The Dartmouth 07/29/2016

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VOL. CLXXIII NO.99

MOSTLY SUNNY HIGH 84 LOW 60

FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2016

Alumni make mark on conventions

By PARKER RICHARDS The Dartmouth Staff

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Two Dartmouth alumni spoke at the Republican National Convention and the Democratic National Convention over the past two weeks, delivering a variety of remarks to audiences in Cleveland and Philadelphia respectively. Former California Republican Party vice chair Harmeet Dhillon ’89 and talk radio host Laura Ingraham ’85 spoke at the Republican Convention last week while New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand ’88 and Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf ’71 spoke at the

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Democratic Convention this week. Dhillon delivered an invocation for the RNC’s second day, a prayer she sang in Punjabi, then translated into English. “Republicans love people of all faiths who actively participate. Faith is not a barrier to participating in the party,” Dhillon said in an interview with The Dartmouth. The Republican Party is concerned with illegal immigration but wants to welcome legal immigrants like Dhillon herself, she said.

By this fall, the Center for Service will withdraw as an intermediary between the 17 student volunteer organizations it oversees and their local Upper Valley affiliates. As part of this move, groups that are not sponsored by external organizations will no longer have the budget they used to have under the Tucker Foundation,

Patton’s resignation, alleged misconduct divides community

SEE CONVENTIONS PAGE 2

Center for Service reorganizes, sees cuts By NOAH GOLDSTEIN The Dartmouth Staff

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deputy director for the Center for Service Loren Miller said. Miller declined to comment on the current and future amount of money dedicated to groups. Students will work more directly with Upper Valley organizations instead of coordinating through the Center for Service. “By us taking ourselves out as intermediaries, there are a range SEE SERVICE PAGE 2

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Women’s lacrosse players during a match. Their coach resigned early this month after the athletic department completed an inquiry into her conduct.

By RAY LU The Dartmouth Staff On July 8, the Dartmouth athletic department announced women’s lacrosse head coach Amy Patton’s departure from the school after 26 years. Publicly, the Dartmouth women’s lacrosse community has criticized the investigation with letters and media statements. Other players interviewed by The Dartmouth that played under Patton, however, have been strongly supportive of the administration’s findings that Patton “engaged in conduct inconsistent with the standards of Dartmouth Athletics.” “These things are never done lightly,”

Dartmouth athletic director Harry Sheehy said. “These things are impactful on many people’s lives.” The Investigation An official grievance was filed in April and investigated by Megan Sobel, senior associate director of athletics for varsity sports and the division’s senior woman administrator, and Catherine Lark, director of college risk and internal control services. Both Sobel and Lark declined to comment for this story through Rick Bender, Dartmouth’s varsity athletics communications director. SEE LACROSSE PAGE 5

African leaders participate in entrepreneurship program By KATIE RAFTER The Dartmouth Staff

For the past six weeks, 25 young African business leaders from 17 different countries have been participating in the Young African Leaders Initiative at Dartmouth, training to become entrepreneurs and

change-makers in their communities. This is the third year that the College has hosted a cohort of Mandela Washington fellows, bringing the total number of fellows hosted to approximately 75, according to YALI academic director Amy Newcomb. This year, the College

hosted fellows from countries including Cameroon, Ethiopia and Niger, which are being represented at the College for the first time since the program began, Newcomb said. Newcomb, who is in charge of coordinating the different aspects of campus that come together to form

the cohesive YALI program, said that this year was unique in that the College hosted a larger cohort of fellows in the creative sector. She said the College is involved with the program in Africa as well, helping to implement it on the continent by working with local trainers and YALI alumni in

about 14 countries to help the program expand. T he prog ram at the College focuses on business and entrepreneurship with classes taught by Thayer School of Engineering professors and Dartmouth alumni. Fellows also engage SEE YALI PAGE 3


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