The Dartmouth 2/3/17

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VOL. CLXXIV NO.22

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2017

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Students walk in Women’s March

CLOUDY HIGH 27 LOW 12

By RAUL RODRIGUEZ The Dartmouth Staff

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SPORTS

STOCKTON: TEARING UP THE PLAYBOOK PAGE 8

OPINION

GREEN: ISRAEL IS NOT ABOVE REPROACH PAGE 4

VERBUM ULTIMUM: PRINCIPLED DEFIANCE PAGE 4

ARTS

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On Jan. 21, the day after Donald Trump took office as the 45th president of the United States, at least 50 Dartmouth students carpooled nearly eight hours to Washington, D.C. to participate in the Women’s March on Washington. The march was one of several organized around the nation to demonstrate for women’s rights and protest Trump’s presidency. The D.C. march alone brought in over 2 million demonstrators; worldwide, the marches

Protestors congregate in Washington, D.C. for the Women’s March on Washington.

SEE MARCH PAGE 3

College to finalize heating and energy proposals

By PETER CHARALAMBOUS The Dartmouth

The College is finalizing proposals to convert to a hot water heating system and biomass energy system from the current oil system and steam distribution system. These proposed changes would upgrade the College’s steam distribution system and cogeneration plant to increase both efficiency and sustainability, said Frank Roberts, associate vice president of facilities operations and management. Currently, electricity and heat on

campus originate from the College’s cogeneration plant. The plant produces steam by burning No. 6 oil, driving a turbine that produces electricity, Roberts said. The remainder of the steam is used to heat buildings. The majority of older buildings on campus rely on this method for heat while newer or renovated buildings use hot water or a mixture of water and steam. The cogeneration plant burns 3.8 million gallons of environmentally harmful No. 6 oil per year. While economically efficient, the use of this

oil gives Dartmouth the largest carbon footprint per student in the Ivy League. Furthermore, the College’s steam distribution system is aging and will soon require repairs or replacement, Roberts said. Many steam lines, such as the line that runs under the south side of the Green, lack proper insulation and lose energy during transportation. Twenty percent of lines have not been replaced in 65 to 75 years. In order to examine ways to possibly improve the system, the College began an analysis of the efficiency of a biomass

Study links cancer care and insurance status

By JOYCE LEE

The Dartmouth Staff

A study investigating the effect of health insurance status on cancer care in different communities was released this past November in the publication “Cancer,” a peer-reviewed oncology journal. Among the authors of the study is Sandra Wong, interim Norris Cotton Cancer Center service line director and vice president and chair of surgery at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

The study found that disadvantaged communities saw greater benefits from health insurance than more advantaged communities. However, insured patients from more advantaged communities generally received better cancer care than insured patients in disadvantaged communities. There was a correlation between a community’s advantage level and the outcome of cancer care, such as the survival rate, and SEE STUDY PAGE 5

and hot water system alternative in November 2015. The analysis cost the College $550,000, Roberts said, but the results have not been finalized. FO&M is also working with the Dartmouth Sustainability Project and outside consultants to determine the feasibility of the transition. “We have to spend money and upgrade the infrastructure for the steam distribution system,” Roberts said. “If you take that money, invest it in a new hot SEE ENERGY PAGE 2

CAREFREE CONCERTS AT COLLIS

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Faculty performed for Collis Caberet on Thursday in One Wheelock.


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