Month: February 2017

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The Westletter: Week of 2/26/17

THE WESTLETTER for the week of 2/26/17

as always, for more see sites.dartmouth.edu/west-house/

To add the West House calendar to your own calendar applications, you can use this iCal link.

  • House Professor’s Teas

We had a great HP Tea this past Friday with our panel on med school and the medical profession, organized by Resident Fellow Sophie Leung. Thanks to Sophie for organizing, and to all our distinguished panelists for a very valuable discussion!

Our final House Professor’s Tea of the term will be this FRIDAY, March 3 at 4:30pm with Prof. Vicky May of the Thayer School of Engineering.

Prof. May is a Professor in the Thayer School of Engineering and an affiliate of West House. Her research includes studies of engineering education and seismic engineering. At Dartmouth her courses include the popular introductory courses ENGS 11: The Way Things Work – A Visual Introduction to Engineering, and ENGS 21: Introduction to Engineering.

  • Economics Major advising session WEDNESDAY NIGHT

Interested in majoring in Economics? West House affiliate Prof. James Feyrer (Vice Chair of the Econ Department) will be hosting an evening Q&A in West House THIS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 to help answer any questions you might have about the major. More details TBA!

  • COMMUNITY DINNER / WINE & CHEESE RECEPTION NEXT SUNDAY, MARCH 5

Our next West House Community Dinner will be on Sunday, March 5 in the Fahey Lounge. We’ll once again begin with a wine & cheese reception at 5pm (with soft drinks, as well as beer, wine, and cider available for 21+), followed by a catered dinner as usual starting at 6pm.

For faculty and staff with families, as usual we’ll have some babysitters lined up so please bring the kids (parents please email me ASAP atRyan.C.Hickox@dartmouth.edu if you’re interested in taking advantage of babysitting).

WEST HOUSE COFFEE, MUGS, AND APPAREL

A reminder that the West House Office on the first floor of Fahey now has its own Keurig coffee machine. If you’d like to get some (free) coffee, tea, hot chocolate, or cider (or to pick up a House travel mug) just come by the office. Be sure to stop in and say hi to Pamela or Darby! We also will have some new West House apparel that will be available soon – watch this space!

  • Free HOP tickets

West House has available free tickets for House members to attend world-class performances at the Hopkins Center each term. Please see below the list of upcoming performances; a full list of shows for this term is available here. If you’d like tickets, please contact House Administrator Pamela Duffy at Pamela.K.Duffy@dartmouth.edu.

Sally Pinkas, piano

Tue Mar 07 2017 – 7:00 PM

Hop pianist-in-residence performs solo works from Schumann, a meditative Bach partita and more.

  • STUDENT EXEC BOARD MEETING

There will be no Exec Board meeting tonight, as we’ll be having a House leadership dinner with the UGAs and RFs this week.

 

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Exec Board Minutes 2/19/2017

  1. Winter Carnival Tent Debrief
  • Tell people ahead of time to get there early! The got very long towards the end of the event.
  • We should do this in a different place!
  • A lot of people came down through the Choates, maybe just set up outside of Brown Hall? Or maybe the turn off to the Choates?
  • We had a good amount of people for the event, gave away around 70 mugs.
  1. Drinks Reception Debrief
  • It was wonderful, about 25-30 people came. Half faculty/staff and students.
  • It felt like people had a good time there and good connections seemed to be being made with people, good atmosphere but it would be nice for the numbers to expand.
  • Should we move the House dinners to Sunday nights, rather than Thursday?
  • We should have better advertisement and be sure that we enough people on door duty etc.
  • Should we hire student interns? To help with breakdown and posters?
    • House student assistant positions are already being listed on Jobnet, we should email Jeff Dewitt (hire two?) should the employees be West House members.
  1. House Directory Update
  • Meeting with Dean Burke this week?
  • Should we make a Facebook group as a backup if we can’t get the directory done?
  1. Operations Meeting Update
  • They have money for TV’s and we will be getting one for first floor Fahey.
  • We can also get movies and games to go with the TV, and we could set them up with the library to be checked out?
  • There will be a dining hall type screen in the Hypen for anouncements.
  •  We have the go ahead to set up libraries in the study rooms!
  •  We have the go ahead to get new furniture, we can find it or they have options that they can buy for us.
  •  Still pretty hesitant about making a Snack Bar out of the Hyphen, suggesting that we should just give food away for free.
  •  Issues with having a gym?
  • We need to have a quantitative view of how spaces are being used. We now have a week audit of what the usage of the spaces are, more info to come.
  1. Plans for Remainder of Winter
  • House Tea this Friday (about Med school.)
  • House dinner on the 7th of March, move it to the 5th
    • NOW MOVED TO 6PM ON SUNDAY WITH A RECEPTION BEFORE HAND, WE SHOULD PROBABLY GO AHEAD AND LIST THIS AS A TIER 2.
  1. Plans for Elections
  • Push for elections at the same time as Students Assembly in the Spring.
  • Elect: Chair, co-chair, general members
  • First year representation would be elected in the Fall during the ’21 only election.

House Fleeces

  • Should be coming this week! How should we distribute these throughout the house?
  • We ordered about 80, so there are enough for the UGA’s to each have one. Should we charge for them, and if so how do we go about doing that? (We wouldn’t charge more than 10.00 for them.)
  • In the long term, we won’t be able to give away house gear for free.
  • Is there more of a chance that people would actually wear it because they have to pay for them.
  • West House Exec. Board, pay for our fleeces.
  • West House student employees receiving them for free?
    • Make a Google Survey/Doc so that you can reserve your fleece but also have the option to note that you need financial aid. So have it set up so that they can submit privately to us that they need help.
    • Do we need 2x and 3x shirts?

 

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The Westletter: Week of 2/19/17

THE WESTLETTER for the week of 2/19/17

as always, for more see sites.dartmouth.edu/west-house/

To add the West House calendar to your own calendar applications, you can use this iCal link.

  • WEST HOUSE NEWS

We had a great week in West House: A Community Dinner and wine & cheese reception on Tuesday, a wonderful house concert with PAN Project on Thursday, and an fascinating discussion with Tuck Dean Matthew Slaughter for our HP Tea on Friday.

  • House Professor’s Teas

Our next HP Tea will be Friday, Feb 24 at 4:30pm in the Fahey First Floor Lounge where Resident Fellow Sophie Leung will convene a panel Q&A on medical school:

Thinking about going to med school? Deciding between getting an MD, PhD or both? Then come to our informal Q&A where we will discuss:

  • Pros and cons of a career in medicine
  • Can you be a doctor and have a personal life? (Travel, family, kids, hobbies, fun)
  • How hard is it to pay off all that debt?
  • What is the work load really like? How much sleep will I get?
  • Are you sacrificing your 20s to get that degree?

Panelists will include Dr. Leslie Henderson, PhD and dean of Geisel, Dr. Lee Witters, MD as well as dual degree med students working toward their MD/MPH, MD/MBA, or MD/PhD. Event will be from 4:30-5:30pm in Fahey 1st floor common room. Feel free to bring friends. RSVPs to sophie.l.leung.med@dartmouth.edu are appreciated to get an approximate head count but not required.

  • Discussion and Dinner with artist ERIC VAN HOVE on Feb. 21

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 5:30pm (rescheduled from earlier in the term)

ERIC van HOVE (Montgomery Fellow)

To RSVP please send email toMontgomery.Fellows.Program@Dartmouth.edu by Monday, Feb. 20.

 Montgomery Fellows Program
invites you to dinner and discussion with our Montgomery Fellow

Eric van Hove

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

5:30pm

West House Professor’s Residence, 18 Webster Ave

Eric van Hove is a Belgian Moroccan artist who was raised in Cameroon, attended university in Belgium, and completed both masters and doctoral work in Tokyo. As a result, van Hove has developed a cosmopolitan consciousness that guides his art, which juxtaposes traditional crafts with the forces of globalization. One example of this is the exact replica he made of a Mercedes-Benz engine, V12 Laraki, which he constructed by hand with several Moroccan artisans. The engine, made of hundreds of parts and dozens of materials, is owned by Dartmouth’s own HOOD Museum, and was on display when van Hove was artist-in-residence in the Department of Studio Art. An incredibly creative artist, van Hove works in multiple genres and with a wide range of media, including installation, performance, writing, photography, video, and sculpture.

  • WEST HOUSE COFFEE AND MUGS

We’re pleased to announce that the West House Office on the first floor of Fahey now has its own Keurig coffee machine. If you’d like to get some (free) coffee, tea, hot chocolate, or cider (or to pick up a House travel mug – the new order has come in!) just come by the office. Be sure to stop in and say hi to Pamela or Darby!

  • Free HOP tickets

West House has available free tickets for House members to attend world-class performances at the Hopkins Center each term. Please see below the list of upcoming performances for this week; a full list of shows for upcoming term is available here. If you’d like tickets, please contact House Administrator Pamela Duffy at Pamela.K.Duffy@dartmouth.edu.

Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra

Sat Feb 25 2017 – 8:00 PM

Program includes Sibelius’ Violin Concerto (with soloist Orestis Lykouropoulos ’17) and Brahms’ Symphony No. 1.

  • STUDENT EXEC BOARD MEETING

The next Exec meeting will take place on Sunday, February 19 at 8:30pm in the McLane seminar room. Minutes to all Exec Board meetings are available here. All are welcome to participate!

AGENDA:

  1. Debrief and discuss Winter Carnival Tent
  2. Debrief and discuss Drinks Reception
  3. Update on House Directory
  4. Plans for Remainder of Winter
  5. for Elections in Spring

 

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The Westletter: Week of 2/12/17

THE WESTLETTER for the week of 2/12/17

as always, for more see sites.dartmouth.edu/west-house/

To add the West House calendar to your own calendar applications, you can use this iCal link.

 

  • WEST HOUSE AT WINTER CARNIVAL

West House was well represented at the Polar Bear Swim! We had fun at 18 Webster giving away cider, mugs, and towels to the many dozens of Westians stopped off on the way over or back. I challenged the other HPs to jump in the water — I’m sorry to say that they declined, but pleased to announce that your House Professor rose to the occasion. I can confirm that it is very cold!

If you didn’t pick one up on Friday, you can get your West House travel mug or Polar Bear Swim towel from Pamela the House office in Fahey.

West House also acquitted ourselves well at the broomball tournament on the Green; we went down 3-2 in the first round to School House (I sense a rivalry budding here) but great fun was had by all. Congrats to those who got on the ice for the House and to everyone of who came and cheered!

 

  • WEST HOUSE COFFEE AND MUGS

We’re pleased to announce that the West House Office on the first floor of Fahey now has its own Keurig coffee machine. If you’d like to get some (free) coffee, tea, hot chocolate, or cider (or to pick up a House travel mug – the new order has come in!) just come by the office. Be sure to stop in and say hi to Pamela or Darby!

 

  • COMMUNITY DINNER / Drinks Reception on Valentine’s Day

Our next Community Dinner will be this Tuesday, February 14 in the Fahey Lounge. We’ll begin downstairs in the Fahey ground floor with a drinks reception at 5pm (with beer and wine available for 21+), followed by dinner catered by 3 Guys BBQ (they still do catering!) upstairs on Fahey 1st floor starting at 6pm.

For faculty and staff with families, as usual we’ll have some babysitters lined up so bring the kids (parents please email me ASAP at Ryan.C.Hickox@dartmouth.edu if you’re interested in taking advantage of babysitting).

 

  • House Professor’s Teas

Our next HP Tea will be Friday, Feb 17 at 4:30pm in the Fahey First Floor Lounge with special guestDean Matthew Slaughter of the Tuck School of Business.

At the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth Matthew J. Slaughter is the Paul Danos Dean and the Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business. Dean Slaughter’s area of expertise is the economics and politics of globalization. Much of his recent work has focused on policy responses to the World Financial Crisis; on the global operations of multinational firms; and on the labor-market impacts of international trade, investment, and immigration.

 

  • House Concert / Dinner with the PAN Project on Feb. 16

Our next House Concert and dinner the House Professor’s Residence will be on Thursday, February 16 at 6pm with the PAN Project. This group is in residence at Dartmouth; they recently played to a packed house in McLaughlin and by all accounts was amazing (as was our house concert last term with Villiers Quartet). Don’t miss it! Please contact Pamela.K.Duffy@dartmouth.edu by Monday, February 13 if interested.

 

  • Reserving Fahey Lounge space

A reminder about reserving the Fahey Lounges: With the transition of the residence halls to House Communities, starting this term the lounge spaces in Fahey Hall have been set aside for general use by members of the House in the evenings. However, our House Admin Pamela Duffy is now able to book these spaces for student groups in some cases – if you’re interested in using one of the Fahey Lounges for an event, please contact Pamela at Pamela.K.Duffy@dartmouth.edu.

 

  • Free HOP tickets

West House has available free tickets for House members to attend world-class performances at the Hopkins Center each term. Please see below the list of upcoming performances for this week; a full list of shows for upcoming term is available here. If you’d like tickets, please contact House Administrator Pamela Duffy at Pamela.K.Duffy@dartmouth.edu.

PAN Project

Wed Feb 15 2017 – 7:00 PM

Masters of some of East Asia’s most expressive traditional instruments improvise thrilling new music.

(PAN Project will also be performing at the West House Professor’s Residence on Thursday, Feb 16!)

 

World Music Percussion Ensemble

Sat Feb 18 2017 – 8:00 PM

Dance Party! Get ready to move to pulsating polyrhythms from Venezuela, Peru, Cuba and Brazil, with interludes of DJ-spun dance tunes.

 

Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble

Sun Feb 19 2017 – 2:00 PM

Dancing in the Wind, performed with the Dartmouth Dance Ensemble. Works by Zach Wadsworth, Ken Hesketh and John Mackey

 

  • Mini-Seminars in West House

We are hosting AVDF mini-seminars on exciting topics with our esteemed faculty. These are free, informal, and short! and a great way to connect with faculty and each other in the West House community. If interested, please contact Pamela at Pamela.K.Duffy@dartmouth.edu.

 

  • STUDENT EXEC BOARD MEETING

Due to Winter Carnival there will be no Executive Board meeting this week. The next Exec meeting will take place on Sunday, February 19 at 8:30pm in the McLane seminar room. Minutes to all Exec Board meetings are available here. All are welcome to participate!

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Exec Board Minutes 2/5/2017

Minutes: February 5, 2017

 

  • Finalize Winter Carnival Plans
    • Prof. Hickox and Darby were told we cannot have a towel station on the ice
    • Noah recalled there being a tent on the road doing STD testing and asked to check if there was a way to have a tent on the road
      • This is apparently not possible
    • We are now planning towels and cocoa at Prof. Hickox’s house. There was a concern about attendance given that Hillel does cocoa and coffee and they are closer to the pond
    • It was impossible to rush order the big towels so we had to buy small towels
  • Update on House Directory
    • Noah met with Dean Biron and Mike Wooten and they prefer we have an opt in or opt out system instead of automatically placing student in the directory
    • Noah is meeting with Dean Burke soon to talk about the technical aspects of how to do this
  • Plans for Facilitation Discussions
    • Noah will reach out to Veselin to get an update on what was decided at Saturday’s meeting about aiding refugees
    • Hickox expressed his preference that we not add any new events to the calendar but instead incorporate guests into existing events like teas
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The Westletter: Week of 2/5/17

THE WESTLETTER for the week of 2/5/17

as always, for more see sites.dartmouth.edu/west-house/

To add the West House calendar to your own calendar applications, you can use this iCal link.

  • WINTER CARNIVAL

As you know, a Magical Winter Carnival will soon be upon us! We’ve got two West House events happening over the weekend:

— Polar Bear Swim on Friday:

Many Westians will be taking part in the Polar Bear Swim on Friday afternoon! On the way over, swing by the House Professor’s residence (18 Webster), we’ll be giving away hot cider and House mugs, and custom West House towels (see below)! And on the way back to campus, be sure to stop by the Roth Center for Jewish Life on Occom Ridge for hot chocolate and cookies!

— Broomball on Saturday

We’ll be taking part in the House broomball tournament (like hockey, but with no skates):

on the rink on the Green from 2:30 to 4pm on Saturday! If you’re interested in representing West House on the ice, contact Exec co-chair Ryan.R.Monasch.19@dartmouth.edu and/or sign up on IMLeagues by tomorrow. Sign-up is free!

  • House Professor’s Teas

— We had a very enjoyable House Professor’s Tea on Friday afternoon with Scott Listfield ‘98 who gave a fascinating narrative about the progression of his life and career in the world of art.

— We’ll have no Tea this week due to Winter Carnival; the next will be Friday, Feb 17 at 4:30pmwith special guest Dean Matthew Slaughter of the Tuck School of Business.

 

  • Community Dinner / Drinks Reception on Valentine’s Day

Our next Community Dinner will be on Tuesday, February 14 in the Fahey Lounge. We’ll begin downstairs in the Fahey ground floor with a drinks reception at 5pm (with beer and wine available for 21+), followed by dinner catered by 3 Guys BBQ (they still do catering!) upstairs on Fahey 1st floor starting at 6pm. For faculty and staff with families, as usual we’ll have some babysitters lined up so bring the kids!

 

  • House Concert / Dinner with the PAN Project on Feb. 16

Our next House Concert and dinner the House Professor’s Residence will be on Thursday, February 16 at 6pm with the PAN Project. This group is in residence at Dartmouth; they recently played to a packed house in McLaughlin and by all accounts was amazing (as was our house concert last term with Villiers Quartet). Don’t miss it! Contact Pamela.K.Duffy@dartmouth.edu if interested.

 

  • Reserving Fahey Lounge space

A reminder about reserving the Fahey Lounges: With the transition of the residence halls to House Communities, starting this term the lounge spaces in Fahey Hall have been set aside for general use by members of the House in the evenings. However, our House Admin Pamela Duffy is now able to book these spaces for student groups in some cases – if you’re interested in using one of the Fahey Lounges for an event, please contact Pamela at Pamela.K.Duffy@dartmouth.edu.

 

  • Free HOP tickets

West House has available free tickets for House members to attend world-class performances at the Hopkins Center each term. Please see below the list of upcoming performances for this week; a full list of shows for upcoming term is available here. If you’d like tickets, please contact House Administrator Pamela Duffy at Pamela.K.Duffy@dartmouth.edu.

Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble

Fri Feb 10 2017 – 8:00 PM

41st Annual Winter Carnival Concert: A big band celebration of funk, R&B, James Bond & jazz with guest artists Joe Bowie, Steven Bernstein, Bahnamous Bowie and JT Lewis.

 

  • Mini-Seminars in West House

Please see here the flyer for this term’s AVDF mini-seminars on exciting topics with our esteemed faculty. These are free, informal, and short! and a great way to connect with faculty and each other in the West House community. If interested, please contact Pamela atPamela.K.Duffy@dartmouth.edu.

 

  • Dartmouth Posse Retreat

 

A note from Westians Karla Rosas ’20 and Natalie Freitas ’20:

We are two of the Posse veteran scholars on campus who are organizing a weekend retreat with all expenses paid to Lake Morey Resort. The event will take place February 24 at 4pm through February 26 at 12pm with transportation included to and from campus. The Posse Plus Retreat is a unique space where students, faculty, and staff come together to participate in a powerful discussion about a topic relevant to Dartmouth’s community. We will engage in dialogue on the topic of Division, Community and Identity in American Society. It is an incredible opportunity for students and faculty to voice their ideas and experience this important national conversation.

This invitation is extended to everyone in the Dartmouth community. The Facebook invite is here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1047689815359421/?active_tab=discussion

 

  • STUDENT EXEC BOARD MEETING

The next Executive Board meeting will take place on Sunday, February 12 at 8:30pm in the McLane seminar room. Minutes to all Exec Board meetings are available here. All are welcome to participate!