• OVIS complies with immigration services -- failure to comply would lose If you do not have DACA and are inter- the college’s authorization to bring in ested in working, contact CoFIRED – students with visas. there may some possibilities. However, without work authorization it is nearly Traveling impossible to do this. Travel: DARTMOUTH Coalition For As of September 5th, 2017, the DACA Immigration Reform, Equality and program created under the admin- DREAMers (CoFIRED) istration of Barack Obama is in the process of being phased out. Tis means Dartmouth CoFIRED was founded in that advanced parole will no longer January 2014 as the advocacy channel, be issued, and any students currently support network, and voice for the traveling abroad should come back im- undocumented student at Dartmouth. mediately, or cancel if they had planned In the time before CoFIRED, public on traveling in the future. In the past, support for DREAMers came from the undocumented students have traveled Latinx community, the Pan-Asian com- without limitations within the United munity, and sometimes the Ofce of States, and should continue to be able to Visa and Immigration Services (OVIS). do so. Tis includes attending confer- Te only group on campus was an ences and domestic study programs. unreliable, unnamed and underground Always carry proof of legal residency system of DREAMers. within the United States, such as your work permit and a copy of your Social CoFIRED was created for and led by Security number. undocumented students and allies. You can contact CoFIRED at Dartmouth. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol: [email protected] if you want Because Dartmouth is within 100 to meet undocumented students, need miles from the Canadian border, it help navigating any ofce or are inter- is not unusual for border patrol to be ested in joining the immigration reform present. Although their presence is not movement. on campus, agents were reported to be conducting bus checks in White River Legal Assistance Junction. Exercise precaution when trav- CoFIRED partners with the Ofce of eling either by yourself or with family to Visa and Immigration Services (OVIS) the college. Any location in which you to provide legal advice, and sometimes are of-campus, whether it is a program pro-bono legal assistance. We work with or the airport, carries a degree of vulner- our outside law frm – Curran & Berger ability to immigration authorities. - to provide legal assistance. • Police and immigration authorities • Be on the lookout in the fall for con- have jurisdiction over interstate high- sultations on DACA renewal applica- ways tions. Tere are appointments available for individuals interested in receiving • In the possible case of outside author- free legal consultation. ities on campus attempting to make an arrest, they must be accompanied by • Historically, the college has not pro- the college’s Safety and Security ofcers. vided funding for personal legal services Know your rights. In the case of being for students, consult with OVIS in the stopped and questioned by ICE, exercise case of an emergency. caution by remaining silent and refusing to sign anything without a lawyer. 37 Constitutional rights are your rights too.

Points of Contact on Campus

OVIS (Office of Visa and Immigration Services) • Susan C. Ellison- Director

• Email: [email protected]

Office of Financial Aid • Patricia Briggs, Assoc Director of Financial Aid • Email: [email protected]

OPAL (Office of Pluralism and Leadership) • Renata Baptista, Assistant Dean • Advisor of Latinx Students • Email: [email protected]

Marcia Calloway • Associate Director and Advisor to International Undergraduate Students • Email: [email protected]

Counseling & Human Development • Arlene Velez-Galan • Email: [email protected]

38 Why When You Say, “DeportT em,” You Really Mean, “I Don’t Care ifT ey Die” by BROWN A. LIEN FROM OUTER SPACE

Troughout this past year – and for most come back, be present at their parents’ of my life - I have been confronted by funerals, or survive the journey they countless opinions regarding undocu - had to take in order to have a chance mented immigration. Tey range from at a better life. Yet, they still made that - physical and emotional support, to dehu choice. Tey wanted a better life for my - manizing and angry personal attacks; self and for my sister, a life that would but the one comment which always allow us to live. Rather than rely on a sticks out to me is, “Deport them back broken system that asked my family to to where they come from.” wait to live for another ffteen years, courageously, they chose for our family As an undocumented American (like to survive. every other American) I would like to tell you where I belong: with my parents So, when I hear people say, “deport and siblings in a safe environment where them,” or, “send them back,” I hear we can live. By ‘live,’ I mean its two dual a literal death sentence for over 11.7 defnitions: the mode which requires million individuals. More than that, the beating of my heart as well as the these individuals are not just impersonal contraction and expansion of my lungs, strangers. Tey are your friends from but also by living in an environment school, your neighbors, people you sit where I have the freedom to make my next to at church, people you whom own choices and the access to a decent shop alongside, and, ultimately, people life rather be hungry or be exploited who have become part of the American without the power to overturn those de - community. Can it really be so easy to cisions. Tat physical space is not where dismiss 11.7 million souls and cast them I was born. In order to keep ‘living,’ my back into danger, despair, and poverty? parents made the di fcult decision of to Has our society reached that point? leave everything behind (their extended family, their friends, their lives, and ev - erything they had ever known) without knowing if they would ever be able to

39 On the Importance of Safe Spaces by Kimberly

I applied to Dartmouth on a whim. I Looking beyond the stereotypes of non-stop didn’t have a dream school, but Dart- beer pong and illicit frat parties, I started mouth was defnitely not it. After the warming up to the idea of going to Dart- decision letters came in, I found myself mouth. My mom and I sat at our dining choosing between Dartmouth and a table and cried when I discovered that a school that stresses its commitment to queer Korean-American female English “access, diversity, and inclusion.” Tis professor taught on campus. I found some other school had everything I wanted in safe spaces and sensed there were even more a strong social justice and activist com- not promoted on Dartmouth’s website or in munity. Not only did these communi- recruiting materials. Ultimately, the protest ties exist, but they were also respected that happened in President Hanlon’s ofce campus-wide. During a 45-minute over the Freedom Budget told me that there campus tour, a white cis man who was a was a community fghting for change at self-described jock introduced the group Dartmouth, andI wanted to be part of it. I to the school’s genderless bathroom couldn’t see all of the spaces and resources system, and explained the signifcance that existed at Dartmouth as easily as I could of the Women and Trans* Collective at the other school, but there were signs that being a safe space. It was customary these communities were here. I just didn’t to greet people using preferred gender and still don’t really know exactly where. pronouns, and “y’all” was almost always used in lieu of saying “you guys.” People Dartmouth needs these safe spaces. I need of color had their own residence hall, these safe spaces. Students with personal and classes on race and ethnicity were narratives that defy the traditional one actually taught by professors of color. our society propagates need places to gofor I sat in on an Asian American Women refuge, support, safety, and validation. in Literature class composed entirely Tese spaces need to exist in and outside of of Asian Americans. Tis was a school the classroom, and they need to be readily where I knew I’d fnd a place for myself. accessible to both current students and pro- spective ones. Dartmouth is far from being Dartmouth ofered an alternative a place that all of us can easily claim as our college experience: a traditional own. Yes, there is work being done to help one--traditional in a way that scares change this, but in the meantime, and even me, traditional in its perpetuation of after systematic change is made, those of us white supremacy, the patriarchy, and not fully embraced by our campus at large capitalism. Tis is not to say that the need and deserve safe spaces--somewhere we other school is free from this tradi- can call home. tion, but Dartmouth’s whole image is founded upon tradition in a way the other school is not. But I am here now, so obviously I chose Dartmouth in spite of all this. Part of my decision was because in tradition, there is money. More money means more fnancial aid, allowing Dartmouth’s student body to be more socioeconomically diverse and 50 percent students of color, while the small liberal arts school I had my eyes set on is far more white and afuent. 40 How to Be an Ally by KWILL

STEP 1 Check your Privilege To be an ally you have to be willing to be critical of yourself, the way you were taught to think, and the world you live in.

If you are a straight person who wishes to be an ally with the LGBTQ community, a white person who wishes to be an ally with communities of color (Black, Latino, Native, Asian), a man who wishes to be an ally with women, or any person who wants to be an ally to a community you must understand 2 things:

1. You have privileges they do not have. ex: Tose who identify as straight won’t have to worry about getting kicked out of a frat house for kissing their signifcant other and having slurs yelled at them. However, too many queer students on campus have had this disgusting experience. Why is this important to understand? Because things that are routine for you may end up being risky for others & you have to understand this dynamic in order to be a true ally.

2. Tis world has taught you to think certain things about them. ex: Tough you may be all for legalizing gay marriage, if you still cringe when you see two people of the same sex kissing, it might be because the world has taught you that is unnatural. You can’t be an ally without being constantly critical of yourself & the way you look at other commu- nities.

STEP 2 Be Active In order to be an Ally of another community, it is important to put in a lot of efort.

Tis means taking classes and going to discussions and panels about race, class, gender, etc throughout the school year. Tis also means taking time out of your day to use google.com to fnd out what cultural appropriation means or why it’s important to use someone’s preferred pronouns. Sometimes it can be exhausting to be expected to explain things to everyone especially when there are so many resources that can explain it for you. A true ally will take advantage of those resources and seek answers before they engage in conversation about these things.

41 STEP 3 Be Present & Committed Presence is key; you have to earn your Ally stripes, they aren’t given to you.

In addition to taking courses and going to events that grapple with the issues in marginalized communities, it is important for you as an ally to be in solidarity with these communities in times of controversy. No one likes an “ally” who is an ally on paper, but no where to be found when the entire campus is coming for a community because they dared speak out about an injustice. If you want the title you gotta put in work. Be present publically as well as privately.

STEP 4 Be Patient It might take time for another community to completely let you into theirs and trust you. Be patient. If you are genuine and down for the cause, acceptance will come.

Student activists on campus have been burned many times by people who they thought were allies only to later see something they said in private, featured in an article in Te D. Tis has lead to a natural and healthy skepticism of people who claim to be allies and want to be apart of movements. Tose who were truly committed were eventually accepted. However, those allies who wanted to be in a movement and lead it and control it didn’t last a day. Don’t be that ally. (Trust me you do not know more than the people coming from these communities)

STEP 5 Use Your Privilege If you have privileges that can be seen as an asset when engaging in the larger community, use them! Te unfortunate reality is that some bodies, voices, genders, and races are read diferently, and once you understand those nuances use your privilege.

STEP 6 Stay in Your Lane Even though it is important to use your privilege in certain nuanced spaces, you have to know when to stay in your lane. You are to use your privilege when it is agreed to beneft the community…. otherwise, the community is allowed to let you know that you are using your privilege inappropriately.

42 How to be a Trans* Ally by Logan

In order to understand how to be a good Before I transitioned, and as I began trans* ally, we must know what trans* transitioning, I was surrounded by is. Trans* is commonly understood to be friends and family who had to transition an umbrella term for a variety of genders with me; they saw me dress diferent- that aren’t traditional gender roles like ly and had to address me by diferent woman or man. Tese genders can include pronouns but they were patient with me agender, two-spirit, transman, genderfuck, genderqueer, bigender, non-binary, and transgender to name a few. We must also know that gender, sex, and sexual orien- as I explored what was right for me and I was tation are not the same thing. Tough the patient with them as they struggled. Even three are similar in that they are socially now, my gender is more fuid than it was then constructed; genitalia and chromosomes I’d appreciate it if the people I loved would be do not indicate the gender a person identi- patient with me as I explore my gender iden- fes with nor who they are attracted to. tity. With that, there is no “right” or “wrong” way to transition. Some people go from A to Tat was a very brief and incomplete B or B to A or both or go through the whole introduction to transgender studies alphabet and each of those journeys are but if you would like to know more I valid. Sometimes, my gender expression isn’t will be hosting a “How to be a Trans* explicitly queer in anyway and most people Ally Workshop” soon [in 2014] which I don’t assume I’m trans* at all. You can’t tell if would be delighted for you to come to. someone is trans* just by looking. You don’t Tere’s also the internet. know how they identify and you shouldn’t as- sume they aren’t trans either. Just don’t make assumptions, ask politely. Now, to help you be a good or even better ally, I’ll tell you what I admire Here are some things I fnd frustrating: in an ally. I identify as a two-spirit, genderqueer, transman of color. It’s a Don’t disclose someone’s trans* status to beautiful thing when people respect the others: I’m comfortable with people knowing I terms I use to identify myself. It may be am trans but not everyone trans*person is com- more than what most people use to the fortable sharing their trans* status with others. describe their gender but it is still me. Gender identity is personal and if it isn’t yours It’s also great when people respect the to tell, don’t. If they want it to be known, they’ll pronouns I use—which are he, him, and say it or they will ask you to do so. his—when being addressed in the third person. If you don’t know someone’s Don’t ask a trans*person what their “real” pronouns, ask politely: What pronouns or “birth” name is: Te name they use now is do you use? real and it’s what they want you to use. If they want you to know, they’ll tell you.

43 Support Gender-Inclusive Restrooms: Some trans*people aren’t safe or don’t feel comfort- Don’t ask about genitals, surgical status, able using the restrooms with the individual or how I have sex: Personally, I don’t mind people on them. Everybody has got to use the talking about surgery with people who are restroom. Support places with gender-inclusive familiar with it or who I am close to. I also single user bathrooms and encourage others to publically fundraised for it, so I am a little get them. Also, encourage trans*people to use more open than many people would be. If we the whatever bathroom they are comfortable aren’t trying to fuck or we aren’t close (or even using. if we are), you don’t need to know about my genitals or how I have sex. Be trans-inclusive: Use “y’all” when referring to a group of people instead of “ladies and gentlemen” or “sir/madam”, Backhanded compliments: identify people by article of clothing like “I never would have known. I thought you were “this person in the blue shirt and tan a real ______.” What? I am real. I am a human shorts” instead of “that guy right there”, being. Tat is all that should be relevant to you. and when introducing yourself, state Get out my face. your pronouns so people know how to “You’re attractive for a trans*person.” Is this address you: “I’m Logan, and I prefer he, supposed to be a positive statement? It’s not. him, and his.” “You’re so brave.” I don’t think I should have to be just to be myself. Tese are a few examples. Te intent of these state- And perhaps most importantly: ments is admirable but the impact can be harmful. Be aware of what kind of efect your words can Listen: Te best ally always listens. have. Know your limits: It’s okay if you don’t know something. If a trans*person comes to you for help and you don’t know the answer, do some research with them. Here are things I would like allies to do: Remember, don’t make assumptions. Do the work to arrive at an appropriate Challenge transphobic comments and conclusion. jokes: I don’t think men jokingly wearing dresses or pretending to be women as a joke Adapted for MIT’s “Action Tips for Allies of is humorous at all. Women and trans*people Trans People” and GLAAD’s “Tips for Allies deserve respect. Tis also include using trans- of Transgender People” phobic slurs by straight and LGB people alike.

Tanks for reading! Xoxo –Log

44 A Practical Guide to Happiness, From an Alum Who’s Been Sad A Lot

by Moulshri Mohan ‘15

When I was at Dartmouth, I spent a lot after four years of relative independence, of time - like, a lot of time - thinking I didn’t like my body, and that India was about how to be happy. no less racist, sexist, and xenophobic.

I turned the question over and over in Funnily enough, it was last year - when my head constantly. Te more I thought I was working twelve hours a day at a about it, the more depressed I grew, and job that didn’t align with my interests, the more depressed I grew, the more I to save money for graduate school, that thought about it. (It’s called rumination. I was concurrently applying to (which It’s the worst.) Needless to say, it did not meant I was working non-stop about lead to a eureka moment. In fact, it made sixteen hours a day), because my parents me unhappier. had fnally had enough of me living under their roof without any plans for Happiness seemed like a horribly the future - all in all, a terribly stressful elusive beast. I threw myself into work, year - that I fnally got happy. constantly going to class, reading for It wasn’t the climactic moment of a class, doing work for various clubs and coming-of-age movie (although I have on-campus jobs, activist-ing my butt of, dearly wished since the age of fourteen not a second to breathe during the day. that my life follow the plot of Te Model Dartmouth Student. Didn’t work. Breakfast Club). I didn’t Realize What I was miserable. Maybe I was working I Wanted To Do With My Life. I didn’t too hard?, I thought at the end of junior fnally Drop All My Toxic Friends. I year, from a bed in a closed psychiatric didn’t Push Regina George In Front of ward at Dartmouth-Hitchcock. Senior a Bus. year, I slacked of, taking easy As and dropping the ball on everything. You will Nope, it was just a regular old life mo- be shocked to learn that I was Still Not ment. Sitting at my desk at work, I felt a Happy. I felt my brain rattling about in weird, intense, painful sort of nostalgia my skull, disengaged, atrophying (I also as memories suddenly ran through my felt the tuition dollars going to waste). mind. It was as though I physically Happiness, I thought in miserable frus- felt them - sitting at the misted-over tration, was fucking confusing. window at Dirt Cowboy; going to my frst WoCC meeting; scurrying past Maybe it was the setting that was the Dartmouth Row on my way to class; problem, I thought, as I sat under the visiting Camp Akeela (look it up, it’s blazing sun at graduation, developing a beautiful!) for UGA training; spending migraine. Maybe Dartmouth was just hours and hours and hours studying in too damn racist, sexist, xenophobic... the Stacks, building an ever-taller stack maybe I’d be happier when I got back of KAF cups; staying up too late in my home, where people understood who I freshman dorm with my closest friends, was? Spoiler alert: nope. I had a litany talking shit about our dorm-mates at a of new miseries, including that I felt my very overhear-able volume. It kind of hit potential being stifed in India, I missed me all at once: I wouldn’t get that back. being surrounded by intelligent people, I Tat time of my life was over. And I’d didn’t like living at home with a curfew spent a signifcant portion of it being

45 sad, or being anxious because I wasn’t happy, whereas my memories showed me, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I had indeed spent many happy moments at Dartmouth. I’m writing this article because, as I I’ve been thinking a lot about that said, I spent a lot of time at Dartmouth moment since then. If, I keep thinking, wishing I could escape. When, in 2014, I had only chosen to give mental space Shonda Rhimes encouraged students to the good things in my life at Dart- to remember, “the air you are breathing mouth - good, deep friendships; the right now is rare air...appreciate it,” I constant opportunities to grow intellec- scofed. I would hate for current stu- tually; a space where I had signifcant dents to feel that way, but I know that freedom of movement; brilliant cofee (I too many probably do. miss you, Dirt Cowboy) - and less men- All this is to say, in a rather long-winded tal space to things like the white boy way, what my mom told me a long time who talked over me in a senior seminar, ago, and that I am only understanding or horrible residents, I could have been now: your expectations determine your happier. happiness. My advice? I’ve been trying to gently implement Disorient your expectations. this kind of shift in perspective in my daily life for the last few months, catch- Don’t expect Dartmouth to be a setting ing myself at sad moments, thinking: conducive to happiness. It’s not; it’s not Can I reframe this in a positive way? designed to be. Accept that fact. Seek What’s good in my life right now? happiness, not by exhausting yourself When I go to my feminist book club, I trying to push against the horrible take the time to fll up my mind with parts of its culture, but through simple how lucky I am to have a brilliant com- things. Cultivate relationships, be munity like this, instead of thinking generous, laugh a lot and try to make about how difcult it is to go anywhere others laugh; go to class, work hard, im- in my city. When I look in the mirror press your professors, do justice to your and feel the habitual feeling of hatred brains, grow; keep your room clean, do for my body, I remind myself of the your laundry, vacuum, eat vegetables; go progress I’ve made and think of all the of-campus once in awhile, whether to people who love me regardless. When I West Leb or Boston or the mountains, feel myself getting insecure that I’m not to pop the bubble and remind yourself prepared for my graduate program, I that despite the frequent and inevitable remind myself that that probably means ugliness and difculty of life, the world I will learn a lot and grow intellectually. It’s working surprisingly well.

46 How to Avoid Getting Caught Up In the Dartmouth Bubble

by Lola Adewuya '20

Te easiest thing to do in college is get caught up. If you’re not sure what that means, I like to defne it as getting so entangled in a situation that you lose all sense of its reality . It occurs most often in your relationships with the people around you. Te “situation” can be just about anything from a problematic romantic relationship, petty drama, or fnding yourself in a social circle that’s killing your inner peace.

You live, eat, breathe, and sleep college for months at a time. Tere’s no break from it. And being in a small town like Hanover adds to the tunnel vision. You lose sense of the fact that there’s an entire world outside of Dartmouth, and a lot of the things that happen on campus are rather inconsequential. We call this the “Dartmouth bubble”. After a term or a few, it can start to feel like there are hard- ly any chances to escape from the daily strains of impending deadlines, extracur- ricular responsibilities, emotionally volatile relationships, and things that are just generally waiting to threaten your stability. Your problems are intensifed because it’s difcult to see outside of this tiny world you’re in called Dartmouth.

Tis is a bubble you want to burst.

At peak stress (which we’re always in as It’s your responsibility to keep your head soon as the term kicks of), things and above the water. people you normally wouldn’t give the time of day are suddenly A lot of people get caught in this trap allowed more infuence on your life than because they enter college thinking they should have. It’s easy to get something like that will never wrapped up in some craziness when you happen to them. Maybe you were the can’t grasp any larger perspective on a type to stay out of drama in high school situation. Your judgement or you anticipate being around skills might fy out of the window. You more mature people in college that may start acting foolish and making won’t instigate issues for you. Yeah, I decisions with no forethought. I thought that too. can’t tell you exactly what your own version of being caught up will look like, Te Reality: but you’ll know it when you see it. College is just a more stressful version of high school, especially Freshman year. While there are a lot of external factors Don’t underestimate its ability to throw that can contribute to you getting you for a loop. Nobody has matured caught up (people trying to start that much in the short 3 months drama, a hookup playing with your between graduation and orientation. feelings, friends trying to involve you in Te real diference is that there is little their problems, etc), the reality is to no adult guidance in your daily that it’s really hard to justify blaming college life. You’re overworked kids anyone but yourself for getting into running loose with little to no coping or dumb situations. interpersonal relationship skills. 47 I could write a whole essay on how ill prepared high schools send us of to • Is this relationship or environment college when it comes to dealing with making me happy, contributing to life outside of academia. Te potential my growth, or adding to my life in a for getting yourself into some shit you positive way? never anticipated is exceptional. If you don’t already have a system in place to • What is my relationship with this protect you from whatever b.s. comes at person? Am I expending free emo- you… Good Luck Charlie! tional labor in the form of friendship, emotional support, pleasure, social Tere are 6 rules that I learned (maybe capital, or solving all their problems and the hard way) that can help you avoid gaining nothing in return? Is it time to getting caught up in any mess adjust how I interact with them? that might throw you of track at Dart- mouth. Listen up, and let me show you • Am I where I want to be academically? how to save you from yourself. How is my performance? Is it conducive to achieving the goals I’ve set for the semester/year? RULE 1 Tis will help you stay ahead of the Stay Woke game. You’ll start seeing bad things and messy people coming from a mile away No, I’m not talking about keeping up with and be able to dodge them. People who the life and times of this problematic world have the potential to lead you into a (although that is extremely important, too). condition that does not align with your I’m talking about being constantly cognizant goals will not be given a space to do so. of how you are situated in any environment Staying woke will also help you weed or space. Tis is not always a physical space. out what is most important. You won’t Your relationships, your academic standing, allow trivial situations to get out of etc. are all areas that you should be aware of hand when you keep the bigger picture how you’re faring in them. Relate them back in mind. to your goals and desired standard of living. You probably had a purpose in mind going into college, make sure everything you’re RULE doing aligns with it. Tis is how you keep 2 your perspective and wits about you. Never Use the First Draft Ask yourself these questions very regularly: When trying to solve a problem, you • What type of energy/vibe am I getting should rarely go with your knee-jerk from the space I’m in? reaction. It’s almost always the wrong choice, especially if you’re being • Are the people around me acting in ways driven by emotion. If you peep something that I know have the potential to be prob- that’s made you upset, wait lematic in my life? until you’ve calmed down to handle it. Life at Dartmouth can move extremely • Will the decision I’m about to make get me fast, and a lot can happen in a closer to where I want to be? week. But don’t let this make you act too quickly on something that needs more

48 RULE 4 thought. Tink through all the choices you have carefully. In most Keep Tabs On Yourself cases, there will always be multiple ways to deal with something. Tis is the internal part of staying woke. Some of y’all are the type to know every- Work through your emotions until you’ve thing that’s going on in Karen from down established concrete feelings on the situa- the hall’s life but can’t bear to spend 5 min- tion. Perfect your argument, know exactly utes with yourself and your own thoughts. what needs to be said to a person. When Te biggest mistake you can make is not cre- you’re ready to approach the problem, you ating a space to regularly evaluate yourself. won’t be so easily manipulated into falling back into its traps. Also remember that Buy a freaking journal and use it. Unpack every action doesn’t always need a your mood and feelings. Sometimes it’s not reaction. Sometimes the best solution until you attempt to put into words what’s to a problem is just to remove yourself going on inside that you truly understand from it. yourself.

For a while, I thought I was too busy to do this and went about my hectic college life without taking the time to assess how things RULE were afecting my energy. I ended up in a 3 very crippling environment that was picking away at my emotional strength until one day Stay In Your Lane I found myself breaking down in tears and couldn’t understand why. Journaling as often You’re on a path that’s always going to be as you can, but no less than every week, is completely diferent than the next person. key to protecting your energy and maintain- You cannot do what other people are doing ing stability. As soon as you catch yourself and expect the results to function the same feeling some type of way, you can put your way in your life. Not everything that’s good fnger on what’s causing it and make the for your friends is good for you. Your friend right adjustments before it’s too late. may be able to go to the frats every day of the week and still come out with their grades seemingly intact. If that’s not you, it’s okay. Do what works for you, and don’t chase a RULE 5 lifestyle you know you can’t live. Mind Your Business Tere are a lot of people at Dartmouth who are very good at making their lives look ...and don’t invite people to mind your more attractive than they really are. Don’t let own. Tere are some things you should these people make you feel inadequate. Keep just keep to yourself. Be smart about yourself from being infuenced by what your the people who you entrust with your peers are doing, especially when you don’t personal problems. Te truth is: 60% know the full story. Stay on the track you of the people you talk to probably don’t made for yourself. Keep your eyes on your care about your problems. Te other 40% personal goals and hopes. You’ll fnd that the are glad you have them. Tat squad you shenanigans your peers get into from a lack just formed a few weeks ago and know of focus and pursuit of the now are never hardly anything about their lives outside worth it. of college…they don’t need to know all of your business. 49 Rumors and “so-and-so said” gets out of hand fast . Nobody can pull you into the vicious rumor mill if you don’t throw them a line. You want to have as much control over a situation as possi- ble and that starts with who you choose to entrust with information about your life. If you must get something of your chest, either go directly to the person you’re having issues with or vent to someone who is far removed from the situation.

RULE 6 Leave the Bubble

If it’s possible, try to get out of Hanover as much as possible. Even if it’s just to grab dinner in a nearby town like West Lebanon. If you can take day or weekend trips to Boston with friends, that’s also great. Part of actually getting stuck is feeling stuck. Re- mind yourself that Dartmouth isn’t the end all be all. An entire world exists out there, and you are still a part of it. Dartmouth is a place that you’re merely passing through, not where life ends.

Tere might be a lot of things that can turn your Dartmouth experience sour, but don’t let getting caught up be one of them. If you keep these rules in mind during your time here, you can avoid a lot of unnecessary emotional trauma (and maybe even have a lot of fun here).

50 On November 12th, 2015, the Dartmouth NAACP organized a #BlackLives- Matter protest in solidarity with students at Mizzou and Yale, contributing to a national outcry for Black student safety, and a lack of institutional response to student demands. Over 150 students, staf, and faculty participated in the march across campus, with a smaller group of over 50 students continuing to protest and disrupt space in the library. Many rumors were spread about the violence of this protest and the profanity of it’s participants, but no reports were fled to corroborate. Tis protest was multifaceted, including chanting, singing, dancing, and speeches made by both students and alumnae who had come back to campus for the event. Let it be known that Black women organized this event, but men took the forefront – a shocking reality when rapists are leading their victims in a march for freedom.

A four part series by Gabrielle Bozarth

I. Enough

I want to rant. I want to rage. But frst, I want to give my love. To all the students of color and their accomplices who put their bodies on the line. To the womyn of color who put their bodies on the line. To the Black womyn who put their bodies on the line - And I want to love them a little something extra. Black womyn never cease to amaze me. You continue to show me, show us, your resilient souls. You stood side-by-side with your abusers, assaulters; putting the violence you experienced to the side to ride and be there for those who needed your presence. Who needed your voice. You let your attackers lead the march, take the inter- views and the credit, pose for the pictures… Because it was that important for you to just be there. Because you knew someone who needed you there. Because you knew we needed you there. I needed you there. You put everything on the line, on your backs. And all I have to give you is love. I hope it’s enough.

51 II. Praise

Tank you Lord that the backlash was not worse. Te lines have blurred between campus security and police these days. From Spring Valley to UVA, it wouldn’t shock me to hear Dartmouth’s name. No one was hurt, at least not physically. And there’s a better chance of healing when there is breath in your lungs.

III. Paid in Full

You told me you couldn’t stand for a movement that made women cry… So what are my tears? I have cried and cried you rivers and lakes, oceans of loneliness and fear and pain. But her white tears… that’s what you needed to take action? In case you were wondering: Her frst tear fell on my back, as I lie face down on the payment, crushed by the weight of her equal wage paycheck. Her second tear you managed to save, stepping on my neck just in the nick of time. But while I’m down here let me catch the third. Bottle it up. I heard it’s worth my tuition in full.

IV. Untitled

I can scream at the top of my lungs that: “Black Lives Matter.” But at the end of the day, spend just as much time whispering to myself: “Believe it.”

52 Invest in your Spiritual Health and Know What’s at Stake by Tramon

Dartmouth is in the business of extraction and implantation. For whatever reasons we deem(ed) valid, we all chose an institution that places at our feet vast amounts of resources at a detrimentally high cost. Once we are enveloped in Dartmouth, as people we are at risk; our emotional health, our physical health, and our spiritual health are at risk.

And if we are not vigilant, Dartmouth creation does not exist in a vacuum and is will take everything from us because in fact subject to the same biases and goals that is what whiteness is, a set of highly of the Enlightenment project and narrative parasitic unsustainable systems and that architected our current understanding relations that: of humanity and our subsequent exclusion from it. Tat is to say that not only must (1) steadily extract from you all love, we be cognizant of the underlying goals leaving you hollow and and subjectivity of our knowledge, we must also understand that alone, knowledge can- (2) implant hatred, apathy and fear, all not save us. When your spirit is low, shit of which manifest diferently in our starts looking really bleak, really fast. lives but in the end, make you efective agents of the state. So, how do you stay afoat? Here is some of what I did, and some of what I wish I had Tis is just the latent cost of admission done. for everyone. But for we who do not enjoy all the “privileges” of white het- (1) Get you some real friends. eropatriarchy, it is more immediate. I am a year out of Dartmouth and as I A lot of Dartmouth people have understand it, there may be challenges contingency friends: “as long as you that current students are facing that I are this, we can be cool”. Get you some may not have. So, understand that I am friends who will love you when you don’t speaking from a vantage point a year love yourself, who amplify you, who will out of Dartmouth, having experienced question you because they want you to be 2012-2016 Dartmouth. better, who don’t go a day without think- ing about how you are doing, and who you When navigating Dartmouth, prioritize yourself will love in the exact same way. your spiritual health over everything Take classes with your friends, go abroad and foreground love in all that you with your friends, get money with your do for yourself and others. You are friends. Tat’s number one because my in college and people will stress the friends were the ONLY reason I made it importance and emancipatory power of through and have continued to this very knowledge, and knowledge is unar- day, and will for the rest of our lives, make guably important so don’t sleep on it. me a better human being. However, remember that knowledge

53 be in the academy, apply to Mellon (2) Get you a counselor- Mays, they pay you to do what you would already be doing. Go talk to -and get one early: if my friends were Francine A’Ness who is an angel and my everything my counselor was someone, in my experience, to be my everything else but I wish I had trusted and who you can be real with; gotten him sooner. Bryant Ford was ask her to help you fnd the money. my counselor and he will always have She isn’t a fnancial advisor but she is a spot at my dinner table. I recom- someone who won’t look at you side- mend him and hope you will have the ways when you ask “so where’s the same caliber experience as I. However, money” (I feel the same way about navigate the counselors wisely because Dean Hoyt). all your information is confdential to a point so make sure you can trust your (5) Get a passport and fll it up. counselor before saying some real shit and the next thing you know, you’re on Whatever program is telling you they forced medical leave. will fy you out of the country for free, apply with your friends. You’re (3) If there are any real professors paying a hefty price to be in the up- left, get to know them and make per echelons, make them pay you to them family. go places with the people you love.

When I was in some deep shit my (6) Love yourself. senior year, it was the strong relation- ships with Profs that I was able to lean Learn to love yourself. Treat yourself back on for extra support and get me like a divine entity and engrain in across that stage. Now for me, this your consciousness that it is your was easy because I have zero problems right to be happy, loved, healthy, breaking that “student/professor” inspired. Take advantage of the fact barrier down because fuck that, we are that you are in the midst of beauty. all grown. But I understand that that’s Te spatial aspects of Dartmouth not everybody’s approach so fnd a way can seem to warp its physical beauty. that works for you. Plus, professors/ Reconnect with that beauty as often deans/admin who like you will take as possible because when else are you you to the Pine for free, so yeah lol. going to be in the middle of nowhere Speaking of which, if you want a way surrounded by foliage? Literally make to get to know your prof outside of of- it a practice to meditate in the Bema fce hours I believe the dean’s ofce has every week (with, perhaps, some money they allot to take your professor psychological enhancements if that’s out to lunch. your thing. Do you boo). Lastly, it wasn’t until my senior spring that (4) Get Money. Rev. Sekou came to campus and told us that Dartmouth is not the Money will not buy you happiness but battleground for justice and I wish it will get you of campus, which is I had been told that every year from necessary. Dartmouth is full of cash. the moment I stepped on campus. It You just gotta fnd it. I worked for the simply is not. Do not be complacent. Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce Do not be afraid to fuck some shit up all four years and it was a dream job. and speak your mind if you feel it’s If you want or even think you want to

54 necessary. But do so while understanding that you have to live a life after Dartmouth and you cannot run yourself into the ground fghting for people who do not even know there is a fght to be had. Because here is the thing: you will learn a lot in a very short time by putting yourself through that type of turmoil and you may think that that will make it worth it. But do not fool yourself into thinking that it is the only way to learn.

So radically love yourself in ways that builds your spirit, do activism in ways that builds your spirit, take classes and meet people that will build you in all the right and healthy ways. It won’t be easy. I failed to prioritize any spiritual wellbeing at Dartmouth and sufered—even though I had real friends, and good professor/admin relationships, and a counselor—because I Some books that I love that have didn’t even truly recognize how much was helped change my life: at stake until after I graduated and realized Dartmouth was, among other things, a • all about love by bell hooks spiritual warzone. Just try your best and • Being Black: Zen and the Art of be vigilant and live your best life while you Living with Fearlessness by Angel are there because there is nothing worse Kyodo Williams than walking across the stage and reaching • Everything ever written by Sylvia home to realize that while you may no Wynter including “How we mistook longer physically be at Dartmouth, you are the maps for the territory”, “No Hu- still mentally, emotionally, and spiritually mans Involved” and Sylvia Wynter trapped in its grasp. • On Being Human as Praxis by Katherine McKittrick • Te Clandestine Prophesies by James Redfeld (free online) • Black skin white masks by Frantz fanon • Habeas Viscus by Alexander Weheliye

My suggestions are by no means exhaustive but I hope they help.

55 Sending love.

56 Fuck Your White Tears Back by Popular Demand! by Kristina Williams and Tramon McZeal

“Sorry, I don’t listen to colored people still value whiteness above all. Irrespective of music”, said a brother of Beta Alpha the twenty people of color in the basement Omega Fraternity. Clearly, he wanted and the plethora of brothers of color in the the Hip Hop to be turned of—at fraternity, what that frat brother did—and which point, it immediately was. what the rest of Beta allowed him to do—was send a clear message: we don’t value people of For two years I was told how I, as color nor their cultures. Tis not only added a black person, have self-segregated itself to the laundry list of Beta’s (reported) myself from the world by choosing to hateful incidences towards people of color— avoid Greek life and instead remaining including, but not limited to the racist and in a community where I’ve thrived sexist poem reading, the utterings of racist and and felt comfortable. In the spirit of homophobic epithets, and the physical assault sophomore summer, I decided to take a of other students—but further reinforced a major step out of my comfort zone and continued culture of intolerance. I had imag- to embrace the Greek scene by relaxing ined that with such a sizable amount of men of in various houses of my friends, and color in Beta, the organization would be more attending talent showcases, tails, and culturally sensitive –but I see they have not yet parties. For the frst week, I admit- learned from their frst ban from campus. ted I was enjoying myself and began questioning my reasons for previous- Beta, however, is not the only culprit of ly avoiding Greek houses. But this Greeks devaluing people of color in their incident quickly reminded me why I organizations. Dartmouth Greeks have a long did not and do not fuck with Greek life history, and recent uproar, in this. here at Dartmouth. 13X: AD and Tri-Delt—Bloods and Crips; After my friend told me what oc- 14S: A Phi and Phi Delt—Phiesta; 1 curred behind the DJ booth in Beta, I 4X: Beta, BG and GDX—DJ Gangsterish. immediately felt uncomfortable - as did many other black students, evidenced Te thematic issue with all of these parties is by the subsequent exit of twelve of us. cultural appropriation: taking unwarranted It was not the fact that the Hip Hop ownership of aspects of other cultures that was turned of, but that it was turned place the actual owners of those cultures in of because it was considered colored structures of marginalization, criminalization, music, and somehow less palatable to and oppression. Whether it is donning the the ear. When I heard “colored”, I re- blue and red of gang cultures that cause the membered how my ancestors were not criminalization and deaths of Black bodies, allowed into certain spaces or venues, performing aspects of Mexican culture that or given the same access to govern- are used to dehumanize Mexicans and label mental benefts, such as education and them “illegal,” or promoting a white DJ who healthcare. When I heard “colored,” dresses up and claims the name “Gangster- I thought of how, in 2014, although I ish” but does not have to worry about the and those who look like me may now undeserving violence attached to it, you do not be allowed to enter into those spaces have the right to celebrate and make light of and venues, but we certainly are not something that people have to struggle with fully welcomed or wanted—spaces on a day-to-day basis by transforming it into like our mainstream Greek houses that an aspect of your Friday night gratifcation. were exclusively created for whites and

57 them. We should no longer want to be included into a system that was meant to exclude, victimize, and criminalize us. We should want to begin building communities While those who attend these parties can and coalitions that allow us to organize and take of their “costumes” and continue on demand the rights of our humanity, not the with their lives, others will never be able to right for us to integrate. Te day we attack disrobe their oppression. Tese partygoers white ignorance in the same magnitude that do not have to worry about the constant it is defended, will truly be the day that peo- threat of a stop and frisk by police, about ple of color can engage in a true community people questioning their intelligence and and create a space for dissent and change at humanity, or about store owners following this institution. But until then, don’t ask them around thinking they are thieves. Nor us why we protest… do they have to worry about their family and loved ones being gunned down by the police or rival gangs. I did not know Trayvon Martin, Eric Gardner, Rekia Boyd, or Renisha McBride, but I did know Tony, Victor, Marshaun, Muhammad, Kevin, Keith, Snoop, Cassius, Sean, Anthony, and Spade, who were murdered because of the senseless gun violence in the South Side of Chicago and/or police brutality. Tey were confused or mistaken for gangsters, per- ceived as “Gangsterish”, not because of their attire, but because of the color of their skin.

Tis reason alone is why it is utterly un- acceptable and disrespectful for Greeks to promote or perform aspects of blackness that are rooted in so much that they will never understand, and why we as people of color on this campus must start loving ourselves enough to stop letting this Greek system dehumanize us. We must stop being overly apologetic to the white structures that oppress us and the people who perpetuate

58 Classic Comebacks by KWill Here are some ways to respond to classic situations you might face as an activist.

“I’m Latino/Black/LGBTQ/Asian/ Native (etc) and I am not ofended by ______.” I’m glad you’ve never felt personally afect- the dynamics of the family. Women and ed by _____, but lots of people have, and genderqueer folks (so everyone except for do every day. I suggest researching phrases cisgender men) make less money than cis like “decolonize your mind,” because men do. Additionally, there are disparities white supremacy is functioning in your in the amount of money certain women assertion of non-ofense. If you are a per- and gender non-conforming people make: son of color, you are probably identifed black women make less than and Latina as such before you ever open your mouth women make less than white women, for upon meeting anyone in AmeriKKKa. If example. Tat’s an example of intersec- you are queer, people will treat you that tionality operating in the workplace: the way. If you feel that you’ve never expe- intersection of gender and race creates rienced racism/queerphobia/etc despite additional, more complex disparities. But identifying as Latinx/Black/LGBTQ/ to stick to good old-fashion sexism, if a Asian/Native etc, (I strongly doubt that male tells you that he su fers from sexism, you’ve never experienced racism and/ go tell him to Google the de fnition of or queerphobia, but whatever, you can patriarchy. continue to think that you’re exempt from white supremacy and its lynching ways) “I am white and experience racism too” consider your relative privilege within First of all, if a white person says that they those identity categories. Just because you experience racism, please tell them that they aren’t ofended by ____, doesn’t mean got the question wrong, because they clearly that _____ is not rooted in oppressive don’t know the defnition of racism. Like histories and contemporary realities for sexism, racism is also structural; it’s within Latinx/Black/LGBTQ/Asian/Native etc every single institution. Tell them that they people and honestly, to be that invested in do not sufer from the historical and current white supremacy is disgusting. Assimila- forms of oppressions that people of color do tion and respectability will not save you. in this country. Ten tell them that when In fact, it is made to destroy you. a white kid can get gunned down by the police because he was perceived as a threat, or the police thought he held a weapon, and “I am a male & experience sexism too” the entire country is satisfed and does not Te defnition of sexism is the discrim- question his death any further, then maybe ination, prejudice, and/or stereotyping we will be in a post-racial society. But until against women. Sexism afects women then only black and brown people sufer and not men because it is structural. from being racialized. And fnally, if that Sexism (and its larger manifestation doesn’t work, politely direct them to me of patriarchy) is built into the fabric of – K.Will 16’ – and I’ll handle it. It’s never our society. Sexism operates in every nothing. institution, which includes, but is not limited to, education, the workplace, and

59 “I have been discriminated against be- cause I am straight” “Tat is reverse racism” Soooooooooo has anyone ever laughed, Reverse racism doesn’t exist…but libraries and mocked, or ridiculed you because of your the Google Search Engine defnitely does. sexuality? Has anyone ever thrown a Bible I suggest you use it. at you, told you that you were a disgrace, or told you that you were going to hell because “You’re too sensitive/looking for something to of it? Has anyone ever used homophobic slurs be angry about” at you? Oh yeah, I understand that people have I’m sorry that I’m human. I’m sorry that I am completely used derogatory words at you because emotionally connected to racism, sexism, clas- you were straight…like “shut up straighty” Nah. sism, and other oppressions because, well shit. It I’ve never heard that, but I always hear “shut ain’t like I’ve been dealing with this stuf for 18 up faggot”. To add, Queer people are denied years of my life. housing and healthcare (not to mention the obvious marriage licenses and adoption rights, but that shit’s basic) at much higher rates than “Why can you say ______if I can’t” their straight counterparts and 40% of homeless Unless ____ has been violently used against youth are LGBT. you and people like you for generations, I suggest you shut up. Tanks.

“You’re all too angry. If you’d just talk to us “I have been discriminated against because I nicer” am cisgendered” I’m not angry. I’m enraged. It’s levels to this Correct me if I’m wrong, but your sex matches shit homie. Catch up. the way that you identify with yourself right? Okay cool. 1 in 5 trans* people have been “You all are self-segregating yourselves” refused housing due to gender identity, and Tat’s weird because when I see a group of more than 1 in 10 have been evicted (Nation - a white students together, or sit in an all al Center for Transgender Equality). 29% of white classroom, or have an all white dorm trans* people have been thrown out of homeless and/or freshman foor, or go to an all white shelters due to gender identity. Choosing the sporting event, or walk through Hanover “right” bathroom is an enormous decision each and see its all white residents, or look at time. Te list goes on and on. Te Internet is these all white professors and administra- rife with more examples of how trans* people tors, I think the same thing. We must be are discriminated against and you, cisgendered twins, we on the same wavelength and shit. person, are not.

60 “We need frats” “I’m not racist, my sorority sister/frat So you basically said that we need, like bro/room mate/lab partner is Black” can’t survive, without racism, classism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, and all Tat is literally the reason why you’re other structural oppressions. Well shit, if racist…. you like it then I love it (I hope you are able to peep all the sarcasm in this statement). “If you protest, you have to face the consequences (death threats, rape threats, campus ostracization)” “It’s just a party theme” Cool. Ten all white people should serve life No, actually its not. It’s just a party imprisonment for the mass murder, genocide, theme for you. For us, its our everyday and enslavement of black and brown bodies. reality. You can dress up in Sombreros, I’ll serve my sentence when you do. but never have to worry about someone calling you illegal, or actually facing deportation. You can sag your pants “You always protest and whine about Dart- and wear gang colors and never have to mouth. What do you all want?” worry about the police or other gang Ummmm. We just out here trynna function. members mistaking you as a threat; you We would really love it if ya’ll treated us with will not lose you life, or a loved ones respect…And we really really would love if ya’ll life to gun violence and police brutality. could stop being racist, sexist, homophobic, Check ya white privilege homie. xenophobic, classist, etc…but we know that takes time. “If you can’t handle Dartmouth, wait till you get to the real world” “It’s not practical” Tis is the real world… a community Sooooo, you can create laws that disenfranchise full of ignorant and privileged ass white people, but you can’t reverse them? Tat shit people and tokenized people of color. crazy. We gotta start somewhere.

“Te greek system is the most inclu- sive in the country” Inclusive for whom? White people? Middle-Upper Class? Men? If ya’ll are going to claim inclusivity, at least stop throwing cultural appropriation parties; I know about the Bloods and Crips, Phiesta, and Gangsterish.

“You should be happy you’re here & If you don’t like Dartmouth just leave” Damn. I’m sorry that I’m not as privileged as you where I can just hop up and leave and go to another school, but if you are going to pay for me to go 4 years to another institution of my choice, I will gladly oblige.

61 Myth VS. Fact: Social Life at DARTMOUTH

MYTH: Everyone knows what they’re MYTH: Everyone is drinking doing here. FACT: Not everyone is drinking, and FACT: Not everyone is career track from there is no shame in your personal day one. Many people change their major preference. up until their senior winter. Undecided does not mean unmotivated. You’ll get MYTH: Everyone is hooking up there on your own time. FACT: Your body is your body, you decide if hooking-up is for you. And MYTH: I have to put up with ignorant what that is. people to enjoy my Dartmouth experi - ence. MYTH: Everyone goes to Frater - FACT: To consciously decide to stand nities/is afliated with the Greek against ignorance automatically pushes system. you against the grain. But that does not FACT: Not everyone is afliated, and mean you will not enjoy your time at not all afliated students are active Dartmouth. You will enjoy your time within their Fraternities/Sororities. here if you do what makes you happy with people that make you happy. MYTH: I’m not welcome in A fnity spaces. MYTH: My race/class/gender/social FACT: All Afnity spaces are OPEN. identity does not afect me. Allies are welcome, if willing to be It’s not that far from Dartmouth to held accountable. Boston. FACT: It’s two and a half hours by bus; MYTH: Everyone wears J.Crew/Vin - that’s pretty far. And that lands you at yard Vines/LuLu/Expensive Shit. South Station. When you have 10-week FACT: What you wear does not terms, trips away for a weekend can take a defne you. Be original. toll academically and fnancially. Just let that sink it.

THIS IS YOUR SCHOOL BCUZ THIS IS YOUR SCHOOL. (regardless of race, gender identifcation, sexual orientation, class, ability, or any aspect of your social identity)

DO WHAT YOU WANT WITH IT.

62 Ethnic Studies, Ivory Tower, Elitism, Campus Activism

by oqt ‘19 and Barbara Olachea ‘19

tl;dr • Ethnic studies sucks at Dartmouth. • Join a rad student group: • NAACP, IPAC (Indigenous Peoples’ Action Collective), 4A (Asian/American Students for Action), CoFIRED (Coalition for Immigration Reform, Equality, and DREAMers), Dartmouth Action Collective and get shit done. • Te ivory tower sucks, but ethnic studies is alright, I guess.

Ethnic studies is a study of people of color. Te “ivory tower Not in the creepy way where voyeuristic (white ” refers to the exclusionary and falsely superior nature of the academy male) anthropologists study people, but rather and its particular kind of knowledge how people of colour exist in relation to the production, which can be used in incredibly so-called united states and more broadly, malicious ways. “america”. Te feld of ethnic studies rose out Te university has been and of the Civil Rights era in the late 1960s and still is a violent institution against marginal - early 1970s at San Francisco State University ised peoples around the world, from scienti fc and UC Berkeley. Te Tird World Liberation racism to justi fcation of colonialism. Te Front (TWLF), a radical student organisation american ivory tower historically and current - composed of people of color/”third world ly prioritises white/western ways of know - peoples” staged massive, months-long protests, ing over indigenous and subaltern (i.e. the and demanded a large-scale shift in academic non-elite) ways and has been used as cultural thought production through ethnic studies. genocide/assimilation for indigenous peoples Teir reason for ethnic studies was clear: (like Dartmouth). ( Not-so-fun fact: Dartmouth whiteness and white people dominate our was created to “civilize, christianize, and education and we need histories and narratives instruct the Indian natives of this land”, but for and by people of color in “america”. ended up graduating only 20 Native students in its frst two centuries.) Since the 60s, ethnic studies has grown into a more versatile and interdisciplinary feld that Placing ethnic studies in the academy is deals with topics like intersectionality, gender ironically antithetical to some of the missions and sexuality, feminism and queer theory, of ethnic studies. One of the central tenets cultural studies, capitalism, transnationalism, of ethnic studies and critical race theory is literature and art, diaspora, among others. to bridge communities, academy, and policy, Ethnic studies is an intervention into what yet it is so ironic that the people studied are we know as “common knowledge” or what unable to read the literature that comes out famous Afro-pessimist Hortense Spillers would due to expensive and prohibitive journal costs, call an “american grammar”. technical jargon/academic language, and/or irrelevance to daily life. Tus, ethnic studies, Ethnic studies, though founded on radical as the university constructs it, is a site of roots, is unfortunately very elitist. By limiting knowledge for only a small subset of the pop - ethnic studies to the academy, this type of ulation. However, well known academics and knowledge of inaccessible to those outside the activists such as Angela Davis have published academy. outside the typical academic journals and have put their bodies on the front lines. Publishing in zines, magazines, newspaper op-eds, and 63 blogs are some ways that academics have So where do we go from here then? Join some disseminated their productions. Tis isn’t rad campus organisations ( NAACP, 4A, enough for capitalism however. Te uni- CoFIRED, IPAC, Action Collective ). Get versity system prioritises publications in some people together. Form a coalition for academic journals, especially “elite” ones, ethnic studies with faculty, sta f, and students. in regards to tenure, which causes many Start a reading group where we read some professors to publish in these journals texts in ethnic studies. Fuck with admin and unreadable by the general public. trustees until they say yes. Find a rich person to fund a department (it’ll be around $15mil Ethnic studies is only one speci fc probably). Take Dartmouth’s blood money way of packaging radical theory. It is (we invest in fossil fuels and private prisons by condescending when academics attempt the way, which will need some work as well, to “include” non-academics when the see Divest) and give it back to local black and question we should actually be asking, as brown communities. Dartmouth goes into Black writer Hari Ziyad puts it, is “ How panic mode when we fall in the US News might the ideas of common people be rankings. As antithetical as it sounds, tell peo - better supported through our work? ” ple of color, including the neoliberal people of Historically, it hasn’t been just the color, to not come to Dartmouth until ethnic academy who has produced theory, but studies is established. Until faculty of color actually the most marginalised commu - are actually given tenure. Until Dartmouth nities: grassroots activists, artists, public stops cutting funds to OPAL et al. and intellectuals, and those on the front line instead builds an energy institute funded by who have critiqued systems and imagined Irving Oil. Students of color, especially those decolonial alternatives. Knowledge pro - who Dartmouth prides itself on our numbers, duction from non-white, non-academic our bodies (but not our lives) on this campus, sources is violently suppressed because it and a fall in numbers is detrimental in this is not packaged in what whiteness deems time of “diversity”. Tere is no way change valid and legible. So when we absorb and will occur unless there is disruption, some - consume the theories presented to us in thing that fucks up Dartmouth so bad that the classroom, we must be aware of the it has no other choice than to fnally meet privilege and elitism that comes with this our demands of justice. knowledge. We are not saviours to other or even our own home communities. We simply add an additional voice.

Nevertheless, we shouldn’t settle for no ethnic studies or a crumbling program despite its downfalls. Ethnic studies, and especially the people who engage in ethnic studies, can still challenge the violence that arises from the university and is important to the students who do end up attending this college (especially if you think about how Dartmouth gives some of the better fnancial aid packages out there). Unsurprisingly, Dartmouth’s ethnic studies track record is appalling. Asian American studies straight up doesn’t exist, Latinx studies is currently in a mummifed state, and the way that area studies (e.g. African studies) is grouped with ethnic studies (e.g. African American studies) can only be explained by racist essentialism. 64 What is Pan Asian? by Gavin Huang

What does it mean to be Asian? Tis ideals (I mean, just look at the threat- not a trick question nor is it one of ening rise of China and India!). Most semantics; get down to the substance of Asians don’t even use the term at all, this identity and you begin to wonder disregarding it as gross generalization what connects peoples with such vastly of a very broad spectrum. diferent and confictual histories. Ask the Chinese if they identify with the I believe we should reclaim the Pan Japanese and they will be too busy pro- Asian identity and use it as a call to testing wartime atrocities to answer. Ask unity rather than as a generalized Indians if they identify with Pakistanis demographic label. We should not and you’ll get an uncomfortable scof. passively accept the notion of being Ask Asian Americans whether they a Pan Asian community nor should identify with their counterparts halfway we completely reject it. So how do we across the world and answers will be build this Pan Asian sensibility? A pro- mixed. fessor suggested using the Pan Asian identity as a tool to form a united front Dartmouth has a self-professed Pan around common issues and combat Asian Community and a Pan Asian the problems that all of us face at Student Advisor, but given historical Dartmouth, in the United States, and tensions and the gulf between peoples of around the world. diferent ethnicities, you can be forgiven for wondering if such a thing as a Pan For example, organizations like OCA Asian sensibility exists. But here’s the and AAFE once served the interests of thing: in spite of all our diferences, we Chinese American communities but have more in common with each other have since evolved to serve the interests than we may think. of all Asian Americans. Tis collective action means we can tackle common Let’s consider again the meaning of issues with greater strength and in larg- Asian. It extends beyond skin color, hair er numbers. Currently, for example, color, or eye shape. It goes beyond food the percentages of Chinese, Hmong, or culture. Asian is a political word. It and Vietnamese Americans illiterate describes a monolith of many diferent in English are each higher than that groups; it describes what Western coun- of Latin@ Americans, in spite of the tries once called “Oriental.” It describes “model minority” myth. As a collec- a group that has been marginalized in tive, we can work better to solve these history, used during the 19th and 20th problems and make very clear to others centuries as colonial pawns in a war the vast amount of work Asians still between Western powers. It describes have in truly succeeding in the United a group that powers that be now use States and around the world. We as convenient evidence that minority haven’t exactly “made it” when only groups can “make it” in both America two percent of senior-level executives in and a world run on Western capitalist the United States are of Asian descent, compared to the six percent they make up in the general population. 65 In forming a Pan Asian sensibility, we do not shed our distinct cultural identities, just as the workers’ movement transcends national borders and the fght for voting rights transcends race. I am still Chi - nese American, my friend is still Indian American. We use the term Pan Asian to support the disadvantaged amongst us, Closer to home, there are countless ex - collectively take down myths, and encour - amples of Pan Asian students involved in age each other’s success. We are connected campus activism allied with other groups by our common experience of “otherness” of color. Te co-founder of Dartmouth’s and growing up in a strong dual-identity Women of Color Collective was a Chi - environment. nese American woman from New York City. In 1997, a protest outside Parkhurst We also have more in common with other over the lack of resources for minority people of color than we may frst realize. students was initiated by Korean students Minority groups have historically united demanding a Korean language program. to advocate for each other. Few Americans In 2000, Al-Nur, Dartmouth’s Mus - realize that the frst confdante who rushed lim student association, and Hillel, the to Malcom X’s aid after he was shot was a student Jewish organization, collaborated Japanese American activist, Yuri Kochiya - extensively to garner support for a kosher ma, or that two months before the March and halal dining facility, what we now on Washington, a Chinese American call Pavilion in Foco. woman named Grace Lee Boggs helped Martin Luther King organize a march in Te Pan Asian sensibility is an identity Detroit, or that Mahatma Gandhi frst de- for a united front. It allows us to look veloped his ideas of nonviolent resistance at what we as Asian students have in as a lawyer in South Africa. common with each other, in spite of our diferent backgrounds. It allows us to look at the common issues we face with other students of color, whether this is a lack of resources, curricular demands, or concerns over student life. It does not mean we give up our individuality and succumb to generality – it means we are stronger together.

66 ANTHROPOLOGY Rad Professors! • Zaneta Tayer GOVERNMENT ART HISTORY • Lisa Baldez (also LALACS) • Mary Cofey • Tatiana Reinoza HISTORY • Rashauna Johnson (also AAAS) AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES • Derrick White (also AAAS) • Michael Chaney (also English) • Jennifer Miller • Ayo Coly (also Comparative Literature) • Annelise Orleck • Treva Ellison (also WGSS/Geography) • Bethany Moreton (also WGSS/LALACS) • Trica Keaton • Pamela Voekel • Deborah King (also Sociology) • Rashauna Johnson (also History) LALACS • Monica White Ndounou (also Teater) • Lisa Baldez (also Government) • Derrick White (also History) • Christina Gomez (also Sociology) • Bethany Moreton (also History/WGSS) BIOLOGY • Alexander Sotelo Eastmon (postdoc) • Ross Virginia (also ENVS) • Tatiana Reinoza (postdoc)

USIC COMPARATIVE LITERATURE M • Ayo Coly • William Cheng • Rebecca Biron (also Spanish) • Silvia Spitta NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES • Earth Sciences • Nicholas Reo (also ENVS) • Bob Hawley • Bruce Duthu • Melanie Taylor ENGLISH • Vera Palmer • Michael Chaney • Alexander Chee • Alysia Garrison • Jef Sharlet • Patricia Stuelke • Sam Vasquez • Melissa Zeiger • Environmental Studies • Terry Osborne • Anne Kapuscinski • Nicholas Reo (also NAS) • Ross Virginia (also Biology)

FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES • Jefrey Ruof

GERMAN • Klaus Mladek • Gerd Gemunden

GEOGRAPHY • Treva Ellison (also WGSS/AAAS) • Coleen Fox • Patricia Lopez • Abigail Neely • Chris Sneddon • Richard Wright 67 PHILOSOPHY STUDIO ART • David Plunkett • Enrico Riley

RELIGION THEATER • Vaughn Booker (also AAAS) • Monica White Ndounou (also AAAS)

SOCIOLOGY WGSS • Deborah King (also AAAS) • Francine A’Ness • Christina Gomez (also LALACS) • Treva Ellison (also AAAS/Geography) • Patricia Hernandez SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE • Bethany Moreton (also History) • Kianny Antigua • Rebecca Biron • Silvia Spitta

ECONOMICS AMES ...and Bad Professors. • Alan Gustman • David Ehrlich ENGLISH ANTHROPOLOGY • Brett Gamboa • Sergei Kan (also NAS unfortunately) x3 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES BIOLOGY • Douglas Bolger • Roger Sloboda PHYSICS CHINESE • Alex Rimberg • Susan Blader RELIGION COMPARATIVE LITERATURE • Kevin Reinhart • Lynn Higgins (also French) SOCIOLOGY • John Campbell AND THEN WE SAID

SURE! WE’LL HIRE MORE PROFESSORS OF COLOR 68