary. For decades, students have been taking matters into their own hands and demanding that the College serve them when it refuses to do so, time and time again. Our renaming of Horn Hall to ’69 and ’93 Hall aims to celebrate that.

Claudia Forrester ’18 is a biology and women’s, gender and sexuality studies double-major from Westwood, Mass.

She lives in Williams Hall. Adrienne Banks ’20 is from Eugene, Ore. She lives in Armstrong.

Rocky Douglas ’19 is from Houston, Texas.

Appreciation for taxation What I learned from helping the community

By MARIA HIDALGO ROMERO If someone had told me a year ago that one of my greatest professors in college would be the tax system, I would have told them to shove it elsewhere. However, I have learned just as much about myself, about the Berkshires and about America, as I have about the tax code.

Every Wednesday and Saturday, I pile into a minivan with a group of students, headed by the Center for Learning in Action (CLiA) director Paula Consolini and Robbie Dulin ’19, to fill out tax returns in North Adams. Together, we make up the Purple Valley Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) team. We climb up to the second floor of a Berkshire strip mall and wave to either Rose or Karen, the receptionists who we borrow from the Berkshire Community Action Council. Oftentimes, our first clients are already waiting for us.

Our clients: I’ve worked with young 18-year-olds fresh out of high school, old doting couples, supermoms, savvy immigrants, College faculty, bachelors, children and more.

They all come to get their taxes filed through our no-cost VITA program.

VITA, a national program connected to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), as claimed on their website, aims to offer “free tax help to people who generally make $54,000 or less, persons with disabilities and limited English speaking taxpayers who need assistance in preparing their own tax returns.” What the website doesn’t tell you, is how VITA is one of the few national programs aimed at making the system work.

The system: Most social policy work and social safety net programs use the tax returns to means-test their participants. National programs from SNAP, colloquially known as food stamps, to LIHEAP, a fuel assistance program, all require that applicants submit their tax returns as proof of eligibility. The Affordable Care Act depends on tax

penalties for its effectiveness, as well. The tax code is at the heart of policy work in the United States.

My role as a tax consultant tells me just as much about U.S. policy as my classes at the College. “Principles of Microeconomics” may have taught me about house budgets, poverty and theories on economic redistribution, but VITA showed me how a Berkshire resident could spend $7000 on rent when their budget only has $16,500 dollars of income to work with. Theory tells me this client is above the poverty line; experience tells me otherwise. The poverty line is based off of caloric consumption in relation to household budget and the metric was established in the mid-20th century. Nowadays, economists and policy workers speculate that this food-to-income percentage has dropped while other expenses, such as housing, have risen in proportion. Only at VITA can I see this playing out in realtime. And more importantly, I can help fix this problem. Through the application of a rental deduction, I got the client a larger refund that they then used to pay part of next year’s rent. I don’t have to wait until I graduate to make a difference, and you don’t either.

I would like to point out that I’m not endowed with any magical tax filing powers. I also don’t particularly enjoy pouring over W-2s or 1099s. However, I make the time to go down to North Adams because I love the people we work with, and I know the work that we do makes a big difference in their lives. Through a bit of studying and a certification test, any College community member — faculty, student or alum — can come join Purple Valley VITA and do their part in making the world a bit better.

My role as a tax consultant tells me just as much about U.S. policy as my classes at the College.

Maria Hidalgo Romero ’20 is from Nokomis, Fla. She lives in Sage.

JOANNE BECKFORD ’19

On being an immigrant in America Confronting the harsh realities of today’s immigration policies

By NOHELY PERAZA There was nothing but barren desert ahead. They were told that they were near the border. This was unexpectedly confirmed when border patrol was seen approaching steadfastly towards the group of hopeful souls attempting to enter the land of opportunity. One by one, they hid in bushes along the road, the only cover available in the broad desert land. Naturally, border patrol had seen them run into hiding. One by one, people were pulled from the bushes and taken back to El Salvador. My mother began to pray. She asked God to keep her hidden, to not let them find her, because she had nothing in El Salvador and did not want to return. They pulled the person next to her in the bush, skipped over her and continued taking people one by one. She was not caught, and with a much smaller group of people, she eventually crossed the border into the United States.

Fast forward a few years: As I learned my first words as a child watching educational programs such as Sesame Street, my mother, at the age of 27, sat alongside me and learned rudimentary English. We would repeat the letter of the day, learn new words and sing along and dance together. I learned how to say new words in English as she taught me Spanish. I absorbed new information quickly and was able to start school early as a result.

In El Salvador, my mom always wished she could go to school. From a young age, she was forced to cook for her brothers who worked in the fields all day. She would steal their homework when they were not around, and she would practice writing the alphabet by drawing letters with a stick on dirt. She had no schooling at all until she came to the United States. When I was 5 years old, she took an English language class

for a few months at the local community college in the evenings after work to improve her English. She eventually needed to stop in order to devote her evenings to work. Because I was able to learn both languages at the same time, I was able to grow up helping my mother translate documents.

Growing up, my mom would always remind me that my education would be the key to my success and, thereby, the success story of everyone who didn’t have the same opportunities. She also often reminds me that I would not have been born or at least would not have been alive long, had I been born in El Salvador due to the health conditions I was born with and her nonexistent access to medical care. In El Salvador, she could only have dreamed of one day having children and a home, owning her own car and seeing that her children are receiving an education and paving a path for themselves.

After over 20 years of being in the United States, my mother still does not have her citizenship. The arduous, complicated process is one that she has been grappling with her entire life in the United States. She has to renew a work permit every year to be able to maintain her two jobs. It is always one of the most daunting and saved-for annual costs in our home.

Following Trump’s election, my mom has called me more than once regarding potential changes to immigration laws under the current administration. She always asks me, “What is going to happen? Am I going to be safe?” It breaks my heart that I don’t have an answer for her, that I have to say that I don’t know.

On Claiming Williams Day, I attended an information session that featured an immigration lawyer. When asked about the potential dangers that the new administration could bring, he said that he didn’t know. And that’s the scariest part

of it — no one knows. To hear an immigration lawyer say that this was the most unpredictable administration he had seen in his lifetime is not entirely soothing. My mother’s immigration lawyer had a similar answer for her. The uncertainty has weighed on us heavily.

Xenophobia is very much a prevalent ailment of the United States that precedes the current presidential administration. I have seen it in the degrading manners in which my mother has been treated in the homes she has cleaned and in many interactions she has had with white Americans. I have seen it in the assumptions that store employees at the mall have made about her ability to afford items she intends to purchase. I have seen it in her immediate fear at the sight of a police officer. I have seen it in the frustration in her eyes upon not being able to express herself fully in English.

I have said this before and I will repeat it endlessly: Without immigrants, this nation would not exist. Immigrants contribute greatly to this country culturally, economically, socially and in many other ways. There is no such thing as an “illegal” human. To describe one as such instantly criminalizes and dehumanizes them. My mother is not a criminal simply for seeking a better life. My mother is not here to steal anything from you.

She has every right to pursue her goals and put every ounce of energy she has into working hard so that her children do not have to undergo the barriers that she faced in El Salvador. This holds true for the other 11.4 million immigrants in the United States. I may not have control over policy changes, but believe me when I tell you that fear will not win. I will fight to death for my mother in the way that she has done for me.

Nohely Peraza ’20 is from Menlo Park, Calif. She lives in Sage.

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March 8, 2017

Great Ideas addresses Water Street running, biking safety

By RACHEL LEVIN EXECUTIVE EDITOR College Council’s Great Ideas Committee has recently begun collecting data on the running and biking usage of Water Street/Route 43 by students, faculty, staff and community members. At the moment, the street is narrow and does not have sidewalks. In addition, the small shoulders available for running and biking are falling apart.

According to Sonya Jampel ’19, who is spearheading the efforts, the project to improve the street’s safety and accessibility has two goals. The first facet is improving safety on Water Street. “Williams in general is a pretty active community, but sometimes it can be intimidating to run on Water Street, especially for first-years who are unfamiliar with the traffic flow and geography of the town,” Jampel said.

Part two of the project would address that issue through the creation and distribution of maps of safe places to run. While the Purple Valley Track Club would likely distribute the maps, primarily to first-years, Jampel hopes that the Purple Bike Coalition could also create a map of safe places to bike. “Williams is over 30 percent varsity athletes, but what about the other 70 percent who also want to be active?”

Jampel said.

Jampel emphasized their partnership with Jason Hoch ’95, the Williamstown town manager. “I went to him with the idea and he [said that he’d] been trying to do that for years, and it would be really helpful if [she] got the

JUNE HAN / PHOTO EDITOR

Active students, faculty and community members worry that the conditions and lack of sidwalks on Route 43 and Water Street are unsafe.

Williams students onboard,” she said.

Given that the road is state owned, they are hoping to find an avenue to improve safety within the town’s limited authority. Currently, the town cannot do much without approval from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MDOT). “If it were a town-owned road it would already be fixed,” Jampel said.

Additionally, both sides of the road are private land, meaning the town would need permission from various owners if the road were to be expanded to have a wider shoulder or a sidewalk.

The idea of repaving the road to make it friendlier for physical-

ly active members of the College and the community has gone through various proposals since the late 1970s. None of them have succeeded in their ultimate goal, although one did lead to a sign telling cars to watch for bikes on the road.

“A lot of people have tried in the past and [the proposal] has failed,” Jampel acknowledged.

“Luckily this is happening at a really good time in that the state is looking to repave roads in the area and the state.”

Hoch added that the project “is on the state’s Transportation Improvement Plan; however, it has neither been scheduled for a specific year nor had a cost

estimate applied.” Additionally, “I do know from information conversations with [MDOT] that they are just now putting together the specifications for engineers to begin design and public participation for the project,” Hoch said.

According to Jampel, the next step will be to submit and present a proposal to the MDOT, hopefully before spring break.

Still, even if the proposal does get approved, the work on the road likely will not be finished until after she graduates.

To prepre for the presentation and proposal, the Great Ideas Committee created and circulated a survey to get a bet-

ter idea of the current usage and concerns regarding the road through daily messages. The committee also sent the link to local businesses who could distribute it. As of Sunday, the survey had 623 responses. Only 54 percent (336) of the responses were students at the College, while 119 faculty and staff and 160 community members also responded (some respondents fell in the “other” category).

As the survey gained traction, Jampel added questions specifically regarding how concerned people felt about the safety of Water Street and a comment box, where 130 people have left additional remarks.

The reaction from the town has mostly “been enthusiasm, like, ‘Yes I’m glad that you’re working on this, this is really important,’” Jampel said, noting again that Hoch has been supportive of the committee’s efforts. Despite the mostly positive feedback, Jampel said that there have “also been a lot of responses that say that Williams students need to run more safely, and wear reflective gear, and not run four abreast and run [against traffic]. There were a lot of complaints about Williams students not really using the road safely.”

Other community members fostered concerns about what widening the road would entail.

“A few people in the community were concerned about keeping the road scenic, and if you widen the road [to accommodate a sidewalk or a wider shoulder,] then you’re more likely to get cars moving faster,”Jampel said. “In the past, that was what stopped the success of the project – Williams[town] community members saying that [they] like it the way it is.”

Hoch hopes that “they will find a way to enhance safety for all of the users while not over designing something that undermines the unique rural character of [Water Street]. I want us to have a safe corridor,” he said, “but not necessarily at the expense of making it a soulless massive swath of asphalt.”

Jampel and Hoch hope that this time will be different and that the MDOT will approve the proposal. Additionally, they hope that the partnership between the town and students from the College will continue as the project slowly moves along.

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Support for mental health proves mixed during study away CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 about it because it’s hard to do something about it.’ And that was a frustrating thing to hear, and also reinforces a lot of ideas about mental health – how bad does it have to be?

Because all we wanted was weekly therapy – that was it.”

Often, the lack of resources provided by programs, combined with the fact that the College does not provide therapy for students studying abroad, can leave students in a bind. “I didn’t feel like I had any real support from the program, nor did I feel as though I had any real support from Williams,” Namaste said. “And the frustrating part about that for me was that Williams always tells you, ‘Even when you’re abroad, you’re still a Williams student.’ You don’t have ac-

cess to any of the resources or anything that you do here when you’re abroad, and while I understand logistically why, because our psych services are already so over-extended, I think it's frustrating, the kind of rhetoric we use around this type of stuff.”

Following mental health challenges abroad, one of the most isolating parts of the experience can be returning to a College community that expects to hear only positive feedback about studying away. “When you get back everybody wants to say, ‘Oh, how was it?’ and hear about all the positive stuff,” Rampone said. “With friends I could talk about it more, but at the same time, even with friends, I felt like people would get sick of it, and just because most of my friends had very positive experiences, it got a little taxing on

me because when we would talk about these things, they would share how wonderful their experiences were.”

Namaste experienced similar stress in bringing back a negative experience studying abroad. “It was really isolating because most of my friends who went abroad were raving about how wonderful their experiences were, and mine was not,” she said. “My big thing was that people would be like, ‘How great was study abroad?’

And I would be like, ‘It wasn’t.’”

Upon returning from studying abroad, students resuming or entering into psychological counseling at the College are encouraged to discuss challenges abroad if they so desire. “PCS therapists have a wide variety of feedback from students regarding their experiences abroad,” Adam said. “When students disclose

negative experiences of mental health resources abroad, therapists help students process their experiences [and] identify factors influencing their experiences and whether other outcomes might have been achievable.”

Although individual therapy upon return can be extremely helpful, Namaste believes that she would have also benefitted from a more communal setting with which to discuss her experiences. “[My PCS therapist] was very helpful in … unpacking my experiences with being abroad … on an individual level,” she said.

“But in terms of Williams as a small community and feeling very isolated within the community right after you return, knowing other students had had difficult experiences would have been really helpful for me … I think it would be

really helpful to have a return group for study-abroad students who either didn’t have a good experience or just want to have a space to talk about their experiences and whatever happened there.”

Namaste and Rampone both expressed a desire for a more open dialogue on campus about the challenges of studying abroad. “I think that the school can provide support and recognition that [studying abroad] might not be exactly what you think it’s going to be,” Namaste said.

“I think that, first of all, we need a culture change, and we need to be more conscious about the way we talk about going abroad and be aware that it’s not for everybody,” Rampone said. “That’s not necessarily something that the College can control, but it’s certainly something they can

influence – having more open conversations about it and not discussing it as if you fail if you haven’t had an amazing, life-changing experience.”

According to Adam, PCS is cognizant of these needs and is working to increase awareness of mental health challenges abroad. “PCS is currently working with College administration and the Office of International Travel to develop programming to increase student awareness about wellbeing while abroad, challenging issues that may arise and potential variability in accessing needed mental health care,” she said.

In the second part of this Closer Look, the Record will examine the mental health resources available at the Williams-Exeter Program at Oxford, the College’s flagship study-away opportunity.

Construction continues on campus Al-Batal speaks at the College on the future of Arabic pedagogy

By MICHAEL GREEN MANAGING EDITOR

Construction will be widespread at the College over the next year, with plans for continued work from now until 2020 on various new and continuing projects.

Williams Inn and College bookstore Initially, the College planned for the new Williams Inn to include a 60-room main building and a 40-room annex to be opened during times of high occupancy. Due to problems with cost, the surrounding wetlands and the physical footprint of the building, the College abandoned its plan to construct an annex.

Instead, the new inn will be one building of between 60 and 65 rooms, with a function space and a small restaurant. According to Fred Puddester, vice president for finance and administration and treasurer, the purpose of the restaurant is not to compete with those already on Spring Street but to be convenient for guests who wish to eat breakfast or dinner at the hotel. The College will receive a new design and cost estimate for the building next month. The building’s opening date will remain summer 2019.

The campus bookstore is on track for its opening in August, when it will begin selling trade books, textbooks and College gear, in addition to food from its vendor, Tunnel City Coffee. The College is still seeking a tenant for the building’s third-floor office space.

Student housing The College is moving forwards with its plan to replace the 40-bed Garfield House with a new dorm with the same number of beds. Garfield House will be torn down in summer 2018 and its replacement will be ready for fall 2019.

The project will cost $12 million.

The College also plans to proceed with regular cycles of renovations on all student housing. According to Puddester, it is more efficient if these renovations occur over a year, rather than in “summer slammers,” in which contractors rush to complete their work between when students leave in the spring and when they return in the fall, as was done with Morgan Hall in 2006. As a result, dorms will have to close for renovations, decreasing the number of beds available to students.

The recent addition of Horn Hall will enable the College to house all students even while other dorms are closed for renovation.

The College’s planned renovations include the houses in Dodd Circle, followed by Greylock Quad, although they have not been formalized yet.

Center for Development Economics (CDE)

Construction at the CDE will begin this summer. An addition to St. Anthony Hall, which currently houses the program, will be built on the rear of the building over the course of a year. This addition will allow all CDE students to live in the same building. The following year, the College will renovate St. Anthony Hall itself. During this time, students will eat in undergraduate dining halls and attend classes in temporary classrooms. Donations from both undergraduate and CDE alumni will wholly fund the $27 million project.

Academic and other buildings The construction of the new laboratory building is on schedule for opening in the summer of 2018, while the designs for the replacement to Bronfman Science Center are in their final stages. When Bronfman is demolished in 2018, temporary buildings south of Bascom Hall will serve as classrooms for the mathematics and statistics department, while math/stat faculty offices will move to Bascom until the new building’s completion in 2020. Psychology classes will move to a temporary building in between Bascom and Perry House. Bascom previously housed the admission office, but ultimately, according to Puddester, the goal is to make the building into student housing.

Next year, Goodrich Hall will be closed for renovations to the roof, masonry and structure. During this time, the dance studio will be relocated to the upper floor of Greylock Hall. Goodrich Coffee Bar is expected to move to Dodd House.

During this summer, the recent renovations of Chapin Hall will come to a close. The ceiling will receive an acrylic canvas to improve the building’s acoustics and the roof will be repaired, at a total cost between $1 million and $2 million.

The College has modified its generator project, intended to be done last summer, to begin this summer. Initially, the project included both a backup generator and a co-generation boiler. However, the cogeneration boiler would have required burning more natural gas, in conflict with the College’s goal to reduce carbon emissions.

Therefore, the project will proceed with just the backup generator.

Batal said. “They want to speak

By FRANCESCA PARIS COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR to people, and they want to travel abroad.”

Arabic learners now are priOn Thursday, Mahmoud AlBatal visited the College and marily undergraduates, and it spoke on the pedagogical chal- is the eighth most popular lanlenges of teaching Arabic as the guage to learn in the U.S., with 32,000 students. Twenty percent language has shifted since 2001.

Al-Batal is a professor of of students are heritage learners, Arabic at University of Texas in Arab-Americans or students with Austin and former long-time di- Muslim heritage. Al-Batal thinks rector of the Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) who has authored many textbooks and scholarly works.

Al-Batal opened with a story to show the extent to which Arabic’s visibility as an academic discipline has changed over the past three deMahmoud Al-Batal cades. In his first year teaching the language at Middlebury, he went to get a haircut. When he told it is also important, however, to the woman cutting his hair what consider those who are not.

“Eighty percent of the learnhe taught, she looks over at her friend. “He teaches aerobics,” ers,” said Al-Batal, “by and large, are people who are interested in she said.

“Oh,” her friend replied. “Like Arabic because they are interested in learning about the Other.”

Jane Fonda!”

Meanwhile, technology and Arabic has seen significant change as a language, in both social media have caused a funthe U.S. and the Arabic-speaking damental shift in the language itworld. Interest in learning Arabic self. The version of Arabic taught soared after 2001, causing a tre- in most classrooms is Modern mendous growth in departments Standard Arabic (MSA), a forand programs around the coun- mal language used in newscasts, try. That growth posed signifi- descended from the Quran. cant challenges to educators, and However, no one speaks MSA. it changed the way the language Native speakers have their own dialects, which differ from one was taught and perceived.

The profile of an Arabic learn- another in vocabulary, pronuner, he said, has also changed. In ciation and even grammar. “If 1995, about 4000 students were you use modern standard Arataking Arabic, primarily gradu- bic to order a falafel sandwich, ate students in academic careers. they’ll send you to the hospital,” They primarily learned the lan- Al-Batal said.

The diffusion of satellite teleguage by reading texts and translating into English, similar to the vision, however, is breaking down the firewall between MSA way one learned Latin.

“The vast majority of stu- and the dialects. In light of this dents are not interested because change, Al-Batal thinks, the they want to read manuscripts MSA instruction in schools is not or study linguistic analysis,” Al- working anymore.

“We have this new discourse, Arabic is in danger!” he said.

“You hear about it all over the Arab world.” The problem, he said, is that MSA is taught almost as if it were another language, with no application in the real world.

Al-Batal said the solution, both in the Arab world and in the U.S., is to fix the pedagogy.

He said that it is absurd to expel dialect from the classroom or demand a complete separation of formal and colloquial Arabic; they should contain a mix of both, what he calls an “encompassing approach.”

Teaching both MSA and dialect, and making students comfortable communicating in Arabic, calls for well-trained, smart Arabic professors, who are still in high demand. After 2001, Al-Batal said, the U.S. government more than doubled CASA’s funding in an effort to “throw money at the problem.” This effort resulted in a large number of native Arabic speakers without proper teaching training being placed at the front of classrooms.

When the teachers are convinced that Arabic is a challenging language, when they are not fully prepared to teach it, AlBatal said, only then does Arabic actually become hard to learn.

With proper instruction, he thinks, Arabic is no insurmountable challenge. He hopes that the government acknowledges how important Arabic instruction continues to be, even with fewer boots on the ground in the Middle East, just as he hopes it remembers the importance of every other language.

“Languages should not be linked to national strategies and security,” he said. “Languages have to be our intellectual security.”

“Languages should not be linked to national strategies and security.

Languages have to be our intellectual security.”

Students unofficially rename Horn Hall, discuss College naming practices CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Many attendees at the event centered their comments on this point. “No one wants to say that they’re a product of this, this or that but there has to be a time when we sit down and say that the way we interact with institutions is shaped by proximity to these things [systems of oppression],” Osirus said.

There was also tension when some supporters of the Horns implied that students on financial aid owe gratitude to donors to the College such as the Horns. “Hearing some of the things that were assumed, the whole comments aimed at people who were on financial aid were really stressing, if nothing else,” Romero said.

Following this discussion, the event turned to brainstorming ideal names for a residence hall on campus, which would honor values students in attendance felt were more appropriate. The intent of the event was decidedly not to petition for an official renaming of Horn Hall. “The administration thought we were trying to get them to officially rename the building, which was not the purpose of the event,” Bierer said.

Indeed, an official renaming of the building remains highly unlikely. “Ragnar and Joey Horn are loyal alumni, deeply committed to Williams,” President Adam Falk said. “Sometimes they've provided support publicly, through their philanthropy; other times they've helped

quietly, by personally mentoring students and encouraging individual faculty in their work.

Every one of us has benefited from their love of the college, whether we realize it or not. Board chair Mike Eisenson '77 told the Record he saw nothing in the court's verdict that warranted a reconsideration of the decision to name Horn Hall. While the Board reserves authority to decide such matters, I personally agree."

Students in attendance discussed on three new names for the building: Leslie Brown Hall (a tribute to the late Leslie Brown, associate professor of history), Justice for All Workers Hall and ’69 and ’93 Hall, a reference to the year in which students occupied Hopkins Hall and the year that students went on a hunger strike asking for the establishment of Africana studies and Latino/a studies as academic departments, respectively. Due in part to concerns about naming a building after a person without familial consent, the final name decided upon by vote was ’69 and ’93 Hall.

About 30 students then marched to Horn Hall, painted a banner with the new name on it and hung the banner on the front porch of Horn Hall. They also posted signs with several other slogans such as “Justice for All Workers” and “Students in Solidarity.” Students posted the banner and signs at about 10:30 p.m., and while it is not clear who removed them, they were gone within an hour of being put up.

Monday 2-27-17 2:25 p.m. Sage Hall: Officers responded to a stolen article report from a student who reported that in Nov. 2016 he locked his bike to the Sage D exterior bike rack. It was missing when he went to retrieve it a few days later.

Tuesday 2-28-17 9:18 a.m. Williams Hall: A College staff member reported a strong odor of marijuana coming from the second floor of Williams F. Thursday 3-2-17 1:59 a.m. Mission Park: Officers detected a strong marijuana odor in a common room area while responding to a smoke detector activation.

11:59 p.m. Perry House: Officers called a Village Ambulance after responding to a welfare check on a student.

Friday 3-3-17 9:50 p.m. Mission Park: Officers responded to a fire alarm after a student burned popcorn.

10:29 p.m. Hopkins Hall: Two students came into the Campus Safety and Security Office to make

statements after they were hit while crossing Route 2 from Spring Street to Paresky.

Saturday 3-4-17 4:39 a.m. '62 Center for Theatre and Dance: Williamstown Police responded to a call from a student who was lost in the building and possibly intoxicated.

Sunday 3-5-17 12:06 a.m. Perry House: Officers responded to a 911 complaint. Upon arrival, they found that there were two unresponsive students needing medical attention and called a second ambulance.

12:33 a.m. Paresky Center: Officers responded to a 911 activation for a student having a seizure.

12:34 a.m. Paresky Center: Officers responded to a student who had already vomited twice and could not walk without assistance. An ambulance responded from Adams and determined that the student in question did not need medical attention.

4:26 p.m. Williams College Museum of Art: Officers responded to a report of teenagers riding bikes and doing tricks off the steps. The officers pursued them and eventually stopped them near the Log.

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March 8, 2017

One in Two Thousand

By JANETH RODRIGUEZ PHOTO EDITOR

tell me more about him.

How old is he?

Both a great bachata dancer and brilliant chemist, Jose Lopez ’17 is a friendly and cheerful person that is always encouraging others. As his research assistant in Professor Christopher Goh’s lab, I have had the privilege of seeing both his professional and goofy sides. I have learned a lot from him and been witness to his incredible patience.

He is … what is he? He should be six months in a couple of weeks. He is the sunshine in my everyday life. He is what has really pushed me to continue with my work and thesis and to be able to finish my last year because it has been a rough year. Just being away from my family, and especially now being away from him, and everything that has happened as a result of it. He is … oh! He is going to be up here for graduation, so he’ll get to see Williams and I’ll be able to show my family around.

So I know that you are working on a thesis. How is that going?

Well, it’s a year-long process, and I am working on renewable polymers and taking fatty acids that you find in your everyday fruits and vegetables and hoping that we can extract the fatty acids found inside them and be able to form what would be known as new polymers. Because the current polymers that exist today are very much monomer-based, and those monomers are, unfortunately, fossil-fuel based.

It is an unsustainable system; we hope to be able to find a greener alternative to form these new polymers.

Awesome. Have you ever had any incidents in lab?

I stabbed myself with a syringe the other day.

[Laughs.] Wasn’t intentional, but it happens.

The other day, you were showing me pictures of your nephew, and I’ve heard you’ve been showing them around a lot. So

JOSE LOPEZ ’17

That’s so awesome. So, what was a fun event that you were able to direct as a house coordinator?

That’s so cute. How about after graduation? What are your plans?

I’m hoping to enter the chemical industry for a couple years.

I do plan on going for a Ph.D. in chemistry eventually, but for the time being, I am pretty tired, so I think I’ll take a couple of years off before I jump into the Ph.D. program … hopefully at UCLA or UC Berkeley, but we’ll see.

I also know you are in Ritmo Latino. How is that?

How did you start? When did you get in?

[Laughs.] I’ve always joked about entering Ritmo since, like, my first year. I had a girlfriend at the time that was kind of like, [Laughs.] “no, you can’t be in it because you dance too close to the other girls,” and all this stuff. So being the good boyfriend that I was – I knew it wouldn’t have bothered her, but I still

emails or just run into people, and they are like, “wait! You are the Dodd neighborhood director. Yo, you were my house coordinator and I really appreciated all the events you threw and all the things that you’ve done.” So it’s just something that I have really enjoyed, since I come from a very close family, and being able to take what I’ve learned from my family and be able to implement it in some fashion at Williams has made my experience so much better.

I’ve basically been responsible for battle balls.

What is that?

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HOMETOWN FAVORITE ACTIVITY RESIDENCE POMONA, CALIF. PARSONS HOUSE BATTLE BALLS decided not to join because I was like, “nah.” I didn’t want to stir up any trouble. And then, I actually joined because my friend Steph told me, “you should really try out! Even if you don’t get in, even if you don’t want to join, at least you tried out, and at least you learned something.” I was hesitant, but I still joined because I was like, “alright, cool. This should be fun,” and now I am choreographing a bachata for the spring show. [Laughs.]

That’s awesome.

Are there any other activities

that you are involved in on campus?

I’m also a neighborhood director, which is a part of the neighborhood system. Basically, it is a supervisory role to the house coordinators who are responsible for programming and snacks inside the upperclassmen residential living. And it’s been one of my favorite programs to be a part of, obviously, because I have been a part of it for three years now, but I’ve always been pretty involved with community-building on campus, and it’s always awesome to get

Battle balls are those huge – well I don’t know if you have seen those YouTube videos of people that are surrounded by these huge bubble balls, and you play soccer and essentially tackling each other in those, and that is always one of the big events. We do it every single Winter Study, and it is a lot of fun. We get a lot of people jumping around in these balls, running into each other, and it is hysterical. It is hysterical to watch, but it’s super tiring. It’s a long event, but it is, I think, one of those events that people always remember.

What got you interested in being a house coordinator?

My family. I originally wanted to join because I am a first-

generation Latino student and come from a very loving family. Every single day we wake up, we give each other a kiss on the cheek, and even when we are saying bye, it’s a kiss on the cheek, and growing up with that made me really comfortable with my family and able to express myself to them.

Whenever I had problems, I always went to them, but here, since I didn’t have that access to them because I was three thousand miles away, that was rough at first. So my friend Donnie Kost ’15 actually told me that, since I came from a family like that, I could use that and be able to bring people together at the house.

Obviously, not to the point where you give each other kisses on the cheeks, but just having that kind of experience and being able to share those experiences with other people can bring them together and makes living on campus so much easier, and that’s exactly why I decided to apply. I actually applied two or three hours [laughs] before the deadline.

It was a super last-minute decision, but I was like, “you know what? I think I am going to do it because I think I would be great at it,” and now I am overseeing an entire neighborhood because I really wanted people to connect and feel comfortable at a place like Williams, where it can be very stressful and difficult to go through everyday life.

Do you know someone that you think should be featured in One in Two Thousand?

Email rbs2 or jdp4 with nominations - we’d love to hear your suggestions!

Bronfman Science Shop provides Get Baked creates delicious delights fabrication services to College

By HANNAH LEBOWITZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

By RB SMITH FEATURES EDITOR Deep in the depths of Bronfman Science Center lies an innocuous black button. Situated on a plain metal plate screwed into the brick wall, it is not the sort of button that would ordinarily attract attention. This particular button, however, is accompanied by a large paper sign which reads, in bold font, “CAUTION: Do not, for any reason, press this button!” Standing beside it are two men, one of whom looks at me with a sly smile. I ask him what the button does. “There’s only one way to find out,” he said.

The man’s name is Jason Mativi, and he is an instrumentation engineer at the Bronfman Science Shop, dealing mostly with electronics. “If something needs to be fixed, I fix it. If you need a device to measure something, I build it,” he said. “If something breaks, I put it back together – that’s my favorite part of the job, seeing all the different ways people can break things.” Recently, he has built a light-up presentation board for the library, made a dynamic widespectrum fish light (“What it does, is, it lights up fish,” he said with an excited gesture) for the biology department and repaired a fair number of hot plates – 286, to date. He is accompanied by Coordinator of Science Facilities and Science Safety Officer Norm Bell, who manages science resources all around the College and “makes sure they don’t do anything stupid.” Both men glance knowingly at the baffling black button.

Mativi, Bell and the button are all part of the eclectic apparatus that is the Bronfman Science Shop. The shop houses a CNC milling machine, a laser engraver and multiple 3D printers among other things and aims to provide students and faculty with all the fabrication resources required to build any device or apparatus they might need.

Despite its remote and seemingly opaque nature, it plays a crucial role at the College.

In addition to helping pro“There just aren’t any other opportunities here to do this fessors with their research, sort of thing,” Michael Tay- Taylor has also recently lor, a design engineer, model opened the Shop up to stumaker and the primary arbi- dents, taking in about four ter of the Shop, said. When I a semester for independent met with him, he was hunched study projects, as well as ofover a collaborative work sta- fering occaisional Winter tion with Milinda Rupasing- Study courses. Students from he, a post-doctoral research all kinds of majors, often fellow, studying a small met- with no fabrication experial box. It turned out to be ence, have built everything an atomic beam accelerator from syringe assembly tools made of solid molybdenum – and “arachnid robots” to art with a leak. In the middle of a and music projects and even quantum physics experiment, a fully-functioning bicycle, Rupasinghe had noticed that which the student then proit was spewing gaseous in- ceeded to ride across Europe.

“The depth dium from of talent the seams. hidden in With a meltkids walking ing point of “The depth of talent around this 4753 degrees hidden in kids walking campus is Fahrenheit, remarkable,” a busted moaround this campus Taylor said. lybdenum is remarkable.”

In the future, chamber is he hopes not the sort of to get more thing you can Michael Taylor students go and get with innoDesign engineer welded shut vative ideas in Pittsfield working in – but Taylor the Shop to and the rest of the Shop never back down make them realities.

Currently, the limiting facfrom a challenge.

Having existed “in some tor is space, but that is soon form or another for decades,” to change. The new Science according to Taylor, the Shop Center extension currently has seen all sorts of projects. under construction at Morley When Taylor arrived seven Circle will provide the Shop years ago, it mostly housed with 30 percent more floor industrial machining equip- space and all new state-ofment from the mid-20th the-art facilities. In the new century. “They had mostly space, Taylor hopes to offer retired mechanics from [the] Winter Study courses featurindustry, guys from G[eneral] ing different aspects of the E[lectric],” Taylor said. Since Shop and accommodate the then, the Shop has undergone “significant level of intermajor upgrades, incorporat- est” at the College in learning ing all manner of comput- about fabrication techniques.

In the meantime, Taylor er-run machines to cut and mold plastic and metal with and the Shop’s myriad of paextreme precision, building trons will continue to carve everything from rat mazes away at their projects, and to particle accelerators. Tay- Mativi will continue to relor mentioned one instance pair broken hot plates. When where a professor came down I pushed him one last time initially looking to purchase about the mysterious button, a light bulb – and ended up he remained tight-lipped. “I building a climate-controlled can’t tell you on the record incubation chamber for a spe- what it does,” he said, “but cies of foreign lichen he was it’s for science. It also has trying to genetically engineer the added plus of making me to produce valuable chemi- laugh.” Interested students, it cals – as a typical example of seems, have no choice but to the variety of projects that the delve into Bronfman and satisfy their curiosity firsthand.

Shop handles.

On the first Friday of every month, a crowd of students from the College convene in the front entryway of Mission Hall to “get baked,” in the most wholesome sense of the term. The club “Get Baked” serves student-made baked goods near the pool tables and kitchen at 10 p.m., but preparation begins hours beforehand.

During the club’s March gathering I spoke with Mia Gancayco ’18, co-president of the organization, to get a sense of the effort that goes into baking each month. In addition to Gancayco, there are usually five others who help prepare the baked goods.

The food each week is selected to correspond with a particular theme, which is decided upon at club meetings leading up to Friday nights. Gancayco says members come to the meetings with ideas for foods they’ve “always wanted to bake,” and a theme is formulated around these food preferences. In the past few months, some Get Baked themes included July in January, Cookie Extravaganza and Midnight in Paris, the last of which consisted of nutella-stuffed crepes, éclairs, cream puffs and crepe towers. The March theme was Breakfast in Bed, and the spread boasted an array of nut butters, freshly-baked breads, muffins and pancakes.

After all the time devoted to the labor-intensive baking process, the food is depleted quickly.

During the March session, a customary Mission fire alarm drove

a crowd of displaced residents into the vicinity, and I watched as stacks of pancakes and a multitude of muffins were entirely consumed within minutes of being placed on the table.

Amidst a moment of calm post-fire alarm, I got the chance to speak at greater length with Gancayco. Now a junior, she said she initially heard about the club during First Days as a first-year. She was immediately interested, attended regularly and resolved to see the club continue throughout her time at the College. That spring, the club’s president graduated, and in the fall of her sophomore year, Gancayco returned to campus as copresident of Get Baked.

The purpose of the club is to provide “a wholesome alternative to going out on party nights,” Gancayco said. “It’s so much fun. People always love it, and it’s great to see people’s faces.” When asked if she had a favorite theme so far, she responded with Fancy Cake Night, an event in which “we just made fancy cakes, but it was everything I’ve ever wanted,” she said.

The theme was chosen after Gancayco professed her dream of baking her own wedding cake, a dream that was nearly fulfilled when she crafted her own miniature wedding cake.

Gancayco said she has been really impressed by some of the newer members’ involvement in the club, specifically mentioning the “super enthusiastic” Jeremy Shields ’20. A first-year member of Get Baked and regular club attendee, his favorite theme so

far was Cupcake Night, when the club concocted “cupcake[s] with a surprise inside,” he said.

“We baked cupcakes with holes in the middle and filled them with M&Ms. When you took a bite, it crunched.”

Shields came to the College with an interest in baking and became involved with Get Baked after seeing it advertised in Daily Messages. He admits to entering the club a novice baker, his only prior experience consisting of cracking eggs for chocolate chip cookies. Shields now considers baking one of his favorite hobbies. “[At my first meeting,] members were all around the table baking, and they were like, ‘here’s a recipe,’ and shoved a piece of paper in my face. I’ve been coming ever since,” Shields said.

In addition to helping Shields cultivate a love for baking, Get Baked has also come to be an important community on campus for him. “It’s always a nice reunion because we don’t see each other much otherwise, but when we get to see each other here, we have a lot of fun for six hours just throwing stuff in bowls and seeing what comes out on the table,” he said.

Although the food made by Get Baked is delectable, the club is more process than productoriented. “If there’s something people don’t know about the club, it’s the people behind it and the family it forms,” Gancayo said. “The reason I do it is because it’s so fun to see how baking can bring people together. It’s such a warm experience.”

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Get Baked cooks a variety of sweet confections, from cookies to nut butters to fruit pancakes.

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Campus fixture Eric Wilson brings joy to College community

By JACK BRENT GREENBERG EDITOR IN CHIEF As constant changes happen throughout the College and Williamstown community, a few constants hold up over the years. Within the Purple Bubble, one force proves constant and immalleable amidst all this volatility: Eric Wilson, the self-proclaimed “big brother” of the College.

Having spent plenty of time at Tunnel City Coffee over the past few years, I originally grew acquainted with Wilson for his status at the coffee shop as a “regular” who never actually buys anything. He would walk in the front door, make his way from table to table to chat with everyone, maybe grab a complimentary cup of water and eventually find his way out. Oftentimes, he has never met the customers beforehand – he is just trying to prove a friendly presence. “I like to go to the basketball games and the cafe and the Williams Christian Fellowship,” he said. “I’m on campus because I want to give back to the community. I had a ‘Big Brother’ as a kid and that really helped me a lot. I feel like we can all help each other. So that’s why I am on campus. If some people are a little scared of me, I’m sorry I didn’t explain myself very well.”

Wilson experiences this nervousness behind his infallible affability, he explains, as a result of his struggle with his cognitive disability. “I have part of my brain dead,” Wilson said. “We went to North Adams [Regional Hospital] and I had all those tests for my brain when I was around 6 years old and then we went to Boston to see [what the problems were] and Boston found that part of my brain was dead. I was in this big ball or something … it was really scary. So after the test, the doctor told me I would never move out of the house, drive a

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Eric Wilson is a frequent presence at Tunnel City Coffee, chatting with and befriending both students and fellow Williamstown residents. car or do all the things I do. I just wanted to share this with the College because everyone is going through stuff … but you’re not by yourself. Talk to each other. Talk to me. I just want to be available.”

Wilson’s disability has directed much of his life, including his move from North Adams to Williamstown while he was in elementary school to secure better care and edu-

cational access. “I came here and my mom and dad bought a house, a nice house, here in Williamstown. I went to public school and in grammar school I had a ‘Big Brother’ ... they decided to get me a ‘Big Brother’ to help with my education … I have three sisters and so it [was] nice to have a ‘Big Brother’ that I could talk to ... he took me hiking, took me to sports at the College … that

helped me a lot.” He would go on to attend Mount Greylock Regional High School, which he said “was pretty easy and pretty hard,” noting how “some people protected me” from bullying. “When I was a kid, kids used to make fun of me,” Wilson said. “Now because I’m grown up, now I feel like I lost my childhood a little bit … you guys understand me more [than people my own

age]. I hang out with you guys because I feel safe with you.”

After high school, Wilson bounced between a lot of different work. He started out working at the Burger King in North Adams for five years before Dining Services employed him at Mission and Driscoll dining halls for five years. He began receiving disability benefits to allow him to work only part-time and got jobs at Hot

Tomatoes Pizza, a greenhouse, a driving range and the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition. The work of which he is the proudest, however, allows Wilson to assume his alter ego: Slider, the feline mascot of the North Adams SteepleCats, a collegiate summer baseball team. “I got into the SteepleCats through David Bond … he was my boss [at The Range] and my friend,” Wilson said.

“Awesome guy. He got me into the SteepleCats because he knew I care about people and knew that I would help people.

When I got into the SteepleCats, I did garden work, concessions and then I got into [serving as the mascot].”

Wilson keeps a busy schedule, but he makes plenty of time for bouncing around the College, continuing to enjoy the community after hanging around town regularly for about two decades. “I like the [people at the] College because they accept me for who I am,” Wilson said. “They understand me with my disability. I have a couple of you guys [who] say that I’m simple, down-to-earth and have some book intelligence. I can have fun and be serious. I enjoy life, because I’ve been through stuff. I’m still going through stuff. I’m still learning to be caring and sensitive. I do get [down] on myself once in a while, but I’m getting better at that.”

He is grateful for the time people within the community make for him at Tunnel City, basketball games and religious events and has a few comments to offer, especially for those who struggle with disability. “If you do have a disability on campus, don’t be afraid of it,” he said. “Live with who you are ... God cares about people …

You gotta keep going.” And for the College overall? “The only thing I want to say to the community of Williams College is thank you and to keep up the good work.”

Print Shop settles into new location

By JANE PETERSEN FEATURES EDITOR Spring Street has a new addition that hopes to cater to all of your printing needs.

Nestled between Pappa Charlie’s and Mad Macs is the new location of the Print Shop, servicing students and local businesses alike. When you walk in, you can find all of the store’s services conveniently adorning the wall, from copying and scanning to printing bumper stickers and apparel.

A large desk dominates the space and behind it sits The Print Shop’s owner, Elinor Goodwin. “We were a part of Berkshire Direct, which was a full-service marketing agency,” she said. “They did not want to do print anymore, they were just going with online marketing websites and online email marketing and things like that.

So, I bought that side of the business, and we started the Print Shop: Williamstown.”

The Print Shop, now in its fourth year of business, once occupied a spot on Main Street near Colonial Shopping Center before moving to its current location. Goodwin has found that the new location is an advantage. “Students are finding us more and more,” she said. “Lots of people will walk by on the

street and think ‘Oh, I can print a photo,’ and then come in, send me a photo and we can print 4x6 photos right as people wait.”

It would seem that most of the Print Shop’s business would come from students looking to produce the multitude of posters and fliers that decorate dorm hallways and academic building bulletin boards around campus.

While posters are a popular service, however, the most frequent request people make when walking into the shop is actually much smaller in size. “We do passport photos, which a lot of students, faculty and staff have been having done. Visa photos for applications and things like that have been pretty popular since we’ve moved over here,” Goodwin said. As if for emphasis, a woman walked in moments later with two young boys, asking for a passport photo to be taken for one of them.

The Print Shop also does the printing for Cards by Hailey, a card company whose product features water-color pictures of fruit and witty captions that was started by recent alumna Hailey Herring-Newbound ’16. “It has been fun to be a part of Hailey’s journey,” Goodwin said.

Goodwin has been dedicated to supporting students at the College long before the Print Shop opened its doors.

“I’ve been doing sports publications for Williams for twenty years,” she said. “I design and print the Williams football programs, we do the basketball programs, we printed the tickets for the basketball tournament, things like that.”

While the business benefits from student involvement, “we still do a lot of client company work,” Goodwin said. The Print Shop does work for multiple businesses in the area, including the Orchards Hotel and Overland Summers. “We do a little bit of everything for companies like that … We have a lot of vendors so if we can’t do something in house we can send it out to them,” Goodwin said.

Like many small businesses, the Print Shop is always looking for new ways to tap into the Williamstown community. Goodwin mentioned a recent addition to her list of clients, the Williams Journal of Foreign Affairs, which was “a great thing … we had never done that before,” she said.

As far as further expansion of the store goes, “we sort of use word of mouth, we use relationships with faculty,” Goodwin said. “What we say is that we can print anything.”

JANETH RODRIGUEZ/PHOTO EDITOR

The Print Shop, formerly on Main Street, is now situated at its new Spring Street location.

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Renee’s Diner in North Adams may be small in size, but it offers hearty portions of favorite comfort foods.

Renee’s Diner offers homey ambiance

By MINWEI CAO STAFF WRITER If you are looking for nofrill, hunger-satiating breakfast on a budget, Renee’s is what comes to mind. This roadside breakfast diner is definitely what you would call a mom-and-pop sort of place. A cash only establishment that fits only about 12 tables, Renee’s knows that people come for the food and homey experience; however, I had mixed feelings about my brunch at Renee’s. I have fully prepared myself for becoming the brunch social pariah after this food review and here is why: Renee’s execution of breakfast food was inconsistent. Some foods were prepared really well and definitely hit the sweet spot; others were lacking. I would definitely still give Renee’s a try because minor execution details do not detract from the fact that the meal is still an ultimate feel-good, eatwell, get-stuffed great deal.

Ambience is key to any dining experience. Walking into Renee’s, I could not help but relax, even though it was the

morning before the 100 Days dance for seniors. I have always thought 100 days was the College’s way of reminding us, seniors, that we have 100 days to get our lives together and start donating to the Alumni Fund. Needless to say, I, an unemployed senior, woke up feeling very grouchy. Renee’s people, decor and mood made everything better. The portions were huge -perfect for Saturday morning brunch. The service was lightning quick and spot on. The staff was patient, even though my table took several tries to order because we were indecisive.

Renee’s omelet was delicious, in fact one of the best omelets I’ve had in Berkshire county: fluffy eggs stuffed to the brim with cheese and veggies. The homemade salsa that came with the omelet was tangy and zesty as well as full of tomato-goodness, giving the omelet a fresh kick.

The nicely buttered toast served alongside the omelet made me pretty stuffed. 10 out of 10 on that one.

The less desireable dishes were riddled with minor flaws

that indicated spotty execution, but the quality of the food was still right-on. For example: were the home fries supposed to be fried potatoes or dense, hard-to-chew, starchladen potato nuggets? Their skins were tough to chew on the outside and made it a small jaw exercise to eat the home fries. The french toast from the “Super Hungry Man” (which is a value deal because you get three eggs, bacon, french toast, regular toast and home fries) was slightly salty because of the coating. I felt like it needed some sugar or a heavier egg coating. And finally, the hollandaise sauce on the eggs benedict was curdled and not smooth. This sauce also happened to drench the poached eggs of the eggs benedicts, which were supposed to be the star of the show. Because of these flaws, the dishes were less enjoyable but still satisfied a Saturday morning craving. I wish I had room in my stomach to try their patty melt, but I was stuffed by the time I finished eating all those eggs and home fries. Will definitely try this next time.

Happy eating!

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‘An Inner World’ delves into history of Dutch genre painting Hanging besides “Woman Reading a Book By a Window” are Metsu’s “Woman Drawing Wine from a Barrel” and Domenicus van Tol’s “Boy with a Mousetrap by Candlelight.” In the former, there are only three sources of light: two candles and a lantern. The dim lighting suggests a depth to the cellar, which contrasts with the two figures who have been brought forward in the space.

Van Tol’s painting similarly depicts a wine cellar and uses a lighting technique to give a sense of depth to the space. The boy depicted in the frame smiles out at the viewer, one hand holding a candle and the other holding the mousetrap. Although boys with mousetraps were a common subject in Dutch painting, the wine barrel and foul — both of which carried sexual connotations — led viewers to see the mousetrap as symbolizing love’s trappings. Both paintings are small, encouraging a sense of intimacy as viewers are forced get closer to the image to make out the details: a milk jug, head of cabbage, a plate of fish and so on, various details that give not only a verisimilitude to the painting but also flesh out an idea of what 17th century Dutch life was like.

An Inner World offers not only an intimate look into 17th century Dutch genre paintings, but also into the world and culture in which they were created. Running until Sept. 17, the exhibition can be found in the Clark’s permanent collection.

By LI YU ARTS EDITOR Last Sunday, the Clark Art Institute debuted An Inner World, an exhibition featuring 17th century Dutch genre paintings. An Inner World combines both the Clark’s own collection of Dutch genre paintings as well as pieces from the Leiden Collection, founded by Thomas Kaplan and Daphne Recanati Kaplan. Including a total of seven genre paintings made by artists living in or around Leiden, An Inner World explores themes of interiority, be it interior spaces or interior thought. The 17th century Dutch genre paintings capture the phenomena of fijnschilderijen – fine painting, distinguished by barely perceptible brushstrokes and naturalistic precision – featured artists Gabriel Metsu, Domenicus van Tol and Gerrit Dou and how their works influenced each other’s.

An Inner World occupies a small, symmetrical space within the Clark’s permanent gallery. At the center of the exhibition one finds Gabriel Metsu’s “Woman Reading a Book By a Window.” In the painting, Metsu depicts a lifesized young woman inside of a Dutch interior. While her body faces the viewer, her head is in profile, turned towards a book resting by the window.

Metsu’s fine rendering of her red coat and the pages of the book give the painting a strong sense of tactility. On a piece of paper behind the woman’s head, Metsu signed the painting with his name,

JANETH RODRIGUEZ/PHOTO EDITOR

‘An Inner World’ offers a look into 17th century Dutch genre paintings and will be running until Sept. 17 in the permanent collection. thus incorporating his signature within the painting rather than having it sit on top. Metsu’s painting follows in the tradition of using women as allegorical standins for abstract concepts like knowledge or wisdom, further emphasized by her wardrobe, which would have been recognized by 17th century viewers as clothing from an earlier time.

On the two outer walls of the exhibit hang Gerrit Dou’s

“Girl at a Window” and Gabriel Metsu’s “Public Notary.” Both paintings demonstrate an illusion of space, created through the interaction of the window frame in the painting and the picture frame of the painting. The picture frame, rather than delineating the boundaries of the painting, becomes a window itself into which viewers peer as if on the other side. In Dou’s painting, the source of light seems to

THE ARTIST OTHERWISE KNOWN AS...

MANO SUNDARESAN ’19

By CARLOS CABRERA-LOMELI CONTRIBUTING WRITER In a single week, I tuned into WCFM, heard Zambezi play and saw the band, Homebrew, live at a WCFM party, and all these things had been influenced by Mano Sundaresan ’19 in one way or another. Sundaresan is unlike many musicians, who are drawn into and master a specific musical genre. Instead, he came into the College from central Mass., with a jazz piano background. He quickly expanded into joining Zambezi, the Williams Jazz Ensemble, WCFM as a DJ and board member, and a founding member of Homebrew, a student band that combines hip hop, jazz and rap. Sundaresan has sought to explore his interest in music by not being bound by genre, medium or instrument.

What pops out as maybe the most distinct from his jazz background is Zambezi, a group he spontaneously decided to try out for and hasn’t regretted joining since. “It’s a bond I haven’t experienced with other music groups here,” he said. “I think it’s a really tightly knit group of friends and the music we play is from all over the world. It’s a very collaborative way of making and arranging music. We actually don’t use sheet music when we play, all of it is in our heads. That seems daunting, right? It actually makes for a lot more organic sound. I think it’s a really good way to compose.” While this is not quite improvisation, this style of music allows Sundaresan to use chord progressions he learned when he took jazz piano in high school.

“Improvisation isn’t just playing random notes.

You have a core progression and then you can play through the chords. I can’t remember the analogy we use in jazz, but it really is playing two different themes. I did play classical piano for a long period in my life, and I have so much respect for the classical technique. I stopped not because I didn’t like it but because I just got burnt out. I just started playing jazz piano in high school out of a need my school had for a jazz pianist. I kind of taught myself the basic chords, and I just fell in love with it.

It’s just such a different feel.”

Sundaresan’s ability to understand chord progression and synthesize it in radically different ways is shared with his fellow band members in Homebrew. The story of Homebrew also parallels Sundaresan’s musical story, with its explorations and fusions of soul, jazz and hip hop.

“Homebrew really came out of the jazz community here. A lot of my friends, Josh Greenzeig [’20], Rachel Porter [’20] and many others, were people who were already in my jazz band and had this common passion for a wide variety of genres.

With our jazz background, it made our improvisation very easy. We began jamming out and making music. It’s now such a big community on campus I’m so proud of.”

The other side of Sundaresan’s relationship with music becomes immediately evident when you take a quick listen to his radio show on WCFM, The Purple Tape (Saturdays at 10 p.m. on WCFM 91.9).

“I get asked a lot why the show is called The Purple Tape,” Sundaresan said. “Basically, there’s this album from the 90s by a Wu Tang Clan member, Raekwon. He’s one of the all-time best rappers. He released this album called Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. But it was very colloquially referred

to as ‘The Purple Tape’ because the cassette version of that was this solid purple tape, that with the fact that our school color is purple, well you get where I’m going. The show is centered on the newest hip hop. I think the problem with going with the average hip hop radio is that they’ll just play whatever distributors are wanting to push. I try to cultivate not only what is new but what I think it’s really worth of consideration.”

Sitting in the show is a journey into the history and diverse modern landscape of hip hop. Sundaresan can explain artistic development, lyrical composition, rhythmic patterns, creative processes and much more of almost every major and up-and-coming hip hop artist. It is no surprise to anyone who remembers Sundaresan’s Free University course this past Winter Study, “The Yeezus Effect,” that Sundaresan feels closest to the work of Kanye West himself.

“The first ‘real’ album I bought was during sixth grade because I had a project for English class where I had to hear a song and analyze the lyrics, identify the similes, the metaphors. At the time, all that was playing on the radio was “Heartless”

by Kanye. I think that was the first song I really fell in love with. I loved it so much that I downloaded the rest of the album. I had gotten an iPod touch for Christmas, [so] I uploaded the album on it and I heard that album from beginning to end so many times; it was 808s and Heartbreak.

I just fell in love with Kanye. I became obsessed with understanding what makes a rapper ‘good.’

How do they sound? What do they talk about?

That pushed me to understand more and be more active on the sociological movements seen through the lens of hip hop.”

come from some place in our world, further integrating the viewer. The young kitchen maid depicted in the arched window ledge wears clothing typical of a lower class worker — with cheeks flushed red and a low hanging shirt that reveals the top of her breasts, she flirtatiously leans out of the window, entering into the space of the viewer.

“Public Notary” also depicts a figure peering out of a stone window ledge. Instead

of a young woman, however, Metsu features an old, bearded man as his central subject.

Unlike the kitchen maid, the public notary gazes directly at the viewer and gestures at his book, as if advertising his services. The dark, undefined space behind the notary pushes his figure to the front and creates a sense of depth, one further emphasized by the flattening effect of the stone wall expanding past the frame of the photo.

Film follows rise of French rapper

By GREG ZAFFINO STAFF WRITER On Feb. 27, the French Film Festival wrapped up at Images Cinema with the showing of Qu’Allah Benisse La France! (May Allah Bless France!). The movie focused on the story of an aspiring French rapper, Abd Al Malik, and his journey from poverty to becoming one of the most successful rappers in the country. The film was produced by Malik himself and, similar to Eminem’s 8 Mile, is an autobiographical tale of his struggles. Interestingly, however, Qu’Allah Benisse La France! focuses less on the music and more on the personal aspects of Malik’s journey, a unique formula for the musical biopic genre that at times paid off but also made the film feel slightly incomplete.

Qu’Allah Benisse La France! begins with Malik, who at this time has yet to convert to Islam and goes by his birth name, Regis, and his four friends being arrested by the police for throwing a rock at their car. Instantly, the film makes it clear that the tension and stress caused by poverty and race will be a central part of the film.

There are several times during the film where Malik focuses on the idea that minorities and immigrants in France do not feel like their country belongs to them.

Regis and his friends are pick-pockets, refusing to sell drugs for money because they do not want to risk the hefty sentences that come

with getting caught. Whenever they can, they work on creating rap music at a local radio store. In addition to rapping, Regis is also a stellar student at his high school and has been offered admission into a university program for students gifted in writing and literature.

This choice, between pursuing further education and following his dream of becoming a rapper, is the main dilemma of the first half of the film. Qu’Allah Benisse La France! changes tone significantly, however, when one of Regis’s friends is killed in a drive-by shooting.

After this scene, the film picks up again a year later.

Regis has converted to Islam and is now Malik. He and his friends are experiencing quite a bit of onstage success in rap music but can not seem to avoid the pitfalls that come with the dangers of poverty. Some are arrested, and some quit rap to focuses on their spirituality.

In the end, Malik is signed to a record deal and achieves the success he had always dreamed of, but he was the only one of his friends to make it out. Even though he experiences great personal success, the fact that his friends did not continues to haunt him.

For a movie that is about a rapper and his journey to musical fame, the movie features little music. There are two songs featured in the film, but apart from that, there is no actual music to be found. In addition, one of the important storylines

for the climax of the film is Malik’s relationship with his girlfriend, Nawell, who does not appear often and is a relatively underdeveloped character in the film.

This was Malik’s directorial debut, and he clearly has a keen eye behind the camera. Perhaps one of the reasons why he does not focus so much on his own music or relationship is because he feels like the story he is telling is bigger than himself.

The most striking shots of the film are focused on showing the realities of life in his poor neighborhood. In one scene, as Malik and his friends walk in the street, the camera suddenly stops and allows the group to walk past, as it instead focuses on a street fight happening in the background.

One striking scene is at the funeral for Malik’s friend who was killed in the drive-by shooting. At the funeral, as all of the young man’s friends stand and pray, many of them dissolve from the screen one by one, with their fate — arrested, died of a drug overdose or murdered — popping up to replace them. The entire film is shot in black and white, which certainly adds to the feeling of bleakness that Malik is trying to convey of his environment.

What Qu’Allah Benisse La France! sacrifices through the unconventional narrative focus it makes up for by being able to so creatively and emotionally capture the struggles of Malik’s new and difficult environment.

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Mano Sundaresan ’19 is on WCFM every Saturday.

The French Film Festival finished with the showing of ‘Qu’Allah Benisse La France!’ on Feb. 27.

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Panel offers insight into gender bias in theater

By EVELYN MAHON CONTRIBUTING WRITER Last Thursday, an audience gathered in the Adams Memorial Theatre to listen to a panel discuss the biases its members have encountered as women in theater — both in academia and in the industry. The panel consisted of Helga Davis, a professional performer and creator; Mandy Greenfield, artistic director of the Williamstown Theatre Festival; Amy Holzapfel, chair of the College’s theatre department; Natalie Robin, a New York-based lighting designer who is currently advising senior theses in the theatre department; Alexis Soloski, New York Times theatre critic; and Kristen Van Ginhoven, Artistic director and co-founder of WAM Theatre.

Holzapfel began by showing a powerpoint of various statistics on those involved in theatre, including that 77 percent of theatre audiences are female, but 80 percent of playwrights are male and 90 percent are white.

There is very little data on writers and actors who identify as transgender, but out of the entire 2015 New York City season, only five productions included trans characters. In terms of leadership in the League of Regional Theatres (LORT), the Artistic Director roles are almost exclusively held by white men (54 in total), distantly followed by white women (14) and men of color (5). There is only one woman of color in the role of artistic director, and the executive director role looks even more dismal.

34 white men hold that title, fol-

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The panel dicussed how white cis men dominate the theater world and endorsed bringing awareness to institutional inequity. lowed by 19 white women, with no men or women of color in the role. This seems to be the trend in every theater role, with the exception of costume designers and stage managers.

In terms of role opportunities, the film industry is even worse.

Only 29 percent of protagonists and 32 percent of speaking roles are given to women. The resounding message of this panel seemed to be, “Why are women’s stories somehow deemed less worthy or less interesting than the stories of men?”

“Women get taught very early to imagine themselves into male

characters … for men there are not the same automatic expectations, that you will imagine yourself into Jane Eyre," Soloski said. “There is an expectation still that women will be interested in men’s stories. But what about the men that come to the theatre and it’s a story about women? What are they gonna do?”

As a critic and theater-goer, Soloski said, “I want to hear about people who are a lot like me and I want to hear about people who are not like me at all, and that means that we need a diversity of makers and we need a diversity of critics. We need a

diversity of experiences.”

Yet even more troubling were the numerous accounts of subtle (and not so subtle) sexism that these women have experienced.

Although Robin has “never had the experience of someone saying to me, ‘You’re not going to get the job because you’re a woman,’ clearly something is happening that is causing these statistics.”

She went on to talk about how difficult it is for designers with children to work. “When I’m in tech [rehearsal], I’m there [at the theatre] for 16 hours a day for six days,” Robin said. “In offbroadway, it costs more to pay

your babysitter than you have made designing that show — a whole show — and you can’t pay for tech.”

Soloski recounted her numerous interactions with box office attendants who assumed she was not a theater critic. “I’d say, ‘Hi, Soloski, it’s press.’ And they’d look over my shoulder...

And then I learned that they all assumed I was a small Russian man, Alexi Soloski,” Soloski said. I don’t think there was a quality of my writing that was particularly masculine or particularly Slavic, but there it was.

Because theater critics don’t

look like me … There are very few women doing this.”

Davis, by comparison, focused on racial matters. “[The] issue of race is the thing that hits me first,” Davis said. “And then right behind that is the way it hits in that I am a woman and black. I have gone to and tried very hard to be in more commercial kinds of work, and I would show up in this body, with this hair, and I would open my mouth to sing, and I would open my mouth to speak, and I would hear things [such as], ‘oh wow, you speak so well,’ and I can’t believe people are still saying that or having that issue. And then I didn’t look the way they thought I should look and — God help me — I didn’t sing they way they thought I should sing.” Although she is a popular radio personality on New York Public Radio, Davis also experiences racism among her audience. “I can’t tell you how many times I met people from my audiences who were shocked to find out I was African-American,” she said.

Overall, the panel delivered some insight into how much white cis men dominate the theater world and offered small solutions. All of the panelists endorsed the idea of having this conversation and bringing awareness to the issue of institutional inequity and that the best solution is to raise each other up.

“When you love something, don’t be cool about it,” Soloski said.

“Tell all your friends about it [because] men are rewarded for their potential. Women are rewarded for what they’ve already done,” she said.

‘I Am Not Your Negro’ questions Steve Lacy drops impressive debut black representation in Hollywood

By DAVID TAVAREZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

By ALEX JEN STAFF WRITER Raoul Peck’s I Am Not Your Negro, running at Images Cinema for a week starting on Friday, asks a hard question that even its writer, James Baldwin, struggles to answer: What is your duty in today’s political climate? A key moment happens mid way through the documentary, when Baldwin writes about his personal background and place in the Civil Rights Movement as an African-American. He was not a Black Panther because he did not believe in their aggressive, anti-white stance. He did not join the NAACP because in Harlem, where he grew up, the organization was entangled with black class distinctions.

Baldwin continues, seeming to disavow and distinguish himself from different groups active in the 1960’s, and there is a trace of bitter guilt tinging his words, delivered in a gravelly and guttural tone by Samuel L. Jackson: “I did not have to deal with the criminal state of Mississippi hour by hour and day by day, to say nothing of night after night. I did not have to sweat cold sweat after decisions involving hundreds of thousands of lives. I was not responsible for raising money or deciding how to use it. I was not responsible for strategy controlling prayer meetings, marches, petitions, voting registration drives. I saw the sheriffs, the deputies, the storm troopers more or less in passing. I was never in town to stay. This was sometimes hard on my morale. But I had to accept as time wore on that part of my responsibility as a witness was to move as largely and as freely as possible. To write the story and to get it out.”

To write it and get it out.

We get the sense that Baldwin was unsure about the agency of his art and found it hard to reconcile his less “active” role in the marches and protests. I Am Not Your Negro is a concise, poignant and lyrical documentary based on James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript Remember This House. It stitches together the lives and deaths – murders – of civil rights leaders Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr., and is spliced with footage of oppression and protest from

the past to the present to ultimately ask Baldwin’s question of why America created the Negro, created a separate class to pin down.

The film is brilliant largely because Baldwin’s writing is brilliant; it is a documentary imbued with personal significance. It is a maddening and melancholic recount of the deaths of three individuals Baldwin worked with and clashed with at times. Three friends. To have what seems like (but clearly is not) the “backseat” role, to be able to only bear witness to oppression carries a heavy weight – Baldwin laments that, as the eldest of them all, he was supposed to be the model and supposed to die first. You have to listen closely to his biting words because they are carefully selected – minimal and succinct, tinged with exhaustion. In one of several letters to his agent Jay Acton at the Spartan Literary Agency, Baldwin writes, “The country which is your birthplace has not evolved to include any place for the Negro.”

I Am Not Your Negro features clips of racists, publicly and vehemently full of hate, both verbally and physically assaulting black people at peaceful protests. Segregationist Leander Perez is filmed shouting, “The moment a Negro child walks into a public school, every decent, self-respecting, loving parent should take his white child out of that broken school.”

An unidentified white woman follows up with an equally abhorrent fallacy: “God forgives murder and he forgives adultery, but he is very angry and actually curses all who do integrate.” In one breath, extreme violence toward blacks is condoned, even supported, just to keep them separate.

Racists like Perez and the segregationist woman are commonplace in recent films about the Civil Rights Movement. It’s easy to feel hate for these individuals – Tim Roth’s George Wallace in Selma, Stephen Root’s J. Edgar Hoover in All the Way – but in truth they are still characters in these films. In I Am Not Your Negro, they are as real and dangerous as can be, and their hate makes us uncomfortable because it has already happened. Baldwin expertly mediates between fiction and nonfiction, making the real layered and bleak.

After these segments, Baldwin references schoolgirl Dorothy Counts, one of the first

black students admitted to a public high school in Charlotte, North Carolina. Photos show her trailed by white children and adults who revile and spit on her, even shoving her astray.

Baldwin says that it is hard to see “history jeering at her back,” but perhaps what’s unsettling is that we realize we’re part of that history now.

I Am Not Your Negro is most successful in how it collapses past and present black oppression and struggle. The best and worst part of the documentary is that it’s timely. Peck’s decisions to have Baldwin’s writing narrated by Jackson over scenes in contemporary life – Harlem by 125th St., Times Square – slyly shows us nothing has really changed.

Peck transcends the documentary format of pure narration and archival footage with several edited scenes that make I Am Not Your Negro that much more memorable. In a dialogue-less, slow jazz scene of white women running through a suburb and a montage of white politicians saying “I’m sorry” after murders or mass killings, I Am Not Your Negro pointedly provides a contrast between American life and black American life.

In one scene, Baldwin writes, “The corpses of your brothers and sisters pile up around you.”

Jackson makes a cocking noise as a little boy plays with a gun and blows out the smoke after it’s been fired. What’s next is jarring – I don’t think Baldwin ever expected or wanted his writing to apply to Tamir Rice, Darius Simmons, Trayvon Martin, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, Christopher McCray … and plenty others.

I Am Not Your Negro ends with Baldwin being interviewed on various talk shows. On the Dick Cavett Show in the late 1960s, a guest asks why he continues to focus on race, particularly on its negatives. The guest says that there are different ways to relate to each other and navigate around this racialized hatred.

Baldwin responds, “Once you turn your back on this society, you may die! It’s very difficult to sit at a typewriter and be afraid of the world around you.” In his role as a writer, Baldwin provided us with this transcript of a threatening time – I Am Not Your Negro shows he was insecure about his responsibilities, if only to let us know we can feel the same. And then get to work.

The particularities of Steve Lacy’s style leave the impression that you may have heard his songs before, even though you have not. He wears influence outwardly and openly, but the result remains so singularly Steve Lacy. As a fan of his group The Internet and his general production, I was excited about this project, Steve Lacy’s Demo, and it did not disappoint.

The work does not pretend to be anything. Though the cleanliness and precision of the production might convince you otherwise, it is just a series of demos. All of the songs but one have a hook and a single verse.

And it makes perfect sense, as the album roots itself in a noticeably youthful lust/love — things that usually do not go that deep. The changes one feels as a result of these experiences are often in the aftermath, but this album stays in the present.

As such, I found that reading the record linearly works best.

One of my favorite things about the work, however, is that it makes the most sense when you re-listen to it. The record starts with “Looks” — a meditation on initial attraction. The wah-wah effect instills this uncertainty, but the beat pushes forward, falling into itself. He’s always in his head, even when he’s not.

The next song “Ryd” opens with a beat that circles around

itself, wandering aimlessly. The song centers itself and has a more light-hearted tone as it continues. Like the beat, the singer and his lover are wandering around in his car, with nothing to do; he crystallizes those moments when you have no specific reason but want to spend time together.

“Dark Red” is the emotional center of the work. It is the one song that consists of more than just a verse and a chorus. The song wanders in a more cerebral, solitary way than “Ryd” — like an anxious Mac DeMarco.

Continuing to read the album linearly, we have to assume the couple's relationship has deepened, and now he is scared.

He keeps singing about how the girl is going to leave him, without expressing a substantive reason. In the bridge, with a happier tone, Lacy confesses that he might be making it all up. The follow-up “Thangs” reads as an interlude, though it is hard to tell on an album of demos. The bass opening the song sounds ominous. When the rest of the track comes in, that feeling is reduced, but the lyrics still present a problem. In the aftermath of “Dark Red,” it feels like he will do anything the girl wants for some of the wrong reasons.

In “Haterlovin,” the degree of worry dials down. On a skittering, kitschy drum track, Lacy professes he “hates you/just as much as I love.” Once again, he is in his head. Because this re-

lationship is still progressing when he says, “trippin’ one on one was cool/’til I fell in love with you,” you get a distinct sense of a fear of commitment.

This sense further contextualizes “Dark Red,” coming back to the point in “Looks” — many of the fears he places in other people also seem to be present in him.

After the angst of “Haterlovin,” Lacy comes back with “Some.” Besides sounding happier, Lacy finds himself acting as opposed to thinking —“baby, I want some of your love/your love, your love/baby, can I have some of your love/your love, your love.” Though you find him once again saying something to the effect of ‘we can do whatever you want,’ he offers concrete suggestions such as “we could watch a movie/ hit the beach, or just chill and get high.” The song functions as a product of the maturation you watch play out in real time. To push that, the coda has him crooning “I just wanna/take it slow;” he has grown patient.

Steve Lacy’s Demo is a story of love and growing up. While it is a theme that has been done before, this time, it is his story. The beauty of the work hinges on its ability to get you to understand what he is feeling and that these are his feelings. Listen to it a few times.

Grow up to it. Do not, if you are so inclined. Steve Lacy just wants you to do whatever you want, and you get the feeling that he is doing the same.

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CAPTAINS’ CORNER: DANIEL ARONOWITZ ’17 At what age did you start playing basketball?

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By DANNY JIN SPORTS EDITOR

Team: Men’s basketball

Hometown: Columbus, Ohio

Residence: Spring Street

Favorite place on campus: Lee’s Snack Bar

Snack bar order: A bagel supreme and a breakfast burrito

I started playing in third grade in my hometown. Growing up, you play a little out in the driveway, and that’s how it kind of starts. I played a lot of sports, and soccer was actually my first love. I would go from soccer practice to basketball practice, and I would have so much fun at basketball practice. The fun I had playing basketball is why I stuck with it, and it’s been a long ride since then.

What was your experience playing basketball before you came to the College?

I played three years of varsity basketball at Columbus Academy, and I played travel basketball with some AAU [Amateur Athletic Union] teams. The AAU scene is crazy – traveling all the time, going all over the country.

One of my best memories playing basketball was when my AAU team traveled to Orlando to play at Nationals. We played at the ESPN Wide World of Sports and lived down there for three weeks in a condo, where we crammed four in a room. It was a lot of fun to go and play several games.

Why did you decide to come to the College?

It was a combination of the school and the basketball program. My head coach at Columbus Academy, Chris Jones ’94, actually played basketball here, so he introduced me to the school early on. The program had a ton of success before I got here. I could tell from the moment I stepped on campus and met the guys that the culture of the program was unlike any of the other places that I visited. The community is amazing, both in terms of Williamstown and in terms of the basketball alumni that come

back. I got some texts after Saturday’s game from guys I had played with who have graduated.

These are lifelong friends, and I feel very lucky to have been a part of the school and the program.

What do you like most about playing for Coach App? He’s the ultimate players’ coach.

We try to talk every Monday about how we’re feeling and what he expects from us in the upcoming week. He knows the game well and puts us in positions to use our talents. His first season, we had just lost a really good senior class, and [All-American] Duncan Robinson transferred.

Coach App’s been amazing at maintaining the culture of the program and getting the most out of us on a daily basis.

How has your game evolved in your time here?

I’ve become more skilled over the years, just because of the amount of work that we’ve collectively put in. As a freshman, seeing the way the guys before me worked showed me what this program expects. The work ethic is contagious. We have a culture of gym rats, people who love being in the gym and want to get better. I’m a little less bouncy that I used to be, but I think I’ve come along way, and a lot of credit has to go to my teammates and coaches for pushing me. I’ve been lucky to have those guys around.

What part of your game do you spend the most time working on?

We take a lot of pride in being one of the better shooting teams in the country. I’ve worked a lot on my shooting.

The offseason is when I put the majority of my time in.

The last two offseasons, I’ve put more time into my jump

shot than I have in the rest of my life combined.

we feel like we can exploit them in some way.

always been to do everything I can to help our team win.

What does the team try to do in games when it does not shoot as well as it normally does?

You were recently named First Team All-NESCAC for the second straight year.

How does it feel to get that sort of recognition?

What are your favorite moments playing basketball?

Regardless of whether the shots are going in, we try to play with the same confidence. We didn’t shoot the ball great against Tufts, but we had guys attacking the rim. Kyle Scadlock [’19] was amazing, and he’s tough to guard when he gets going. We have a lot of different weapons, and we can attack in different ways.

You’ve played four seasons now with tri-captains Taysean Scott ’17 and Mike Greenman ’18. How have your relationships with them grown?

Those are my brothers, man.

One of the things I’m most grateful for are the friendships I’ve made and that I know will last forever. Tay and Mike are no exceptions, and they’re two of my best friends. Tay and I are doing what we can to leave our mark on the program, and Mike is happy to have one more season.

Your freshman year, the team made the NCAA championship game. This year, you’re bookending your career with another tournament run. What’s it like to play on the big stage?

It's awesome. We were really lucky to have the first two games this year at Chandler and to have the crowds that we had. It was special to end my career in Chandler with a win and my college career with a Sweet 16 run.

We beat up on other NESCAC teams so much in the conference, so it’s nice to play some new teams in the tournament.

No matter whom we’re playing,

It’s cool to get recognized on an individual level, but I’d much rather have a national championship ring. That’s what we’re really working toward, but anything that comes along the way is nice.

This season, the team started strong but stumbled at the start of conference play.

You've now made a tournament run that few would have expected. What caused the turnaround?

We’ve been focused lately on playing with a loose and confident mindset. After the Hamilton game, we were 1–4 in the conference, and we had a big game against Middlebury that Sunday. We sat down as a team and talked about what we felt we needed to do to turn it around. I think everything we talked about that day has come to fruition. We beat Middlebury, and we’ve been enjoying it since, playing as hard as we can and letting our talent take over. We’re playing pretty well now, so I think it’s worked out for us.

What's your philosophy as a tri-captain of the team?

It’s been an honor to be captain.

My role hasn’t changed a ton; I just go out there and play with confidence. I try to show the young guys that you don’t need to make any game a bigger deal than it should be. We’re just playing basketball, and we’re lucky to be able to do it. As a captain, I’ve been more of a vocal leader, but my role has

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We went to Spain in August as a team. We toured Barcelona and played three games. It was an amazing bonding experience, and those were memories I’ll cherish for the rest of my life.

What’s something people don’t know about you?

I’m a huge FIFA nerd. My teammates know that, and they make fun of me all the time. When we were in Spain, we went to Camp Nou, which is where Barcelona plays. We took a tour and ended up right on the field, and the tour took us up to the press box and the museum. That was the highlight of the trip for me.

Will you continue playing basketball after this season?

I’m waiting to see what happens with this season, and then I’ll take a little time to figure out whether I want to continue playing in some capacity – probably overseas. I'm trying not to think about it too much now.

You’re now 14th on the program’s all-time scoring list.

What kind of a legacy do you want to leave here?

I want to be remembered as a guy who really enjoyed [playing basketball] and put it all out there for his teammates. That’s all I can really ask for. I cherish every opportunity I get out there with my teammates. Everything I’ve done has been the product of having had such amazing teammates all four years, guys who poured it out every single day in practice and in every game. I learned from them and tried to pass it along to the guys after me.

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After illustrious football career, Bobby Walker ’95 gives back apply because he did not think he could get in, and it was too far from home. Remembering his stubbornness, Walker joked, “At that point, I couldn’t even spell or pronounce the word ‘Massachusetts.’”

After being hounded by his college counselor for weeks, Walker finally submitted an application to the College – two months past the deadline. His counselor called the Office of Admission several times to ask that it at least read Walker’s application. A few short weeks later, Walker received his acceptance letter. Leaving the warmth of Dallas to see the College for the first time, Walker spent four days in the Purple Valley. After just a few short hours, he was sold by the community and intimacy of the campus.

“As far away from home and as cold as it was, I absolutely fell in love with it,” he said.

Once he got to campus, Walker quickly distinguished himself as a phenomenal athlete. His first two years at the College, however, were a struggle. His family faced financial struggles at home, and he felt guilty for leaving Dallas and for having such incredible opportunities. Walker worked fifteen hours a week in the dining hall, fitting in as many

By NINA McGOWAN STAFF WRITER Growing up as the youngest of eight children, Bobby Walker ’95 distinguished himself as an excellent student and athlete at the St. Mark’s School in Dallas, Texas. As he worked his way through high school football, Walker, who played nose guard, defensive end and linebacker, attracted the attention of many Div. I coaches. By his senior year, he had cast his gaze on Baylor, where he had the opportunity to continue his football career at a highly competitive program.

After being accepted to Baylor with a merit scholarship, Walker visited the campus with a friend.

Overcome by a sense of anonymity and disappointment, he left in the middle of the tour.

Aside from Baylor, Walker had applied to five other schools, most of which were in-state.

Recognizing Walker’s academic excellence and potential, his college counselor pulled him aside one day, asking, “When football comes to an end, which it eventually will, which school is going to put you in the best position to be successful?”

It was not until January of his senior year that Walker heard of the College for the first time. Initially, he refused to

shifts as possible between classes and practices.

During winter study of his sophomore year, Walker called his mom; he was ready to come home. As much as she wanted to have her son back, she insisted that he stick it out for just one more week. As he doubted his place at the College, he turned to his friends, professors, and, especially, football and men’s track and field Head Coach Dick Farley. Never once mentioning football, Farley consoled Walker, embracing his role as a mentor.

Walker’s athletic career began swiftly and impressively; he trained, excelled and competed three seasons each year with the football and track and field teams. Captaining football and track, he totaled five AllAmerican selections among the two sports.

He led the defensive charge in football’s undefeated 1994 season and won the 1995 NCAA title in the 35-lb. weight throw.

Despite the overwhelming challenges, Walker embodied the spirit of sportsmanship and commitment that defines Williams athletics. His senior year, CNN’s Danny Sheridan declared him the best Div. III football player in the nation. More than 20 years later, he remains the Ephs’ all-time leading tackler.

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Bobby Walker ’95 (left), pictured with the NFL’s Victor Cruz, is CEO of the Greenwich Boys and Girls Club.

Walker‘s excellence earned him the Muhammad Kenyatta Community Service Award and the Purple Key Award, which is awarded to the athlete who “best exemplifies leadership, team spirit, ability and character.” Despite his success, Walker maintains his humility and thankfulness. “I was fortunate to have done as well as I had,” he said. “It was a true blessing that success came early for me.”

After graduating from the College, Walker devoted himself to education and mentorship and returned to St. Mark’s School to begin his professional career. He has since worked and coached at several private schools across the country. Walker recently became the Chief Executive Officer of the Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich, an after-school program designed to give children a safe and productive place to thrive and to develop.

The Boys & Girls Clubs ensures that every kid, no matter his or her socioeconomic background, has the same opportunities.

Walker and his wife Becky ’95, whom he met 25 years ago at a hockey game, live with their two kids in Greenwich, Conn. Carrying the lessons of hard work and selflessness he learned from his incredible athletic career, Bobby Walker has dedicated his life and himself to others.

Ephs beat Bantams to kick off season Williams Club Tennis fosters the first time on a score from John Hincks ’20.

The Ephs tallied two more goals in the quarter, but Trinity answered with three in a row to make it 10 all heading into the final quarter.

Williams took a 12-10 lead early in the fourth on goals by Fowler and James McFarland ’18. Trinity responded with two goals to tie the game for the fourth time.

The men broke the tie with a crease crank from Fahey on a feed from Stukalin. Ephs’ goalie George Peele ’20 then hit tricaptain Riley Hoffman ’17 with a long pass. Hoffman fired a low shot intwwo the net, bringing the score to 14-12 with 5:37 left in the game.

Fahey tallied the game’s final goal, and the Ephs won 15-12.

Fowler netted four goals in the game, and Stukalin added three. Fahey also had two goals and four assists, earning NESCAC Player of the Week. Peele played all game and made eight saves on 20 shots. Trinity

By WILL GENTILELLO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Men’s lacrosse (1–0, 1–0 in the NESCAC) opened its season on Sunday with a 15-12 victory over Trinity.

The game started off with a run by the Bantams, who won the first faceoff and scored the first two goals of the game. The Ephs responded with goals from Brendan Hoffman ’20 and tri-captain Thomas Fowler ’17.

The second quarter started off in a similar fashion with Trinity scoring three straight goals. The men answered with a goal by Ben Fox ’18, assisted by tri-captain Michael Fahey ’17. The Bantams notched another goal before Max Stukalin ’20 and Fowler scored, so Trinity had a 6-5 lead at halftime.

The third quarter started off on a great note for the Ephs with a faceoff win by Brian Bissell ’18 and another goal by Stukalin, which tied the game.

The teams traded goals, and then the men took the lead for

goalie Woody Hamilton had 14 saves on 29 shots.

McCormack was proud of his team’s fourth-quarter effort. “The game was back-andforth all afternoon,” he said.

“We stiffened up our defense late, and we got some insurance goals. The team fought hard all game and especially in the fourth.”

Fahey echoed McCormack’s sentiments. “It was obviously a good showing for us, and we were excited to get our first win,” he said. “We had a lot of younger guys step up. Our defense was consistent and made several key stops.”

McCormack shared his goals for the season.

“We look to learn and improve after every practice session and game this year to enable ourselves to compete against a tough lineup of opponents,” he said.

“We have a deep and cohesive team this season,” Fahey added.

The Ephs will play at 6 p.m. tonight at home against Union.

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Tri-captain Michael Fahey ’17 scored two goals and had four assists in Sunday’s 15-12 win over Trinity.

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By FRED WANG CONTRIBUTING WRITER On a warm day, make your way to the Hunt Tennis Center – just at the intersection of Stetson Road and Lynde Lane – and you are likely to find members of Williams Club Tennis (WCT) practicing on its cobalt-colored courts.

For a sport with such a rich history, tennis has only recently come on the club sports scene at the College. The organization began last fall with relatively modest intentions.

“It just started off as a few guys just having fun playing together,” WCT President Alex Wartels ’19 said.

In the brief time it has been active, WCT has evolved into a competitive and close-knit cohort of peers, each with a simple goal: to play tennis.

WCT was founded last year

by Wartels, Nils Horn ’19 and Reed Jenkins ’19. Establishing the program, which is coed, was difficult because it had been decades since the College had last approved an intercollegiate club sport.

“There were a lot of hoops we had to jump through, especially since it was a sport that had a corresponding varsity team,” Wartels said. “There was some administrative confusion, and it was definitely a long process.”

Wartels was quick to point out the sense of camaraderie among club members.

“There’s a collegial nature,” he said. “Everyone gets along and hangs out, and we all work hard to get better.”

In fact, the very structure of the program was designed to foster teamwork and fraternity.

When competing in tournaments sanctioned by the United States Tennis Association (USTA), WCT follows a “World Team Tennis” coed format. Each tournament has five matches – one each for men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles.

Final scores and tournament outcomes are not dependent on individual performance but rather on the accumulation of results from each match and the team as a whole.

However, there is also a healthy and spirited dose of intrateam competition involved.

Due to the limited roster space for travel teams in USTA-sanctioned tournaments, WCT uses a “ladder system,” modeled after the varsity squash teams’ rosterselection process, to help determine competition participants.

Essentially, teammates partake in “challenge matches” against one another in practice and are seeded according to their performances leading up to the week of the tournament.

“Challenge matches can get intense,” Wartels said, “but in the end, we’re all just trying to get better.”

Using these results, the men’s and women’s captains, Scott Fanuzzi ’17 and Hannah Tager ’20, make final roster decisions.

While only in its first season, WCT has performed impressively, finishing among

the top four teams in the Gold Bracket at the USTA Tennis on Campus New England Championship and just missing a berth to the 2017 National Championship.

“We celebrated at a hole-inthe-wall pizzeria called Pinocchio’s,” Wartels recalled.

Outside of UTSA tournament play, WCT also provides competitive opportunities in the form of head-to-head tournaments with other schools in the New England area. Wartels said these opportunities are meant to ensure that each player has chances to play and to learn.

Professor Magnus Bernhardsson, the team’s faculty advisor, echoed Wartels’s sentiments about the wide array of opportunities that WCT provides.

“Athletic participation is not only limited to varsity athletes,” he said. “There are numerous outlets for students here to take advantage of. It’s something I see the potential in and have had positive experiences with.”

Fanuzzi highlighted the team’s skill and enthusiasm.

“I’m disappointed I won’t be here to see the club mature,” he said, “but WCT is in great hands.

“We have a really talented, passionate squad, and we have the potential to be competitive on the national level in the future. I’m excited to watch the club develop its own identity and place in the Williams community.”

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

with Amy Podmore, professor of art

Thursday, March 9 4:15 p.m.

camaraderie, enthusiasm

MIKE GREENMAN ’18 MEN’S BASKETBALL

“Mike has worked diligently to return from his injury last season.

This weekend, his hard work, determination and leadership was rewarded. His confidence and playmaking propelled us to victory.”

– Head Coach Kevin App

LINWOOD, N.J. Greenman, a tri-captain, scored 21 points on a career-high seven 3-pointers in Friday’s win over Becker. In the win over Scranton, he recorded his first career double-double with 11 points and 11 assists, another personal best. He has averaged 6.3 points and 2.8 assists per game this year.

CHLOE ROGERS ’17 WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

“Chloe had a strong and consistent series of jumps at the Tufts meet. She has continued to progress every meet this season and is looking forward to the opportunities she has ahead of her.”

– Head Coach Nate Hoey

DENVER, COLO. Rogers set a school record in the indoor long jump Saturday at Tufts. Her mark of 5.75 meters ranks 11th in the nation this year. An All-American and NESCAC runner-up in the triple jump last year, she is fourth alltime on the College’s triple jump and long jump lists.

12 SPORTS

The Williams Record

March 8, 2017

Men’s basketball defeats Becker, Scranton to reach Sweet 16

By JACKSON MYERS STAFF WRITER Last weekend, men’s basketball (21–8, 5–5 in the NESCAC) took down Becker and Scranton to advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament. An exceptional 3-point shooting performance and an energetic crowd in Chandler Gym guided the Ephs to two convincing victories.

After earning second in the NESCAC tournament, the men made their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2014, when they fell to WisconsinWhitewater in the title game.

On Friday, they faced the Becker Hawks, who had earned an automatic bid as the champion of the New England Collegiate Conference.

The Hawks took an an early 7-2 lead. Becker guard Kareem Davis hit three 3-pointers in the first five minutes to maintain the advantage.

With 10:34 left in the half, though, the Ephs went on an offensive tear. A Bobby Casey ’19 3-pointer gave the men a 17-16 lead, and they hit 14 of their 20 shot attempts in the remainder of the half, with a 69 percent success rate from beyond the arc.

During that period, Becker suffered from a series of unlucky bounces and rolls amid a raucous home crowd of 867; the Hawks shot just 23 percent from the field in the last 10 minutes of the half.

With 8:52 to play, the Ephs were up 19-18. Tri-captain Mike Greenman ’18 knocked down back-to-back 3-pointers, and tri-captain Daniel Aronowitz ’17 followed with a three of his own.

After a Becker timeout, James Heskett ’19 stepped up to continue the streak, converting a 3-point play and then swishing

a trey of his own. Kyle Scadlock ’19 then nailed a three, the Ephs’ fifth straight.

With the Hawks still unable to score, Casey stole the ball and converted a fast-break opportunity. Greenman added another three to cap a 27-0 Ephs’ run, before Becker finally scored its first points in nearly seven minutes.

Greenman would not miss for the rest of the game, sinking his last six tries from deep. When the halftime buzzer sounded, the men led 52-27 and had hit seven straight long balls.

In the second half, the men did not slow down. Back-toback threes by Greenman and Cole Teal ’18 extended the lead to 30 and announced the Ephs’ intention to maintain control for the rest of the game. Midway through the second half, Williams obtained its largest lead of the game, 44 points.

With 3:31 left and the score at 89-56, Head Coach Kevin App put the Eph reserves in the game.

Tri-captain Taysean Scott ’17 stepped on the court to a standing ovation. Only 32 seconds after he stepped on the court, he was fouled on a layup attempt.

He drained both shots from the free-throw line, earning his first two points in a Williams jersey.

Becker worked the deficit down, but the score sat at 91-63 when the final buzzer sounded.

Greenman led the Ephs with 21 points, tying a career high, on 7-9 shooting all from 3-point range. Aronowitz added 18, and Heskett, Casey and Teal each scored in double digits. Samuel Durodola paced Becker with 16 points and 10 rebounds.

“Once we found our footing, we played with tremendous confidence,” App said. “We had tremendous fan support, and it was a fun game. Our leaders led, and everyone else followed.”

Greenman credited his teammates for his career night. “We moved the ball well and were able to get shots in good positions,” he said. “My teammates got the ball to me and trusted me to make shots, and luckily I did.

It was all about keeping it simple like we’ve done all season.”

On the game, the Ephs hit 54.1 percent of their shots and 51.6 percent of their long-distance attempts, a season-high.

The Hawks shot 39.3 percent from the field and 37.5 percent from deep.

Saturday, the men faced the Scranton Royals, champions of the Landmark Conference.

The Ephs again fell behind early. The Royals scored the game’s first nine points and made their first seven shots, holding the Ephs scoreless for the opening three minutes of the contest. Royals big men John Vitkus and Drew Schankweiler each contributed a post bucket.

Ethan Danzig followed up with a three before Vitkus hit a midrange jumper, giving the crowd of 536 some anxiety.

The Eph fans were quickly reassured, however. Greenman continued his hot shooting from the previous night, making back-to-back threes. After Scranton brought its lead back to nine, Aronowitz knocked home two consecutive threes of his own, riling up the crowd and cutting the deficit to five. Greenman answered a Vitkus dunk with yet another trey, and Cole converted a fast-break layup to tie the game at 17.

The men took the lead on a pair of foul shots by Scadlock, and treys by Casey and Aronowitz put them up seven. Teal exploded, nailing three consecutive treys to put the Williams lead firmly in double digits with 3:55 left in the half. Aronowitz beat

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Cole Teal ’18 scored 10 points against Becker on Friday and 11 in Saturday's win over Scranton. the halftime buzzer with his third 3-pointer of the half to make the score 48-31 Ephs.

While Scranton converted a very high percentage of shots they put up – 62 percent in the half – the men forced an impressive 13 turnovers in the first half, nine of them coming on steals.

“We took Scranton out of what they wanted to do,” App said.

He praised center Michael Kempton ’19 for his defensive effort. “He came in to guard one of the best post players [Vitkus] we’ve seen all year,” App said.

“Mike is one of the better post

Women’s lacrosse loses 12-6 to Trinity, beats RPI 13-7

By JOELLE TROIANO STAFF WRITER On Monday, women's lacrosse (1–1, 0–1 in the NESCAC) evened its season record with a 13-7 win – Head Coach Chris Mason’s 300th career victory – over the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engineers at home.

Prior to the win, the Ephs fell to No. 3 Trinity 12-6 on Sunday evening.

Suzanna Penikis ’19 and Emma Tenbarge ’19 fueled the Eph attack against RPI. Penikis had a game-high five goals, and Tenbarge netted four and recorded one assist.

Williams never trailed in the contest.

The game was scoreless for the first seven-and-a-half minutes until Penikis scored from 18 yards out on a feed from Tenbarge. RPI goalie Aleena Milinski had stopped the first six shots on goal by the women.

The Ephs doubled their lead at 15:55 when Caroline Hogan ’18 passed to Kara Wollmers ’20, who was running down the middle of the offensive zone 12 yards out from the goal. Wollmers fired a shot over Milinski's left shoulder.

At 12:37, the Engineers got on the scoreboard, but just over two minutes later, Hogan scored. Wollmers soon netted her second goal of the game, this time unassisted, when she came around the goal from Milinski's left and whipped a low shot into the goal, upping the Eph lead to three.

RPI's second goal came on a free position tally at 7:24.

At 6:30, the Ephs retaliated when Eliza Quigley ’19 converted off of a pass from Louisa Ebby ’20. Both teams scored again before the first half concluded.

Penikis opened the second half with two unassisted goals in the first 45 seconds.

RPI responded with a score, but Penikis could not be stopped. She notched her third unassisted tally of the half and the fourth goal of the game at 13:09 when she got in on Milinski's left side and fired a quick shot. The Ephs re-established their five-goal lead, 9-4.

RPI soon scored again, but at 9:29, Tenbarge raced across the goal front and side-armed a shot into the net. Co-captain Jenna Chodos ’17 earned the assist.

With 6:33 remaining, Penikis netted her fourth goal

of the half and fifth of the game when she converted on a free position opportunity.

The Engineers scored twice more, but Tenbarge maintained the Ephs’ lead with two unassisted goals.

RPI goalie Aleena Milinski stopped 10 shots and allowed 13 goals, while Ephs’ netminder Ana Alvarenga ’19 denied seven shots by the Engineers and allowed seven goals. Williams had 17 turnovers on the day, and RPI turned the ball over 13 times.

Both teams gathered in 17 ground balls.

Mason commented on her 300th career win. “We were happy to see better possession of the ball and good goal production, as well as a strong performance by the defense and Alvarenga in goal,” she said.

“It was a great team effort for our first win and so exciting to get to celebrate [Coach Mason] and her 300th win,” co-captain Brett Bidstrup ’17 said. “I am proud to be part of the long legacy of players that have been coached and mentored by [Mason].”

On Sunday, the women lost to Trinity 12-6. The season opener for both teams was a reminder of the high level of competition in the NESCAC.

The two teams trading goals for the first few minutes of the game. Quigley scored a free position shot at 9:42 seconds left of the first half, narrowing the score gap to 3-2. Within the next minute, however, the Bantams began to pull further away.

They extended their lead to 5-2 by halftime.

The Bantams maintained a healthy lead throughout the remainder of the game, and the Ephs never came within three points of a tie.

“We had a tough first game with Trinity, which is a very strong team,” Mason said. “We played fairly well defensively and in goal. While we had some very nice goals, we know we need to handle the ball better in all areas of the field.”

Trinity goaltender Zoe Ferguson saved nine of the 15 shots on goal in today's game. Ephs’ goalie Margaret Draper ’17 stopped five of the Bantams’ 17 shots.

The six Williams goals were scored by four different players. Tenbridge and Chodos both notched two, and Quigley and Penikis also scored.

On Saturday, the women will travel to Brunswick, Maine for a NESCAC road contest against Bowdoin that will start at 12 p.m.

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Suzanna Penikis ’19 had a game-high five goals against RPI in Head Coach Chris Mason’s 300th career victory on Monday evening.

defenders I’ve ever seen, and he was our team MVP tonight.”

In the first half, 19 of the men’s 30 shots were from behind the arc, and they hit 11 of them (57.9 percent).

The Ephs opened the second half with an 11-3 run that upped the margin to 25 points, essentially putting the game away.

While Scranton worked the deficit back down, they were never able to seriously challenge in the second half. The men won by a final score of 80-53.

Aronowitz led all scorers with 22 points and became the 18th player in school history to score

500 points in a season. Greenman set a career high with 11 assists, adding 11 points as well.

Kempton was one rebound shy of a double-double, registering 10 points and nine boards.

Williams will face Susquehanna at 5:30 p.m. on Friday in the Sweet 16 at Middlebury. The winner will play either Middlebury or Endicott at 7 p.m. on Saturday for a spot in the Final Four.

“It has been fun up until now,” Coach App said, “and hopefully the confidence we’ve seen will just keep snowballing. We’re excited to have another week of basketball with this group.”

Men’s ice hockey falls to Trinity in NESCAC semis

By CORDELIA CHAN STAFF WRITER Men’s ice hockey (14–9–3, 10–5–3 in the NESCAC) was eliminated from the NESCAC tournament Saturday after losing 4-2 to the eventual champion, No. 3 seed Trinity.

At Hamilton’s Russell Sage Rink, the Ephs scored the game’s first two goals but were ultimately unable to quash the Bantams’ offense. Goaltender Michael Pinios ’19 made 33 saves in the game, while Bantams goalie Alex Morin made 26 stops. The Bantams, who scored a NESCACleading 3.61 goals per game in conference play, finished with a 37-28 advantage in shots on goal.

The teams had split their two regular season games, and each came into the contest looking to secure a spot in the tournament finals. At 8:06 of the first period, the men went up 1-0. The puck bounced off the boards to Taylor Carmola ’18, who fired a one-time slap shot from the right point. Alex Hagerty ’17 deflected it in for his eighth goal this year.

The Ephs doubled their lead at 12:40. A Trinity turnover gave C.J. Shugart ’18 the puck near the right circle. Shugart made a quick cross pass to the wide-open Luke Stickel ’17, who tapped it in easily from the left side of the crease.

Stickel, who scored the gamewinning goal in the quarterfinal win over Amherst, netted his fourth goal of the season.

The Bantams, however, responded quickly. They scored with six minutes left in the half to cut the deficit to one.

At 17:49, Carmola was called to the box for tripping. The Ephs contained the Bantam attack for most of the two-minute penalty, but with 13 seconds left in the power play, Trinity caught the men in transition. At 19:36, Trinity’s Barclay Gammill elevated a backhand over Pinios’s glove side, tying the game at two right before the buzzer. Trinity led 9-8 in shots in the first period.

Two minutes after the intermission, Trinity forward Sean Orlando received the puck in Pinios’ crease. He hesitated before trying a backhand, but Pinios knocked it away to thwart the chance.

There were no goals scored in the second period, but Trinity again led in shots, 12-9. The Ephs’ strong shot-blocking, however, kept the game level.

Tensions mounted in the third.

Just a minute in, Trinity forward Ryan Whitney put a backhand shot on net, but Pinios made an excellent save. At 3:30, Frankie Mork ’17 entered the offensive zone and dropped the puck off to Roberto Cellini ’19. Morin was able to divert Cellini’s shot, and the teams remained even.

The men had their best chances of the period seven minutes in.

The Ephs controlled the puck for an extended interval in the Bantams’ zone. Colby Cretella ’18 rifled a shot that was turned away

by Morin, but James McNamara ’17 collected the rebound and forced another save from Morin on a wraparound.

At 10:24, Orlando had a breakaway chance on a Trinity power play. He crashed into Pinios, but the puck stayed out. The Bantams’ offense was full of energy, forcing 14 saves from Pinios in the final period.

With 1:41 left in regulation, the Bantams finally broke the tie. A shot bounced awkwardly off the boards and found the stick of Orlando, who was positioned in front of the net. The NESCAC's top overall scorer, he converted to give Trinity a 3-2 lead, its first of the game. With 20 seconds left, the Bantams cemented the victory when Ethan Holdaway scored on an empty net.

“The game could have gone either way,” co-captain Tyler Young ’17 said. “It just came down a fortunate bounce for Trinity late in the game.”

“We played really well,” cocaptain Sam Gray ’17 said, “so it wasn't fun to lose like that.”

In the finals, Trinity went on to defeat top seed Hamilton in overtime, winning the tournament for the second straight year.

For alternate captain George Hunkele ’17, Mork, McNamara, Gray, Stickel, Young, Hagerty and Carmola, the game marked the end of their collegiate hockey careers. Mork was a First Team All-NESCAC selection this year.

“I am proud of what our class has done over four years,” Young, who was Second Team All-NESCAC last year, said. “We would have loved to have gone out with a championship, but we know we leave this program more than ready to take the next step.”

The Ephs return First Team All-NESCAC pick David Italiano ’18 and Second Team choice Cellini. Italiano led the NESCAC with 25 points in conference play, and Cellini ranked third with 21.