Class Newsletter―Spring Issue, June 2019 News From, and About, the College “The best-laid plans . .” The College has begun work on a new master plan for the next 20 years. Bill Sjogren sent us a link for the story: https://www.dartmouth.edu/~master- plan/?fbclid=IwAR1BgBn5m7_XW4gsqkBC5rW_H2ZR40B3hqfaPlgyBaT3b4meliSrD617RDk. For a student take on the project, go to https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2019/03/dartmouth-master-plan. The Hood (continued). Boston’s WGBY (PBS) television station devoted about 6 minutes to the New Hood in its “Open Studio with Jared Brown” show on March 29. You can see it here, and get a glimpse of the 67 Gal- lery along the way: https://www.wgbh.org/news/arts/2019/04/04/arts-this-week-a-bronx-tale-and-the-new-hood- museum-of-art. You can also see a (very) short video showing the process of setting up the 67 Gallery’s first exhibit here: https://www.facebook.com/HoodMuseum/videos/424048175014065/. In an article about college museums, “Raising the Cultural Bar on Campuses,” The New York Times men- tioned the Hood and, notably, the nearly 7,000 objects in the museum’s Native American holdings: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/arts/college-university-museums.html 1 Woodsmoke. Continuing its commitment to sustainability, Dartmouth plans to build a new, $200 million biomass heating plant, operating not on oil but on “sustainably sourced waste-wood material from forestry and timber industries.” The project will be “financed, built, and operated by a private company in partnership with Dartmouth.” Here’s more: https://news.dartmouth.edu/news/2019/01/new-biomass-plant-will-increase-dart- mouths-sustainability. And speaking of what to burn, the Dartmouth Outing Club has published another outstanding issue of its occasional magazine, Woodsmoke. You can see it, and/or download it, here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/195BjitWyYjHrrTbWKXQ-nojqH2WuaENA/view. From the Department of Transparency . Dartmouth, apparently not under audit, has published its tax returns. A student article gives highlights, including information on executive salaries, at https://www.thedart- mouth.com/article/2019/05/dartmouths-tax-returns-show-high-exec-salaries-overseas-investments. Town and . um . gown? ΣAE’s long-running legal conflict with the Town of Hanover lives to fight another day. In late March, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled against ΣAE on most of the issues, but ordered the Town to determine whether the fraternity qualifies as an “institution.” See https://www.thedart- mouth.com/article/2019/04/nh-supreme-court-rules-against-sae-legal-limbo-continues. “Know thyself.” Faculty and administrators serving on the College’s reaccreditation implementation group have completed a draft of Dartmouth’s “Institutional Self-Study Report.” The report reflects on how well Dart- mouth currently meets the standards for accreditation, and makes suggestions for improvement. You can view the 100+-page report at https://www.dartmouth.edu/~reaccreditation/pdf/neche_self_study_apr2019.pdf. “It is, Sir, as I have said, a small college . .” As part of the 250th anniversary celebration, the College staged a reenactment of the famed Dartmouth College Case (Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 17 U.S. (4 Wheat.) 518 (1819)). Dartmouth won again. You can watch the full reenactment at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75zOxP8AzZg&t=5s. Or for a Cliff-Notes approach, watch Tom Burack ’82 portray Daniel Webster giving his famous peroration to the U.S. Supreme Court: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ24NE6MBz8&fea- “. and yet there are those who love it!” ture=youtu.be&utm_me- dium=app_email&utm_source=lp_app&utm_source=task_activ- ity&fbclid=IwAR3_F6_t1BJq1ZPwJqse_eYguV8RNx_f0Ry2ka8-Dskv8KwU2P-fpWdvkfw. That lawsuit (continued) and related matters. In April, President Phil Hanlon addressed a summit at the Naval Academy on sexual assault and sexual harassment at America’s colleges, universities, and service acade- mies. At the conference, Dartmouth was held up as a model for how an institution can take action to make its campus safer and more inclusive for all. See https://news.dartmouth.edu/news/2019/04/president-hanlon-ad- dresses-national-summit-sexual-misconduct?utm_source=Dartmouth+News+Today&utm_cam- paign=e950139f6b-dartnews_today_2019_04_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4ae973c30b- e950139f6b-391679741. At the beginning of May, two more former students of the Psychology and Brain Science (PBS) department joined the sexual misconduct lawsuit against Dartmouth. Some of the plaintiffs have used pseudonyms in court filings, and the College has sought a court ruling requiring identification of the parties. 2 On May 3, the Student and Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault sent President Hanlon a letter that criticized the College’s response to allegations of sexual misconduct by professors in the PBS department. The letter calls for receivership and reinvestigation of the department. See https://www.thedartmouth.com/arti- cle/2019/05/hanlon-responds-to-concerns-raised-about-pbs-department. The Concord Monitor reported on May 28 that the two sides have moved to stay the court proceedings while they attempt to resolve the dispute through mediation: https://www.concordmonitor.com/Dartmouth- women-want-mediation-in-sexual-misconduct-lawsuit-25862792. Other College News From the Department of Awesome Statistics: Dartmouth has been recognized for being a top producer of Fulbright scholars. The State Department reports that 13 Dartmouth students earned the honor for the 2018-19 year. See https://www.thedart- mouth.com/article/2019/03/dartmouth-named-top-producer-of-fulbright-students. Eighteen Dartmouth sports teams recently received Academic Progress Rate Public Recognition Awards—meaning that the College once again is a national leader in academic success from its athletes. See https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2019/05/mcgovern-mott-19s-athletes-academics. The Peace Corps has announced that Dartmouth Ranks Among the Highest Peace Corps Volunteer- Producing Schools―sixth among “small schools”―with more than 640 alums serving since the pro- gram was started in 1961. See https://alumni.dartmouth.edu/content/dartmouth-ranks-among-highest- peace-corps-volunteer-producing-schools?utm_source=Dartmouth+News+Weekly&utm_cam- paign=3191a18422-dartnews_weekly_2019_03_28&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0b7afd736b- 3191a18422-391544929. No “Varsity Greens,” apparently. Just before this year’s admissions decisions were announced, national attention was focused on the “Varsity Blues” college admission scandals at other colleges, in which faux ath- letes from wealthy families were allegedly welcomed into elite institutions after payment of bribes. The Daily D covered the story at http://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2019/03/cano-privilege-and-progress-admissions- scandal-reactions. There is no sign of any such problem at Dartmouth. Nevertheless, the College has announced a new admis- sions protocol for athletic recruits: https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2019/04/college-to-alter-admissions- practice. A Daily D op-ed argued that, with one in five Dartmouth students engaged in athletics, “athletes should not have a special pipeline to admission.” See https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2019/04/khan-ad- mitting-our-athletes. And speaking of admissions, Dartmouth offered acceptance to 7.9 percent of the applicants for the Class of 2023—an historic low, and a decrease of 0.8 percent from last year. The Dartmouth reported the results at http://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2019/03/dartmouth-admits-record-low-7-9-percent-of-applicants-to-class- of-2023. The acceptance rate has decreased for three years in a row. A record-high class of 23,650 applicants boiled down to 1,876 admissions. A record 16 percent of the admitted class of 1,876 prospective students are first-generation college students. Ninety-two of the accepted students matched with Dartmouth through Quest- Bridge, a program that helps low-income students find post-secondary educational opportunities. Fifty-one per- cent of the admitted U.S. citizens self-designate as people of color. About 40 percent of the new students come from low or middle-income families, which the Office of Ad- missions defines as a household with less than $200,000 in annual income. On May 18, CNBC published an article titled, “It costs $76,623 to go to Dartmouth—here’s how much students actually pay.” You can read it at https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/17/it-costs-76623-to-go-to-dartmouth--heres-how-much-students-pay.html, 3 or skip to the answer: under Dartmouth’s “need-blind” admissions regime, students from families with income under $100,000 get free tuition, and the average scholarship is $47,833, which cuts the cost to about $28,800. What makes the difference between paying that $76,623 sticker price and paying what the family can afford? In large part, YOU make the difference. In honor of the College’s 250th anniversary, the “250 for Dartmouth’s 250” initiative calls for alumni to donate a total of 250 endowed scholarships to students in need of financial aid by the end of the year. See https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2019/02/250-new-scholar- ships, and note Head DCF Agent Joe Alviani’s invitation on page 22. Recent 67 Gatherings 36th Annual Boston Dinner, February 2 Larry Langford reported: “One of the great natural events every new year is the emergence of 67s from their ice caves and beach huts to raise a glass together. On February 2nd, the well-at- tended 36th annual Boston Dinner, held at the Wellesley College