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Majumder appointed interim president By NICHOLAS GOLDROSEN NEWS EDITOR Chair of the Board of Trustees Michael Eisenson ’77 announced on Aug. 29 that, effective Jan. 1, Protik (Tiku) Majumder, professor of physics and director of the Science Center, would serve as interim president of the College. His announcement follows the news in July that current President Adam Falk will leave the College at the end of the year to become president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. In his announcement, Eisenson noted that the search committee was looking for an interim president who could provide stable and effective leadership at a critical point for the institution. “Our objective was to find an interim president with a keen understanding of our institution; a love of Williams, of its students and of its faculty; enormous patience, tact and insight; and an ability to respond with intelligence, compassion and calm to the inevitable challenges that will arise from time to time,” Eisenson wrote. Majumder currently holds the positions of Barclay Jermain Professor of Natural Philosophy and director of the Science Center, where he occupies a key leadership role in the ongoing Science Center renewal project. Majumder, who has been at the College for 23 years, holds a doctorate in physics from Harvard and completed his undergraduate education at Yale. His current research focuses on atomic structure.
Majumder’s term as president will run until the beginning of the new president’s term, which will most likely not begin until the end of the 20172018 academic year. His job will involve the careful balancing of the needs for both continuity and adaptability. “I am honored to have been asked, and I look forward to doing the job of the president as any new president would, understanding that it’s a temporary job, that there’s a certain amount of continuity that’s important, but it is also important to think about moving the College forward,” Majumder said. “Six months can be a long time, and a lot can happen. We should feel lucky that Williams is in a good place in many ways, but there are ongoing challenges as we all know.” Majumder noted that despite whatever challenges may arise, his mission as president will remain constant. “The business of the College is the business of educating its many students in the best ways that we can,” Majumder said. “That’s been my job as a teacher, it’s been my job as a research mentor and it is what I will focus on as interim president.” Above all, he emphasized the dual importance of both stability and dynamism. “Williams has been around for a long time, yet it is constantly changing. There’s no such thing as being static in these situations,” Majumder said. “My tenure as president will hopefully reflect a sense of stability, and will provide a
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Tiku Majumder, currently a physics professor and director of the Science Center, will become president of the College on Jan. 1, 2018. strong link between the 17th and 18th presidents of the College. Also, as I look forward to this new role, having been here at Williams for 23 years, I have a very strong sense of how important this responsibility is.” In preparation for his new role, Majumder has been familiarizing himself with the
Falk reflects on his tenure, contemplates bright future By JACK BRENT GREENBERG and MICHAEL GREEN RECORD STAFF This time of year marks many new beginnings: a fresh slate of classes, the arrival of the Class of 2021, several new faculty and staff hires and the opening of the new bookstore. However, for President Adam Falk, September marks the beginning of the end of his term, as well as a new beginning for him as president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Come the start of January, Falk will have cleared out the office in Hopkins Hall he occupied for almost eight years and made the transition from the Purple Valley to New York City. Falk took over the College’s presidency in 2010 from interim President William Wagner, who took on the role following Morty Schapiro’s departure for Northwestern. Upon arriving in Williamstown, Falk sought to prioritize the College becoming a national leader in innovative and effective teach-
ing, an increasingly international institution and a more diverse, multicultural community, as he described in his inaugural remarks. Though Falk has seen progress in all of those objectives, he conceded that his time in office has continuously reframed his goals for the College. “I think that over a decade, your sense of what is important evolves. There are both new things that have come up and ways in which I would think about those goals framed at that time which would be different now,” Falk said. “The simplest one to talk about is international. Global is no longer one single thing that can be put in one part of the curriculum or one part of the College. We have evolved to the point where we think about what kind of opportunities we can give to every student for international experiences and give the College a more international flavor. We continue to have a strong presence of international students, we have
revamped the Study Away office [and] … we have been trying to find more opportunities for students to go abroad during the summer and Winter Study. I am very pleased with the international aspects of the College, but that doesn’t look like what I thought it might look like eight years ago.” As for functioning as an exemplar of undergraduate education, Falk saw no significant departure during his presidency from the practices of the College in preceding years. “You continue to hire superb faculty and support them,” Falk said. “That’s not a thing that lives in a particular part of the College. I think there was a moment when it was thought that somehow technology was going to turn upside-down everything we did. … Technology is giving us new ways of teaching, but it’s not replacing the human interaction that is the center of good teaching at a liberal arts college.”
SEE FALK, p. 5
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many constituencies at the College and broadening his experience with the administrative work of the College. “There are lots of constituencies, between students, faculty, staff, trustees and alumni, who have important ideas, roles and opinions about how things should go forward. It’s an ongoing challenge to
listen and bring people together and move the College forward; new ideas emerge and we need to be ready to embrace them,” he said. “My professional life at Williams has been centered in the science world, and I know a subset of students very well, but only a subset. I am very much looking forward to the op-
portunity to learn more and become more engaged in the [broader happenings on campus], and I am already starting that work this fall.” Majumder, however, will not get the opportunity to live in Sloan House — the house is currently out-of-use for the next year to facilitate the removal of lead paint.
College, students respond to DACA repeal
ALEXANDRA MEDEIROS/OPINIONS EDITOR
The Williamstown community protested the DACA repeal. By JEONGYOON HAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER In response to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ Sept. 5 announcement of a gradual “wind-down” of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), President of the College Adam Falk reaffirmed the College’s commitment to supporting those affected by the program’s impending cancellation in an email to the College community. Through addressing concerns among members of the community about the recent news, Falk promised protection and security for undocumented students. “Anyone admitted to or employed by Williams is a welcome member of this community,” Falk wrote. “We will not tolerate bias or prejudice toward our people on the basis of DACA status or other identity attributes.” DACA, which President Barack Obama enacted in 2012, allowed some undocumented immigrants who entered the United States when they were younger than 16 to be eligible for a work permit and renewable deferral from deportation every two years. With the cancellation, over 800,000 people’s statuses as residents in the United States remain unclear. With an unsure future facing students and their families and friends affected by DACA, the College has promised to launch a multi-faceted approach to support community members to the greatest capacity possible. Associate Dean of the College Rosanna Ferro said that it is essential for institutions of higher learning to accept and fully wel-
come people from all walks of life, including immigrants. “It’s part of a goal of an institution of higher education to provide opportunities to those that are admitted [into the College,]” Ferro said. “I believe that people should have the choice and the option and, surrounding this specific topic, I’m passionate about it, because these students had no choice in the matter: They were brought here when they were children,” she said. “This is their life. This is where they grew up. So I think it’s only fair for them to pursue a degree of higher education at a place like Williams.” Through such a statement of support, the College administration has emphasized that it will uphold its financial obligations to students – since their status prevents them from gaining financial aid from the federal government – and will protect community members in legal situations to its greatest ability. Falk stated that College staff will not aid in the enforcement of immigration law in any way and that, should government agencies or officers appear on campus, the College “will not provide student or employee information to government agencies or their officers unless presented with a legitimate court order” as required by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. The College also prohibits government officers from conducting warrantless questioning, searches or detention on campus. Furthermore, the circle of support spans not only within the College, but Williamstown as well: Collaborations between faculty, students and the Williamstown Police Department during the past year gave rise
to two new forms of legislation protecting the rights of immigrants from unlawful seizures. On Sept. 6 approximately 40 people appeared at a “Stand Up for DACA” rally at the intersection of Routes 2 and 7. The College’s support for the undocumented students has shown itself in other forms, ranging from special consultation from the chaplain’s office, legal experts in upcoming workshops, Counseling Services and the Speak Up! online reporting feature, which receives tips on cases of bias or prejudice happening on campus. Student organizations have also stepped up to act as mediators between the administration and students so that the administration can better understand undocumented students’ needs. Last year, the Coalition for Immigrant Student Advancement (CISA) found the need for a student group to advocate for documented and undocumented immigrants’ rights.
SEE DACA, p. 5
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THE WILLIAMS RECORD BOARD In past years, the Junior Advisor Selection Committee (SelCom) met at night during the months of January and February to perform its duties. Beginning with the selection of the Junior Advisors (JAs) to the Class of 2022, SelCom will instead be a daytime Winter Study class in January. This change will benefit the members of SelCom, although those organizing the course – the Junior Advisor Advisory Board (JAAB) – must take certain steps moving forward to construct the most effective JA selection process. Meeting for long hours late into the night was detrimental to the health of SelCom members, affecting their abilities both to sleep and to complete schoolwork. Furthermore, these meeting times (after 10 p.m.) likely dissuaded some students from applying to join SelCom, which may have reduced both the strength and diversity of the applicant pool. Working late at night may have also decreased SelCom’s productivity and ability to devote full attention to the tasks at hand. Making SelCom a Winter Study class eliminates these problems. Though SelCom will still occupy a large portion of its members’ time, they will not have any
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Repairing a defection in selection Considering the conversion of the JA Selection Committee into a Winter Study class outside academic commitments – a stark contrast to the previous structure, during which most, if not all, of its members took a full courseload. Including a description of SelCom in the Winter Study course catalog also increases the transparency of the group’s workings. However, making SelCom an academic experience for which members receive academic credit creates its own problems. The course description, stating that the class “will explore the nature of selection processes” and will include readings on “organizational behavior and human decision processes, social networks and organizational dynamics, and gendered wording and inequality,” suggests that the class will include significant academic work outside of the JA selection process. Some academic work and guest speakers may be valuable to SelCom members as they determine the best ways to assess a JA applicant, and this change marks an improvement from the previous system. Nevertheless, significant academic work, like research on a selection process, may distract members from the paramount goal of selecting JAs. Furthermore, framing SelCom as a psychology class may dissuade students who
are not interested in the material listed in the course description from applying to join SelCom. If in practice the SelCom class will not mainly focus on the academic aspects of a selection process, JAAB should ensure that this is expressed clearly in future communications about the class. This would ensure that students understand what the class will be like in practice and would maximize the quality of the applicant pool. On the other hand, if the class will include a significant academic component outside of the selection process itself, the academic workload should be reduced to ensure that its focus is selecting the best possible class of JAs. If this is not possible for this year, the workload should be reduced in future iterations of the class. A potential framework for the course and its workload could be that of Winter Study 99s, since those courses, like SelCom, are both student-focused and studentdirected. Under this plan, students would read a book relevant to selection processes, select JAs and then write a reflection paper that comments on said book in the context of their SelCom experience. This proposal would provide a degree of academic structure to the course
while not distracting SelCom members from JA selection. Now that SelCom is a Winter Study course, it will have to compete with other Winter Study courses for students’ attention. Some students may be concerned that if they apply and enrollment is competitive, they may not only be unable to take the course, but they may also miss out on first pick at other appealing courses. This may potentially limit applicants. To avoid this problem, applications for SelCom can be collected before other Winter Study courses, akin to the process for Winter Study travel courses. Overall, this change to the format of SelCom is a step in the right direction, and we commend this year’s JAAB for pioneering this change. Since SelCom’s decisions affect all first-years at the College, it is important that the SelCom body itself is a diverse, dedicated group of students whose main focus is selecting JAs. This idea must be communicated to potential SelCom applicants, and JAAB should create avenues through which SelCom members and others can provide feedback on this change and thus maximize SelCom’s quality going forward.
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How did they know we wanted a Shrek-themed party?
WILLIAMS BOOKSTORE
Bless up! Now I don’t have to walk all the way to Water Street.
BEAU DAVID ’21
Childish Gambino.
FIRST WEEK OF CLASSES CLOSING OF THE RED HERRING
STEVEN KREUCH ’20
Daniel Lynch and Anna Neufeld.
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Balancing the excitement of new courses and the fact that we’re already behind on our readings. It’s a shame, but at least we still have the Purple Pub!
It will never be long enough.
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KENNY LIU ’19
“A future so bright I gotta wear shades.” President Adam Falk, on his future after the College, page 5.
Michael Scott from ‘The Office.’
ANG SHERPA ’18
It is a tie between Michelle Obama and Gudetama.
“I have the confidence to glove up, lube up and go in, but I’m not necessarily a veterinarian.” Sandy Gordon, owner of Shaftsbury Alpacas, on her approach to animal care, page 7. “In Turrell’s work, light becomes both a question and an answer, a tool for the viewer to understand their own relationship
to light, color, darkness and contrast.” Carlos Cabrera-Lomeli ’20, on an installation at MASS MoCA, page 8. “I came to the College as a non-recruit hoping to walk onto the soccer team. I had heard that Williams was a place where walk-ons could often play significant roles on the team. Now, having made varsity, I hope that I can do so.” Jackson Corrigan ’21, men’s soccer team, on why he chose to attend the College, page 12.
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Last spring, the Record published an op-ed written by Junior Advisors to the Class of 2020 (“Bleaching our Shirts: Beginning a Dialogue on the JA System,” April 19, 2017). We, the current co-presidents of the JA class, want to continue that conversation by explaining our choices regarding our JA shirts. Several members of the previous JA class bleached their shirts in the spring to highlight the underrepresentation and lack of support given to minority and low-income students in the entry system. In the spring of 2017, the JAs to the Class of 2021 discussed what the color of our shirts – purple – meant to us. For some, the shirt represented the historical injustices of the entry system. Others wanted a better way to express their individuality or thought changing the shirt would be a medium to support certain causes. Ultimately, we voted to keep the shirt purple. Due to the range of motivations, we included the voices of two JAs on this topic. JAs welcome questions about their shirts, but we ask that you also respect if they do not want to justify their decision.We are 52 people, united in being JAs to the Class of 2021. Most importantly, our diversity of backgrounds and ideas is what allows us to be so intentional about the progress we make. “For my JA shirt, I decided to write my Chinese name on the back with puffy paint. Chinese characters have meaning of their own, and my name means ‘as spacious as the Universe.’ I appreciate this name deeply because it has taught me spacious-
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ness – in the sense of exploring more parts of the world and also in the sense of being open to different opinions and experiences. When I first came to Williams, I could not imagine myself becoming a JA because I felt like I did not fit the ‘JA type.’ For me that meant someone who is extremely visible on campus, extroverted, outspoken and good at entertaining people. I’m putting my cultural identity on the back of my shirt to individualize my JA experience and to deconstruct the notion of an ideal JA. My shirt is also a way to encourage my frosh to express their personal identities and not feel the pressure to ‘fit in’ to the Williams culture.” -Julie Geng, Shanghai City, China, economics major and Arabic certificate “This summer, I voted [to change the purple JA shirts to] tie-dye shirts. Forcing people to wear something they’re uncomfortable with – restricting that freedom – felt immoral. Tie-dye would express our individuality and allow us to choose our clothing. Most importantly, tie-dye would let all JAs be comfortable with their bodies. But then, for various reasons, the JAs voted to keep the shirts purple. With that vote, the rhetoric surrounding the JA shirts changed. I’ve been called callous – that my purple shirt ‘could be interpreted as a lack of empathy.’ I’ve been called a bad ally – that I should ‘listen when disenfranchised groups ask for help.’ But I’ve also been called resolute – that ‘too many JAs felt uncomfortable with this change.’ The JA shirt is not a static symbol. For me, and for many others, it represents something positive. It represents leadership, inclusivity and community. The purple is
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We write on behalf of the Junior Advisors (JAs) to the class of 2021 to address the act of vandalism that occurred last Thursday when one of our peers painted a swastika on the door of another student. This act was not a hate crime. It was an act of thoughtless negligence, but one that reflects active indifference toward a symbol of hatred and its effect on people on this campus. The goal of this piece is not to confirm, deny or proliferate the details of that night. We write to confront its broader implications in our community. As JAs to the Class of 2021, we feel a responsibility to engage fully with the experience of being a Williams student. For the past few weeks, we have ushered in the year with First First Fridays, entry snacks and cheesy icebreakers. But our presence extends beyond common room hangouts – our role calls us to break the silence that has followed this incident. If we do not speak out, we are complicit in the apathy and acquiescence that exists in the wake of this act of symbolic violence. Only one student this week chose to paint a swastika on another student’s door, but the incident reminds us that it is naïve to assume displays of hate can’t happen at the College. While this event does not reflect the culture of the College, and while the administration has condemned it in the strongest terms, we cannot rest here. What seems like an isolated incident, followed by a few murmurs and general apathy, indicates a widespread failure to care. First-year orientation every year includes a Davis Center discussion about creating a “culture of care” on campus and in the broader community. First Days may have ended, but these conversations did not and cannot. We need to talk about this incident and
ones like it. We need to draw support from each other, we need to heal together and we need to care. This incident provides a chance to remember and reflect upon our position not just within Williams College, but also Williamstown, the greater Berkshires, this country and the world. Every one of us lives and operates in a larger framework than just the purple bubble. The choices that we make during our time at the College are not actions in a vacuum. Rather, they mold our community members long after they leave it for the world beyond. In turn, here on campus, we are not immune to the challenges of the national political climate at large. We witnessed an outbreak of racist and antiSemitic violence in Charlottesville, Va.; this upwelling of hatred and bigotry does not appear to be on its way out. Caring is not easy. It requires time and emotional energy that many students don’t feel they have at the beginning of the semester. But no matter how busy we are, each of us interacts with and lives in this community. It only requires attention to fill the relationships in our lives with a little more compassion. When we have nothing to say, there is always something we can ask: not just to solicit information, but because we care about how our friends feel. We must make time to connect with each other in the wake of a crisis, no matter how isolated it may seem. If we fail to do so, we cease to exist as a community. Anna Ringuette ’19 is a chemistry major from West Bloomfield, Mich. She lives in Armstrong. Caleigh ForbesCockell ’19 is an economics major and Jewish studies concentrator from New York, N.Y. She lives in Mills. Kyle Walker ’19 is an economics and women’s, gender and sexuality studies double major from Indianapolis, Ind. She lives in Dennett. Erin Kennedy ’19 is a music major from St. Paul, Minn. She lives in Mills.
Carol Almonte ’19 is an American studies major and Latino studies concentrator from Jackson Heights, N.Y. She lives in Williams Hall. Jesse Facey ’19 is an Arabic studies and Spanish double major from North Kingstown, R.I. She lives in Sage Hall.
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On active indifference In response to a recent incident on campus
something I look up to. Someone else’s interpretation of this symbol should not be imposed on my beliefs. Moreover, if the catalyst for this change was to let people choose what goes on their bodies, then allyship should not necessitate a loss of that choice. Though it was largely missed, I did write something on my shirt. I wrote, in small lettering on the back, ‘Changing a shirt is easy. Changing an institution is hard.’ It is undemanding to think, ‘I’ve performed my part. I’ve done my duty. I’ve changed my shirt, and I will stop here.’ But this is not enough. Personally, I want to join SelCom [the JA Selection Committee], and I want to join JAAB [the JA Advisory Board]. I want to make substantive change. I truly want – as we all should – to make this community a better place.” -Zach Ottati, Walnut Creek, Calif., philosophy and English double major These are only two perspectives on this issue; there are 50 other JAs who each have their own understanding of this change. Another JA will write an opinion next week. Lastly, we want to reiterate that personalizing our JA shirts is in no way meant to be an attack on anyone specific within the Williams community. Our intent in personalizing our shirts was only to reintroduce and explicitly demonstrate our commitment to dialogue about the JA system.
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did reach out to her, she would give me her stare to get the hell away from her. I was told be silent and After the exhilarating high of do what I was told, no questions completing Voices, the First Days asked. If I did ask too many quesevent where students speak about tions, the adults would say I was community on campus, there was too nosey. Because of that, I wasn’t one common response from that much of a sharer (and also, I’m a night: They told me and the other Gemini, so it is in my nature to be participants that our speeches were two-faced (fair warning to everyone so “honest” and “open.” reading this)). Still, it was a novelty In a speech about my life, I for me to be vulnerable during my thought that I would have to be adolescence. The only way I could honest. I assumed that it was a express myself was through my ficgiven. We all knew that coming in. tion, but I shared that with a select Even though we had the few. If it wasn’t for freedom to choose what years of therapy, I to speak about, we knew be a differI felt obligated to tell would that we would be reent person. the truth, the whole vealing personal things It took time, but to over 500 people. It I finally began to truth, and nothing be open with my didn’t occur to me that I could be dishonest. I less. I did not want to friends, especially mean, I know no one will here at the Colbe labeled ‘fake.’ call my mother and ask lege. But with that if I ever had a terminal came the expectaillness as a child and betion that I would be cause of that that’s how I learned honest about my life. I felt obligatthe importance of surviving. Maybe ed to tell the truth, the whole truth, it’s my naivety, but I think honesty and nothing less. I did not want to should be a given in our lives, even be labeled “fake.” I have this irrain our administrations. tional fear that a friend would conAs an aspiring writer, it is my sider my action to be “fake.” That I duty to open my mind and soul to would have that label sewn across the world. I do realize others aren’t my chest for everyone to know to inclined to reveal such vulnerability stay away from me. to the public or even to their loved I have had lunches/dinners ones. My family doesn’t share their where my friends had to look sidefeelings. We aren’t the white family ways in a crowded dining hall bethat talks and hugs out their issues fore speaking to me about another in 30 minutes. We don’t go to the student. And I don’t want to be living room and have family confer- the person people speak about in ences. We yell at each other and/ hushed voices. I still have this need or remain passive aggressive. I re- to tell everyone my inner thoughts member times when my mom gave and fears. It usually happens when me the silent treatment as child. If I there’s a dull moment in the con-
versation, and that’s when I reveal something randomly personal. Then I worry that I’m being too honest. Is it so bad that I want everyone to know that I’m real? But I also wonder where the line between “real” and “fake” lies. Why would a friend be insincere to another friend? Jealousy? Love? I know that I do fake things. I mean, so far, I haven’t slept with anyone’s boyfriend. But my fakeness, like others’, is subtle. Sometimes I have purposefully skipped class because I didn’t do the homework. Sometimes I do not say hello to friends when I see them because I think they don’t want to be bothered. Sometimes I am rude because I feel so exhausted that I cannot keep up my façade of happiness. Sometimes I am distant because I don’t want to tell people how they hurt me or vice versa. Sometimes I have mistakenly told someone else’s business to others because I make mistakes and I have tried to make things better. But honesty has a way of reaching people’s hearts and soul. They really appreciate that you’ve decided to be sincere. I’ve noticed that it makes them feel more comfortable. If you’re vulnerable and open with them, they can be vulnerable. I trust them with my life and they trust me with theirs. Those are small moments that make us feel connected. Maybe what I’ve said can be redundant, but in this Kafkaesque world, it is important to have open conversations about the honesty in our relationships and lives. Leonel Martinez ’20 is from New York, N.Y. He lives in East.
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Construction continues on Science Quad By SKYLAR SMITH EXECUTIVE EDITOR The Science Center renewal project, aimed at replacing Bronfman Science Center and building state-of-the-art mathematics and science facilities, is now fully underway, with two new buildings – the “south building” to the side of Morley Circle and the “north building” replacing Bronfman – in different phases of design and construction. Plans for this project have been in the works since 2013, when the College hired architects to survey the current state of its mathematics and science facilities. Total construction will not be completed until fall of 2020. The south building, which will be ready for academic use starting fall of 2018, will house around 30 research labs as well as student spaces and several faculty offices. The north building, which is still in the design phase, will primarily house classrooms for the psychology, mathematics/ statistics and geosciences departments. Teams begin tackling abatement issues in October 2017, and construction for the north building will not begin until Bronfman is torn down during summer of 2018. According to Executive Director for Design and Construction Rita Coppola-Wallace, the motivation for this construction project came from a 2013-2014 report drafted by architects who had surveyed the space. The group of architects drafting the report analyzed the current foundational structure of Bronfman, spoke to faculty and students about their changing needs and consulted departments as
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The College is undergoing an extensive construction project to renovate, replace and update numerous buildings throughout Science Quad. they dealt with increasing enrollment, increasing hires and changing research needs. “The dramatic increase in the number of students taking Division III classes necessitated a look into our current capacities to teach that many students,” Professor of Physics and soon-to-be Interim College President Tiku Majumder said. “There has also been a demographic shift in our faculty as more members retire and are replaced [with] young, ambitious fac-
ulty with ambitious research plans. We want to be able to attract the best scholars who are also committed to undergraduate teaching.” “In my opinion, having new state-of-the-art sciences buildings will bring the sciences way into the future,” Coppola-Wallace said. “The sciences are constantly evolving and constantly looking into the future, and we need our facilities to do just that.” The new buildings not only allow for more lab spaces,
flex offices and classrooms, but will also be more energy efficient than Bronfman in its current form, which was built in the 1960s. Although initially very different from Bronfman, designs for the north building have recently been updated to keep Bronfman’s flat room and brick exterior while modernizing the interior spaces with more glass walls and classrooms with daylight. “People are much more pleased with the newest de-
sign because it has taken into account input from many different stakeholders [including] the Design Review Committee, [groups assembled by Majumder,] etc.,” CoppolaWallace said. “I’m convinced it’s because it looks more like Bronfman and has taken the needs and opinions of students and faculty into account.” According to Majumder, the planning, design and construction have involved student, faculty and staff input across many different depart-
ments via the Design Review Committee, conversations with groups of students and individual faculty members regarding research spaces and public presentations for community members. “Right now, we’re focusing on the design of the interior of the north building,” Majumder said. “We’re thinking about how to get input from faculty and departments, but also how to get input from students. For example, how should we configure our classrooms, especially when faculty teach in different ways?” In order to accommodate current students and faculty, particularly in the psychology and mathematics/statistics departments, Schow Library has opened up two new classrooms and psychology has temporarily been relocated to a modular unit on Stetson Court to free up the north side of Bronfman for asbestos abatement this fall. In addition to the Science Center renewal project, the planning and/or construction for a new Williams Inn, the replacement of Garfield House, the renovation of the Center for Development Economics and the renovations to Goodrich Hall are also underway. “There is more construction going on now than ever before,” Coppola-Wallace said. “Maintenance on this campus is exemplary, and all the facilities staff who work on this really do a fantastic job. However, there is only so much that you can do on maintenance alone, and every now and then you need to update building infrastructure.”
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Falk ponders his own post-Eph future CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 These continuations and changes alike would occur alongside the College’s student population growing increasingly diverse, Falk noted. Highlighting particularly the growth in the number of first-generation students at the College and the prioritization of financial aid in the “Teach It Forward” fundraising campaign, Falk conceded the need to do more: “We as a community need to be more attentive than we ever have been in helping people, when they come here, bridge those differences in prior experiences and build a community. Our work with firstgeneration college students, our work on sexual assault prevention and response, the evolution of the multicultural center into the Davis Center ... are the kinds of things … [that] are all a part of the work in supporting a really diverse community, and I think it is some of the very most important work that we do.” Falk’s tenure, however, was not without its controversies and struggles. As colleges across the country increased the size and scope of their respective administrations, Falk, at times, received critique for the organization of college staffing and a purported decline in faculty governance (“Misplaced power” Oct. 23, 2013). Falk demurs on the notion that the College has grown more bureaucratic, emphasizing his belief that the goal of any hiring and reorganization was directly tied to the betterment of the community. “There had been great growth in the endowment
in the previous decade [before I was president] and I think that it had put the College in a position where we didn't have to make the same kind of difficult choices between different funding priorities that we would have to make once the endowment dropped 30 percent,” Falk said. “And we are just a more complex operation then we used to be. We have a debt portfolio of $300 million. We have a complicated [human resources structure], a complicated facilities operation, a childcare center, a controller’s office and auditors that are doing more and more sophisticated work. A lot of that is really hard work for a faculty member to rotate in every few years and do as effectively as someone who's a really strong professional.” The critique of Falk as a bureaucratic figure came paired with concerns that, unlike predecessors such as Schapiro, Falk was a relatively distant figure during his time in Williamstown. (“Where the Falk Are You?,” March 1, 2015 in the Williams Alternative). In particular, Falk never taught courses at the College, though many of his predecessors did. He also moved out of Sloan House (the official residence of the President of the College) a few years into his tenure. For his part, Falk explains that his reduced visibility on campus was connected to his focus on his family throughout his tenure as president. “Each person who inhabits [this] role defines it for whoever comes after,” Falk said. “So just as Morty had a different personality from [former President] Hank Payne … I have a different personality from Morty.”
“Our society has evolved, and for the better. At one time, being a president meant that your family was publicly secondary to your professional role,” Falk said. “The image of the College president as standing in front of Sloan House in his (always a his) tweed jacket with his family in the background is not how our institutions work anymore. I think I represent a modern way of balancing the professional obligations of this very
similar overarching objectives at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation that he did at the College, taking with him the many lessons and insights he gained from his presidency. “These eight years at Williams have afforded me the chance to be at the very best place for undergraduate education. It has been just terrific. Going to the Sloan Foundation will give me a chance to engage other things that I care a lot about – research, support for grad-
“Your purpose is to use those resources as wisely as you can to allow other people to fulfill their potential, for their benefit and the benefit of society.” President Adam Falk big job with participating fully in raising my children.” Falk insisted that his presence on campus is consistent and robust. “I think I am very engaged on campus,” Falk said. “I know a lot of people, but the shape of that is a lot different than it might have looked 50 years ago. I’ve gotten to know a lot of individual students. My style has been more to get to know individual people, to go to coffee or lunch with students. It’s a little bit less publicly visible but more my personality.” As for what lies beyond the College, in what Falk proclaimed is “a future so bright I gotta wear shades,” Falk sees himself pursuing
New College bookstore opens on Spring Street
uate students – but there are going to be things I will have learned about education and the role of liberal arts colleges in producing the next generation of scholars that I could have only learned from being here for eight years,” Falk said. “Whether you’re the president of Williams or the president of the Sloan Foundation, you come to an institution where for a period of time you are the steward of resources that were created by someone else, and your purpose is to use those resources as wisely as you can to allow other people to fulfill their potential, for their benefit and the benefit of society.”
By MARIT BJÖRNLUND MANAGING EDITOR Two students are undergoing disciplinary proceedings after vandalizing their friend’s dorm room door early last Thursday morning, according to an email that Dean of the College Marlene Sandstrom sent to all students on Sunday. The dean’s office knew of the incident on Thursday afternoon, after the students turned themselves in, Sandstrom said in an email to the Record. With paint, one of the students wrote “I like beer” on the door, and the other “painted a swastika, and then quickly covered it with more paint to make it illegible,” said the email, which Sandstrom, Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Equity Leticia Smith-Evans Haynes and Vice President for Campus Life Stephen Klass all signed. The students removed the paint, and the latter student reported the incident, the email said. Administrators began the disciplinary process in accordance with the College’s Code of Conduct, and college officials have also been in discussion with some of the students most affected by the incident, Sandstrom, Haynes and Klass wrote. Because “none of the people directly involved felt targeted” on identity-based grounds, the College initially investigated the incident without informing the wider student body, according to the email. However, several Junior Advisors (JAs) reported incomplete and troubling rumors about the vandalism spreading among students, so administrators felt compelled to notify students of the nature of the incident, the email said. The JAs expressed concern because “while the incident it-
self was very localized, some students were aware of bits and pieces of what occurred – including the fact that a swastika had been painted,” Sandstrom told the Record. “In the absence of any other information (that the perpetrator was known and had turned themselves in, or that there was no ongoing threat), students were concerned about the intensely offensive nature of the behavior.” Thus administrators decided to fully inform students of the incident and the response. “We have no basis for thinking the incident points to an ongoing threat,” despite current events such as those in Charlottesville, Va., Sandstrom, Haynes and Klass added in their email. The vandalism is being considered particularly seriously because of the use of the swastika, no matter the intent, the email said. The vandalism “shows a lack of sensitivity to how that symbol has been used as a weapon of intimidation and hatred, both historically and in recent incidents around the country,” the email said. As part of administrators’ response to the incident, their “conversations with affected students thus far have ranged from supportive to disciplinary, depending on their role or the impact of the incident,” Sandstrom said. “It’s typical for these conversations to be ongoing and to take place across several different offices to whom students turn for comfort and advice in their daily lives.” In addition to continuing these personal discussions with students, College officials “will help to organize any programming or resources that students might find helpful in the days to come,” Sandstrom said.
DACA repeal prompts response CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “Since the election, CISA switched from kind of a progressive mode to a defensive mode working with the [college] administration,” Marcone Correia ’19, co-chair of CISA, said. “I think we’re in damage control. … When these announcements come out, not everyone is prepared or anticipating it in the way some of the rest of us are, and they’ll be thrown aback by it. And there are all of these new legal implications that didn’t have to be considered before. … All these things have to be organized so that the damage can be minimized.” Correia has proposed more discussion between students, faculty, student organizations and the administration regarding the next steps the College needs to take to best combat legal, economic and emotional issues that some students and families now face. He also said that, if the College is to assure affected students that they can have a healthy college experience, as a general rule the administration shouldn’t assume that all affected students want to be involved in group con-
versations concerning DACA. Rather, should students seek support, the College must have resources quickly and readily available. Looking forward, Ferro and Correia both said that they hope students will get to have healthy college experiences despite the ending of DACA and the increased discrimination against immigrants. Ferro also added that she hopes that proponents of the White House’s decision will look past biases and rather look at the lives of the 800,000 people who are affected by the announcement. “I think it’s easy to take a stance when you don’t know the people,” Ferro said in a comment directed at anti-immigrant supporters. “You haven’t seen all the great contributions they’ve given this country. … And all it takes is a minute of interacting with any of our students, and they would understand why this program is so important and why it should be revamped to be even more supportive, not less.” “These are some amazing people and they’re doing amazing things. It’s just hard to envision someone meeting any of our students and not realizing that right away.”
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The store's second floor offers an array of Eph merchandise and clothing as well as course textbooks. By AUDREY RUSTAD CONTRIBUTING WRITER The College’s new 15,000 square foot bookstore, which opened this summer, goes beyond the call of textbooks, providing students with a new location for many school essentials and nonessentials. Designed by Cambridge Seven Associates, the same firm that will design the new Williams Inn, the building’s architecture and interior mirror the modern finishes of Sawyer Library and Hollander Hall, with wood paneling, expansive windows and stainless steel finishes. While it brings new life to Spring Street, the building still pays tribute to the small-town New England brickwork that predominates the more established parts of Williamstown’s main shopping venue. The bookstore also boasts a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold Design and Construction Certification in order to meet environmental standards set by the U.S. Green Building Council. The bookstore intends to serve the community. On the first floor, a coffee shop run by Tunnel City Coffee provides room for up to 50 guests and includes a projector and screen for presentation events. It also has a designated children's reading area and playspace. Manager Richard Simpson, who previously held the same position at Water Street Books, noted that the bookstore will also feature extensive programming. “[We are] scheduling regular events throughout the year with local and nation-
ally known authors and in coordination with Williams College departments,” he said. “Events will range from readings [to] discussions, music and children's programming.” The bookstore has already hosted author and Berkshire Eagle columnist Lauren Stevens and local band Misty Blues on its grand opening day earlier this month. On the second floor, students can find textbooks, College apparel, notebooks, stationary and other College products. There is also a private meeting room for departmental meetings and local organizations. The third floor houses office space. Overland, an organization that runs summer camps and travel experiences for teenagers, currently housed above the Purple Pub, will occupy that space. The College’s previous textbook vendor was Water Street Books, located on Water Street. The store was more distant from the center of campus than is the new bookstore, and it sold neither College apparel nor merchandise. Though Water Street Books is now closed, the entire Water Street operation has essentially been transported to the Spring Street location. The College intends for the bookstore to be more than a place to visit once each semester for an obligatory textbook haul. Simpson hopes that, in the future, the bookstore will “become [a] much more … regular place to browse or just hang out.” “[I hope] to see students come by regularly and make it their bookstore too,” he said.
By TARAN DUGAL STAFF WRITER Over the past summer, the branch of College Health Services previously known as Psychological Counseling Services (PCS) underwent significant modifications, changing its name to Integrative Wellbeing Services (IWS). According to Wendy Adam, director of IWS, perhaps the most striking change that Integrative Wellbeing Services presents from the old PCS is the name change itself. Through the name change, the department wanted to stress that it provides services not limited to just one modality, psychological counseling, but rather a large variety of services with a holistic emphasis. IWS stresses that thriving for all students at the College – mentally, emotionally, spiritually and physically – is what it hopes to see. The goal of this change, according to IWS, is to frame the department’s work with the more positive goal of student “thriving” as opposed to “surviving.” Although all of the same mental health services that were available last academic year are still available this current year (including 24/7 crisis coverage, individual and group psychotherapy, psychiatric assessment and treatment and medication management), the department is also expanding educational workshops, as well as practice sessions and outreach activities. IWS has also hired several full time therapists since last May, and has an incoming class of seven therapists, including three postgraduate/post-doctoral fellows. Because of
this personnel expansion, therapeutic services are now offered in Spanish and Portuguese. Another change from last year is the establishment of “satellite” locations across campus. Although primary offices are still in Thompson Health Center, students can find branches of IWS on the third floor of Hardy House, the First Congregational Church (first floor and basement) and Athletics. IWS will also be renovating and moving into new space in Hewat House at 100 Hoxsey St. ("Psych Services hires new therapists, receives approval for new building," April 12, 2017). The programming that IWS is offering this year are somewhat different from last year as well. Brief walk-in sessions known as “Let’s Talk” take place in the Peer Health office in Paresky Center and in Jenness House library, and there are also a number of new multicultural outreach activities planned for the semester, such as Seeking Sacred Stories, a session that notices and names experiences of trauma related to racial oppression. Weekly Noon Sessions will be held in and around Paresky on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. IWS is also continuing the weekly drop-in lunch session it introduced last spring to provide support for Junior Advisors. Other groups, workshops and skill building sessions center around topics such as gender and sexual orientation, body diversity, international student support and healthy relationships. For students that want to learn more about IWS and what it does, there is a general IWS info session this Friday from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. in Paresky 201.
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One in Two Thousand By ALEXANDRA MEDEIROS OPINIONS EDITOR I had the delight of meeting Joseph when he was in my Exploring the Arts group. I sat down with him to listen to his moving and fascinating story. Where are you from? I am from the gulf coast of Mississippi where there’s not much happening. Very small town, sports environment – that changed very quickly after Hurricane Katrina. I grew up in Mississippi until I was 18 and I never knew that we lived in a place that had what other people would see as cultural or economic poverty. But at the same time there is a great freedom in living a simple life. In Mississippi, there was a lot of land. Growing up, my friends and I would just wander through the woods. There were no cultural values being impressed on you; it was a free imaginative space, to play and build forts and have bonfires. The good thing about my parents working all the time was that I had the freedom to do that without any authority. What was your high school experience like? After Hurricane Katrina, we moved 50 miles north, away from the sea. We went out to one of the most rural counties in Mississippi, a place that didn’t have stoplights and was one of the worst education counties in Mississippi. At my high school, there was no illusion that people were going to college. Each class was about 400 people and on average only about four to six people would go to a four-year university. I played soccer and when you joined a sports team at my school that was the priority and second was school. I had soccer from 5:30 in the morning to 8 and then I went to school and talked to my teacher and we had these scripts like – ‘I’ll do your
classwork and homework if I can go to the gym right now because I have soccer.’ Half my classes, that would work; teachers would be worn down by students and athletes every year. I had soccer for like eight to ten hours a day. It was a very hyper-masculine culture, a very homophobic place. I didn’t know I identified as queer at the time, because that would be a great way to get beat up, I mean physically. I didn’t know anyone who didn’t identify as straight. I got very good in high school at performing something other than myself. I was the straightest, most masculine person on the team, beating up people who were as queer as me. Even though I had defended myself against any physical violence by belonging to this community, I was doing a lot of emotional violence to myself by playing a very limited version of who a man can be. There’s so many fallouts from that, a hyper-masculine culture – like the women I dated, I never really had a feeling of care or attention with them because it was conditioned in such a way that their bodies were seen as values to aggregate a social capital. The more women you slept with, the more popular you’d be, the more bros would come up and slap you on the back. ‘I heard you and whoever fucked last night.’ There wasn’t any authority to tell me different. Alcohol was very cheap. Everything was very cheap. There was no guiding force as well as no intent to guide you because no one thought you were going to college. They said the best years of your life were high school and after that it was looking back on high school. Why did you decide to go to Deep Springs College in California? Originally, a little earlier, I don’t think I would have ever made [it to] college if I hadn’t gotten out of the sports environment, and I’d have never gotten out of the
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sports environment if I hadn’t torn my ACL twice, which was a pretty traumatic experience because my whole [world] had been built around being an athlete as well as the physical pain of a reconstruction surgery. I still had the athletic training of going 100 percent on everything and really in a way that wasn’t always healthy. So, I started studying biochemistry because that was the book my mom had. [I read] the book for hours a night and [taught] myself math and science until the point where I was able to do very well at national science competitions. Eventually, I was accepted into Stanford. I was looking for anywhere outside of Mississippi. I would’ve gone anywhere. I applied to 24 schools – none of them were in Mississippi – I was like, ‘one of these schools has to give me a chance.’ The financial aid didn’t come through at Stanford and my parents weren’t going to pay for it; it wasn’t part of the culture there. So, I chose Deep Springs because it was free. It’s best described as
Students experience summer scene in Williamstown By R.B. SMITH FEATURES EDITOR When exams end in May and the academic year draws to a close, most students leave the College to return home or embark on jobs or internships all over the world. Many, however, remain on campus to do research with professors, to work an on-campus job or to become involved in the greater Williamstown community. They stay in dorms, eat in dining halls and use many of the College’s facilities as if it were just another semester. In reality, however, summer life in Williamstown is very different from the normal academic year. Although it’s not for everyone, for the right person in the right situation it can be a highly rewarding experience. Emily Elder ’20 spent the summer working as a research assistant for Enrique Peacock-López, professor of chemistry. Her work involved analyzing differential equations on her computer, which allowed her to be flexible with where and when she worked. She spent a lot of her working time at Tunnel City Coffee, on benches around campus or at the Clark Art Institute, enjoying the pleasant summer weather. Meanwhile, Chris Kim ’20 worked for the systems department at Sawyer Library, helping with organizational work on a more traditional 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. schedule. Summer jobs in Williamstown run the gamut from full-time to freelance, but many involve activities centered around the College community. Most buildings in Currier Quad and Morgan Hall are used for housing this summer. Paresky Center was open for dining and, according to Elder and Kim, of markedly higher quality than during the school year. Other students, however, make use
of the summer to expand their eating habits beyond the dining halls. “I ate out a lot,” Chloe Kaplan ’20 said, “which I didn’t do a lot my freshman year, so that was definitely a big cultural plus.” The summertime, and the extra time and often extra income that come along with it, allow many students to take advantage of the diverse dining options both on Spring Street and in the surrounding area. The most frequented venue, unsurprisingly, is Lickety Split ice cream, the snack bar of the summer. “A night in summer Williamstown always ends at Lickety,” Kaplan said. “Lickety is the destination of the night — it doesn’t matter what you’re out doing; you end up at Lickety sooner or later.” With a mere fraction of students on campus, social events and activities in the summer are understandably less frequent, but not entirely absent. Weekly pickup Frisbee games and improv comedy workshops were favorites of both Elder and Kim, and the additional time in the summer allows students to take full advantage of local cultural hallmarks like MASS MoCA and the Clark. The Williamstown Theater Festival offers a plethora of shows for those so inclined, and local institutions make an effort to engage with summer residents. “There are things going on every now and then,” Elder said. “The Clark would have activities and family days, and it would play movies outside on Sunday nights through Images [Cinema].” That said, students are still prone to “Bubble Burnout”;
after a full academic year on campus, the familiar environs of the purple bubble, especially with the more subdued summer pace, can begin to feel stifling. Students with the ability to leave Williamstown on the weekends are often thankful to do so. “It was very nice to have a car,” Elder said. “Otherwise I think I would have felt very trapped and very, very bored.” Instead of visiting family and friends, Kaplan had family and friends come visit her. Both students agreed that some way to break up the sameness of the places and faces is a must for an enjoyable summer. So, what’s the recipe for a productive and happy summer in Williamstown? While there’s no magic formula, a couple of themes seem to appear. Students should look for different ways to entertain themselves, whether it be scheduled visitors or a car to visit others, since summer social life tends to be more stunted and places like the Clark can only keep people occupied for so long. “I think that whatever you’re planning on doing here for the summer, you should really enjoy doing it,” Kaplan said. “You should have a genuine interest or passion for it, because it does take up a lot of your day.” Given a fulfilling job and an open attitude towards the slower pace of summer life, the confines of Williamstown become less stifling. As Kim said, “If you have a good opportunity to do something here, staying in Williamstown can be a lot of fun.”
“Whatever you’re planning on doing here for the summer, you should really enjoy doing it. You should have a genuine interest or passion for it.” Chloe Kaplan ’20
a two-year communist project in higher education which I could try to explain all day without ever capturing what it is. I was one of 28 men as students there. As a student body, we were in charge of hiring the faculty [and] admitting new students. It was on a ranch so we had to produce our own meat and our own vegetables. It was out in the middle of the desert. Unlike the hyper-masculine culture, this was a culture of all men and no women, except for the professors. The professors were interested in gender and queer theory, poetry, sensations over thinking. They also lived with the students. It was weird. I’d see them before bed and do yoga with them in the morning. It was a very strange professorstudent relationship, [and the female professors were] the only women within a four-hour radius, so as a straight-identifying man, you’d fall in love with all of them. The professors and the students were very interested in subverting masculinity. So, month one, we started doing everything
naked. We’d play soccer naked, have saunas together, try to do things that wasn’t typically male like hugging and kissing each other on the cheek. It was an intimacy of ‘I care for you and you care for me.’ It was very healthy for me because in a lot of my past male relationships, we’d tell each other that we cared for each other by beating the shit out of each other. At Deep Springs, we talked about emotion. One of the professors challenged the student body that every man had the responsibility to have butt sex. We were talking about how rights and understanding and awareness starts at an experience of empathy. To understand these marginalized communities as well as what the effects of performing masculinity were on the people around us, we should attempt to experience what was the opposite of the more male dominant position in sexual relationships. We made a bunch of jello shots that weekend and had a sexual experiment night. For me, even if people didn’t have the biological response of a queer person, there was still this intention of trying to feel what that might feel like and, for me, that was the first time I had ever considered something like that, and it opened up the possibility of identifying as something other than straight. I identify as bisexual now, or pansexual for those who are like me and don’t believe in the gender binary. That was the experience that changed what I saw as the possibilities for my identification. How did you end up attending the College? My best friend at Deep Springs grew up in Williamstown. His mom was a dean. After Deep Springs, I lived in a Buddhist monastery. Then I did hard labor jobs which was a horrible experience. I was like, I need to get a degree so I can make more than eight dollars an hour. I was looking forward to going back into
college. I didn’t know what I was classified as, because I was in college but was out of it for a year. My best friend’s mom helped me fill out the application and apply for financial aid so I could actually attend this time. Was that a process for you? Happiness has always been very hard to find. After Hurricane Katrina, everyone was depressed. After I left to go to Deep Springs, my best friend, who had lived with my family for years, shot himself with a shotgun. It was hard to be happy after that. But at some moment, there just came a realization that even if I couldn’t be or didn’t feel happy, there was still the potential to help other people be happy. That has been a weird process. At first, I studied a lot of psychoanalysis and started psychoanalyzing my friends, but that didn’t seem very applicable. Of course, [there’s] meditation. I taught yoga for a while; I worked with people on mindfulness. There’s this idea, in the Buddhism I practice, of the bodhisattva, someone who spends his life practicing towards enlightenment and then once reaching enlightenment decides to stay in the cycle of samsara to help others find enlightenment. So, for me, that was a huge motivation. I also realized that, in every conversation, I could either add to someone’s emotional burden or relieve it; affirm who they are or affirm what I think is an innate beauty in all of us, a capacity to be loved. I started not accepting sadness in my life because I felt like there was such an urgency to help others’ sadness. And much to my surprise, I started ending up being really happy even though at the beginning I was just faking it. The more genuinely happy I felt, the more I wanted to continue helping others. So now, I’m just very happy and trying to share my happiness with as many people as I can.
A cappella groups plan inclusion efforts By CAROLINE FAIRWEATHER CONTRIBUTING WRITER What started in the spring as a series of intimate brainstorming sessions within a cappella groups has now blossomed into an effort across EphCappella, the a cappella governing board, to make the a cappella scene at the College more welcoming, inclusive and safe for all participants. The a cappella community on campus is of notable size considering the size of the student body and has an extensive history. Like many other long-standing organizations and policies at the College, some a capella traditions are not condusive to the inclusion of students outside of a specific privileged demographic. Many students, whether or not they are part of a group, often compare the audition process to “rush week” for fraternities and sororities. To address these issues collectively, representatives of each group recently attended an all-EphCappella meeting to discuss initiatives for deconstructing the elitism surrounding a cappella at the College, and for groups to share and suggest different strategies they had been employing. The meeting discussed the issues of labelling groups based on the gender binary, with groups agreeing to label themselves as “all-gender” or “female-voice” instead of the limiting and constraining gender-centric labels. Relabeling, of course, can only effect change if it is accompanied by a thorough rejection of
the link between musical unity and gender identification, an essential next step. Gillian Goodman ’18 and Nick Dehn ’18, members of Ephlats, voiced their desire to completely sever the ties between perceived professionalism, a construct that maintains white conformity, and musical prowess. Representatives from many groups agreed that constructs such as professional concert attire are not only unnecessary, but also run the risk of alienating students who cannot conform to the group’s ideal image. Alternative suggestions included color coordination instead of a strict dress code to not only keep group members comfortable, but also to strengthen the idea of a group’s cohesion in a healthier way. Representatives also discussed how thoughtful song selection is pivotal in avoiding cultural appropriation and microaggressive messages, an issue becoming increasingly pertinent as popular white artists “rebrand” by blatantly copying the styles of artists of color. Jazmin Bramble ’20 encouraged vocalists to personalize songs in order to avoid impersonation of other artists. Elisama Llera ’18 advised groups to consider the reason behind singing or rapping a given song (e.g. sharing an important message or being comedic) and to specifically be aware of white vocalists singing songs by artists of color about experiences they cannot relate to. This also means that groups are actively avoiding “classic”
songs that contain outdated and insensitive language, opting instead for newer, catchier and more inclusive alternatives. As for welcoming prospective group members, several groups are also actively modifying some of the the hallmarks of the audition process. As of last year, most groups had traditional late-night callback parties at which auditioning students were the “guests of honor.” Groups advertise this as a way for students to get to know them in a social setting, but members agree that marketing in overwhelmingly white party spaces, let alone dealing with multiple parties in one night, is a recipe for discomfort. One solution to combat this phenomenon was to throw a barbecue, more of a group meal than a classic college party. Other groups will try new methods and approaches this audition season that will allow them to meet their prospective members in a more comfortable, relaxed and enjoyable way. President of EphCappella and Ephoria member Lauren Steele ’18 summarized her vision for the future of the audition process as follows: “The a cappella audition process has been compared to rush week for as long as I’ve been at Williams and I am so glad that EphCappella is consciously thinking about ways to minimize these similarities. EphCappella’s inclusion conversation [last] Wednesday proved how dedicated each group is to making their space as welcoming as possible, and how much we can learn from each other.”
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Ephoria, a female-voice a cappella group, is one of the many groups seeking to foster inclusion.
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Rural treasures offer ideal setting for alpaca aficionados By ANNA LIETMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER I turned onto Oblong Road, a mere five-minute drive from the College, and followed signs adorned with silhouettes of alpacas. I pulled into the empty parking lot designated for Sweet Brook Farm’s visitors and breathed in the scenery — undulating pastures dotted with neatly rolled-up cylinders of hay, pinned against a backdrop of yet-to-turn-purple mountains. I gasped upon seeing my first alpaca, admiring the plumed tuft of hair atop its head and its particularly gangly neck, as I slowly approached the camelids’ enclosure. I watched them and they curiously watched me back. I marveled in their oddity for a good 10 minutes until I encountered another human being. It was then that I met Tara Garcia, a retired woman who owns the farm which doubles as her home. She pointed out some of the alpacas and attached descriptors or anecdotes to certain animals. “That’s Julia — she’s a P-I-G pig”; there is Suri, “the one with the buck teeth” and Prince George who, she alleged, was born the same day as the prince of Cambridge and often can be found rattling the fence in an attempt to reach the females confined to the other side. The farm no longer breeds the animals, Garcia explained, for as the owners approach old age, they no longer wish to expand operations. Garcia scooped grain into many bins, offering to show me the “mayhem” of feeding time. Predictably, noted Garcia, an alpaca named Cerise ran down the fence line along which the troughs are perched,
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While you won’t be allowed to pet the alpacas at Sweet Brook Farm, its proximity to the College makes it a nice, practical offering. knocking down a food bin. Another alpaca sent spit flying towards us, which narrowly missed me but landed in Garcia’s hair. She seemed only mildly phased. Sweet Brook’s primary focus is its maple syrup production. Garcia went into great detail concerning the vacuum-like mechanized device she hooks up to the trees in order to capture their nectar. The alpacas seemed to be a side operation, an almost
arbitrary choice that requires minimal maintenance or interference; the investment on her part is strictly feeding them. Garcia apologized for their antisocial tendencies towards people. After my adventures at Sweet Brook, I traveled to Shaftsbury Alpacas. Rock jams greeted me first; Sandy Gordon, the owner, followed behind in a close second. She was mid-conversation with two other visitors, and beckoned
for me to come over. “We’ll just do the tour backwards, now that you’re here.” I forked over five dollars and she opened the fence for me to come in right amidst the alpacas. Gordon has been in the business of alpaca breeding for 15 years, and the fact that this work is her livelihood was evident right off the bat; I had no doubt she could expound on the details of raising alpacas and selling their wool for hours on end. She in-
sisted that some of her alpacas were social, demonstrating by wrapping her arms tightly around the neck of Shane Anthony II, upon whom she bestowed many smooches. Every year she leaves the hair surrounding the head of one designated alpaca fully intact, and this year Shane Anthony II is her token “bobblehead.” In her words, “he looked like a Q-tip the day he got sheared.” Unlike Sweet Brook, Shaftsbury breeds its alpac-
as. Although the births often require no interference on her part, Gordon took a neonatal class. “I have the confidence to glove up, lube up and go in, but I’m not necessarily a veterinarian,” she said. She expounded on the thought that goes into each pairing when breeding the alpacas: Choose the male based on the fiber of his coat; don’t breed grey and white; offspring with blue eyes are undesirable, because this recessive trait is often accompanied by health issues such as blindness and/or deafness. Gordon is also careful to prevent inbreeding. After introducing me to all of her “children,” whom she alternated between describing as “delicious,” “yummy,” “gorgeous” and “perfect,” she took me into her store, the Alpaca Shack. She spent at least 30 minutes pointing to different items and offering their exact color and composition. The baby alpaca, called a cria, has wool that is much softer, I learned. She also informed me that there are six shades of grey, “not 50.” Gordon insists that all of her products are genuine, mostly from the U.S. and Peru, and “absolutely none are made in China.” Ultimately, the choice between Sweet Brook and Shaftsbury hinges on time, money and vehicular access. At Shaftsbury, one can experience a more in-depth tour and passionate explanation of the alpaca breeding process for a five-dollar admission fee plus the cost of gas for the 40-minute drive each way. The more scenic option, Sweet Brook, is a feasible biking distance from campus, but you won’t get to pet the mammalian residents there.
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Frankenthaler establishes order among abstraction By WENDY HERNANDEZ STAFF WRITER It is rare for an artist to find their voice in the middle of a movement, rarer still for that artist to be female. Enter Helen Frankenthaler: an anomaly among the male-dominated abstract expressionist field. Running until Oct. 9 at the Clark Art Institute, As in Nature exhibits Frankenthaler’s abstract expresisonist paintings and prints. Frankenthaler, a Bennington College graduate, first gained artistic recognition with the monumental piece Mountains and the Sea. Strictly traditional abstract expressionism provides a vehicle for raw emotion; originating in New York, it contains subject matter steeped in typical American life. Frankenthaler’s approach, however, is not wholly spontaneous and surreal. Unlike classic abstract expressionists, her works break from tradition by seeking order amongst the chaos. In paintings like Jockey (1978), the vertical orientation of the painting itself marks a departure from the horizontal layout so typical of landscapes. Everything about the painting’s depiction should scream unnatural. The right half of the painting, for example, boasts a saturation achievable only through a process of Frankenthaler’s own invention: the ‘soak-stain’ method, which involves allowing paint to seep through an unprimed canvas and then either manipulating the excess with sponges or allowing interplay between colors. Although Frankenthaler’s “color interaction” breeds inorganic hues, the piece’s subtler motifs evoke natural forms. Within the same painting, she draws on earthy tones –
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Frankenthaler’s ‘As in Nature’ exhibition will be on view at the Lunder Center, Manton Research Center and at the Clark until Oct 9. blues, greens and browns. What would otherwise resemble an uncouth assemblage of geometric blocks belies sophistication. There is, in fact, careful subtlety in allowing the artificial and natural hues to blend; it allows for movement and dynamism instead of stodgy, inanimate bulk. If anything, Frankenthaler’s work provides one of the most realistic representations of nature, where cacophony and imperfections abound. In Barometer (1992), she relies on gray scale to build dimension. The paint is applied thickly, with variable texture throughout the
lower half and largely negative space at the top, implying a horizon. Even the title itself suggests a connection to the weather and weather patterns, yet again referring to nature in the face of previously rigid abstract expressionist constraints. From 1979 to 1980, Frankenthaler was an artist-inresidence at the College in a program pioneered by Thomas Krens, former director of The Guggenheim. No Rules, an exhibition of her woodcuts currently on display at the Manton Research Center, showcases the heavy experimentation and
collaboration that underscore much of Frankenthaler’s work with woodcuts. Woodcuts like Savage Breeze (1974) feature incredible luminescence. Savage Breeze derives its distinctiveness from Frankenthaler’s painstakingly superimposing an entire block of white-inked wood over the original print when she decided it was not bright enough. Traditional woodcuts are comprised of images carved into a single block or several different colored blocks. Frankenthaler traverses these discrete boundaries. Cameo (1980), despite its
muted palette, is the antithesis of muddled and opaque. To achieve its gleaming finish, Frankenthaler used sandpaper, dental floss, a cheese scraper and even gauze. The curved line in the lower right quadrant, energetically leading up and out into brighter hues, further enhances the perception of depth that the use of light lends to Cameo. In this contained tension, Frankenthaler yet again references nature, with movement in the found line paralleling the upwelling of the sea. The reflective and still surface also borrows cues from the ocean. The focal point of Cameo, however, lies in
the merging of semi-straight lines towards the top, the off-kilter, playful diagonals melding together by bright light. Of her work, Frankenthaler said, “Anything that has beauty and provides order, anything resolved in a picture gives pleasure – a sense of rightness, as in being one with nature. ... It is an order familiar and new at the same time.” Frankenthaler’s approach in and of itself is not revolutionary. In fact, we see its likeness ranging as far afield as the use of opposition in ballet or foil characters in literature. Located in different disciplines, the motion remains the same: Take a convention, and overturn it. The reason that Frankenthaler holds her own amongst other artistic giants like Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko is because she takes risks. Neatly adhering to the status quo, especially during an artistic movement with neatly defined boundaries on how to use geometry or color theory, is the kind of thing that allows for umbrella terms and collective grouping in art history courses. Frankenthaler’s work holds its own, with a vivacity and fluidity that is equal parts transparent and accessible. Through overturning conceptions of what is and is not abstract art, and interweaving identifiable elements from the natural world, she creates a style that is refreshing and uniquely her own. Strict cubism and abstract expressionism often fall short of getting through to wider audiences, but Frankenthaler bridges this gap with subtle recurring nature motifs that are unmistakably concrete, providing a familiar order amidst the chaos.
‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ proves an inconvenience to audiences By LI YU ARTS EDITOR
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Kidspace is a gallery in MASS MoCA that acts as a workspace and playspace for both kids and adults.
Whimsical Kidspace installation entertains kids, grown-ups alike By ANGELA TANG STAFF WRITER When I first stepped into Kidspace in Mass MOCA, I thought it was just that – a space for kids. The exhibition itself, however, completely subverted the space into one that could be enjoyed by both kids and adults alike. Colorado-based artist Wes Sam-Bruce’s exhibit, Cavernous: The Inner Life of Courage, is the installation currently on view in Kidspace. The installation takes up the entire back half of the gallery. From the exterior, it looks like a makeshift tent composed of repurposed and painted wood; from the interior, it looks like one is delving into an old childhood past, one marked with handwritten notes and drawings on the ceilings. The entire installation looks like something out of a children’s picture book, particularly Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. The tent-like exterior draws from the same themes in the childhood novel in which all one wants to do is to escape reality and create a space of one’s own. To enter the installation, one must crawl in through a hole four feet deep. The space is immediately compressed and the lighting is dim. There is painted handwriting on the floor and dangling tissue paper and streamers on the ceil-
ing. Spreading out from every corner are burrows and channels that are entrances to even more spaces with personal markings. The entire experience is whimsical, as one tries to find the ins and outs of the tent-like installation. After viewing the exhibition, I noticed what I had thought was inspired by a child’s makeshift tent was actually inspired by the Hoosac Tunnel. According to a recent article written on the installation, artist Sam-Bruce “spent a month in residency at the museum conducting local history research and building an artwork that features a cavernous mountain, tunnels and thresholds.” What once appeared as simply a fun experience has a powerful underlying historical context. According to the artist, “the Hoosac Tunnel construction can be viewed as a representation of an act of courageousness: a journey through the unknown — dark, cavernous, difficult, loss, successful, light-giving, connecting, a triumph, tenacity, and grit.” Since the Tunnel is central to the North Adams community, artist Sam-Bruce views the tunnel as “a symbol of the legacy of a group of people who then and now have acted courageously through the many chapters of the city’s history.” As a result, when
one is climbing and crawling through the installation, one can also imagine themselves having entered into the depths of the mountain, deconstructed, deep and dark. The installation is even more complex than its historic roots. Cavernous: The Inner Life of Courage is also a metaphor for brave endeavors. As visitors delve into the dark burrows and try to find a way out, they are forced to catch a glimpse of what it means to be physically lost. One may even observe that this act of finding a way out is practically obsolete in this day and age when GPS and Google Maps can bring us anywhere. According to MassMoCa, “Cavernous is the third component of Kidspace’s Art 4 Change, a four-year project that explores problem-solving through empathy, optimism and courage.” The installation serves as a positive light in society even when its very interiors seem to be physically dark and compressed. The dark burrows and small entryways offer a place of rest and provoke a sense of curiosity to keep going until one reaches an exit. Perhaps that is the way that artist Sam-Bruce wanted his viewers to experience his work – without outside distractions to force us to find a way out on our own.
Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power arrived at Images Cinema last week with uncanny timing – the devastation of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and the impending Jose and Katia have made the dangers of global warming exceedingly clear. It’s unfortunate, then, that An Inconvenient Sequel did not at all manage to convey the significance of climate change in a way that held a candle to Gore’s previous film, An Inconvenient Truth, in which he made a refreshing and thorough case for the existence of global warming. Directors Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk reused strategies that made An Inconvenient Truth an instant classic – the combination of commanding statistics with anecdotes from Gore’s personal battle against climate change – but with clumsy execution. Forgoing the opportunity to examine the science behind renewable energy resources and how the world has handled climate crisis in the past decade, An Inconvenient Sequel focuses its attention on celebrating Gore as a hero of environmental rights. Ten years after the original documentary, An Inconvenient Sequel reintroduces Gore to examine global progress against climate change and the future of environmental activism. Starting where An Inconvenient Truth left off, the film closely follows Gore in his mission to get world leaders invested in renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power. Audience members patiently sat through many artless scenes in which Gore visited sites of natural disaster, endearingly navigated the Paris subway, made poor attempts at humor during his leadership training conferences, shook hands and spoke with various world leaders and put on disappointed expressions while watching his opponents oppose his efforts in the news. The most poignant moments were the ones uninterrupted by his voice, of which there were few.
Missing from the film were the statistics and hard science that made An Inconvenient Truth the formidable and groundbreaking documentary that it was. From the opening scene, aerial shots of melting glaciers layered over an audio track consisting of various individuals criticizing An Inconvenient Truth, the film established that its mission of empowering climate change activism was only as important as vindicating Gore. Opposition to Gore emphasized the price and fragility of solar technology, begging a counterargument that never materialized within the duration of the film. The film also pitted Gore against Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, who prioritized India’s economic and infrastructural development over the renewable energy resources that Gore proposed at the Paris Agreement. The United States, he argued, used fossil fuels for 150 years during the Industrial Revolution, so it was unfair to bar India from doing the same. Following Modi’s speech, An Inconvenient Sequel displayed video footage of heat waves in India , as if to accuse Modi of inducing it, but glossed over the real cost of renewable energy alternatives to India. After Modi reluctantly signed the Paris Agreement, the role of villain fell to President-elect Donald Trump, who served as the ultimate and undefeated antagonist to Gore and environmental rights. Gore’s concluding assertion that the American people would “stand up for what’s right” rung hollow and vague. In another scene, Gore is seen shaking hands with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose backing of the Alberta oil sands pipeline was never mentioned in the film. These very convenient omissions, along with the copious amount of time devoted to Gore’s personal life, undermined the audience’s faith in the film. In An Inconvenient Truth, Gore was an underdog of sorts; in its reprisal he was as dubious as the politicians and “corporate big shots” he sought to criticize.
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Al Gore emphasizes the imminent threat of climate change and highlights its dangers through film.
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Expansion illuminates breakthrough perspective of James Turrell By CARLOS CABRERA-LOMELI STAFF WRITER The immense labyrinth of sensory awe that is MASS MoCA grew even bigger at the end of May with the completed renovation of Building 6 – a more than 100,000-squarefoot addition. A trip to MASS MoCA surprised visitors with its ability to play the installations against the unique postindustrial aesthetic of the museum complex. Regardless of its distance from the rest of the complex, Building 6 retains that same feeling of being an infinite storage of art. Since the summer, the main showcase of the new structure has been a collection of James Turrell works from the past 40 years. Turrell is a Los Angelesborn installation artist who seeks to explore, play with and enhance the perceptive experiences of viewers that are exposed to one of his installations and pieces. And does the collection at Building 6 expose visitors to that objective? Yes, oh yes. The only word, both in its noun and verb form, that can be used to describe this exhibit is "experience." To the right of the entrance to the exhibit is an introduction to Turrell’s work and vision, which explained, “for Turrell, light is not merely a visual force with almost material substance, but something capable of permeating the body and entire neuro-optical system, ‘a wonderful and magic elixir that we drink as Vitamin D through the skin.’” It would be an oversimplifica-
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MASS MoCA's expansion doubled the size of the museum, which houses exhibitions from Turrell, Bourgeois and Rauschenberg. tion of Turrell’s work to say that he only wanted viewers to see light as a physical object, devoid of its ephemeral and quick nature, but the gallery presented a larger and more complex theme. In Turrell’s work, light becomes both a question and an answer, a tool for the viewer to understand their own relationship to light, color, darkness and contrast. The viewer had the choice to either connect the exhibit to how Turrell experienced light, or quite easily build their own perceptions. What makes this ambiguity so apparent yet easy to enjoy is the simplicity of each installation. Pieces of Light (20092010) is a series of five tinted
mirrors with a different colored light at a distinct angle. Each mirror can only be seen one at a time, and each one produces a unique phenomenon with light. Out of thin air and light, triangles form an ellipse and a polygon. Light appears to have frozen in thin air. Einstein wondered how it would be to ride a beam of light, and Turrell allows us to witness a beam, seemingly frozen, hanging over us. But if that is too flimsy and fleeting for your taste, Turrell constructed another installation, The Jetsons (Magnetron) (2006), that can be characterized as taking the experience of sitting down and watching cartoons on
television and combining it with classic cubism, deconstructing it entirely and giving us an entirely new experience to contrast against the original. The installation is a white room, dimly lit on its sides, with a simple chair in the center and a TV-shaped rectangle cut out from the wall. Colored lights shine from the hole in the wall, switching and changing. The lights bounce off throughout the white, vapory, hollow space beyond the wall. Sticking your head into the hole in the wall reveals that the light inside comes from an actual television, hidden within the wall, playing the classic cartoon The Jetsons
over and over. Sit on the chair and all you will see in front of you will be a very abstract collection of lights and colors, packed tightly by the overarching whiteness in the room. Turrell took the experience of TV-watching apart and presented it again in its most basic form: sitting and observing a series of colored light particles. The two largest installations are the apogee of Turrell’s vision: Perfectly Clear (Ganzfield) and an exhibit on the progress Turrell has made on building a natural observatory at Roden Crater, Ariz., since 1977. Roden Crater is a naturally-made volcanic crater where Turrell is currently
developing an installation that places visitors at the right angle and level to look up at the night sky from safely within the crater. The sky will be the only thing visible and envelop the visitor’s view, exposing the natural light of the stars and the moon. Feeling swallowed by a natural skylight is the exact opposite experience of being within Perfectly Clear (Ganzfield). You enter an elevated room, perhaps a thousand cubic yards in volume, painted all white. At the opposite end is what can be called a void, or emptiness, as the mist in the room makes it difficult to describe. Lights along the back wall make the entire room orange, blue, yellow and many other colors. Without warning, these lights begin strobing. There is nothing in the natural world that can compare to being within that room. A sense of floating, nothingness, feeling color and light as a physical presence and many more vague ideas convey what being in that room feels like. The void in that space can be filled with the tricks your mind plays on you, or those you play on your mind. To continue attempting to surround these works with sentence fragments is to disrespect Turrell's talent. Go to the lavishly simple Building 6 and experience for yourself being in front of a beam of light. And, of course, visit the works of other artists – Robert Rauschenberg and Louise Bourgeois match Turrell in creativity and boldness. With this parade of talent, MASS MoCA has assured visitors that the wait for Building 6 was worth it.
Punk-inspired band rocks on By HANNAH TAGER CONTRIBUTING WRITER In a 2011 interview with James Murphy, the founder, frontman and face of the band LCD Soundsystem, Stephen Colbert said, “I didn’t think rockers just got to walk away like that.” Murphy, however, thought otherwise, and that year – after nearly a decade together – LCD Soundsystem officially disbanded with a dramatic final show at Madison Square Garden. Nevertheless, with David Bowie’s encouragement, Murphy, drummer Pat Mahoney and keyboardist Nancy Whang reunited LCD Soundsystem in 2015, reviving the unique electric sound that had garnered a cult following in the post-punk scene. The renaissance of LCD Soundsystem will not disappoint any of the band’s loyal followers. The refreshingly self-aware lyrics and disco-punk beats that led to the band’s fame are still prominent on its fourth album, american dream. Just like LCD Soundsystem’s first hit, “losing my edge,” written by an already greying 30-year-old Murphy in 2002, american dream is honest and fearless in its lyrics and sound. Murphy addresses the elephant in the room head first in the song, “change yr mind,” and repudiates all the fans that felt duped by the band’s revival. The song’s title seemingly refers to Murphy’s change of mind in ending the band, and he sings to the fans that accused him of deception, “I have a penny for your thoughts / If you could keep them to yourself.” Murphy, in a bold selfanalysis, additionally attempts to provide a justification for the band’s faux death. “I can't make you a promise/ We're not professionals,” he sings. Indeed, Murphy takes pride in his nonprofessionalism, or rather his nontraditional sound relative to other professional artists. In a 2011 interview with Chuck Klosterman featured on the band’s documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits, the singer criticized the apprehension of today’s popular artists. “All these other DJs are just playing this boring shit, they’re terrified to mess up,”
he said. Rather, LCD Soundsystem is decidedly nontraditional in its sound. The album’s first track, “oh baby,” begins as a modernist, headache-producing mess. However, as the tinny beat cools down and Murphy’s voice comes on, the song develops into a psychedelic and catchy punk lullaby. The album’s title track song, “american dream,” begins with an epic downward electric and twinkling spiral that sounds like an extended version of the Twin Peaks theme song. As its name might suggest, “american dream” conjures up a sentiment of Americana about which Murphy regretfully reminisces. The Princeton Junction, N.J., native sings, “Find the place where you can be boring/Where you won't need to explain/That you're sick in the head and you wish you were dead.” Murphy’s hit expresses the same sentiments cinema hits such as "Stand by Me" or "American Beauty" evoke: exposure of the dark underside of saccharine suburbia. Another notable track is “call the police,” which, along with “american dream,” was released as a single before the album. Unlike “american dream,” “call the police” is a more topical ode to today’s disquieted youth. Above the song’s upbeat percussion and chords, Murphy sings of the police brutality and political turmoil that today’s revolutionaries protest. “Your head is on fire, your hands are getting weak / We all, we all get stupid in the heat / You've basted your brains with the shatter and defeat up on the street / And this is nowhere,” Murphy concludes in his pessimistic punk twist on The Beatles’ “Revolution.” The song, still maintaining the treasured sound of early 2000s LCD Soundsystem, encompasses the defeated mentality of today’s youth through Murphy’s lyrics. Addressing the concerns of the next generation and touching upon Murphy’s own fears and insecurities about being a mature rocker, american dream speaks to both young and old audiences. With its return album, LCD Soundsystem delivers its beloved punk sound and pairs it with poignant and relevant lyrics, disproving Murphy’s fears and establishing that LCD Soundsystem has not lost its edge.
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LCD Soundsystem earns 'First No. 1 Album' on the Billboard 200 chart with 'american dream.'
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'Twin Peaks' is an American drama television revival series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch.
'Twin Peaks: the Return' exchanges mysticism for spectacle By EVA HENDERSON STAFF WRITER "We're going home." This is what Agent Cooper tells Laura Palmer, when he travels back 25 years to undo her death – the one that started the whole affair. It is also the unwritten promise of "The Return," an episode of television show Twin Peaks. Since its premiere in 1990, the supernatural murder mystery has become the defining cult classic of cult classics. It has also enjoyed tremendous mainstream attention during its first year, becoming the first successful collision of auteur cinema and network television. Even the prequel film, Fire Walk With Me, which was universally panned upon its release, is now hailed by many as Lynch's forgotten masterpiece. Upon this foundation, reviving Twin Peaks would have been risky business under any circumstances, never mind 25 years after the fact. While response to "The Return" – particularly the twopart finale – has been polarized, it is undeniable that Lynch's artistic vision has changed radically since the original series. The minimal, editing trick-based magic of the original run (backwards speech, transitions that destabilize space in the otherworldly Red Room, etc.) has been largely replaced with gratuitous shaky cameras and cheesy computer anima-
tion. Visual effects and supernatural elements are also more prevalent. While the original series might go four or five episodes without breaking the presupposition of naturalism, "The Return" gleefully drags on an hour-long fantastical romp through nuclear explosions, time jumps, steampunk mansions and lightingrimmed sky portals. It is an aesthetic and clearly one Lynch likes a great deal, but it feels markedly less mystical and profound. Another monumental change is that of scope. The original series was deeply rooted in small town politics, family secrets and suburban isolation. Fire Walk With Me pulled us even closer, into the Palmer household, to provide a chilling and claustrophobic examination of abuse. There were glimpses of an expansive supernatural realm, and the latter half of the second season even touched briefly on UFOs and government conspiracy, but what lay behind the curtain was always left to the imagination. "The Return" lays this mythology bare, particularly Part Eight, which reconfigures Laura's abuse at the hands of her demonic father as a proxy war of sorts, between a godlike giant called "The Fireman" and a faceless alien known as "The Experiment," who has an unclear connection
to the Trinity Nuclear Test. There is certainly an element of satisfaction to this lore dump, but for many viewers it is painful to see Twin Peaks strip-mine its emotional potency for supernatural world building. The finale seems to make an effort to return to the heart of the series – Laura Palmer. Part 18 finds us in some form of alternate reality, in Odessa, Texas. Agent Cooper, who may or may not actually be someone named Richard, is there. A destitute and traumatized woman with Laura Palmer's face is there, but her name is Carrie Page and she is not even sure where Washington is. The episode, the series, the whole 27-year saga ends with Carrie's (Laura's?) piercing scream, as echoes of her other life reach her from the Palmer house. Over the course of the series, she has been abused physically, sexually, emotionally and spiritually. She has been a messiah, a sacrificial lamb and a pawn in a cosmic game. She has been pulled across multiple universes and traumatized in multiple lifetimes. Where Fire Walk With Me humanized the dead girl from Twin Peaks, "The Return" reduces her back to an abstraction of tragedy – a piece in Lynch and Frost's vast and incomprehensible puzzle. As David Lynch's own character, FBI Director Gordon Cole, tells us, "this is something very interesting to think about."
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September 13, 2017
Men’s soccer opens season with 2-1 victory over Trinity By BROOKE HOROWITCH SPORTS EDITOR A pair of late first-half goals and solid defending during the last 45 minutes propelled men’s soccer (1–0, 1–0 in the NES-
CAC) to a 2-1 away win over NESCAC rival Trinity on Saturday. Both teams struggled to maintain possession in the first few minutes. Forward Mark SiscoTolomeo ’18 drew an early foul, but Trinity managed the free
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Bobby Fabricant ’20 assisted on the Ephs’ second goal against Trinity.
kick. Energized following two free kicks of their own, the Bantams completed some successful passing sequences, and forward Cody Savonen launched a quick shot that sailed high. The men responded well as midfielder Malcolm Singleton ’18 sent a ball in to Sisco-Tolomeo, who earned a corner kick after his shot was deflected by a Trinity player. Sisco-Tolomeo had another scoring chance just seconds later, but his shot went above the net. Although the Bantams briefly threatened on the left wing, defender Scatt Macdonald ’19 remained stalwart and slid in to make the tackle. After about 15 minutes of play, the Ephs continued to improve. They put more pressure on the Bantam defense with several long throw-ins. Forward Eric Hirsch ’19 nearly scored with a diving header off of a corner kick from midfielder Chris Fleischer ’20. Around the midpoint of the first half, the game settled down.
Both teams had smarter positioning and made stronger passes but struggled to finish. Hirsch had an opportunity in the box, forward Demian Gass ’20 fired a shot high and forward/midfielder Eli Petrik ’21 sent one wide to the right after receiving a wellplaced through ball. Similarly, Trinity midfielder Nigel Gustave could not keep a long-range shot on target. Finally, at 33:34, following a beautiful free kick from behind midfield and a scramble in the Trinity box, defender Sean Dory ’19 smashed a rebound into the upper-right corner of the goal to put the men up 1-0. The Ephs controlled the remainder of the first half and soon doubled their lead. Forward Bobby Fabricant ’20 made a remarkable run then sent a cross toward Petrik, who scored with a perfect volley at 40:01. The men remained composed and won most 50-50 balls at the beginning of the second half. Sisco-Tolomeo and
Hirsch both had early shots, but after about 10 minutes and several substitutions, Trinity began to play with renewed vigor. The Bantams earned a corner kick when Eph goaltender Bobby Schneiderman ’18 punched a shot over the crossbar. With around 30 minutes remaining, the game became increasingly physical, and both teams had several free kicks and scoring chances. Notably, Schneiderman jumped out to interrupt a cross in a crowded box, and Trinity goalie Mateo Zabala made an excellent save to avoid an own goal after his teammate mishandled a free kick from forward/midfielder Kyle Brady ’20. Boosted by a tailwind toward the end of the match, Trinity repeatedly pressured the Williams defense and drew several fouls. Eph co-captain Tobias Muellers ’18 made some important clearances but, at 86:04, Bantam defender Henry Belt scored with a low, powerful
shot off of a cross from midfielder Max Cottrell, who displayed impressive footwork. Every Trinity player, including Zabala, pressed downfield during the final few minutes, but the men held on to secure the 2-1 win. Overall, the Ephs outshot the Bantams 19 to nine, and each team committed 14 fouls. Zabala made seven saves for the Bantams, while Schneidermann made two for the Ephs. SiscoTolomeo and Savonen tied for a game-high four shots. “Our squad dealt with some adversity on Saturday and managed to grind out a hardfought road win,” Head Coach Erin Sullivan ’96 said. “It was a typically combative NESCAC game, and we created some excellent chances. But it’s early, and we have a lot of work to do as our team learns how to control tempo and close out games more effectively.” Today, the men travel to Troy, N.Y., to face off against RPI at 7:30 p.m.
Volleyball drops first three games, sweeps Marc Mandel set to coach men’s crew doubleheader on final day of Union Invite By JOELLE TROIANO STAFF WRITER
By ELIZABETH SULLIVAN and NICA KOVALCIK CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Volleyball (2–3) played five games in its opening week of the season. The women dropped their first three games but rebounded to defeat Skidmore and SUNY Oneonta on Saturday. The Ephs played a doubleheader on Friday, the first day of the Union Invitational. The women played host Union in the first game and Stevens in the second. The women played a contentious five-set match against Union. The Ephs took the first set 27-25 and carried their momentum into the second, winning 25-21. However, the Dutchwomen rallied in the third set and won 25-19. Union then won the fourth set 25-18 to force a deciding fifth set. The Ephs came up short again, and the Dutchwomen won the final set 15-13. Ally Ostrow ’19 had a solid hitting percentage of .300 with 16 kills. Tess Richman ’19 also displayed aggressive offense with eight kills. Seeking to bounce back from the loss in the first match, the women faced Stevens next. However, the Ducks came out strong
and were able to win in three sets. The set scores were 25-12, 25-21 and 25-17. Erin Denham ’20 had 35 total attacks and 10 successful kills in the match. The women had a strong second day, beating Skidmore and SUNY Oneonta. Saturday began with an early morning matchup against Skidmore. The women maintained strong defense and aggressive offensive, sweeping Skidmore by a scoreline of 25-18, 25-13, 25-21. Setter Alex Newton ’20 recorded a hitting percentage of .667 with four kills on six total attacks. Newton also showcased strong defensive skills and recorded 11 digs. The Skidmore match energized the women as they went into their second match of the doubleheader against SUNY Oneonta. The Ephs took the first set 25-17, but the Red Dragons took control of the second set, winning 25-13. The third set featured a decisive change in momentum, and the women won 25-20. They won the final set 25-19 to seal the match. Denham had a hitting percentage of .345 with 13 kills. “We were pleased with the adjustments our team made and the competitive mentality that the players brought to the floor,”
Head Coach Christi Kelsey said. “We had great energy from both the players on the court at any given moment, as well as an enthusiastic and supportive bench.” The women opened their season last Wednesday with a road loss to Vassar. In the first set, Vassar rallied from a three-point deficit to win 25-19. The Brewers jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead in the second, The two teams traded points, and the score was eventually tied at 19. However, Vassar won the next four points and took the second set 25-20. The third set went back and forth, but the Brewers secured the sweep with a 27-25 set win. This year’s team is young, with five first-years but no seniors or captains. Head Coach Christi Kelsey said that the team is still adjusting but that its play has been encouraging. “We were proud of all 14 players for the contributions that they made last weekend in helping our team get better not only from point to point but from match to match,” she said. “We're really excited to see how we make progress moving forward. The women play their first home match on Friday at 8 p.m., against Wesleyan.
Marc Mandel will replace Peter Wells ’79 as the head coach of men’s crew this fall. Wells, who coached the Ephs for 35 years, will continue his work with the rowing program as a boathouse manager and boatman. Mandel will be working alongside Assistant Coach Nate Clark, who came to the program last fall. The two men, both relatively new to the community, bring a fresh outlook to the team. Inspired by one of his own coaches, who encouraged his “love for the sport and passion for teaching and developing teams,” Mandel began his coaching career the year after he graduated from college. He has spent time at numerous programs, most recently serving as head coach at Gonzaga College High School for the past nine years. Despite his success coaching high school, Mandel never rowed at that level. He fell in love with the sport in the same way many members of the Williams team have: He walked onto the team at his college, Northwestern. His experience as a walk-on athlete made Mandel passionate about the development of new rowers. In fact, “the type of walk-on and recruited athletes the [Williams] program attracts”
were a large part of what drew him to this position. As co-captain Sam Ellison ’18 put it, the coach’s experience in this area will be “indispensable for a program that thrives because of talented walk-ons year after year.” Though new rowers spend most of their time under Clark’s guidance, Mandel devotes a fair amount of time and energy to the basics. He believes firmly in “taking a patient, long-term approach to the season and a commitment to teaching.” “Attention to detail when teaching the rowing stroke pays incredible dividends in developing boat speed,” he said. Above all, however, Mandel values teamwork. In his eyes, rowing “provides the ultimate team experience,” and the development of this team element is key in developing winning crews. “My favorite aspect of coaching is getting to work with groups of motivated student-athletes who are engaged in the process of creating the fastest, most supportive team possible,” he said. When Wells was on leave last spring, the team went through a small rollercoaster of searching for an interim head coach, finding one, losing her due to personal issues, searching for another and finally finding one who stayed through the season. “When any new coach comes
into a program,” Mandel said, “there will always be a period of adjustment both for the athletes and the coach.” Rather than looking at last year’s events as a challenge, Ellison and co-captain Karl Böcker ’18 have focused on the upheaval has done for the team. “The coaching changes have made it clear that the whole team can work together toward a common goal regardless of the adversity that we face,” Böcker said. “In rowing, that level of trust is an incredibly important asset.” In addition to coaching experience, Mandel has a master’s degree in business administration, which he earned at a program that focused on leadership, communication and ethics. The program gave him a strong background in areas related to team-building and coaching. Mandel said he looks forward to working with a “genuinely motivated, coachable group.” He is particularly excited to see “the team’s lineup at the end of the year … knowing the months of effort and dedication that went into getting to that point.” Böcker expressed similar excitement: “With a young team and a new coach, there is an opportunity for us to explore and establish what men’s crew stands for and how hard we are willing to work to achieve excellence.”
CAPTAINS’ CORNER: VICTORIA KINGHAM ’18 throughout high school in the spring, but coming to college, I had fallen more out of love with soccer and was getting more into running. At a certain point, soccer became all about college recruiting, and I didn’t really want that. [Head Coach] Pete Farwell [’73] was super nice and said I was welcome to run cross country here, so I went out on a limb and decided it would be cool to have the continuity of running cross country, as well as indoor and outdoor track. PHOTO COURTESY OF SPORTS INFORMATION
By BROOKE HOROWITCH SPORTS EDITOR
Team: Women’s cross country Hometown: New York, N.Y. Residence: Currier House Major: History Snack bar order: Chocolate chip pancakes with no whipped cream When and why did you start running competitively? I hadn’t run cross country until I came to college because I had played soccer. When I was younger, I took soccer super seriously and played travel between ages 8 and 16. But I realized that most of the reason I liked soccer was that I really liked running. I also ran track
How did playing soccer for so long help you become a better runner? From a physical standpoint, people don’t realize how much running you do in soccer – there’s a lot of running involved, and it gets you in good shape. Also, people think of cross country as an individual sport, but you actually rely on your team quite a bit, and being on a team was something that I was really familiar with because of soccer. Why did you decide to attend the College? I was super indecisive at first, but I had a great overnight revisit with a first-year on the women’s cross country team. I was here on a Sunday night, and I went to entry snacks. It sounds cliché, but that was truly why I wanted to come to [the College]. It was the closest thing that I saw to a family in college – not that the team wouldn’t be a family, but there wasn’t a built-in structure like the entry at any other school. Every time I thought about going somewhere else, I thought about missing out on the entry or Mountain Day. Then I realized I wouldn’t have to miss out on those things if I went to Williams.
What are your favorite things about the cross country team?
How have you developed as a runner over the past three seasons?
There are so many, but one of my favorite parts is the size and diversity of personalities and interests. Obviously, there’s the common denominator of being interested in running and putting in so much work, but what’s really cool about cross country is that it attracts people from extremely different academic interests. Also, not everyone has just done running their whole lives. People are coming at it from a lot of different backgrounds. It’s full of a lot of people with many different passions, and I have so many interesting conversations about things I don’t know anything about.
I have learned to trust myself a lot more. As a first-year, I showed up at practice and just did what somebody else was doing in terms of how long or fast I was running. At races, I would freak out and go out fast. There was not a lot of deliberateness in my training because I didn’t have a lot of confidence. But now I feel really comfortable setting out a block of training and deciding what kind of run or cross training I need to do each day.
What is it like running for Coach Farwell? It’s great! This is something I’ve reflected a lot on coming into my senior year, but my favorite thing about him is that he truly cares about us as whole people. That contributes to the general success and the overall happiness of our team. He gives us so much trust and respect as people with complicated and great and weird lives. He so clearly understands that running is a really important and great part of our lives, but it doesn’t define us, so it removes pressure. He makes you feel very accepted and is very interested in you. Another thing that’s really cool about Pete is the longevity of his athletes. There are so many women’s cross country runners who continue running after Williams, which is just a testament to how much he loves the sport and wants you to love it too.
Do you have a particular running philosophy or approach for distance races? This awesome pro runner talks about a moment in your race or career when you have to be brave, and that doesn’t always mean going out hard. I think it means being brave enough to put yourself out there, and a lot of my training philosophy involves being brave enough to get on the line and trusting myself to turn off the mind and let the body go. What are you most looking forward to about being a team captain? It’s really fulfilling to be able to provide others with the same guidance that I received. When I was an underclassman, it was really a good thing that I had captains because I was all over the place. It feels so fulfilling to answer a question about lifting, for instance, and reflect on how my captains, especially when I was a first-year, have influenced me. It’s a really big privilege to be able to represent the cross country team on campus
because I’m extremely proud of the culture that we’ve cultivated, and it’s a really cool group of people. What are your goals for the team this season? My biggest goal is that everybody finds a joy in running, which is something that can be hard because races can be stressful. We did really well as a team during my sophomore year. We won Nationals, and that was the time when I felt the most joy in my training. That’s my overall process and end-result goal, but I would also really like win NESCACs, win Regionals and beat MIT. The team has won NESCACs the past two years. Individually, you were named NESCAC Rookie of the Year as a first-year, AllAmerican as a sophomore and All-NESCAC for three straight years. What do these team and individual honors mean to you? As much as I’d like to say I’m not focused on the end result, it’s really gratifying when all of the hard work you’ve put in pays off. It’s really cool to think back on it and be super happy or feel more confident, but I think the important thing is to realize that with running, some days you have it, and some days you don’t. Last season, you struggled with injury. How did you manage that? I arrived on campus on crutches with a stress-fractured femur, which was kind of my nightmare because I was coming off of a great sophomore year. I had put in too much training
over the summer. I came in really bummed out but, fortunately or unfortunately, two of my teammates were also hurt. We put so much time and teamwork into hours in the pool, on the spin bikes and on the hamster track. We’d call it our daily triathlon, so I actually have so many good memories and funny stories from being hurt. Being with two other women, we all really drew off of each other’s energy. What is your favorite route to run near campus? I like running on Oblong Road because it has some nice up and downs, a great dirt surface and a view of Mount Greylock. What are your plans for next year? I’m going to be coaching cross country and outdoor track at my high school [the Brearley School]. I hope to go to law school eventually, but I’m super pumped for this. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do, and it is a good time. Who is your favorite professional runner and why? That’s an easy one! Definitely Jenny Simpson. She’s an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500m. She’s been such a steady, consistent performer since high school. She just got silver at the [IAAF] World Championships, even though everyone said she wasn’t in medal contention. She’s so dependable, and she has a really good last 50 meters – she makes people look like they’re going backwards. And she’s the one who has the “be brave” quote; she’s awesome.
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Jake Abrahams ’14 translates passion for sports into career By FRED WANG STAFF WRITER
At the College, Abrahams was active on the sports scene, both as a competitor and as a member of various extracurricular groups. For instance, during his offseason, he worked for the Sports Information department as a broadcaster for men’s and women’s ice hockey and won the Aaron Pinsky ’06 Broadcasting Award in 2013. “Broadcasting was a way for me to keep in touch with hockey, even though I wasn’t playing,” he said. When it came time to figure out his plans after graduating, Abrahams, an economics major, briefly considered a career in consulting before turning his focus elsewhere. “That just didn’t seem like the right fit,” he said. “Then, I started to take a look at sports and pursuing that more seriously. I started making some connections and emailing people I had met before.” One of Abrahams’ first contacts was Tim Layden ’78, a writer for Sports Illustrated who had taught a Winter Study course on sports writing during Abrahams’ junior year. “That course was a really good introduction to the kind of career I wanted to pursue,” Abrahams said. Abrahams also later reached out to Sports Information Director Dick
Many Americans consider sports a cultural cornerstone with a uniquely enduring capacity to captivate, drive conversation and channel competitive energies into communal bonds. For Jake Abrahams ’14, a researcher at NBC Sports, sports mean all that — and a bit more. Athletics have played an integral role in Abrahams’ life; they have shaped and guided his academic, extracurricular and vocational pursuits. Abrahams was born in Los Angeles, Calif., where he lived for much of his life before moving to the East Coast and attending Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. Quite fittingly, the move was largely motivated by Abrahams’ passion for sports — in particular, his passion for hockey. “When I was in L.A., hockey was not a school sport,” he said. “It was hard to get good grades and travel for hockey.” Similarly, Abrahams made the decision to attend the College with a sport — albeit a different one — in mind. “It was a great Div. III golf school,” he said, thinking back to his choice. “Also, with the Taconic Golf Club, you can’t ask for a better setup golf-wise.”
Quinn and Sam Flood ’83, an executive producer — and Abrahams’ main point of contact — at NBC Sports. “I basically just got my name out there,” Abrahams said. “After I graduated, I started to get more traction and a few months later, I was offered a job there.” For Abrahams, the decision to accept NBC’s offer was fairly easy, in large part due to his love for hockey. “NBC is the exclusive rights holder for hockey in the United States,” he said. “That was why I wanted to pursue them specifically.” At NBC Sports, Abrahams currently works as an on-site researcher for NBC’s football and hockey programs, serving as a liaison between the production staff behindthe-scenes and the television personalities on-air. “I’m in the studio with the broadcasters helping them with questions and storylines,” he said. “I’m also writing, fact-checking, as well as conducting and helping produce interviews. It’s very hands-on.” The preparation work is both impressive and challenging. “Before each game, our department produces a packet of comprehensive notes,” Abrahams said. “For the NFL season opener this year, there were 40 pages of
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Jake Abrahams ’14 works as an on-site researcher for football and hockey programs at NBC Sports. big-picture stories, specific facts and profiles.” “There’s a lot of media coverage you need to sift through,” he said, “Tim Layden used to tell us, ‘There’s never been more sports writing, so that means there’s never been more bad sports writing.’ My job involves a lot of reading, finding the best material and being concise.”
Abrahams has used those skills for a variety of projects, but one assignment remains his favorite. “It was for Super Bowl XLIX, which was in Arizona that year,” he said. “We wanted to find a story connected to Pat Tillman, the former Arizona Cardinal who enlisted in the Army after 9/11 and was killed in combat.” The feature focused on Ed Woodward, a recipient of Tillman’s
namesake scholarship, who used the scholarship to earn a medical doctorate in honor of his late brother. Abrahams said he is still uncertain where his career will take him next. “I don’t have a firm grasp on what I want as an ‘end goal’ yet,” he said. Unsurprisingly, however, one ambition remains fairly certain: “I know I want it to be sports-related.”
FRESH FACES ON THE FIELD We asked eight first-year student-athletes to tell us why they chose to attend the College. These were their responses.
was a place where walk-ons could often play significant roles on the team. Now, having made varsity, I hope that I can do so.”
Simone Veale ’21 Field hockey Wilmington, Del.
Nick Van Belle ’21 Men’s ice hockey Stamford, Conn.
“It was really [Head] Coach [Alix] Barrale’s [’93] mentality about being a studentathlete at Williams that drew me to the school and the field hockey program. She understands that we are students before we are athletes and allows us to pursue any classes we want while still creating an intense team atmosphere during practice hours.”
“I chose to come to Williams because it has the perfect combination of academic and athletic challenges. It seems that as an athlete at this school, you are pushed harder to excel in the classroom than to excel on the field or in the rink, which is something that made my decision easy.”
Aidan Ryan ’21 Men’s cross country New York, N.Y. “Williams was the only place where I could see myself enjoying running for four years. Cross country is a very inclusive and receptive group, and everyone shares the same passion and drive for running. With an amazing team and endlessly beautiful trails to run, there was only one place I could happily go to.” Jackson Corrigan ’21 Men’s soccer Tarrytown, N.Y. “I came to the College as a non-recruit hoping to walk onto the soccer team. I had heard before coming here that the NESCAC and specifically Williams
Syd Jones ’21 Women’s soccer Boca Raton, Fla. “At first, I was extremely nervous and stressed out about the college process. I had visited Williams twice, but I wasn’t sure I wanted to come until my official visit. During my official visit, I met the team and the coaches, and I had the chance to visualize myself as a collegiate studentathlete. What spoke to me most was the sense of community and support system that the soccer team and the coaches gave me, which, in the end, was why I decided to become an Eph.” Justin Burke ’21 Football Morristown, N.J. “I discovered Williams through the football team, and was excited to have the opportunity to come
here due to the academic reputation, personal growth opportunities and career opportunities. My choice was validated when I arrived and felt welcomed by both the coaching staff and players; I felt like I belonged.” Jenny Hickey ’21 Softball New Hyde Park, N.Y. “I chose Williams because it was everything that I wanted in a school and in a softball program. Last fall, I did an overnight stay with one of the girls on the team and it gave me my first glance at being a student-athlete at Williams. During my stay, I was able to hang out with the team, attend a 6:15 a.m. lift and sit in on classes. I loved the chemistry and sense of community that the team had, and at that point I knew this was something I definitely wanted to be a part of.” Olivia Dulany ’21 Field hockey Lutherville, Md. “The sense and culture of inclusivity and support, along with the coaching staff, is definitely what drew me to Williams and specifically to Williams field hockey. There's this understanding on the team that we aren't there to tear each other down or push each other too far, but rather to have fun and represent Williams, which I think is very important.”
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Sarah Bernhardt’s Handkerchief
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Bill McKibben
"Outside the Comfort Zone: Working for Change on an Overheated Planet"
WALLS Pick Up Day Sept 17, 9 am Collection on view through Sept 16 Free
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“Will had a solid first tournament. He shot an evenpar round of 71 in qualifying, helping us earn the No. 1 seed. He also made a nice comeback on Sunday to beat his Middlebury player. Overall, Will is off to a very nice start.”
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WILL KANNEGIESER ’20
ALEX BENNETT ’18
MEN'S GOLF MINOT, MAINE
FIELD HOCKEY RYE, N.Y.
Kannegieser tied Sam Goldenring ’20 for the best score on the first day of the Middlebury Fall Classic. Thanks to a 15-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole, he defeated his opponent on the second day, as the Ephs beat the Panthers to earn top honors.
Bennett, a co-captain and forward, scored two early goals and assisted on the game-winner during the women’s 3-2 victory over Trinity. In total, she took a game-high 12 shots, including 10 on goal, to propel the Ephs to an upset victory.
12 SPORTS
The Williams Record
September 13, 2017
No. 4 women’s soccer starts season with three consecutive wins By DANNY JIN SPORTS EDITOR After implementing a new attacking system in the offseason to improve its use of flank space, women’s soccer (3–0, 2–0 in the NESCAC) opened its season with three convincing wins. In the season opener last Wednesday, the women defeated Hamilton 3-1 on Cole Field. They shut out Trinity 2-0 on Saturday and won 4-0 against Skidmore on Sunday. In Sunday’s win over Skidmore, forwards Alison Lu ’20 and Sarah Scire ’20 each scored twice. The first half contained plenty of passing and forward movement from each side, though scoring chances were few. Skidmore attackers Emma Basso and Yasmine Bouakri put pressure on the Williams defense in the opening minutes. Victoria Laino ’21 was forced to make two strong tackles, and Liz Webber ’20 blocked a cross to avoid potential danger. In the 36th minute, the Ephs found their breakthrough. Tricaptain Evan Gancedo ’18 took a pass from Sarah Hollinger ’19 at the edge of the box and found Scire all alone in front of the Skidmore goal. A composed finish from Scire made it a 1-0 game. Scire had another opening just three minutes later when Mikayla Kappes ’21 played her through. However, Skidmore goalie Alyssa Rollins came off her line and smothered the ball after the attacker’s first touch. In the 48th minute, the Ephs doubled their lead. Following a long punt from goalkeeper Olivia Barnhill ’19, Natasha Albaneze
’18 played a ball for Lu past the Skidmore defense. On the breakaway, Lu rounded the keeper and scored on the wide-open goal. Lu found the net once more in the 65th minute. Albaneze played her through again, and Lu outraced the rushing goalkeeper to the ball. Her sliding effort knocked the ball into the net, as she tallied her third goal of the season. Scire rounded out the scoring on a 68th-minute penalty kick. After Lauren Brown ’19 was knocked over in the box, Scire converted from the spot, matching Lu for the team scoring lead. Head Coach Michelyne Pinard discussed her team’s offensive outburst. “We’ve been working hard at trying to get in behind other teams’ back fours,” she said. “We took chances to do that, and it played out well. It was also exciting that our conversion rate was high.” Additionally, she wants the team to diversify its attack and be able to use its options all over the field. “Our goal is to see what space we’re given and use that,” she said. “As we get more confident in our system and our passing, we’ll be able to take advantage of that space.” In a physical match on Saturday afternoon, the women prevailed 2-0 over Trinity. Both teams applied pressure to try to win the ball in their opponents’ half, but few scoring chances materialized in the first 45 minutes. The Ephs saw their best chance of the half in the 17th minute. With Bantam goalkeeper Julia Pitino off her line, a corner kick delivery fell to Georgia Lord ’21 in the penalty area. Lord launched a shot at goal, but the ball took a
deflection off of a Trinity defender, allowing Pitino to make the save. Throughout the half, Lord’s runs down the right flank caused trouble for Trinity backs. The Bantams continued to press hard and were able to gain some extended spells of possession in the half. Despite stellar passing and movement, the Bantam attackers were unable to push deep into Eph territory, as defenders Webber, Katelyn Long ’19 and tri-captain Danielle Sim ’18 kept the ball from reaching dangerous areas. The Ephs got off to a hot start in the second half. Just 3:43 into the period, Albaneze threaded a through ball to Lu, who scored with a superb chip over a rushing Pitino. In the 70th minute, Erika Jung ’20 played Hanna Kaeser ’18 into space on the right wing. Kaeser dribbled between two defenders and sent a cross in, but Pitino reacted quickly. Four minutes later, the ball broke nicely again for Jung, this time in the center of the field. She played Scire through to goal. A defender took Scire down from behind in the box, and the referee awarded a penalty kick for the Ephs. Gancedo stepped up and buried the spot kick to put the away side up by two. “We found our stride at the beginning of the second half, and we really started to get in behind,” Pinard said. “We started playing at the pace at which we want to play.” The Ephs made twice as many substitutions in the game as the Bantams, and rested players made a difference in the late stages of the game, Pinard said. “We’re bringing players in
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Alison Lu 20 scored two goals against Skidmore on Sunday and one against Trinity on Saturday. off the bench who on any given day could be starting,” she said. “Being able to maintain our level of play for 90 minutes is essential for us to win.” In their season opener on Wednesday, the women defeated Hamilton 3-1 on a rain-soaked Cole Field. Early on, the Ephs looked to control possession and utilize space on the wings, while the Continentals attempted to play their forwards in with long passes. Hamilton earned the lead in the 20th minute. Barnhill made a one-on-one save on Katja Dunlap, but the rebound fell to an unmarked Amanda Becker, who buried the ball into the net. Ilana Albert ’21 hit the post on a shot and created several chances for the Ephs from the flank.
Long sent in a free kick that nearly connected with a teammate, but Hamilton retained its lead until Jung scored the equalizer with 56 seconds left in the half. A powerful shot from 30 yards out sailed past the goalie’s fingertips. Each team recorded three shots in the first half, and each had one corner kick. The rain was a major factor, as players from both teams struggled to keep their footing. Both teams came out of the gate strong in the second half, but Gancedo put the Ephs up in the 53rd minute. After receiving a pass from Albert at the edge of the box, she chipped a shot over the goalie to make it 2-1. In the midfield, Gancedo and Laino continued to win possession for Williams. Scire added
to the Eph lead in the 69th minute. She won a free kick in the midfield, and after a Hamilton defender headed it away, Scire found the ball at her feet again. She slotted her shot to make it 3-1, and the women held their lead until the final whistle. Three first-years have started games for the Ephs, and five have seen playing time early in the season. Pinard said she was pleased with the performance of the newest recruiting class. “What makes them special is that they’re complete soccer players,” she said. “They have the athleticism to cover a lot of ground, and they have the technical ability to play at this level.” This Saturday, the women will travel to Waterville, Maine, for an 11 a.m. game against Colby.
Men’s golf triumphs at Middlebury Fall Classic By JAKE FOEHL TEAM CORRESPONDENT Men’s golf earned first place this weekend at the Middlebury Fall Classic, a two-day tournament that took place at the Links Course at Lake Placid Club. At 7100 yards and par-71, the course is one of the longest the team will see this fall. The men reached the final with a win over Castleton on Saturday afternoon after posting the low team score in the morning to earn the No. 1 seed going into the matches. Middlebury defeated Skidmore in the other semifinal, but the Thoroughbreds bounced back to win the third-place match over the Spartans on Sunday. In the championship, the Ephs and Panthers battled back and forth for all 18 holes with Williams ultimately claiming the title by a score of 4-2. On Saturday morning, the men shot a four-man score of 295 to claim the top seed heading into the matchplay portion of the contest. Second-place honors went to host Middlebury, which tallied a score of 304. Skidmore shot 313 to take third place and Castleton was fourth with a team total of 324. Will Kannegieser ’20 and Sam Goldenring ’20 were two key performers who helped
secure the top seed for the Ephs going into matchplay. The young duo tied for top honors and shot even-par rounds of 71. The Ephs’ four scoring players on the day finished in the top seven. Co-captain Grant Raffel ’17.5 shot a 76 to place sixth and Ben Beiers ’20 recorded a 77 to tie for seventh. Giebien Na ’20 carded a 78, and co-captain Jake Foehl ’19 shot an 80 to round out the Ephs’ scoring in the morning. In the afternoon matches, the men played Castleton in the first semifinal. Five players won their matches, and although Kannegieser fell just short of a victory, he earned a half point for the men while playing in the No. 1 spot. Middlebury defeated Skidmore in the other semifinal. Head Coach Josh Hillman said he was pleased with the team’s performance. “Saturday was a very good day for us,” he said. “We got off to a nice start to the season shooting a solid 295 round and earning the No. 1 seed. The team is really coming together and it seems as though we have picked up right where we left off last year.” “I am encouraged by our new additions to the tournament roster [Beiers and Na] and think they did a really solid job today,” he
added. “Our seasoned players [Raffel, Foehl, Kannegieser and Goldenring] stepped right up and did what they do best — competed with intensity and max effort.” On Sunday, six Ephs matched up against six Panthers in the championship match. Foehl played in the No. 6 spot and dispatched Middlebury senior Joseph Ko in a five-and-four win. Foehl was three up through 12 before going birdie-par to close it out. Playing in the No. 2 slot against Middlebury junior Jeffrey Giguere, Kannegieser was two down at the turn to before winning holes 11, 12 and 14 to turn that deficit into a one up lead. Kannegieser then rolled in a difficult 15-foot birdie putt on 16 to go two up, and the match was over after both players made par on 17. Beiers, playing as the No. 4 man for the Ephs, closed out his match with a birdie on the long par-5 15th hole. The fourth point for the Ephs came from Raffel, who was up early in his match against Middlebury’s Graham Kenter before Kenter staged a bit of a comeback. Raffel held steady, however, calmly concluding his match on the 17th green with a tapin par. Goldenring, playing in the No. 1 spot, went back and
forth all day with Bennett Doherty. The two were playing fabulous golf, at one point trading birdie putts from inside 10 feet on the par-3 14th hole. The match was allsquare going into 17 where Doherty caught a lucky break after hitting his drive in the fescue. Goldenring was less fortunate with a sketchy lie in the fairway and launched his wedge shot long, losing the hole. The two halved 18, and Doherty walked away with the win after taking one less stroke on the day. The last match of the day, featuring Na against Middlebury’s David Packer, was the most volatile. Packer had control for most of the match, but Na used birdies to keep himself in contention. Unfortunately, he could not quite pull himself all the way out and eventually lost on the 17th green. “Last weekend was a total team effort,” Hillman said. “It’s not often that we get to play a full matchplay tournament with seeding and matches to follow. This type of format creates a situation where all team members need to play well in order to win. Our guys did that.” On Saturday, the men will travel to the Ralph Myhre Golf Club in Middlebury, Vt., to compete in the two-day Duke Nelson tournament.
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Assistant captain Sam Goldenring ’20 shot an even-par 71 in the first round and defeated his Skidmore opponent in the semifinals.
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Co-captain Hannah Goodrick ’18 had an assist in the win over Trinity.
Field hockey upsets Trinity 3-2 in opener By KIRSTEN MALES and CAMERON BROWN CONTRIBUTING WRITERS On Saturday afternoon in Hartford, Conn., No. 19 field hockey (1–0, 1–0 in the NESCAC) defeated Trinity, ranked 10th nationally, 3-2 in its season opener. Williams carried play from the start and did not allow a Trinity shot on goal until 20:43 minutes had elapsed. Co-captain and forward Alex Bennett ’18 scored the Ephs’ first two goals early in the contest. She recorded one at 4:43 and a second at 10:52 to stun the hosts. Forward Meredith Wright ’19 assisted on the first goal, and co-captain and midfielder Hannah Goodrick ’18 assisted on the second. Throughout the game, Bennett fired off 12 shots, and 10 were on goal. Alison Slowe tested Eph goalie Emma Santucci ’19 at 28:48 with a shot, but she kept the Bantams off the scoreboard. Trinity goalie Lori Berger turned aside eight shots by the Ephs in the first half and allowed two goals while Santucci stopped all three shots on goal from the Bantams. Head Coach Alix Barrale ’93 put Abby Lloyd ’20 in goal in the second half. Regarding the substitution, Barrale explained, “The switch was planned before the game, and both goalies have great strengths that we wanted to play to. Emma is a calming force on the field while Abby has a ton of energy that really helps us on
defense, especially in the second half during fatigue.” Wright netted the gamewinner at 38:50. Her goal, assisted by Bennett, came just over a minute after Kelcie Finn scored the Bantams’ first goal at 37:25. Defender Marissa Feller ’20 made a great save at 45:25 to block another shot by Finn and protect the Ephs’ twogoal advantage, but the Bantams did score a second goal at 51:42. Finn found Chandler Solimine in the circle with a pass, and Solimine slotted the ball into the net. Barrale emphasized her focus on Finn, the 2016 NESCAC Player of the Year. “Our plan was to faceguard her with Isabel Perry [’20] marking her tightly,” Barrale said. “She’s an incredible offensive force, and we knew her having any freedom on the field would be deadly.” The Ephs held Finn to six shots in the game. Eph forward Libby Dolan ’19 registered five shots, and the team had 19 overall and 17 on goal. The Bantams recorded 13 shots and 11 on goal. Additionally, the women committed 56 fouls and received three penalty corners while Trinity committed 17 fouls and had eight penalty corners. Feller led the Ephs with two defensive saves, and Bantam defender Madison Guiffre had a game-high three. The Ephs have now defeated the Bantams in four consecutive games, including last year’s NESCAC quarterfinal. Today at 6:30 p.m., the women will host Mount Holyoke.