VOL. CLXXII NO. 17
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2015
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Hanover Police change procedure AAU survey will
come to campus in spring By lauren budd The Dartmouth Staff
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were found out on the Green and had been drinking but were not committing any harm, we could have the option of releasing them to [Safety and Security],” Dennis said. International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators president David Perry said that issuing a summons for an alcohol violation is “a common practice on most college and university campuses.” He noted that students must verify their affiliation with the institution and that they have not violated any other institu-
A campus-wide sexual assault climate survey will be implemented for the first time this spring term and will continue to be conducted on a recurring basis, campus Title IX coordinator Heather Lindkvist said. The Association of American Universities, an organization representing top universities, organizes the survey, which will be distributed at 28 college campuses in the spring, reaching close to 900,000 students, AAU vice president of public affairs Barry Toiv said. He said that the schools represented an “excellent cross-section” of American higher education. The institutions surveyed are of varying sizes, both rural and urban and public and private institutions. “Universities will see not only their own results, but also the cumulative results for the many institutions participating,” Toiv said. He said the aggregate data published following the survey will help institutions formulate policies, inform policymakers and contribute to research in the field. He noted that the decision to release data comes down to each individual institution. All Dartmouth students, including graduate students, will complete the survey, Lindkvist said. Every Ivy League institution except Princeton University will participate in the survey, Toiv said. The survey firm Westat provides schools with their institutional data, and they can then decide if they want to disclose that information, Toiv said.
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Hanover Police officers are encouraged to issues summons rather than make arrests for alcohol violations.
B y Kelsey Flower and Estephanie Aquino The Dartmouth Staff
Hanover Police Chief Charlie Dennis said late last week that he has been encouraging a preexisting policy under which officers issue students a summons and turn them over to Dartmouth Safety and Security instead of arresting and processing students at the police station. Since he became chief in June, he has been evaluating police proceedings, and put in place a new policy starting Jan. 1 where Hanover Police will only be
involved in the transport of intoxicated students from Dick’s House to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center if they are requested. Dennis said that police officers are encouraged to use discretion when determining whether or not students should be taken into custody, depending on the seriousness of the incident. In most cases, even when arrested, Hanover Police contacts Safety and Security, director of Safety and Security Harry Kinne said, noting the “collaborative” relationship between the two. “If two underage students
Grad school plans continue B y Erica Buonanno The Dartmouth Staff
The faculty task force devoted to creating an administratively independent graduate school for advanced studies at the College has begun to focus on primary areas for the proposal and plans to submit a final proposal to Provost Carolyn Dever by the beginning of spring term, dean of graduate studies and task force chair Jon Kull said. Dever established a committee comprised of 10 faculty members dedicated to drafting a proposal for a Dartmouth School of Graduate
and Advanced Studies last fall. Kull said that the committee has already met once this term and plans to meet three or four more times before the spring. He said that currently the task force has been divided into four small groups consisting of two to three people, with each group researching one of the four different areas of the proposed school. These categories include: finance and budget, administration and governance, the role of advanced studies within the school and the mission and vision. SEE GRAD PAGE 5
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