The Dartmouth 11/04/14

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VOL. CLXXI NO. 148

MOSTLY CLOUDY

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2014

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Faculty vote to open course evaluations

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Majority of present faculty call for end of Greek system at meeting By PARKER RICHARDS The Dartmouth Staff

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Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity hosted a discussion on the significance of having a black president over pizza on the evening of Election Day.

Record number apply early B y LAUREN BUDD

A record-high number of people — 1,856 — applied early decision to Dartmouth this year. The number of early applicants is more than 10 percent higher than last year’s figure, initially reported as 1,678 applicants. As of press time, no other

Ivy League college had released early admissions data. Average standardized test scores, class ranks and racial and geographic makeup for the Class of 2019 early decision applicant pool are currently unavailable because admissions officers have not yet

fully processed secondary school reports, dean of admissions and financial aid Maria Laskaris said, but she noted that this marks the first time in two years that more women than men applied early decision. Laskaris said the higher

Students will have access to course evaluations during course election following a faculty vote at Monday’s faculty of arts and sciences meeting. At the meeting, present faculty voted overwhelmingly to support the abolition of the Greek system, and a motion that would have made peer-reviewed faculty articles freely available was tabled. Students will have access to peers’ answers to questions regarding instructor methods, the class structure and the course’s influence on students’ Dartmouth experiences. Faculty will have the option to review answers that students provide to the open-ended questions and to raise concerns about specific students’ responses to their associate deans before the material becomes available to students. A hand vote approved student access to quantitative evaluation data on course quality, the amount of effort students put into a course, the intellectual engagement that students felt, the clarity of a course’s objectives and course organization, among other categories.

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GREEK LIFE Biology professor Ryan Calsbeek, the chair of the committee on student life, motioned to proceed with a “vote that the College should abolish the Greek system.” The motion carried 116 to 13, with three abstentions. More than 200 faculty members signed an open letter with the same call. As of fall 2013, the faculty of arts and sciences had 588 tenure-track and non-tenuretrack faculty members. The motion will have no immediate impact, and similar motions have not led to the abolition of the Greek system. In 2001, for example, the faculty voted 92-0 to abolish single-sex Greek houses. In 2000, the faculty voted 81-0 in favor of abolition. A letter calling for abolishing the Greek system that circulated among faculty members late last month attracted 232 signatures. Mathematics professor Alex Barnett, one of the letter’s original 19 signatories, said he believes that the perception among students that faculty want to “shut down” student parties and activities is SEE MEETING PAGE 5

Firm examines downtown Hanover, College parking B y EMILIA BALDWIN

Laura Barrett, the College library’s director of education and outreach , said she used to pay for the best parking sticker available, which gave her access to parking lots close to the center of campus. “It was quite inexpensive at the time,” she said. “But when they nearly doubled prices, I decided just to use the free lot.”

Now, Barrett said she occasionally uses a shuttle service provided by the parking office on cold winter mornings. But on most days, she usually walks the half mile from Thompson Lot to her office in Baker-Berry Library. Several changes to Hanover parking aim to regulate town meter usage and improve access to College lots, but town and College officials are still debating

the options moving forward. Vice president for campus planning Lisa Hog arty said she hopes to receive suggestions from faculty and students about more convenient parking options by next summer. Desman Associates , a parking and transportation consulting firm, is studying a shortage of parking in downtown Hanover, said Hanover parking division supervisor Patrick O’Neill. Desman

Associate consultants Jerry Salzman and Eric Haggett have led the study, which began early this summer, said Janis Holtz, an accountant at the company. This summer, the town’s parking office began replacing town parking meters and created new parking options at the 7 Lebanon Street garage after recommendations from Desman Associates, O’Neill said. The firm has recommended that Hanover

implement a ride-share program that would allow individuals in the Hanover area to find and carpool with other drivers, he said. College and Hanover business employees use short-term parking spaces meant for visitors and customers, which has created a shortage of parking in downtown Hanover, O’Neill said. SEE PARKING PAGE 3


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