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NEAR TO THE HEART BY RICHARD CROCKER by ISAIAH BERG '11 on January 12,2019 / Permalink /
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I wish that every Dartmouth student was so fortunate as to count the Rev. Richard Crocker as a friend. He is chaplain emeritus of Dartmouth College, Emeritus Dean of its William Jewett Tucker Foundation and a former Rhodes Scholar. He is also a man that I hold in the highest regard, someone whose tremendous intellectual abilities never outgrew his heart and spirit. You can read his 2010 interview with Charlie Dameron ‘11 of the Review to get a sense of who Richard is. His words, including his trademark Five Truths,
have stood the test of time in my own life. This is why I have purchased his debut novel entitled _Near to the Heart_: > _This semi-autobiographical novel>
> is the story of a young minister’s attempt to maintain his > allegiance to his faith, his family, and his southern heritage. It > is a searing, profound, funny and moving portrayal of his loss of > innocence and his quest for authenticity as he navigates the > challenges of his journey from the segregated schools of the South, > to an Ivy League College, to Oxford, and back, during the difficult > years of the Civil Rights struggle and the Vietnam war. It is an > unforgettable story. _ As a friend’s review attests, you will find it remarkable, captivating, and inspiring. The novel can be purchased on Amazon.
I will close with a poemby
Stephen Spender that Richard introduced me to many years ago.The Truly Great
_I think continually of those who were truly great. Who, from the womb, remembered the soul’s history Through corridors of light, where the hours are suns, Endless and singing. Whose lovely ambition Was that their lips, still touched with fire, Should tell of the Spirit, clothed from head to foot in song. And who hoarded from the Spring branches The desires falling across their bodies like blossoms. What is precious, is never to forget The essential delight of the blood drawn from ageless springs Breaking through rocks in worlds before our earth. Never to deny its pleasure in the morning simple light Nor its grave evening demand for love. Never to allow gradually the traffic to smother With noise and fog, the flowering of the spirit. Near the snow, near the sun, in the highest fields, See how these names are fêted by the waving grass And by the streamers of white cloud And whispers of wind in the listening sky. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire’s centre. Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the sun And left the vivid air signed with their honour._
#METOO AT HARVARD
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The New York Times provides a #MeToo dispatch from Harvard, where a star economist, Roland G. Fryer, is disputing
allegations of sexual harassment in his lab:__
> _But in interviews with The New York Times and for Harvard’s > investigation, former employees described Dr. Fryer as a bully and > the lab as a place where sexual jokes and comments were routine, and > where employees were expected to laugh along with the group or risk > being isolated. Documents and interviews suggest that Dr. Fryer was > told repeatedly over the course of 10 years — by employees and by > at least one university official — that his conduct was out of> line.
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> A former assistant reported to a Harvard human resources office in > late 2008 that Dr. Fryer was sending her unwelcome and sexually > suggestive nighttime text messages. Dr. Fryer agreed to change his > behavior, apparently on the advice of a university official. But he > directed another employee to compile examples of poor performance by > the accuser. He refused to write recommendations for economics > graduate programs she was applying to, according to her complaint, > and all rejected her.> _
The investigation is ongoing, but I think a few key observations can be made. First, the presence of custom initial-monogrammed French cuffs on a 30-year-old man may be a statistically significant predictor for narcissism. Credit: Patrick Andrade for The New York Times More seriously, he appears to be taking notes from the bestrhetoricians
of academia.
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> _June Daniel, a lawyer who as executive director oversaw the lab’s > administration for more than five years, recalled that Dr. Fryer > complained when Harvard administrators pushed the Economics > Department to find qualified female candidates for professorships. > “Roland said that no such candidates exist,” Ms. Daniel wrote in > response to questions from The New York Times. She left the lab last> year.
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> ASKED TO COMMENT, DR. FRYER SAID, “I HAVE BEEN A TREMENDOUS > CHAMPION FOR WOMEN AND OTHER UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN > ECONOMICS,” AND NOTED THAT HE HAD STARTED A DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE > TO “INCREASE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.”> _
Wherever there is injustice or tragedy, conservatives send thoughts and prayers, and liberals send diversity and inclusion. One is left to wonder where other values like courage, justice, accountability, and transparency wandered off to. In Hanover, they have been rumored to exist in a subordinated position to diversity and inclusion , but otherwise there have been no confirmed sightings in recent memory. Take note of the common patterns of sexual misconduct. Celebrityacademics
are too often extended twisted forms of deference by students, administrators, and fellow faculty. We should be scrupulous and vigilant - all such matters should be investigated swiftly in fairness to the accuser and accused, with proper administrative sanctions or referrals to law enforcement where appropriate. Long before the slow wheels of administration or justice can turn, a culture of integrityis needed to deter
and halt misconduct. In one of his timeless columns on the subject, Ross Douthat offers advice worth remembering: > _The point is that as a society changes, as what’s held sacred and > who’s empowered shifts, so do the paths through which evil enters > in, the prejudices and blind spots it exploits.>
> So don’t expect tomorrow’s predators to look like yesterday’s. > Don’t expect them to look like the figures your ideology or > philosophy or faith would lead you to associate with exploitation.> _
> _Expect them, instead, to look like the people whom you yourself > would be most likely to respect, most afraid to challenge publicly, > or least eager to vilify and hate._LIVE NOT BY LIES
by ISAIAH BERG '11 on December 17,2018 / Permalink /
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In the wake of Joe Asch’s death , I have reflected on his legacy and my role in the yet-to-be-written story of Dartblog’sfuture.
The New York Times recently published a commentary on Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, one of the most under-appreciated Russian thinkers and dissidents of the 21st century. He was born within a year of the Bolshevik Revolution and earned medals for valor in World War II as an artillery officer on the Eastern Front. This would not protect him from the gulag, and he suffered years of imprisonment and eventual expulsion to the West (Vermont, more specifically)
for his vocal resistance to the crimes and deceit that festered around him. His unrelenting writing and speech for the sake of the truth hastened the downfall of the Soviet Union. Solzhenitsyn did not spare the West from critique, either. His 1978 Commencement Speech atHarvard
demonstrated his unflinching honesty and criticism, even towards his allies and admirers. He confronted an American establishment that failed to differentiate between license and freedom, whose material prosperity had masked its cultural and moral decay: > _Legally your researchers are free, but they are conditioned by the > fashion of the day. There is no open violence such as in the East; > however, a selection dictated by fashion and the need to match mass > standards frequently prevent independent-minded people giving their > contribution to public life. There is a dangerous tendency to flock > together and shut off successful development…It works as a sort of > a petrified armor around people’s minds. Human voices from 17 > countries of Eastern Europe and Eastern Asia cannot pierce it. It > will only be broken by the pitiless crowbar of events._ Solzhenitsyn penned an essay in 1974 that would lead to his arrest entitled “Live Not By Lies” where
he sharpened what I believe to be his most important observation: THAT LYING LEADS TO A KIND OF WEAKNESS AND SPIRITUAL DEATH THAT PRECEDES PHYSICAL DEATH, NO MATTER HOW INNOCUOUS OR POLITE OR RESPECTABLE THE INTENTION. When the pitiless crowbar of events arrives, all that is rotten and hollow will be ripped away. The pitiless crowbar will swing at Dartmouth in the wake of the shocking $70M sexual misconduct lawsuit announced in November. There must be a reckoning, not just for those who perpetrated harassment and violence, but for those who were complicit. THERE MUST BE ACCOUNTABILITY. The truth must be confronted, and things must be set right. Like Diana Whitney ‘95,
I will vow “not to stop making noise until we see real change.” In that spirit, I invite all of Dartmouth’s students, faculty, alumni, and community members to speak the truth. Submit your writing to Dartblog. Let your voice join those crying in the wilderness. > _You say it will not be easy? But it will be easiest of all possible > resources. It will not be an easy choice for a body, but it is the > only one for a soul. Not, it is not an easy path. But there are > already people, even dozens of them, who over the years have > maintained all these points and live by the truth.? So you will not > be the first to take this path, but will join those who have already > taken it. This path will be easier and shorter for all of us if we > take it by mutual efforts and in close rank. If there are thousands > of us, they will not be able to do anything with us. If there are > tens of thousands of us, then we would not even recognize our> country.?
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> _If we are too frightened, then we should stop complaining that > someone is suffocating us. We ourselves are doing it._AN AUTUMN IN BERLIN
by JACK MOUROUZIS '18 on December 12, 2018 / Permalink/ E-mail This
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In a span of time that now seems like the blink of an eye, over three years have passed since I participated in Dartmouth’s Foreign Study Program in the Department of German Studies. The program, which takes place every Fall term, was one I had greatly anticipated; after learning German in high school (one of the few who did), I was eager to return to Germany and continue learning in college. That being said, doing the program at that time was definitely a pretty big risk; missing out on Sophomore Fall was a genuine fear and would be difficult, but I was hard set on studying abroad in Germany as soon as possible. That decision turned out to be one of the best I made during my time at Dartmouth. The German Studies FSP consisted of three classes covering three different topics: German theater, cultural history of Berlin, and more general German history. The theater class was taught by the accompanying Dartmouth professor (during my program, it was Professor Irene Kacandes, but the position changes year-to-year), and the other two classes were taught by local scholars contracted by the department. I found all three to be engaging, dynamic instructors with a wealth of knowledge to share on their respective subjects, and have even kept in touch with one of them in the years since. The classes themselves delved in-depth into truly interesting topics and took full advantage of the bustling city of Berlin. Many ‘classes’ in fact took place on-site, at various noteworthy locations and museums that dealt with topics we were studying. Over the course of the term, we visited countless museums, including the house of the infamous _Wannseekonferenz_, toured the Bauhaus architectural regions of the Zehlendorf suburb, and saw most of the plays that we read performed in local theaters. In total, we attended over 10 live performances (at least one per week), in a variety of venues, ranging from underground, avant-garde theaters to lavish StateOpera houses.
Our day-to-day life during the program was rife with free time intended for maximum flexibility so that we could explore the fascinating city. Berlin is indeed a rich, diverse, and dynamic place, where one could seemingly turn any corner and suddenly end up in front of Checkpoint Charlie or on top of the ruins of the _Führerbunker_. Given that our classes only lasted through lunchtime, we had ample time to explore the city to its full extent. I have fond memories of exploring the antique map store in the _Nicolaiviertel_, watching a horror film in a run-down guerrilla movie theater, and seeing one of my favorite bands perform in a famous historical underground musicvenue.
Towards the end of the program, we spent a week traveling across central Europe; we spent two days in Dresden, an afternoon in Prague, and three days in Vienna, which gave us a taste of regions vastly different from that of modern, cosmopolitan Berlin. Dresden’s beauty was marred only by the unpleasant Saxon dialect of its inhabitants, and Vienna’s prestige certainly lived up to its expectations. We also had opportunities for our own independent travel, as well; I spent one weekend with my high school exchange student in Cologne, and spent my birthday weekend in O?wi?cim, Poland, touring the AuschwitzConcentration Camp.
These experiences were some of the most influential of my Dartmouth career. I went on to intern the following Spring in the German parliament, staying again in Berlin, and returned my senior Winterim for an internship in the German Literature Archive in Marbach am Neckar; this was all capped off by graduating with a major in German Studies. Overall, my Dartmouth experience would have been vastly different - read: inferior - had it not been for this program and the many opportunities it presented. The German Department and whatever offices of the College worked to make this program as phenomenal as it was deserve a high level of recognition and praise. Whenever I am doubtful about the College’s path and future, I do well to remember the many great opportunities it provided me and so many other students on Foreign Study Programs (which generally receive high praiseacross-the-board).
It was to my great dismay, then, when I met back up with one of the local professors for this past winter, and he informed me that the College had decided to outsource the program to some third-party education firm this past fall. Though the classes and teachers stayed the same, the excursions and other aspects of the program were handled by an external organization, rather than the Dartmouth professor; as such, he claimed, the quality of the program suffered for the students. This was very disheartening to hear, as I would want nothing more than other students to have the same opportunities and relationships that I had while on the program. That aside, it reinforced one truth that I came to know well: the College’s administration knows no bounds in their steady war against the institution we hold dear. These words may seem extreme; they certainly sound so in my head. But over the course of my four years - enlightened, of course, by my loyal reading of DartBlog - it became abundantly clear that the forces that run Dartmouth do not have its best interests at heart, and are simply too incompetent to see the truth. It is for this reason, and inspired in part by Joe’s untimely passing, that I have felt compelled to continue my fight for the College by joining the DartBlog team. It is my hope that the work that we continue here brings about a better future for the College - the future that she truly deserves. HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2018 by MICHAEL BEECHERT '16 on November 22, 2018 / Permalink/ E-mail This
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The following is an excerpt from the Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1863, which was written by Secretary of State William Seward and issued in the name of Abraham Lincoln: _I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility and Union.__
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this Third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the Independence of the United States the Eighty-eighth.__ __
THE NEW VICTORIANS INSIST! by MICHAEL BEECHERT '16 on November 21, 2018 / Permalink/ E-mail This
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Elevators, too, are safe spaces nowadays — except if you want to crack an old-timey joke. Back in April, former Government Professor Ned Lebow had the misfortune of trotting out the tried-and-true “ladies lingerie”one-liner at an
International Studies Association conference in San Francisco. Simona Sharoni , a gender studies professor at Merrimack College and unsuspecting witness to this horrific display of sexism, was not amused and filed a complaint with the ISA. Toughcrowd.
The ISA must have taken this complaint very seriously, because it took six months to reach a finding that Professor Lebow indeed violated the organization’s code of conduct. While the meetings about this would have surely been a source of first-class entertainment for those of us who are not perpetually aggrieved academics, the remedy is not exactly dramatic: > _If he does not apologize, the said, the > association will issue a formal, private letter of reprimand._ The horror! What on earth will Professor Lebow do now? > _Lebow…responded by saying he would meet with his lawyer on > Thursday and expects to file a defamation lawsuit. _ Good. Most lawsuits are a waste of time and money; this one would not be. Although it is doubtful that Professor Lebow suffered any real injury because of this kerfuffle, any attention brought to the absurdity of the situation would be worth the legal fees. Professor Sharoni’s inane decision to formalize the blips on her hypersensitive PC radar through an institution’s complaint process would be the most depressing part of this story were it not for that institution’s even more inane decision to legitimize her complaint. In doing so, they have done nothing but create a sea of rolling eyes. This is a shame, because as the Dartmouth Psychology Department has proven, there exist more than enough real instances of sexual harassment to go around.NEW (AND OLD) BLOOD
by MICHAEL BEECHERT '16 on November 20, 2018 / Permalink/ E-mail This
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I am pleased to announce the arrival of a new contributor to this space as well as the return of an old one. In the coming days, I will be joined on these pages by Jack Mourouzis, a member of the Class of 2018, and Isaiah Berg, a member of the Class of 2011. Jack will be making his debut as a regular to Dartblog, while Isaiah is once more taking up the pen for us after an absence of several years. Both are talented and insightful writers, and you will enjoy what they have to say. The decision to build a roster of several contributors was one made partially out of necessity. It would be impossible for me or anyone else to replicate the Herculean effort Joe Asch expended in order to keep this publication fresh and informative. However, the addition of more voices is important from an editorial perspective as well. Our ability to provide you with valuable analysis and commentary is enhanced by the presence of multiple perspectives which may come to different conclusions about any number of issues. Jack, Isaiah, and I will hopefully complement each other with regard to both focus and style, and if that proves to be the case, Dartblog will benefit. Of course, we all share the same goal — to advocate for the improvement of Dartmouth College with well-meaning vigilance. I also suspect that we will all follow the established Dartblog tradition of pursuing this goal through the deployment of constructive criticism. But where praise is due, there will be praise. We will soon post short biographies of Jack, Isaiah, and myself. Staytuned.
ADDENDUM: If you want to contribute too, please get in touch. The morethe merrier.
DEVER: THE MILLION DOLLAR LADY by JOSEPH ASCH '79 on November 18,2018 / Permalink /
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Every weekend, we will be republishing one of Joe Asch’s old posts. They may be serious or lighthearted; they may address the College or something else entirely. Enjoy._ If I ever write a business book, it will be entitled “Quality People Are Free.” Which is to say that high performers justify a high salary because they bring in so much money and do so many good things, in addition to saving money for an organization far beyond their compensation, that they more than cover their wages. I’d much rather have a Dartmouth President earning $2 million a year than shell out $1,251,216 for Phil Hanlon, or to continue that logic, to pay $808,623 to a Provost like Carolyn Dever (their 2016 salaries). That’s money
down the drain.
Now that Carolyn has left Parkhurst for the relaxed climes of Sanborn Hall, one wonders how much she is making as an English professor. I’d bet the same amount, at least for a few years. We’ll find out from future IRS 990 forms. We do know that she is doing well enough to buy a fancy house just off of Balch Hill (in place of her erstwhile Provost’s digs on ClementRoad ):
Five bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms for only $1,075,000, according to the Town of Hanover’s records: When Carolyn arrived at Dartmouth from Vanderbilt, the consensus view among the faculty was that she was in town to punch her ticket on the way to a college presidency somewhere else. Needless to say, her three and a third utterly undistinguished years as Provost did not prove to be a stepping stone for her (though they did help us understand that Phil Hanlon can’t hire good people for beans). Despite endless job searching while she was on the College’s payroll, nobody would hire her to run another school. Carolyn will be on the College’s books for decades to come. ADDENDUM: It would seem from Carolyn’s easy parachute jump from Parkhurst to Sanborn that not only did she negotiate a whopping salary before coming to Dartmouth, but she also had the foresight to have tenure thrown into her compensation package, too. Pretty clever. SHAME AND DISASTER: PART 2/? by MICHAEL BEECHERT '16 on November 17, 2018 / Permalink/ E-mail This
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Shortly after Thursday’s class-action suit was filed in federal court, President Hanlon sent out the following message: The claim that sexual assault and harassment have no place at Dartmouth is belied by the fact that sexual assault and harassment had a central place in the Department of Psychology. And while it is true that the perpetrators of the crimes alleged in the complaint have been ushered out, the faculty chairwho
presided over their actions and attempted to sweep the victims’ grievances under the rug is still very much around. Carolyn Dever, who ironically failed to take decisive action to ensure an inclusive workplace after all of her incessant babble about inclusion, has thankfully been put out to pasture, but the entire administrative apparatus has been beset by rot. And the rot goes all the way to thetop.
Moreover, revoking tenure and terminating employment may be time-consuming and difficult processes, but the duration and difficulty involved speak more to the perils that the tenure system poses than to the hinted-at courage of the administration in taking action. In a situation in which the bad deeds of powerful professors threaten the mental and physical well-being of students, no obstacles to immediate, decisive discipline can be justified. At the very least, the department and the administration could have shielded the plaintiffs from retribution while the necessary steps toward removing the perpetrators were taken. But there was no attempt to protect; the opposite occurred. Coercion, abuse, harassment, and retaliation took place for years, and it all happened under the noses of those who were supposed to care. In fact, the College tacitly encouraged these behaviors to continue by dragging its feet. It takes a despicable gutlessness and a certain lack of humanity to respond to this type of problem by crossing your fingers and hoping it goes away, but that is what Dartmouth chose to do, and now it must suffer the consequences. Heads need to roll for this, but in all likelihood none will. Dartmouth’s well-paid legal counsel will earn their paychecks before this case is settled, and then the College will count on this black eye to slowly fade until it is forgotten. So do not forget. SHAME AND DISASTER: PART 1/? by MICHAEL BEECHERT '16 on November 15, 2018 / Permalink/ E-mail This
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What Dartmouth hoped would remain a quietly disposed of pile of dirty laundry has landed, stained and stinking, in the lap of the courts of the United States. Seven plaintiffs, six named and one anonymous, have filed a federal class-action suit against the College which alleges rampant inappropriate behavior and sexual abuse on the part of former faculty members Todd Heatherton, William Kelley, and Paul Whalen as well as a reprehensible pattern of excuse-making, enabling, and inaction on the part of the Department of Psychology and the College administration. As you may recall, an investigationinto the three men
which began last year ostensibly culminated in a retirement and two resignations . But behind the fog that is created by inquiries, investigations, and the other slowly turning wheels of bureaucratic fact-finding lurked an administrative complicity which allowed the targets of such processes to fester inthe first place.
The allegations outlined in the complaint make the blood boil; you can access the complete, 72-page document here . It tells the sad story of how a group of women at the beginning of their respective careers in science were subjected to the disturbing proclivities of a little cabal of powerful academics for sexual extortion and retaliation. The impact of the story, and consequently the impact felt by the plaintiffs, can only be fully appreciated by diving into the details, so I would encourage you to read the complaint. I have nevertheless selected some representative excerpts for reproduction below. Discussions of sexual assault and its ramifications tend to lose some of their bite when confined to the realm of the general and abstract, but the real experiences of real people provide much-needed force to attempts at understanding and addressing the problem. > _, Heatherton grabbed a female graduate student’s breasts and > told her that she was “not doing very well” in her work in the > lab. The incident was reported to Dartmouth’s administration, > including then-Associate Dean Richard Wright. Not long after the > report, Dartmouth appointed Heatherton as Champion International> Professor._
Heatherton’s issue with personal boundaries had not been resolvedmonths later, when:
> _Heatherton groped the buttocks of two graduate students, one male > and one female, whom he approached from behind at a bar. The female > graduate student reported this incident to then-Department Chair> Howard Hughes
> (“former
> Chair Hughes”). In response, former Chair Hughes encouraged the > female graduate student not to “make a fuss” by pursuing the > matter further. Dartmouth then promoted Heatherton to Chair of the> Department._
The true nexuses of the shame, however, seem to have been Kelley and Whalen. The atmospheres in their labs were not exactly welcoming orprofessional:
> _Kelley went so far as to publicly “rank” women on a “Papi” > scale by which a “0” rating meant he “would never bang” > under any circumstances, a “1” rating meant “hot enough that > you would bang her if her personality was excellent,” and a > “2” rating meant “so hot you would bang her no matter what she> was like. _
> _During the 2010-2011 academic year, Whalen announced to his > students that a woman in the Department had previously complained > about sexual harassment and that it had “backfired,” causing the > complainant to “lose resources” and to “lose steam in her > career.” According to Whalen, the complainant “got what was > coming to her, of course; you don’t bite the hand that feeds> you.”_
The outlines sketched by talk were filled in by actual assault: > _On approximately March 14, 2014, Ms. Rapuano met Whalen in his office to assist him in grading final > exams. She returned to her office after they finished grading the > exams. Soon after, she received a text message from Whalen summoning > her back to his office. When Ms. Rapuano entered Whalen’s office, > he closed the door, turned the lights off, sat down next to her on > the couch, and proceeded to try and touch her over her clothes. When > Ms. Rapuano stood and tried to leave, Whalen followed her and pinned > her against the wall. He then repeatedly tried to put his hands into > her pants over her objections and demands that he stop touching her. > Whalen persisted until Ms. Rapuano forcefully removed his hands from> her pants._
Distance did not lessen the unwelcome contact: > _Between March 2015 and July 2017, Kelley regularly sent Ms. Rapuano > sexually graphic text messages. For example, Kelley sent her > photographs of penises—including his own— and asked Ms. Rapuano > to “compare them.” Kelley also sent Ms. Rapuano pictures of sex > toys, asked her what she was wearing, demanded that she send him > sexually graphic photographs of herself, and urged her to talk about > his sexual fantasies._ One target was not enough: > _On April 24, 2017, Whalen pressured Ms. Chauhan > into drinking with him, repeatedly ordering and paying for her > drinks. Whalen then suggested that she accompany him back to his > home for another drink. When Whalen attempted to initiate sexual > contact, Ms. Chauhan forcefully rejected his advances and told him > not to touch her. Ms. Chauhan tried to leave his house several times > by going downstairs. Each time, Whalen followed her downstairs and > prevented her from leaving. Whalen then forced her to engage in > nonconsensual intercourse with him. When Ms. Chauhan told him to at > least use protection, Whalen laughed and told her, “that is one > thing I am not going to do.” _ I could go on and on about the specific instances which comprised the pattern of inappropriateness and assault; for more, look to the complaint. That, however, is not the end. When the plaintiffs turned to Dartmouth for help, no help was forthcoming: > _Jane Doe told Chair Bucci that > the culture and harassment perpetuated by the Department’s > professors and the poor fit with the lab she had been assigned had > left her without a safe scientific home to complete her work. Chair > Bucci trivialized Jane Doe’s experiences of harassment and > displacement by comparing them with a time when he was inundated > with administrative work, stating “I had a hellish year, too, but > was able to do my work.” ___
> _On January 13, 2017, Ms. Rapuano contacted Provost Dever to report > that she was experiencing sexual harassment at Dartmouth and had > realized this was a pervasive issue. Upon information and belief, > Provost Dever failed to launch any investigation of her own and took > no steps to protect Ms. Rapuano from sexual harassment, which > continued unabated._ > _Even after these serious complaints were lodged, Dartmouth actually encouraged the > victims to continue working with or among Heatherton, Kelley, and > Whalen. Dartmouth warned the victims that the accused professors > would likely retaliate against students who discontinued working > with them by disparaging them and revoking their academic support, > actions which could result in the victims being expelled or placed > on academic probation. Thus, at Dartmouth’s suggestion, the > victims continued working with their harassers for nearly four> months._
Why was there no help? Perhaps because no one was surprised: > _ Numerous Dartmouth administrators, including Associate Dean Jay> Hull
> (“Dean Hull”), Chair Bucci, and current and former students > described Whalen as being “touchy,” “a flirt,” “a > hugger,” and “handsy.” Chair Bucci further acknowledged that > he observed Whalen blurring professional boundaries, or to be > “completely lacking” in them. Indeed, over the last decade, > former faculty members informed Dartmouth’s administration that > they were concerned about misconduct by Kelley, Heatherton, and> Whalen. _
The ugliness permeates all 72 pages of the complaint; it builds and builds like a rising wave. Dartmouth could have certainly done more to break the wave before it did such ruinous damage to the plaintiffs (and who knows how many others), but now the wave comes crashing down on the College itself in the form of six causes of action and a claim for $70,000,000 in damages. The legal process has yet to play out — and it will almost certainly never play out in the public eye, for this all screams settlement — but Dartmouth’s response has already begun to take shape. We will discuss that tomorrow, and more in thedays to come.
ADDENDUM: Todd Heatherton wasted no time in attempting to separate himself from Whalen and Kelley. His lawyer sent out an email with thisstatement
today.
Addendum: A reader writes in: _I entered Dartmouth in 1974 in the third class of women. The pernicious levels of sexism and misogyny that existed then were so harmful. And I strongly feel, after all these decades, that Dartmouth never satisfactorily dealt with the administration’s role in the way young women were treated during the early days of co-education. In the case of a critical mass of professors and administrators, it ranged from passive to complicit. So the Whalen-Kelley-Heatherton story reads very much as chickens coming home to roost. _ ADDENDUM: As does a former senior administrator: _I am absolutely appalled by the information revealed in the complaint filed against Dartmouth yesterday. Even one of the reported incidents would have been repulsive enough; all of them taken together are simply, totally disgusting. Everyone involved in this ugly chain of behavior and betrayal - regardless of their position at the College and regardless of their tenure status - should be fired for failing to uphold the most basic standards of human decency and respect, for their flagrant abuse of their positions of authority and trust, and, much worse, for willfully abandoning their fundamental responsibilities as the custodians of the hopes and the dreams of the College’s undergraduate and graduate students. It is simply inconceivable to me that they could remain fit - by any standard - to continue to hold their jobs.__ _
_I am, today, ashamed for Dartmouth. If this is the sort of behavior that the leadership of the faculty and of the College were willing to tolerate, I have this overwhelming sense of dread that there will bemore._
STUDY ABROAD A SELLING POINT by MICHAEL BEECHERT '16 on November 14, 2018 / Permalink/ E-mail This
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I have long been of the opinion that the College’s extensive andmyriad
study abroad programs are one of its greatest strengths. Hanover is beautiful and cozy, but few experiences challenge and expand a young mind more effectively than dumping it in the middle of an unfamiliar place while also providing it with an academic and social structure in which to explore that place. Dartmouth does its more adventurous students a tremendous — and unusual — favor by sending faculty members to accompany small groups of students on their sojourns across the globe, and given that over half of Dartmouth undergraduates do spend at least a term abroad at some point during their studies, it seems clear that this favor is rightly appreciated. Interest in study abroad is growing nationally,
fueled particularly by short-term stays. The preference for relative brevity is understandable. Students may balk at committing to four or five months in an unfamiliar place or worry about missing out on course offerings back on their home campuses. The College has an opportunity to market itself powerfully in light of this; otherwise skittish teenagers only have to sign up for a nine or ten-week testing of the international waters to sate their wanderlust. To do so with the guidance of a professor who specializes in some aspect of the destination is a privilege which should be emphasized to prospective, incoming, and current students alike. Additionally, cycling more people through off-campus programs would address a number of quality-of-life issues on campus; one can imagine a less oppressive housing crunch, shorter lines at the dining facilities, and more space in the libraries. Of course, these are all issues which should be resolved in any case. But if and when the administration decides to, say, replace the Choates and River dormitories, the impact of construction on the student body could be reduced if more people were actually roaming ‘round the girdledearth.
A HOUSE ON THE LAKE
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_Every weekend, we will be republishing one of Joe Asch’s old posts. They may be serious or lighthearted; they may address the College or something else entirely. Enjoy._ The further north you go from Hanover, the more frequently lakes mark the landscape, and once you cross the border, things really change. For residents of Montreal, having “a cabin on the lake” is almost a birthright, as evidenced by traffic streaming out of the city on weekends all year long: in the summer to laze by the water; in winter to ski in either the Eastern Townships or the Laurentians. Here’s a typical view from the grounds of the Hovey Manoron Lake Massawippi
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My parents have had a house for fifty years on Lac Ouimet in the Laurentian Mountains, due north of Montreal. The lake is about a mile and a half long, and as you can see below, there is a body of water every few miles in that part of the world: ADDENDUM: The Hovey Manor website includes a historical tidbit:__
> _Many of the first settlers around North Hatley were United Empire > Loyalists , mostly farmers, who left New England in the > years following the American Declaration of Independence in 1776. > Several fine farmhouses of this period still exist in the village. > Manoir Hovey was named after one of the most noteworthy of these > settlers, Colonel Ebenezer Hovey, who was granted a large tract of > land by the Crown in 1785, directly across the lake from the inn.>
> In large measure, however, the village owns most of its great houses > and particular architecture to the first summer people — > aristocrats, captains of industry and large landowners, mostly > Americans from south of the Mason-Dixon Line. For some time after > the American Civil War (1861-1865) many wealthy southerners > renounced New England (Yankeeland) as a summer holiday destination > and continued further north into Canada, some by private railway > car. Rumour has it that many drew their blinds in passing through> New England.
> _
ADDENDUM: Québecois Denys Arcand’s wonderful movie, The Barbarian Invasions — winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2004 — has its final scenes shot next to Lake Memphremagog, not far from Massawippi. The characters repair there for the imminent death of their friend, the film’s main character, Rémy. The lakeside home represents for the entire group a harmony that they did not find in other parts oftheir lives.
A COMMUNITY RESPONDS by MICHAEL BEECHERT '16 on November 9, 2018 / Permalink/ E-mail This
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Although the administration may hope that its empty blather goes unnoticed, the heart of Dartmouth College is too perceptive to cooperate. During an open forum this past Monday, faculty and students gathered to discuss the problem of anti-Semitism and the related issue of President Hanlon’s response to the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre. The event was organized by Professor of Jewish Studies SusannahHeschel
, a
genuine star who hasbeen featured in
this space on
several occasions .
She invited President Hanlon and Rabbi Moshe Gray to appear as guests, and a spirited, brutally honest, and much needed conversation ensued. Upon being called out for the weakness of his letter to campus after the shooting, Hanlon apologized and, according to The D’s misleadingly titled recap of the event, stated that the message was sent with good intentions. Credit is due to Phil for apologizing; he could have sidestepped the issue or offered the type of qualification or excuse one has come to expect from Parkhurst. And there is little doubt that his heart was in the right place when composing the text. But effective leadership requires more than good intentions; it requires courage and the ability to confront uncomfortable issues head-on. If those attributes do not occur naturally in a leader, as seems to be the case with President Hanlon, they have to be either acquired or emulated. Among the speakers in the past-capacity crowd were Professor of GermanIrene Kacandes
, who
voiced a powerful appeal for a rediscovery of Dartmouth’s unique sense of community, and Professor Emeritus Edward Bradley, who called
attention to the apparent departure of the administration from intellectual life on campus. Professors Kacandes and Bradley therefore demonstrated what any observer of the College already knew — that the faculty is not only a tremendous repository of pedagogical and scholarly talent but also a criminally underutilized source of wisdom, guidance, and critical reflection. ADDENDUM: Jewish Studies at Dartmouth is strong and growing. Enrollment is so high that the department badly needs additional faculty. Faculty, however, cost money, and money does not always flow to the right places in Hanover. AT LEAST WE’RE NOT THERE YET by MICHAEL BEECHERT '16 on November 8, 2018 / Permalink/ E-mail This
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More disturbing news about free speech and free thought on university campuses: Samuel Abrams, a
professor at Sarah Lawrence College who wrote a piece in the New YorkTimes
criticizing the overwhelmingly left-wing bent of his institution’s administration, experienced the now-unsurprising litany of reprisals from the aggrieved. They included a number of vocal signs which were posted on his office door by students along with, more worryingly, hints of forthcoming censorship from the president of the school. An excerpt from a relevant article:
> _In the two weeks since the incident, Samuel Abrams, a tenured > professor of politics at Sarah Lawrence, has repeatedly asked the > college’s president, Cristle Collins Judd, to condemn the > perpetrators’ actions and reiterate her support for free speech. > But after sending a tepid campus-wide email that mentioned the > importance of free expression, but mostly stressed her “commitment > to diversity and inclusive excellence,” Judd spoke with Abrams > over the phone; according to him, she accused him of “attacking” > members of the community.>
> “She said I had created a hostile work environment,” Abrams said > in an interview with Reason. “If constitutes hate > speech, then this is not a world that I want to be a part of.”>
> What’s more, when the two met in person, Judd implied that Abrams > was on the market for a new job, he said.>
> “I am not on the job market,” he said. “I am tenured, I live > in New York. Why would I go on the job market?”> _
> _Abrams interpreted Judd’s remarks as a suggestion that he might > be better off leaving the school. Judd did not respond to a request> for comment._
If university administrators are not willing to stand up for the sanctity of free expression on campus, no one will. (I wish I could be more optimistic about prospects for student activism in this regard; alas, most student activism nowadays veers in the other direction). Given the reprehensible stance taken by the Sarah Lawrence president on the matter, Professor Abrams must resist the understandable temptation to flee the loony bin and seek other employment. If he does leave, they win, and if they win, the university loses. UNFOCUSED, UNINSPIRING, UNSURPRISING by MICHAEL BEECHERT '16 on November 7, 2018 / Permalink/ E-mail This
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Unfortunately, higher-ups at the College seem to be drawing the wrong lessons from Phil Hanlon’s vacuous written communications. This time around,
the culprit is Interim Dean of the College Kathryn Lively, whose
ignoble effort at addressing the concerns of the Dartmouth community in the wake of Friday night’s alarming shooting produced this messof a message:
> _Dear Students, _> _
> Let’s just begin by acknowledging that it’s been a difficult few> weeks,
> culminating in an unexpected and jarring weekend._ Imprecision, imprecision, imprecision! What exactly took place to make these past few weeks difficult, and exactly what unexpected thing happened to make the weekend jarring? Use your words, Dean Lively, and preferably the ones with content: the language of bloodshed may be ugly and may create discomfort, but honesty and forthrightness should be your primary concerns as an ostensible leader in the academic world. > _Whether Friday night was your first experience with a > shelter-in-place order or an all-too familiar repeat of experiences > you’ve had before, we know how frightening and unsettling these > types of events are. Our hearts go out to the victim of Friday > night’s shooting and to his family and friends, and to all members > of our community who have experienced the fear and trauma of > violence in our lives._ This section is probably one clause too long, but at least the term “shooting” was used to narrow the scope of the message. Of course, the narrowness is brief; it explodes with the onset of rhetorical and topical vagueness almost immediately. > _In the past few days, I’ve heard that some of you felt > unsupported by the College and that you wanted information rather > than resources. The shooting that occurred Friday night was and is a > Hanover Police matter, so we rely on them for information they’re > able to share with the community. We have also had some feedback > about the DartAlert system, which we are exploring. In any situation > like this, those involved debrief to learn from the experience and > prepare for the next. We will continue to do that and welcome your> feedback._
If the timely presence of Safety and Security officers in central areas of campus is viewed as a resource, then resources were missing in addition to information. In any case, the claim that the information deficit was due to poor communication with the Hanover Police and/or any jurisdictional issues is not an excuse. The shooting occurred across the street from a campus facility, and the injured victim was carried into that facility. If that level of proximity does not place the matter into the purview of those campus authorities which are able to communicate more rapidly and comprehensively with students, there exists a major problem. > _I know from personal experience with tragedy and violence that > it’s common for us to want to make sense of what happened and want > to know why. When dealing with seemingly random — or even targeted > - acts of violence, it is often the case that learning the > perpetrator’s motivations don’t lead to understanding. How can > we, as members of our own caring communities, truly understand hate> and cruelty?_
I sincerely hope that the tired trotting out of “understanding” as the panacea to all crime is not intended as a distraction from the very salient concerns over security and institutional response mechanisms which have been articulated by numerous people on campussince Friday night.
> _That said, in the aftermath of violence and hate, it is a normal > reaction to want to enact more control over your environment and to > seek ways to make it better. That’s what we do as community > members, as activists, and citizens. _> _
> Given all of the horrific events over the last two weeks, including> the one
> that happened on our very own School Street, I would be remiss if I> didn’t
> mention that today is election day. If you are able, I hope that you> are
> making the time today to vote or that you took advantage of the> early and
> absentee-voting process. Because as President Hanlon pointed out> earlier this
> term, our right to vote is the biggest lever we have as individual> citizens._
When I was in grade school, teachers would have us play the “which of these things doesn’t belong?” game. While these activities certainly helped me identify different parts of speech or members of the animal kingdom, I was disappointed to encounter an occasion to dust off those skills upon reading this section. If anyone out there can provide me with a solid, substantive connection between the overall discernible point of this message — that is, to follow up on Friday night’s shooting — and an exhortation to make a trip to the polls, please get in touch. Unless the seats in Parkhurst have appeared on the ballot in New Hampshire, I don’t see it. > _In light of the seeming chaos that surrounds us, it’s important > to come together as a community and treat ourselves and those around > us with compassion, care, and concern. Please find a list of > resources below should you or anyone that you know need support. All > of our campus resources will be standing by for you through the end> of the term._
This part is bureaucratic boilerplate, so I don’t feel the need toaddress it.
I would, as a fun writing exercise, encourage you all to draft your own versions of what you believe this message should have been. Submit them, with comment, to Dean Lively. Perhaps there is hope for more effective administrative communications yet. ADDENDUM: For an example of what a thoughtful, well written message from a university administrator should look like, read this piecefrom
Kenyon College President Sean Decatur.TURN TO PAGE TWO
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