The Dartmouth 11/01/16

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VOL. CLXXIII NO.141

SUNNY HIGH 52 LOW 39

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2016

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Clinton support as high Homecoming as 85% among students weekend sees fewer incidents By DEBORA HYEMIN HAN The Dartmouth Staff

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With the presidential election just one week away, a recent survey conducted by The Dartmouth found that students overwhelmingly support Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Despite this near unanim-

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pessimism regarding the election pervades student opinion. The survey also found a sharp split among Republicans, with Clinton, Republican nominee Donald Trump and Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson each pulling 25 percent from this group’s support.

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The first general faculty meeting of the school year ended in confusion yesterday after it was discovered 90 minutes in that the attendance did not meet the 150-member quorum. About 70 faculty members attended the meeting, which began with speeches from Provost Carolyn Dever and College President Phil Hanlon.

As the attendees prepared to vote on changes to the “Organization of the Faculty at Dartmouth College,” a document outlining membership and responsibilities of the various faculty committees and councils, the meeting’s third-party parliamentarian Daniel Fitzpatrick pointed out that the meeting should not have been held without quorum and a member of SEE FACULTY PAGE 2

When offered to choose from five different candidate options, 76 percent of voter-eligible students said they would vote for Clinton. Johnson came in second with 8 percent, Trump in third with 5 percent, while 5 percent of SEE VOTE PAGE 5

Although the total number of security reports decreased this Homecoming weekend compared to previous years, the number of first-year students that attempted to touch the bonfire significantly increased, according to Safety and Security director Harry Kinne. Kinne estimated that around 50 people attempted to touch the bonfire this year. Between 12:01 a.m. Thursday morning and Monday morning, Safety and Security received a total of 42 incident reports, representing a 36 percent decrease from last year’s figure of 66 incidents. Many of these reports were related to alcohol consumption. Despite the high frequency of attempts to touch the bonfire, Hanover Police lieutenant Scott Rathburn said that the department arrested and charged only one student with a court date. “Our officers were not getting into foot pursuits with people that touched the fire and ran,” he

noted. “So there may have been more actual people touching the fire.” Safety and Security is still in the process of identifying individuals who touched the bonfire through video footage, among other means. Kinne said if someone is believed to have touched the fire, then Safety and Security will create a report on that student and forward it to the Office of Judicial Affairs, which subsequently makes a judgment on whether or not the student violated College policy. Because so many students attempted to approach the fire and one student almost slid into the fire itself, the College and the Hanover Fire Department decided to knock down a part of the bonfire structure. This is something that has not been done in past years, Kinne said. “We were afraid that there were so many students who were running up to touch it that it would collapse on them, and SEE BONFIRE PAGE 3

Día de los Muertos to start on Wednesday in Baker-Berry

By PAULOMI RAO

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The annual Día de los Muertos ceremony will kick off on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in Baker-Berry Library. Considered a celebration of life, the Day of the Dead ceremony will begin with a presentation of the altar. Multiple items will adorn the altar, all of which are placed the purpose of commemorating the lives of those who have passed away. “We dedicate the specific

altar for the loss of life, but along with that loss of life we are recognizing the celebration of life,” Oscar Cornejo ’17, co-president of La Alianza Latina said. “It’s not supposed to be a mourning. It’s supposed to be a happy, joyous moment.” The Día de los Muertos ceremony is part of Latinx heritage month. In alignment with other Latinx programming, the ceremony will be specifically dedicated to advocate against police brutality and commemo-

rate the lives lost in the Orlando shooting. Following the altar inauguration, all community members are invited to participate in a candlelit procession to the Latin American, Latino & Caribbean studies house. As in years past, the procession will stop in front of the LALACS house for a moment of reflection. Individuals often participate to honor a deceased loved one or family member. The celebration will SEE DIA PAGE 2


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