September | October 2005

Beyond the Green

IN THIS ISSUE Dear Classmates, We are happy to report that we heard good and remarkable news from many of News you. Since we are a little bit late with this issue, you may have already heard many Dartmouth Athletics Online of the things we have to share with you. As always, we had a lot of fun putting this Katrina Blog issue together. We hope you enjoy it. Jesup Herbarium We look forward to getting your news, thoughts, observations. Take good care. A Margin of Luck — Gabi Sarhos and Simone Swink Big Green Everest Adventure

Upcoming Events Homecoming 2005 Concert for Brain Tumor Awareness Blog for Dartmouth Alumni Washington DC Holiday Dinner News and Students Affected by Hurricane Katrina 'Round the Girdled Earth Amy Wolfe on the Farm Dartmouth Athletics Online In an effort to help all members of the Phoebe Suina at Los Alamos Dartmouth community connect with Dartmouth Athletics has a whole new one another in the face of this tragedy, Green Gossip range of interactive ways you can track the Office of Alumni Relations has Nicole Wiley from London your favorite Dartmouth team. made this blog available. It is entitled A Few Good Babies Gametracker, a software package from Hurricane Katrina-Messages from the Jamie Bedrin Reports CollegeSport.com gives access to a Dartmouth Family, Games and Things whole range of stats, scores, etc. The http://dartmouthkatrina.blogspot.com/ catch... it probably costs something. Fun Stuff (as time allows) Check it out. Around Campus: Jesup Herbarium http://athletics.dartmouth.edu/ot/ So, for those of you who are familiar gametracker.html with the Murdough Greenhouses on the fifth floor of Gilman Hall, here's a Dartmouth Sports Network, an ex- new tidbit. Did you know of the Jesup tension of Dartmouth Broadcasting, Herbarium? is available online free of charge and broadcasts football, men's and women's Named for Henry Griswold Jesup, hockey, men's and women's basketball. Dartmouth’s Chandler Professor of Natural History from 1877 to 1899, http://www.dartmouth.edu/~brdcast/ the herbarium contains over 10,000 sports/ >> News page 11 Beyond the Green September | October 2005 2

A Margin of Luck Big Green Everest Expedition

Essay by Greg Vadasdi

From April to June 2005, Greg Vadasdi expedition to Mt. McKinley (20,320 ner. He was the ideal mate for the ten and Dan Protz stood against the moun- feet) in May 2004 with Daniel Protz week journey and not just because he tain and became one with it. In the fol- ‘98 and David Mace ‘98, I felt that I was my only friend with the inclina- lowing pages, Greg shares his thoughts could mount a credible effort with tion, time and resources to commit on the mountain, his experiences and a ten months to train, prepare and gain to the venture. We had climbed Mt. friendship with Dan that carried them additional experience. I shared my Elbrus (18,510 feet) and Mt. McKinley both through the challenge of a lifetime. plan with some close friends and their together, and we were equally stubborn response was muted; they thought and aggressive. Most importantly, we I was mad. Privately, I was also were both fully committed, willing to In November of 2004 I stood at the apprehensive regarding the dangers do and endure anything required for top of Mt. Ama Dablam (22,494 feet) and difficulties of the path I chose. success, while climbing safely. We share in the Himalaya and looked a passion for tackling athletic challeng- My confidence increased as I complet- across the valley at Mt. Everest (29,028 es, and in March we completed feet). Hundred mile-per-hour jet winds ed milestones such as Ama Dablam, had scoured the snow form the upper the aptly named Epic Camp Australia mountain and the rocky, dark summit (a triathlon training camp), and the pyramid looked sinister. It was a breath- Ironman Canada and New Zealand taking view and at that moment all my triathlons. In a sense I had trained for hesitation vanished. I would return to Everest ever since I started hiking attempt Everest, despite its regularly with my parents at age five and rock tragic history. climbing at age thirteen. The idea of attempting Everest gradually In the summer of 2004 I wrote down changed from a far fetched dream an ambitious list of objectives for my into a reasonable proposition. I knew year away from the corporate world. August 2001, Baksan Valley, Russia I needed a strong partner to have a The list included some work related Summit of Mt. Elbrus, the highest in chance to summit, and sharing the Europe: Elevation 18,510 ft items, but in reality it centered on adventure with a friend would make it endurance events around the globe Mark Tucker a.k.a. “Big Mountain Tuck” (guide), much more enjoyable. Larry Santoro (Thayer’82), David Mace ’98, such as triathlons and . Nikolay Cherny , Dan and Greg. Nikolay is legend- The plan, on paper at least, was to Dan was my college crew teammate, ary Russian alpinist and it was fun to meet up with him four years after we last saw him in Russia, climax the year with an attempt on a world champion rower, investment on the North side of Everest. He climbed to the Everest. After leading a successful colleague, and regular climbing part- summit this year at age 66. 3 the New Zealand Ironman triathlon level, and we had a long, complicated would not let us part unscathed. On and climbed in the Southern Alps. descent ahead of us. summit day I suffered minor frostbite These were our final mental and physi- to my toes. Dan developed a serious Climbing at extreme high altitudes, cal preparations for our Everest expedi- chest infection a few hours after we even with the aid of supplementary tion. It is critical to have a compatible dragged ourselves into advanced base oxygen, is demanding and the margin team as nothing torpedoes an expedi- camp, shattered from our summit for error is razor thin. A climber can tion faster than personality conflicts. push. His lungs filled with fluid, nearly feel strong one minute and suddenly, drowning him. I scrambled through In January of 2005 we wired the fall apart the next, struggling to sur- deposit to and ordered the cold night to find a doctor. At 2 vive. The four bodies we passed on A.M. Dan received an IV of antibiotics oxygen bottles from Russia. Asian summit day were a grim reminder of Trekking was our Nepal based expedi- and oxygen. He was weak, but able to this. One was of a Slovenian climber hike to base camp the next day. tion support agent. With their help who had run out of oxygen on his re- We were lucky on our climb of Everest. turn from the summit. He sat down, Any number of variables such as high too exhausted to continue and died. Climbing Everest winds, a faulty oxygen regulator, or a When we passed by two weeks later, was an unforgettable slip at an inopportune moment could he was still attached to the fixed rope athletic, spiritual, have derailed our summit bid or worse. I shudder to cultural and learning think of what could have experience. It was happened if Dan’s debili- a much broader tating infection had struck a day or even a few hours adventure earlier. There is virtually no than I expected. chance of rescue from high on the mountain. Our we acquired government permits, pur- margin of luck was just chased food, and hired two cooks and enough for us to summit two high altitude climbing Sherpas. and return safely. The staff, equipment and support pro- I hope the following pho- vided were excellent and essential to to-essay gives a feel for our our success. Despite the hardships of experiences. You can find living in Tibet and Nepal, the Sherpas more photos and informa- have a positive attitude, are sharp and tion about the expedition possess an immense work ethic. We at www.biggreeneverest. called ourselves The Big Green Everest com. The website will Expedition after the mascot of our alma soon incorporate our mater, Dartmouth College. foundation to aid Sherpa Climbing Everest was an unforgettable education. Tourism to the Himalaya brings money athletic, spiritual, cultural and learn- on the summit pyramid, his anguished and awareness of the region. High al- ing experience. It was a much broader face and clawed fingers were a terrible titude climbing Sherpas, who would adventure than I expected. On June sight. Thankfully, we had strength and otherwise be sustenance farmers, can second, after a ten hour climb from good health, spare oxygen bottles in our make a better living by working on high camp, I stood on the summit with backpacks, and great support from our Dan and our two indefatigable Sherpas, expeditions. However, many Sherpas Sherpas. Nevertheless, I have never felt Ang Mingma and Mingma Dorjee. I would prefer their children didn’t have as tired in my life as I did on summit felt joy and satisfaction, but these were to work in such a hazardous occupa- day, especially in the last hours of the tempered by my fatigue, cold feet and tion. The foundation will provide aid down climb to high camp. awareness of the precarious nature of for the higher education of Sherpa our position. At the summit the oxy- While we had been remarkably healthy children. gen in the air was a third of that at sea throughout the expedition, Everest >> Photo Essay pages 4-5 Beyond the Green September | October 2005 4

April 4, 2005, Kathmandu, Nepal Elevation 4,000 ft April 26 Dan and Greg spinning prayer wheels at the Elevation 23,000 ft April 15, Tibet Monkey Temple. Buddhists believe that each Climbers, clipped to fixed ropes, crossing a time the wheels are spun prayers are sent to crevasse directly below the . Large Everest Base Camp: Elevation 17,000 ft the heavens. We prayed for good weather commercial expeditions with numerous Despite being dusty, windy and cold, Base Camp (BC) was and a safe journey. Sherpas, fixed new rope on the climbing the warmest camp on the mountain, and we would return route above ABC to increase safety. This criti- there twice during the expedition to recuperate. The im- cal task was organized by Russell Brice (a.k.a. mense north side of Everest is in the center of the picture. “Big Boss”), the most experienced guide on The Northeast Ridge to the left of the summit was the the mountain and leader of the Himalayan team’s line of ascent. The air at BC has half the oxygen Experience Expedition. of air at sea level.

Big Green Everest Expedition

May 17 Advanced Base Camp Before our summit attempt, we had a prayer June 2 ceremony called a Puja to show our respect Summit: Elevation 29,028 ft. to the mountain. Both the Nepalese and June View from the summit of Everest toward Ti- Tibetans hold the mountains and especially Elevation 28,500 ft. bet, the climber in red approaching is Greg. Everest sacred. As tradition dictates, we We struggled to stay on our feet on this final drank whiskey with the presiding Lama and Climbers on the Second Step, the most section of the Northeast ridge as 60 mph the Sherpas of neighboring expeditions technically difficult section of . crosswind gusts threatened to blow us down who joined our ceremony. The Sherpas are There are two ladders visible, the one on the the corniced, 10,000 ft. to a tight knit community, looking out for and left was fixed by the Chinese in 1975 and the right. The winding river of ice in the sharing their good fortune with each other. the one on the right was fixed by Russell middle of the picture is the East Rongbuk From left, Dan, Greg, Ang Mingma Sherpa Brice in 2004. and Andrew Glacier, our route to and from ABC. and Mingma Dorjee Sherpa relax after the Irvine were last seen near this spot during Puja. their ill fated summit attempt in 1924. There is a remote possibility that they reached the summit 29 years before and Tenzing Norgay in 1953 from the South Side. 5

Early May Base Camp May 2 Greg at base camp, negotiating with a Camp 2: Elevation 25,500 ft. Tibetan yak herder for a dzi stone necklace replica. Dzi stones are believed to have The view from our tent at Camp 2, high magical properties that bring good luck winds and storm clouds moving in. The and ward off evil. Genuine dzi stones are triangular summit of is on the left. hundreds, if not thousands of years old and the 6th highest peak in the world are passed from generation to generation. at 26,906 ft. is the broad flat-topped peak Life at base camp revolved around sleeping in the distance. Mt. Changtse is on the May and eating, but we also read, played chess, lower right. visited other expeditions, and explored the Climbers on the steep rocky terrain nearby Rongbuk Monastery. between Camp 2 and Camp 3

an abridged photo essay by Greg Vadasdi

June 2, 9:30 AM Summit The Big Green Everest Expedition on top of the world, temperatures were below 0°F and windy. From left, Greg, Ang Mingma (5th summit), Dan, and Mingma Dorjee (2nd sum- mit) with the Nepalese flag. We stayed for a little less than a half hour taking pictures and gazing at the incredible views of Nepal, Tibet and India. We could see five of the six highest mountains in the world: Kangchen- junga (3rd), (4th), (5th), and Cho Oyu (6th). The second highest mountain Greg and Dan happy in the world, K2 (28,250 ft.) is eight-hundred to have made the summit miles away in Northern Pakistan.

Beyond the Green September | October 2005 6 Upcoming Events

Homecoming: Find your way back! Background October 21 - 23, 2005 Friends, family and the Dartmouth community mourn the loss of Joe Nagraj, Dartmouth 8, who passed away in Friday, October 21 May 2005 after a complication in brain surgery. Hospitality Tents, Dartmouth Night Parade & Ceremo- Doctors diagnosed him with a brain tumor in April nies, from 5:30 pm 2004. He may have suffered mild symptoms for years. Saturday, October 22 If Joe had understood the importance of early detec- Chalk Talk pre-game lecture by Sydney Finkelstein, tion, his tumor may have been treated years earlier and Roth Professor of Management, Amos Tuck School, avoided the complications that led to his death. Why Smart Executives Fail, 9 to 10 am, Hanover Inn Hopefully this event in Joe's memory, which falls in the Student Research Poster Viewing and refreshments, same weekend as Brain Tumor Awareness Day, will help 10:30 to 11:30 am, Top of the Hop others who face the difficult choices, fear and sadness he Young Alumni Tailgate, pre-and post-game struggled with during his illness. Celebration Swing dance, 9 pm to midnight, Alumni About the Bands Hall, Top of the Hop Joe was a master guitarist, who played, at different times, with the bands coming together this night. Sunday, October 23 Complimentary Brunch & Association of Alumni Stand Up Eight Annual Meeting (meet the new vice president for Loaded Dreams alumni relations, help elect new officers, and receive a Dimestore Scenario commemorative Dartmouth photo), 11 am, Alumni The Corduroys Hall. June Fool Pre-register for both the Celebration Swing dance Stand Up Eight and the Annual Meeting brunch/photo giveaway Alan Grubner ‘98, Tony Jurado ‘98, Josh Nadelberg ‘98, by emailing [email protected] Andy May ‘97, Mike Roberts ‘00 or calling (603) 646-2259. With members now scattered across the US (SF, Seattle, NY), Stand Up Eight comes together for this special show bringing together again the powerful vocal styl- Music for Brain Tumor Awareness ings of Josh Nadelberg and stellar musicianship of Alan In Memory of Joe Nagraj '98 Grubner, Tony Jurado, Andy May, and Mike Roberts. November 12, 2005 It's been over seven years since Stand Up Eight last per- formed in New York City and the band will travel to Where New York for this special reunion show in memory of Arlene Grocery brother-in-music, Joe Nagraj. 95 Stanton Street, New York City F or V Train to 2nd Avenue Loaded Dreams Exit 1st Avenue, 1 block below Houston St between Dorothy Hui ‘98, Gene Park ‘98 Orchard and Ludlow Streets Brooklyn-based LOADED DREAMS’ delicately haunt- When ing melodies weave the chaotic with the ethereal, invit- November 12, 7 PM ing you to ride the ebbs and flows of beauty and noise. Come early for drink specials “Pensive and passionate” [Alternative Press], Loaded Dreams melds drones, feedback and loops with guitars, Cost organs, violas and “siren vocals too roiling to gaze at Suggested door donation $15

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‘Round the Girdled Earth They Roam

Amy Wolfe ‘98 Gets Phoebe Kaula Suina ’98 Th’99 ‘01 In addition, her Ivy League degree has Down And Dirty On The Farm Brings Dartmouth to Los Alamos allowed her a voice at the table with August 3, 2005 August 20, 2005 people whom before would not have listened to a young, Native American Amy Wolfe spent her summer interning A flip of a coin brought Phoebe Suina woman. And she is able to speak for in a corral at the dairy farm of county to Dartmouth from New Mexico in those who still are not heard. Los Ala- Supervisor Leroy Ornellas. Wolfe, as 1994. Had the coin landed the other mos is situated on the Pajarito plateau, the farm’s first full-time veterinary way, she would have attended Stan- former home to a number of the local intern from University of California, ford. Suina earned a Bachelor of Arts pueblos; the plateau contains many Davis, is gaining what Ornellas calls in Engineering in 1998, a Bachelor of cultural and sacred sites. Suina cur- practical experience. Engineering in 1999, and Masters in rently lives with her father at Cochiti After Dartmouth, she worked as an ani- Engineering Management in 2001. She pueblo, where she is actively involved mal researcher at Cornell University’s has no regrets about the results of the in her community. Her mother is from medical school. There she gained the coin toss. another nearby pueblo, San Felipe. For experience necessary to get into the very She now works at Los Alamos National the past 50 years, because of security competitive School of Veterinary Medi- Laboratory as a Project Team Leader reasons, the local pueblos have not had cine at UC Davis. for two sub-task groups within the access to the plateau. Suina recalls her At UC Davis, during the second sum- Cerro Grande Rehabilitation Project, grandfather, now 90 years old, singing mer, students are paired with a veteri- with combined budgets of $24 million. her songs about the area. She’s now narian or large-animal clinic to care for Suina’s sub-tasks are site-wide fire miti- able both to listen to local tribal Elders farm animals. The school gave Amy a gation and erosion control, both within to hear their concerns about the land, stipend to cover her expenses during the Facilities and Waste Operations and to communicate those concerns to the five week internship on the farm. Division. management at Los Alamos. Wolfe plans to study both small and Suina credits Thayer School’s broad large-animal veterinary science, because curriculum for preparing her for this it’s the science that attracts her to the job. “We had to learn about materials, field. electrical, and chemical engineering on some level. I’m having to make deci- That makes sense, because her under- sions in basically all those fields, and to graduate degree is in biology and psy- understand and talk that language to chology. my contractors, or people I need to be Noteworthy excerpts provided courtesy Buzzflood.org in compliance with.” Beyond the Green September | October 2005 8 Green Gossip with Simone Swink

Nicole Wiley, on her blackberry from early. I moved flight to US scheduled noting that she was inspired to write London just after the London bomb- for Saturday to Monday worried about us by Abigail Augusta’s update in our ings, wrote: “Hello from London and security delays at both ends, so every- last newsletter (a co-frosh trippee with thank you to those who have expressed thing is very complicated. Not a good me). “Since graduating, I taught rock concern or tried to get in touch. I es- time to travel at all. Freaky also as there climbing, worked at the Moosilauke pecially appreciate the very generous was total euphoria over beating Paris Ravine Lodge, had my go at a `dot- degree of empathy from those in New and getting Olympics previous night. com’ start up, moved to San Francisco, York. It has been a strange time. I am So same day editions of same newspa- worked with toy inventors and children very often on Piccadilly line. Also the pers for sale with different front page (a delightful combination of creative red bus with its upper deck sheared stories first edition of cheering crowds and magic) at Wild Planet Toys in almost completely off was bombed just elated at Olympic victory and then sec- downtown San Fran, and worked as a by theatre museum archives on Tavis- ond edition of bloodied crowds fleeing school administrator/teacher alongside tock Street. I was even there at rush bomb sites. No idea what will happen Jenny Karlin at a San Francisco school. hour less than six months ago to lecture tomorrow. Partial services are restored I completed a master’s degree in prod- large group of Dartmouth students on public transport, whatever that uct design at Stanford, a truly amaz- from drama Foreign Study Program. means, and if people can get to work, ing experience, the kind of academic There was a whole group, their profes- stores, businesses etc. can stay open program I had been looking for since sor, with me in that very area Tavis- again at least for some of the day sure- freshman year at Dartmouth. I am now tock Street at morning rush hour in ly…. The British seem to be referring in my third year of a doctoral program, November. Former Visiting Professor to the terrorist incident as unforeseen also at Stanford, studying innovative Sam West lives in North London not circumstances…” team and organization. That summer as hugely far from Kings Cross but was a psych major is paying off The most Amanda Nelson married Jason Gre- away in Oxford and safe. Dartmouth exciting news of all is that I am getting enwald on June 11, 2005 in Ely, Min- Drama alum Jerry Zaks was here work- married in two weeks to an amazing nesota, the town where her parents live ing at the Old Vic but returned to man named Nick Switanek. We are in the northeastern part of the state. NYC end of June. I don’t know of any getting married on Lake Champlain in The ceremony at the First Presbyterian other Dartmouth Drama names that Vermont where I grew up and couldn’t Church of Ely was followed by a recep- might cause you to worry. The death be more excited. After our studies, we tion at the log-cabin style dining lodge toll has climbed substantially since hope to move back east and become of Camp du Nord, a YMCA family yesterday. Many phone lines have been professors. Very exciting.” camp on Burntside Lake. Shannon shut down or overloaded. Problems Walsh was in the wedding party and Mark Zanatta has moved back to San as many police, a lot of security forces Doug Doucet, Jessica Ellsworth, Jon- Francisco from the East Coast where sent to Scotland for G8 and not here. athan Hurst, Dan Mazzucco, Tiffany he is working for Tamale Research and They think it is very similar perhaps (Taylor) Slack, Lincoln Willis made sees Matthew Tarver-Wahlquist (who to what happened in Madrid. City to- the trip up to the Northwoods to join just returned from two months in Rus- tally shut down, all shops, businesses, in the celebration. Jason is a graduate sia). Mark mentioned that he just saw and transport closed. Even things like of Rice University and the couple met Nevin Patton ‘97, Rick Camp ‘97, Dan little all night groceries and Starbucks in business school at Kellogg. They Woodford ‘97, Charlie Lanzillo, and which like insects ought to survive even now reside in New York City. Stu Davidson up in Portland, Oregon nuclear holocaust. Huge queue to buy for Nevin’s bachelor party. “Portland’s Liz Gerber, who will not be able newspapers, cokes, etc. at gas station a great city. Had a great time eating to come to our next reunion complete with teenage girl sobbing into bacon and drinking whisky at the Doug (“I always seem to be graduating on mobile phone. Drunk guy at lone open Fir.” Internet cafe demanding Arabs be sent reunion weekend”) wrote in with an back which may be why they closed extensive update which she began by Ginger Kreitler is living in Kittery, Maine and has “just completed a teach- 9 ing certificate program. I’ll be teaching first grade in Kittery in the fall. I am still a member of the fire department. Recently heard from Matt Blanton who just finished his first year of grad studies at University of Wisconsin. Also, Katie Bardzik and Greg Vadasdi just got engaged after Greg and Dan Protz summitted Mt. Everest.” Jaime Bedrin married Scott Dodd (Penn State `94) in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey last October. Jaime wrote “We loved having our college friends cheer us on as we walked down the aisle to a life destined to be filled with break- ing news and touchdowns.” Scott and Jaime are both news reporters and Scott is a diehard Steelers’ fan. Classmates at their wedding included Tal (Kadar) Jamie Bedrin and surrounded by fellow '98s Lobochinski, Randi Barnes, Melissa Davis and husband Rick Kim `96, Robyn Brown, Adam Siegel, Caroline she is marrying a fellow PhD student Dave and Julie Whitworth are “happy Timbers, Holly Eaton, Anne Sunder- in English over 4th of July weekend in to announce the arrival of our first born land, Christine Cuoco, and Michelle Maine—named Tim Arner. I’m defi- baby girl: Abigail Janet Whitworth. Kraemer. nitely excited to start planning some Abby weighed in at a whopping 9 lbs Lara Hoffman wrote in with news. mini-reunions now that my crazy 8oz on May 1st at 4:33 pm.” wedding year is over.” She is still working at a non-profit­— Rodrego Byerly and Shakari Cameron Chrysalis—that serves the homeless in Tracy Tylee realized the last time she ‘96 are engaged… as of last year and L.A. And, “I got married last August wrote in with a green card was when looking at an ‘06 wedding ceremony. in Chicago’s Botanic Garden to Nishad she was on her way to UCLA for grad Cary Lewis is starting law school in Chande ‘97, my longtime love. We had school. Well, she never made it and August 2005 after four years with a ton of Dartmouth people there in- ended up at University of Washington Citigroup. cluding all five of my bridesmaids: for medical school instead. “I took this Lee Kuhn, Stacey Sheriff, Kristin last year off after receiving a research Stu Davidson just finished his NBA Dwyer, Anna Moran and Mary Hol- fellowship to study body weight regula- at UCLA Anderson School of Man- lendoner. We had a second Hindu tion, but I’m going back in a few weeks agement and is now in San Francisco wedding in Tanzania over Christmas/ to finish 4th year and start thinking working for Mercer Management New Years since Nishad’s family is all about those residency applications. I Consulting. from there. Some friends including was in San Diego for a conference this And both Gabi Sarhos and I (Simone) Mary Hollendoner came and went month and was able to meet up with have news… Gabi has just moved to on vacation with us afterwards to Zan- Christine Alvarado and her fiancé Philadelphia where she is starting ar- zibar and on safari.” Alex. She’s getting ready to start a new chitecture school at University of Penn- She added “Marlene Sheehan Dandler teaching position at Harvey Mudd and sylvania. And, as I write, it’s just three had a gorgeous baby boy in early March we’ll all be traveling to Madison, WI days until the new “Martha” daytime named Paul Alexander. We hung out for her wedding in August. Also drove show launches where I am working as over Easter weekend. Paul is adorable to Huntington Beach and had dinner a producer. Email me if you’re in New Katey Ritrovato Dadakis and Marlene is doing great. I just got with and her York and want to come to the show. back from Boston from a long bach- husband Jason ‘99. They’re both enjoy- elorette weekend for Stacey Sheriff— ing life in the O.C.” Beyond the Green September | October 2005 10 Games and Things

This feature of the newsletter is radically new. I cannot promise that I'll do more of these in the future, but I'm giving it a try in this issue. Enjoy! Gabi

Water: Did You Know? Structure

In my Environmental Systems class, I'm working on a project If you stir up sand in a jar of water, it will settle in a pyramid at where I need to describe two different ways of cooling hot and the bottom. dry climates. I happened upon this cool trivia. The flatter the surface on which a water drop forms, the larger Animalia the drop - up to about 4mm.

Desert beetles stand on their heads so that the water droplets Soap bubbles floating in air last longer in damp weather than from fog trickle down into their mouths. dry weather.

Fairy shrimp eggs can survive for 100 years without water and Travel still hatch after a rainfall. They mature and lay new eggs before Long waves in the Pacific Ocean can travel at over 80 kilometres the pools dry up again. an hour.

A turtle has a salt gland near its eye that removes excess salt The wettest place in the world in Tutunendo, Colombia, South from its body. America with 11770mm (463 inches) a year. This is more than twice the rainfall of most European countries.

Weird and Wonderful

Butter and cream are both emulsions. Butter is droplets of water in oil. Cream is droplets of oil in water.

According to a Danish legend, two female giants are responsible for all the saltiness of ocean water. A Scandinavian king who The kangaroo cools itself by licking the skin of its forearm. captured them from the land of the giants ordered from two magic stones. They ground so much salt that they sunk the ship Camels conserve their body water by never sweating. they were on. Today, they sit at the bottom of the ocean, still Drinking grinding salt.

Over 90% of the fresh water on the earth’s surface consists of What does it sound like under the sea? It’s surprisingly noisy. glaciers. Volcanoes hiss, rain patters down and sea creatures snap, squeak and croak as they search for food or flee from their enemies. Gardening During World War 2, submarine crews were startled by strange The best time to water is in the early morning or at night, when crackling sounds, which turned out to be snapping shrimps. less water will evaporate into the cool air. During the day, the (Snap your fingers - this is the noise these shrimps make.) heat of the sun speeds up evaporation.

You can see a plant’s watery ‘breath’ by trying this. Cover a house Courtesy: Water, An Eternal Component of the Earth plant with a clear plastic bag overnight. In the morning, you’ll http://library.thinkquest.org/C0126220/intro/intro_e.htm see drops of water on the inside surface of the bag. Some of this water evaporated from the leaves. The rest is condensed water vapour from the air in the bag. >> Upcoming Events from page 6 many shoes as they climb toward hallu- tion their darkest and most complex cinogenic clouds” [Village Voice]. conjures up traces of Rainer Maria, Class of ‘98 Dimestore Scenario Portishead with an edge, or a PJ Harvey Executive Committee resigned to melody rather than anger. Rachel Federman ‘98 Like the best of modern indie/pop out- Four years ago Time Out New York fits, the power trio feels expansive and Officers wrote that Dimestore Scenario (Brook- open, all the while keeping secrets. Betsy Lewis Roberts, President lyn) sometimes reinvents pop, and it Wendy Habeski, Vice President Contact that’s a big claim to live up to, espe- Rodrego Byerly, Treasurer Dorothy Hui, [email protected] cially for a band which certainly defies Chris Atwood, Secretary category. Lead singer and songwriter Newsletter Editors Federman’s unusual voice carries the Simone Swink specter of the past, with an innocence Holiday Dinner, Dartmouth Club of Gabi Sarhos masking layers of wistfulness that go Washington DC way beyond nostalgia. December 21, 2005 Webmaster The Corduroys http://www.dartmouth.org/clubs/wash- Ernesto Cuevas, Jr. dc/events.html The Corduroys are an original rock Mini-Reunion Chairs band with a definite twang and solid Save the date for the Dartmouth Club Anil Doshi pop sensibility. Hailing from the streets of Washington’s premier event of the Rachel Drew of Long Island, NY, The Corduroys season. Plan on joining us for a cocktail Lara Hoffman have a wide array of influences from the hour and four course meal, to renew Allison Malley worlds of rock, country, folk, pop, and old friendships and to meet current and Daniel Doctor new students. Our guests from Hanover anything else that holds their attention Head Agents will include local students from each for a few minutes. David Mace undergraduate class at the College who June Fool Adrian Durbin will report on their year at Dartmouth. The fleeting hooks and surging release In addition, we will be welcoming early Alumni Council of June Fool (Brooklyn) latest incarna- admits to the Class of 2010. Taheera El Amin

Marketing Task Force Chair Tracy Van Dorpe >> News from page 1 Members-at-Large preserved plant specimens, including Old News, Revisited JC Serna two collected in Concord, Mass., by Matt Herman In 2000, Edward Connery Lathem '51 Sarah Rainwater Henry David Thoreau. The herbarium and David Shribman '76 published a is managed by Curator Robert Downs, Joan Ai collection of stories about Dartmouth, Nita Farahany who has worked there for almost 30 entitled Miraculously Builded in Our years. Hearts: A Dartmouth Reader. From There are a couple of sources to find looking at the table of contents, this out more info on this: Robert Hallowell seems like something I would like to ‘03 wrote a paper on the Herbarium as have in my collection and read (instead did Dartmouth Life Online: of having it to collect dust). You can probably find more information about http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dujs/2002F/ it on any online book retailer. herbarium.pdf http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dartlife/ar- chives/15-4/campus.html This newsletter is brought to you by contributions from your fellow ‘98s.

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