VOL. CLXX NO. 148
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2013
Construction proj. stalls
Safety and Security seeks accreditation
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A team of inspectors from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement arrived on campus last Saturday to examine Safety and Security facilities determine if the department is eligible for accreditation as a college security agency. This is the undergoing an accreditation process. If successful, Safety and Security
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police force to receive accreditation, said Keiselim Montas, an associate director of Safety and Security overseeing the process. The association, composed of
college and university police chiefs and security directors, provides a voluntary accreditation program to its members. The program commission, chaired by Safety and Security director Harry Kinne, is responsible for outlining campus security agencies’ responsibilities, both in administration and operations. Safety agencies use the standards as a guideline to adjust their procedures, accreditation director John Leonard said. College security forces contact the association, which then assigns assessment teams to visit campuses, Leonard said. Safety and Security has been SEE S&S PAGE 2
Conference unveils new Dante Project website By EMILY KONG
For centuries, scholars interested in Dante’s “The Divine Comedy” were accustomed to combing through heaps of physical documents, most of which were housed in Italy. These academics were granted instant access to historical and contemporaneous Dante scholarship through the Dartmouth Dante Project, which in 1988
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commentaries from 1322 onward. On Thursday, the French and Italian department held a conference announcing a major update, called Dante Lab, which will restyle and add functionality to the resource. The conference was attended by Dartmouth stuSEE DANTE PAGE 5
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The College is reevaluating the future use of the planned $150 million North Campus Academic Center, interim vice president for campus planning and facilities Bill Anderson said. In 2011, the College announced the creation of the North Campus Academic Center, which was slated to be completed by 2015 and house several departments. construction plan in 2012 by the Board of Trustees, however, little progress has been made.
“I think it’s a very healthy exercise to go and reexamine what program elements are in the building,” Anderson said. “I think this is a very positive turn.” The building was originally intended to house healthcare delivery projects, such as the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and the Dartmouth Center for Health Care and Delivery Science. These projects have since been moved to the planned Williamson Translational Research Building in Lebanon. “Once that programmatic change was made,
we decided to take a step back and reexamine the program to see what is the right program [for the new building],” Anderson said. Dean of the faculty of arts and sciences Michael Mastanduno is working with administrators the underlying need for an academic center in North Campus, Anderson said. In addition to the health care projects, the building had been intended to host three social science departments, the graduate studies department, Geisel School of Medicine administration and the Dana Biomedical SEE CONSTRUCTION PAGE 3
Collis After Dark sees high attendance in second year B y JORGE BoNilla
Since its introduction last fall, Collis After Dark has increasingly sought to provide social alternatives to the Greek system, seeing steady attendance despite the end of the six-week ban on first-year students entering Greek houses.
David Pack, assistant director of the Collis Center for Student Involvement, said students have shown a significant interest in events since he joined Collis in July, following the departure of Danielle Lajoie. “I think one of the comments that we often hear from students is that they
feel that there are limited social and entertainment options, so that’s where we focus,” Pack said. “I have not had an event yet where I have been disappointed.” Student attendance has been high, with most events averaging around 100 attendees and many surpassing the 400 mark.
Attendance rates have been unaffected by the end of the Greek Leadership Council’s policy on firstyear students, which banned freshmen from entering Greek houses until October 14. “There was no drop in attendance after the freshman Greek ban, most likely
because our attendance is well-balanced across class year and affiliation status,” Collis intern Zachary Myslinski ’15 said. Events such as casino night and a concert featuring electronic duo Timeflies proved especially popular. SEE COLLIS PAGE 3