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FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 2019
Judge grants extension in PBS lawsuit mediation The dartmouth senior Staff
A federal judge yesterday granted an extension in t h e m e d i at i o n b e t we e n Dartmouth and nine plaintiffs in an ongoing lawsuit contending that College officials failed to act on allegations of sexual misconduct against three former psychological and brain sciences professors. In a joint court filing made on Friday, both parties in the case, Rapuano et. al. v. Trustees of Dartmouth
C o l l e g e, r e q u e s t e d a n extension to the stay in litig ation until Aug. 5. Judge Landya McCafferty subsequently approved the request on Monday. The pause in legal proceedings was previously set to end either on July 31 or three days after the end of mediation. The mediation process began last Wednesday at the request of both parties. According to the filing, the parties began meeting SEE MEDIATION PAGE 3
Student accessibility services at College to see changes in fall B y Rachel pakianathan The Dartmouth Staff
As the national demand for student accessibility services increases, so have efforts to make Dartmouth more accommodating for students with disabilities. This fall, several students will launch Access Dartmouth, a group advocating for disabled students at the College. The Student Accessibility Services
Office is also working on implementing a new data management system and expanding its current testing centers. “Universities around the country are changing orientation and retooling to deal with the national trends — the increasing demand for these types of services,” dean of the College Kathryn Lively said. “It’s just a matter SEE SAS PAGE 5
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
College holds biomass plant forum, responds to criticism
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The current fuel oil power plant stands in the center of downtown Hanover.
B y Kristine jiwoo ahn The Dartmouth Staff
At a forum originally intended to seek feedback on potential locations for the College’s proposed biomass heating facility, discussion driven by attendees largely centered on the facility’s potential environmental impacts. On Wednesday evening, vice president for institutional projects Joshua Kenistonled the presentation with approximately 70 community members and Upper Valley residents in attendance at Filene Auditorium. Much of the concerns raised by audience members centered around potential neg ative environmental impacts of the facility, some
of which were also expressed by three climate scientists and Dartmouth alumni in a July 15 letter to the College. In the letter, William Schlesinger ’72, John Sterman ’77 and George Woodwell ’50 argue that the proposed heating plant would increase the College’s carbon emissions rather than make it more sustainable. According to Keniston, while Dartmouth recognizes the concerns raised within the letter and by residents at the forum, the plant is the most feasible option when all factors are considered. At the forum, Keniston focused on the details of the plant, which is a part of the College’s $200 million green energy initiative and will change the College’s heat production and delivery
processes, transitioning from a steam system to hot water distribution. The biomass plant will replace the current heating plant that uses No. 6 fuel oil, a high-viscosity oil used mostly in commercial and industrial heating. According to Keniston, the first phase in the College’s process involved identifying alternatives to No. 6 fuel oil, including No. 2 fuel oil, natural gas, biodiesel, biomass, heat pumps, geothermal energy and solar energy. The College then performed cost-benefit analysis for each option. According to Keniston, apart from biomass, none of the options checked all the boxes. For example, heat pumps, geothermal and solar energy did not meet the SEE BIOMASS PAGE 2