VOL. CLXXII NO. 30
SUNNY HIGH 12 LOW -7
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2015
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Town adds electric car stations
Al-Nur holds vigil remembering slain Muslim students
B y ERIN LEE
The Dartmouth Staff
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Hanover added stations to charge electric cars for people commuting in and out of the town.
B y sara mcgahan The Dartmouth Staff
The Town of Hanover installed two ChargePoint electric car charging stations in the Hanover parking garage on 7 Lebanon St. this past month in an effort to make the town more environmentally conscious, Hanover parking division supervisor Patrick O’Neill
said. People who commute to work in Hanover and individuals travelling through Hanover are two groups who have been asking for a place to charge their cars in town, O’Neill said. “We really had no option for them,” he added, saying that the charging stations were implemented to satisfy these requests.
The two ChargePoint stations cost $18,000 total and were funded by the Hanover parking fund, O’Neill said. This money was allocated towards the charging stations about 18 months ago. Each station can charge two cars at once. Charging costs $1 per hour, which is a rate fixed SEE CARS PAGE 3
Proposed state legislation would raise College’s taxes B y KELSEY FLOWER The Dartmouth Staff
On Feb. 6, New Hampshire House of Representatives Rep. David Hess, R-Merrimack, proposed new legislation that would expand the state’s Business Enterprise Tax to include large charity organizations, such as hospitals and institutions of higher education including Dartmouth, and lower the tax rate. College spokesperson Diana Lawrence wrote in an email that a
A group of over 50 people, composed primarily of students, attended Sunday night’s vigil honoring the three victims of the recent shooting in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The event was organized by AlNur, Dartmouth’s Muslim Students’ Association, in collaboration with Hillel Rabbi Edward Boraz, student leaders from Hillel and other religious groups on campus. On Feb. 10, Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, three Muslim students, were killed in their Chapel Hill home. The funeral for the victims drew more than 5,000 people. At the vigil, which took place in the Top of the Hop, attendees gathered in a circle around three lit candles. Director of
religious and spiritual life Rev. Nancy Vogele said that students practicing many faiths — including Islam, Sikhism, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism and Quakerism — attended the event. Nonreligious “people of goodwill” were also present, she said. Al-Nur president Iman Hammad ’17 said that the event was meant to serve as a remembrance for the victims and a way to spread awareness. She said that community events allow people to come together for a common cause and to spread peace. “Rather than focusing on differences, we focus on similarities,” she said. Vogele said the importance of vigils comes in the act of remembering victims by name. She said she was happy with the turnout at the event and appreciated that community members SEE VIGIL PAGE 5
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business enterprise tax would have an impact on both College services and charitable giving, and wrote that such a proposal “deserves careful study.” Currently, the BET is a 0.75 percent tax on businesses’ interest, dividends and wages, according to the New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration . Groups classified as 501(c)3 charitable organizations, including the College, SEE TAX PAGE 2
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The College Marching Band performed “Bandygrams” for Valentine’s Day.