VOL. CLXXIII NO. 95
PARTLY CLOUDY
FRIDAY, JULY 1, 2016
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Community recalls Alana Donohue '18
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Students participated in Thursday Night Salsa at Sarner Underground.
For Alana Donohue ’18, life was about making those around her as happy as they could be. Friends and family said that Donohue strove to put a smile on everyone’s face, an effort that came from her kindness and lively spirit. On June 23, Donohue died at a New York hospital as a result of anaphylaxis. She was 19. “She literally gave to all her heart, her joy and her optimism,” Donohue’s father Ted
Donohue said in her eulogy. Ted Donohue described his daughter as someone who could effortlessly charm a room full of strangers with her playful wit and mischevous grin. He described her as a “lightbulb” in a room — the first to raise her hand, the first to laugh, the first to be silly or the first to hug. He added, though, that this was coupled with an intense intellectual curiosity. He said it is rare to find someone with such a balance of gifts. SEE DONOHUE PAGE 3
School of Graduate and Advance Studies opens today By PARKER RICHARDS The Dartmouth Staff
Dartmouth’s new School of Graduate and Advanced Studies will open today. Hailed by many graduate students and faculty as an important step in creating a strong culture of research and excellence in graduate study at the College, in its inaugural year, the school will provide a permanent home to the 791 graduate students in
the arts and sciences. “Dartmouth is not just a college,” Graduate Student Council finance chair Ed Feris GR ’17 said. “Obviously, Dartmouth College is a tradition, but it’s really a university.” To many, the graduate school represents a shift toward an increased focus on research and interdisciplinary interaction amongst graduate students. F. Jon Kull ’88 will serve as the dean of the new
school, known as GRAD, an acronym for “Graduate and Advanced.” Kull wrote in an email that the school will not cut into Dartmouth’s existing mission as an undergraduate-focused institution but does hope the research and graduate programs housed in GRAD will bolster Dartmouth’s reputation across many disciplines. SEE GRAD PAGE 2
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The new GRAD office at 37 Dewey Field Road.
Kuster ’78 shares sexual assault story before Congress By ERIN LEE The Dartmouth Staff
When Rep. Ann McLane Kuster '78, D-N.H., was sexually assaulted as a freshman at the College, she kept silent about the assault for more than 40 years. Last week, Kuster took to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to speak out about the assault at Dartmouth for the first time, in addition to two others she experienced while
working as a congressional aide. In her speech, Kuster recounted a night as an 18-year-old student attending a dance at a fraternity with friends. "We danced. We listened to music. We enjoyed the evening, and we enjoyed the party, until one young man assaulted me in a crude and insulting way, and I ran, alone into the cold dark night,” she said in her floor speech.
Kuster said in an interview that she was inspired to share her story after reading the statement written by “Emily Doe,” the woman who was sexually assaulted by former Stanford University student Brock Turner last year. Kuster and 17 other members of the House read Doe’s 7,200-word open letter on the House floor earlier this month after news broke that Turner, who was found guilty of three felonies, would only
serve six months in a county jail. “She made such an eloquent statement about not only the attack, but also the aftermath of her attack, her experience in the judicial process,” Kuster said. “I was really inspired by her courage.” She added that during her efforts over the past year to investigate New Hampshire’s heroin epidemic, she has visited treatment and recovery
facilities throughout the state. During one conversation with people in recovery, several discussed sexual assault and domestic violence, and Kuster was impressed by their candor and eloquence. “I realized that there are a lot of people my age who have had this experience,” she said. “Many of us didn’t speak of it. I never told my family, my children or my SEE KUSTER PAGE 3