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naming familiar people in entertainment “Special Edition” cover was black. Dart-
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name of student and faculty diversity, but
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State of the Art male and mostly white. We cannot change ever, have one glaring omission—the effect
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I gave student journals the grades “Distinc- issue. I eagerly looked forward to reading
WRITE TO US
tion,” “Pass,” or “Fail,” so I feel qualified “Keep the Damn Women Out.” It’s a good We welcome letters. The editor reserves the
to judge your effort (January/February) piece, but there’s a glaring omission—no right to determine the suitability of letters
to capture the special character of Dart- mention of female exchange students who for publication and to edit them for accuracy
mouth’s first 250 years. I award you Dis- paved the way for coeducation at Dart- and length. We regret that not all letters
tinction for an artful distillation of the mouth. I am an adopted—and proud—mem- can be published, nor can they be returned. Photo: Likeness only.
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THE CALL TO SERVE
Fuelish Plan?
INSPIRING OUR FUTURE
A projected expenditure to change Dart-
mouth’s heat and power source to another
THROUGH SERVICE
carbon-based system is being promoted
(“Campus,” March/April). The proposed
system will cause increased particulate
pollution and significant CO2 emissions—
hardly the improvement it is touted to be. Honor Dartmouth’s rich history of leadership in public
Bioenergy plants have been in New
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service and goodwill by joining the entire College
must be subsidized by rate payers. The wood community for THE CALL TO SERVE, a far-reaching
chip supply for the proposed plant will re-
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service around the globe in 2019.
eventual solution for the College. Given the
brain power at the Thayer School, couldn’t
a reasonable alternative to a $200-million,
short-term step be found?
HERE’S HOW YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
AUSTIN EATON ’62, TU’63
New London, New Hampshire
“We’ve made so many new friends.” Do the Right Thing
In a letter to the Dartmouth community ORGANIZE A PROJECT
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SERVICE ON MAY 4
of the sexual assault cases. The December
message promises reform. But reform can
occur only when there is clear recognition
and ownership of an underlying problem.
The problem here is that Dartmouth and
its president can’t bring themselves to ad-
mit they were truly, egregiously wrong. And
even after such wrongs were revealed to
the world, they can’t stand up and do the
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How long have you been playing violin?
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but there was this girl at my church who
played violin, and I started begging my par-
ents. For my birthday, they finally gave in
SESTERCENTENNIAL and got me a cheap violin.
Time to Celebrate
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How was the orchestra’s winter trip to
Italy?
The College has plenty of 250th anniversary events planned I was nervous because I don’t speak Italian,
for the remainder of the year. Here are a few. but we had a lot of fun. We collaborated
with conservatory students and held four All-American skiers that Dartmouth
FROM THE ARCHIVES
> DIGGING DARTMOUTH: This anthropology project in-
vites guests to get dirty at an archaeological excavation
performances in Florence. It was a pretty
hectic schedule. It was really interesting
has produced since 2000
1:56:10
of an 18th-century house site on campus led by anthropology “The class as a whole collected 34 rejection slips, from to meet the mother of [conductor] Filippo
department chair Jesse Casana. Using old maps and modern The New Yorker all the way to Backpacker.” Ciabatti, who is Italian. It’s also crazy to
technology, he hopes to locate a privy or well that hasn’t been —FROM A 1978 DAM REPORT ON PROFESSOR NED PERRIN’S REQUIREMENT run into Dartmouth alumni. There are a
THAT STUDENTS IN HIS ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM COURSE HAD TO SELL
affected by modern construction, and then the digging begins. SOMETHING THEY’D WRITTEN IN CLASS OR PRODUCE THREE REJECTION SLIPS lot of them all over the world.
Two-run time of Tanguy Nef ’20 of
June 3-16 On the tour you served as concert Switzerland to win the men’s NCAA
RESTAGING THE TAKEOVER: Laura Edmondson, chair of the mistress, tuning and helping to lead the giant slalom title in early March
theater department, is writing a short script based on the 1969 orchestra. How difficult is the job?
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student takeover of Parkhurst. She’ll be casting students for It’s an important position, stressful but
a performance during the 50th reunion of the class of 1969. worth it. There are also a lot of solos to
“Production values such as costumes will be minimal,” she play. Everyone’s following you, so you have
notes. The play will kick off a panel discussion about the protest. to make sure you’re on top of it.
Single-season team shutout record
June 7, Moore Theater Can you describe your feelings when set by Dartmouth men’s hockey
DARTMOUTH’S 21ST CENTURY: Barbara Will, associate dean you’re playing a piece you love? goalie Adrian Clark ’20 this season
for the arts and humanities, moderates “an event that brings I’m completely immersed in the music and
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together senior leaders on campus to discuss the future of do my best to create a storyline that aligns
Dartmouth [and] the liberal arts university in the 21st century,” with the character of the composition.
she says. June 15, Spaulding Auditorium When you finish playing a piece, there’s
that moment that takes your breath away
100 YEARS OF WOMEN ON THE FACULTY: “We are celebrating as you cling onto the last notes. It’s a great Years since Dartmouth started its
the role played by women faculty, [who] were not just profes- softball program, which celebrated
way to de-stress.
sional pioneers but, once Dartmouth became coeducational, the anniversary at an April 12 event
How do people react when they learn
crucial role models for the women who took their classes,” says
5
you are a violinist?
conference co-organizer John Kopper, professor of Russian
Many think that I must listen to only clas-
and comparative literature. November 8
sical music. I do listen to a lot of [Itzhak]
DARTMOUTH AND THE MILITARY: Students will share their Perlman and [Nathan] Milstein, but I defi-
research from interviews with alumni veterans as part of a sym- nitely like pop music, gospel, R&B. I like Ivy League titles won by
posium on Dartmouth’s history with the military, led by Roberta songs with clean lyrics. I don’t think many equestrian team coach Sally Batton,
Stewart, professor of classical studies. “The broad goal is to of our musicians listen to only classical who retires in June
create a history of the campus experience of war and military music. We all come from different pockets
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service across time,” says Stewart. Veterans Day, November 11 of the campus, but we’re all connected by
ART FOR DARTMOUTH: The Hood Museum will exhibit recent music.
gifts to the collection during the fall term, according to director Do you have to treat your instrument
John Stomberg. “Alumni are invited to consider donating signifi- with special care? Seasons baseball coach Bob
cant works of art that will help take the Dartmouth collection Yes, especially in the winter. String instru- Whalen has led the program
to the next level,” he says. ments are very sensitive to temperature
$42
and humidity. You don’t want your bow to
snap, so you have to keep everything clean
3.9%
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$10 million IF THE SHOE FITS What are your plans after graduation?
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
Price for an end zone bleacher seat
A bevy of beautiful heels awaits performers backstage during Two gap years, and then I want to go at the Dartmouth-Princeton
Donation from George “Skip”
Increase for the Battle ’66 to aid first-gen and the winter production of Into the Woods. to medical school. football game November 9 at
2019-20 academic year low-income students —Sean Plottner Yankee Stadium
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1963.
THE MANNELLA PROTOCOL BUT BARELY BIG MEET
After a legal settlement Tuck is one of only two Provost Joe Helble was
with student Staci Mannella top-20 business schools part of a large group of
’18, who is legally blind, the that bucked the trend of higher ed leaders who met
College plans to enact new declining M.B.A. applica- recently with billionaire
policies to support disabled tions last year. Michael Bloomberg in New
students and establish a York City to discuss ways
The first Nelson Fine Autos.
mandatory training BE MORE CHILL to recruit more low-income
program for faculty. students.
Sophomore Summer just
got a lot cooler: Students
Order in the Court
>>> Among the notable alums
GOING TO POT this year will be housed in ACE
who participated in the “Dart-
The N.H. legislature has air-conditioned dorms, un- Hanover Country Club head mouth College Case” symposium
taken the first steps toward like previous years. pro and women’s team
Today, there are 13 more.
and reenactment in early March:
legalizing marijuana coach Alex Kirk won the Thomas Barnico ’77, James
in the state. 2019 New England PGA Pa-
BIRTHDAY BLUES Bassett ’78, Thomas Burack ’82,
At least four “Dartmouth triot Award for leading golf Robert Cordy ’71, Gregg Costa ’94,
250” banners hanging on clinics for local veterans.
FURTHER REVIEW Gregory Garre ’87, John Greabe
Conservative firebrand campus were stolen during ’85, Annette Gordon-Reed ’81,
Across 3 states. Divided by
Dinesh D’Souza ’83 made a winter term. Two have been VAPING? Abdul Kallon ’90, Neal Katyal ’91,
predictably raucous speak- returned. Last year’s health survey Anne Murray Patterson ’80, Alex-
ing appearance in February results indicate students are andra Roberts ’02, Beth Robinson
sponsored by Dartmouth FASTER FOOD not drinking more alcohol ’86, Kate Stith-Cabranes ’73, and
Republicans and Young Several students launched than in 2017, but the use of Ernest Young ’90.
America’s Foundation. an app that lets users know “nicotine delivery” systems
Future Vision
4 Nelson children. Good
how long the lines are at is slightly up, as is
NUTS King Arthur Flour Café in marijuana use. >>> Dartmouth expects to
Winter Carnival featured a Baker Library. prepare a new 20-year master
squirrely scavenger hunt. VOTE FOR ME plan to provide guidance as the
Students who found plastic Presidential candidates for College evolves. “Master planning
EATING WELL can support our academic mission
acorns hidden around 2020 who’ve already made
thing we started doing
Talk about long lines: and create a roadmap for growth
campus could redeem them More than 2,300 people visits to Hanover: John
for prizes. Delaney, Kirsten Gillibrand and change in a way that sustains
crammed into the Class of and enriches the physical identity
’53 Commons for a dinner ’88, and Jay Inslee.
of our institution,” says President
HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY featuring menu items from Phil Hanlon ’77. The effort will en-
The Committee on 10 local eateries in late ROAD CODE courage sustainability, protect the
the math long before
Standards heard only 17 January. The state of New Hamp- character of the campus, and pre-
academic honor principle shire plans to erect a serve the architectural landscape,
cases in 2017-18, the lowest HIGH NOTE roadside marker in Hanover according to a press release. Two
number in a decade. Composer Oliver Caplan that extolls the founding of architectural firms will work on
’04 is working on a major BASIC computer language, the plan with College officials.
2019.
LOCAL EDGE symphony for winds that developed on campus in
Yahoo ranked Hanover the will include four move- 1964. Justice Is Served
fourth best hockey town in ments, each inspired by a >>> Four Martin Luther King Jr.
the country. beloved Dartmouth place. Social Justice Award winners were
The College Wind Ensemble honored on campus in late Janu-
will debut the work this fall. ary. The recipients include Ray
Blackwell ’80, DMS’87, surgical
director at Christiana Care Health
Services in Newark, Delaware;
Bruce Duthu ’80, a Dartmouth
professor of Native American
studies; author Michelle Duster
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“I’m getting such a great
education right now. Circle of Life
Death scent lures hermit crabs.
But without financial aid,
I would not be able to go
to college, or pursue the
opportunities that I have
here and will have in the >>> Land-dwelling hermit crabs are
drawn to the stench of their own
future. Thank you.” dead, reports biology professor Mark
Laidre in Ecology and Evolution.
Laidre and coauthor Leah Valdes
—HANNAH BURD ’22 ’18 placed 20 plastic bottles filled
with torn bits of hermit crab flesh
ASK THE EXPERT on a beach in the Osa Peninsula of
Costa Rica. Within minutes, dozens
How to Tell a Joke
of hermit crabs swarmed around the
containers. “It’s almost like they were
celebrating a funeral,” says Laidre.
The macabre behavior is an evolu-
LEWIS GLINERT | PROFESSOR OF HEBREW
tionary adaptation for hermit crabs,
which rely on finding and occupying
Humor serves many purposes, according to Glinert, who teaches “From Genesis to Seinfeld:
YOUR
larger shells to grow. The smell of
Jewish Humor and Its Roots.” A good joke makes us smile, laugh, and create and release tension. torn flesh indicates a fellow hermit
It also allows people to play with words, safely refer to taboo topics, and even disparage others. crab may have been killed, leaving
But jokesters beware. “Telling a joke is a risk,” notes Glinert. “You’ve got to take precautions. behind an empty shell for the taking.
“Death, by releasing resources, can
One of the worst things that can happen is when a joke falls flat. I’d rather be thrown into a
SUPPORT
thus be a starting point for new life,”
fiery furnace.” (His favorite joke: How many Jewish mothers does it take to change a light bulb? writes Laidre.
None, because if you ask her, she’ll reply, “I’ll just sit in the dark.”) Here are Glinert’s serious
tips on how to succeed at joking around.
“False Hopes”
CREATES
TA ILO R YO U R JO K E matters is watching your audience times people tell jokes as a way
TO T H E S E T T IN G. to see whether the topic has caught of competing for attention. If your Big Pharma spends big bucks on ads.
“A set-piece joke to break the ice its interest or seems to amuse. boss tells a joke, be sure to laugh.
>>> Annual spending on healthcare
during an after-dinner speech has a A good talker has to be a good Don’t joke about politics or sensi-
different goal from one told hang- listener. Otherwise, you might tive issues unless you’re sure of advertising in the United States
ing around with friends.” become that dreaded creature: the your audience.” nearly doubled between 1997 and
LEADERS
bore.” 2016 to $30 billion, according to a
F IN D T H E R IGH T MO ME N T. BE C H ILL. “Avoid being overly study in the Journal of the American
“The best opportunity comes when PAC E YO U R S E LF. “The way you dramatic. Be low-key. You might
Medical Association coauthored by
people are waiting for someone tell a joke is like playing jazz. You even start talking in a low-pitched
to say something. I’ve been at must have perfect timing. It pays voice or even a monotone to draw Dr. Steven Woloshin, DMS’96, and
memorial services where people to practice—particularly the punch in your audience so it takes you Dr. Lisa Schwartz, DMS’96, of the
were so uncomfortable—they were line.” seriously.” Dartmouth Institute. Their analy-
just waiting for someone to say sis found that direct-to-consumer
K N OW YO U R AU D IE N C E . E N D N AT U RA LLY. “Don’t end
something humorous.”
“If you’re trying to use humor to the joke with a big emotional
advertising—specifically, television
Your annual gift to the BE S U R E T H E AU D IE N C E make an impression on a prospec- display. If the joke doesn’t go over commercials for prescription drugs—
accounted for the greatest increase
IS LIST E N IN G. tive boyfriend or girlfriend, think well, you won’t lose face. And never
in medical marketing. These types
Dartmouth College Fund “You have to monitor its reactions
as you go along. Be alert. What
twice. Your self-confidence could
be mistaken for insecurity. Other
laugh at your own jokes if you can
help it.” of ads, the authors note, are illegal
everywhere except in New Zea-
makes Dartmouth possible for land and the United States, where
healthcare spending topped $3.3
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thousands of students like Hannah. QUOTE/UNQUOTE FELLOWSHIPS trillion, or 18 percent of GDP, in 2016.
“While marketing may have positive
“Our review process of each effects like destigmatizing diseases
application is rigorous, multifaceted,
or embarrassing symptoms, it can
Tomorrow, they will change also raise false hopes by exaggerat-
the world in countless ways. Dartmouth College Fund and thorough. Dartmouth remains Number of Dartmouth
ing treatment effects. This can lead
to overdiagnosis, overtreatment, and
ISTOCK; AP PHOTOS
vigilant to the potential for fraud.” students and alumni wasted resources,” says Woloshin.
Today, they are counting on you. dartgo.org/hannahburd
—College statement regarding Operation Varsity Blues
named Fulbright
scholars in 2018-19
“It’s a big part of why healthcare is
so expensive.”
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“Wheelock obviously didn’t show up
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who earned her master’s in theology and
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tell stories about founder figures, they tell
them in a larger-than-life way. They tell legendary qualities,” says Ackerman. “When I learned about Buddhism and Hindu-
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less of the historical reality.” to make an institution a religion, she notes, fit other religions.”
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read about Jesus, Moses, and the Buddha surprisingly difficult—define the term helping them organize their lives around sa-
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Uphill
clear mornings often make way for perilous
afternoon thunderstorms. Glacier travel is
also far easier in the frigid predawn hours,
when the snow is crusted over with a layer
of ice. Late-afternoon slush means plung-
Eight female climbers test their courage by scaling ing thigh-deep with every step—sometimes
Italy’s highest peak. But will they survive the men on into hidden crevasses.
the mountain? b y C A T H E R I N E R O C C H I ’ 1 9 We estimated our pace using the tried
and true Munter system, developed by
Swiss guide Werner Munter to calculate
A
time for mountain travel: time = (distance
sheer rock wall rises hundreds of Paradiso. First summited in 1860, the + elevation/100)/rate.
feet above France’s Mer de Glace “Great Paradise” is the tallest mountain Erin wrote the figures in her notebook.
glacier. Jaquelin “Jaq” Hager ’21 in Italy at 13,323 feet. Climbers must as- “If we want to be back at the hut by 1:30 p.m.
was a speck on its face. She clipped the cend a whopping 4,300 feet on their last we need to turn around at 10:30,” she said.
carabiner that tethered her and three oth- day to reach the iconic white statue of the She paused and added, “Even if we haven’t
er Dartmouth women to ladders running Madonna at the summit. made the summit.”
up the cliff, then looked at the stunning She made pointed eye contact with each
scene below. The tongue of ice extended FOUR DAYS LATER, EVENING LIGHT of us. This could be a matter of life or death.
from the imposing Mont Blanc Massif filtered through the curtained windows of We grimly nodded in agreement. We would
down to a collection of quaint French Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele II, an avalanche- have five hours of uphill travel time to the
villages in the lower valley. and wind-proof bunker located more than rocky pinnacle marking Gran Paradiso’s
“Wrong choice, man!” came a deep halfway up Gran Paradiso’s snowy slopes. peak. With a buffer, that meant waking up
voice from below, startling her. Eleven women huddled around a worn at 3:30 a.m. and being on the move by 4.
It was a French guide, impatient with wooden table, clutching mugs of steaming “Alpine start,” Hutten said, grinning.
her careful pace, sneering at members of tea. We had traveled from far and wide and I drifted outside to the Rifugio’s wood-
his all-male team who had chosen the brought a diverse set of skills and experi- en terrazza. Two rugged-looking men sat
same route and were now blocked from ence to the expedition. at a table, swigging a bottle of wine and
climbing faster. Reyn Hutten ’21, the daughter of two conversing in rapid Italian. They couldn’t
“It’s because they’re girls,” he shouted. botanists, had lived in three national parks
Hager gritted her teeth, embarrassed and hailed from remote Wrangell, Alaska.
and angry all at once. Isabel “Izzy” Boettcher ’20, from Wash-
We were indeed an all-female group—
to this day, a rare sight in the Alps. In June
ington’s Cascades, spent the past summer
researching glacier dynamics on the Ju- “So many girls!
2018 eight Dartmouth undergraduates em-
barked on the Dartmouth Outing Club’s
neau Icefield. Her best friend, Mary Tobin
’20, was a resourceful engineer and had
They’re everywhere.
first mountaineering expedition to Chamo- been on the national champion women’s Are they all together?”
nix, France. Six months before, Mallory rugby team. The group’s true endurance
Byrd ’19 had envisioned a trip focused athlete, Anna Ellis ’19, had run three mara-
on women’s leadership. The expedition thons and done hundreds of Cabin & Trail have known that I spoke the language.
would give female leaders in the DOC the hikes. Not to be outdone, Hager, a smiling “Tante ragazze!” one exclaimed,
opportunity to improve their technical Georgia blonde, had just returned from amazed. “So many girls! They’re every-
mountaineering skills. What’s more, the the indoor climbing national champion- where. Are they all together?”
absence of men would give us more free- ship. Our photographer, Bella Jacoby ’20, I smiled with amusement.
dom to discuss the obstacles we face in challenged us to think about our female Apparently, the 11 of us were making
CATHERINE ROCCHI (2), MIDDLE ROW, FAR LEFT, AND TOP ROW, FAR RIGHT; BELLA JACOBY (7)
outdoor leadership. We hoped to return to experiences. Finally, our fearless leader quite a splash at the 120-bed Rifugio. We
Dartmouth ready to bring other students— Byrd grew up working as a raft guide and weren’t the only women on the mountain,
of both genders—into the mountains. playing in the Rockies near her Colorado but we were the only all- or mostly female
Leading our expedition were veteran home. This journey was her brainchild, group, while many groups were made up
climbers Margaret Wheeler ’97 and sis- and we all felt grateful for her vision and entirely of men. I turned to look at the
ters Liz and Erin Smart, both members determination. Thanks to her, we would mountains. Clouds haloed in gold flowed
of the International Federation of Moun- attempt the summit the next day. over the ragged pinnacles encircling the
tain Guides. It says something about the Erin slapped down a notebook, break- Rifugio. They created an ethereal scene of
sport of mountaineering that of the 138 ing the reverie. “Our time plan,” she an- rock, snow, and light.
accredited American guides, only 12 are nounced. “The most important piece of “Summits,” I thought, “look deceptively
women. This revelation—and the French safety equipment we have.” Many moun- serene from afar.”
guide’s jeer—strengthened our resolve to taineering catastrophes are the products
hone our skills. Our rock wall climb done, of ignored or forgotten time plans. Alpine TWELVE HOURS LATER OUR THREE
we would tackle our main objective: Gran weather is notoriously unpredictable, and rope teams—one with each guide—re-
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