The Dartmouth 09/16/15

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VOL. CLXXII NO. 107

MOSTLY SUNNY HIGH 85 LOW 56

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

College falls to No. 12 in U.S. News Grand jury will

hear J. Martin Favor’s case By LAUREN BUDD The Dartmouth Staff

is less valuable to prospective students than more specific lists that rank individual programs and college strengths. Sunde said that he is especially proud of the College’s student-to-teacher ratio, saying that it is indicative of Dartmouth’s commitment to serving undergraduates. Sunde said that he prefers to focus on the strengths of the College.

The case against African and African American studies and English professor J. Martin Favor will move to a grand jury after Favor waived his right to a probable cause hearing on Monday. Favor was arrested on Sept. 4 for the alleged possession of child pornography. Prosecutor Marc Hathaway said that since the defense did not raise the issue of probable cause in this case, the investigation into Favor’s alleged crimes will continue and police officers will gather and examine evidence before the state determines what charges are appropriate. In general, this process is completed within 90 days, Hathaway said. Five complaints filed by the police on the day of Favor’s arrest allege that Favor knowingly had in his possession videos depicting the graphic sexual abuse of several prepubescent boys and a prepubescent girl. After a hearing in Claremont District Court on Friday, he was released on a $10,000 personal recognizance bail. No plea was entered. As this case will likely involve federal charges, the sentence will most likely range from 10 to 15 years, David Finkelhor, director of the University of New Hampshire’s crimes against children research center, said. The amount of content possessed by the perpetrator, any trading or selling of the contraband and whether the perpetrator was involved in the production can affect sentence length, though the biggest factor is prior offenses, he said. Whether the content is in photo or video form makes little difference in sentence lengths.

SEE RANKINGS PAGE 5

SEE FAVOR PAGE 3

SPORTS

WOMEN’S SOCCER SEES STRONG START PAGE 12

OPINION

YUAN: IN DEFENSE OF DETERMINATION PAGE 4

ARTS

MISTRESS AMERICA: TOO ZANY PAGE 11

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The College’s U.S. News and World Report ranking has decreased over the past three years to 12th.

B y EMILIA BALDWIN The Dartmouth Staff

Dartmouth failed to crack the top 10 on the U.S. News and World Report’s annual ranking of national universities for the second consecutive year, falling to a tie for 12th place with Northwestern University. The College also rose in the publication’s best undergraduate teaching list, rising from fourth to second place this year, although

the College had ranked first for multiple years prior to 2014. The U.S. News and World Report’s lists are among the most well-known college rankings, and the College has not topped its 2011 ninthplace position in recent years. Interim dean of admissions and financial aid Paul Sunde said that he had hoped the College would place better than 12th, though he feels the national universities list

Laskaris leaves post Mridul Khan remembered as dean of admissions B y KELSEY FLOWER and PARKER RICHARDS

B y NOAH GOLDSTEIN The Dartmouth Staff

Former dean of admissions and financial aid Maria Laskaris left her position to become the special assistant to the provost for arts and innovation, Provost Carolyn Dever announced on Aug. 27. Former admissions director Paul Sunde will assume

Laskaris’ post as interim dean for the upcoming academic year. As admissions director, Sunde conducted the admissions office’s day-today activities, but in his interim post, he will head larger admissions planning efforts. Laskaris started her new SEE LASKARIS PAGE 9

The Dartmouth Staff

Mridul Khan is remembered by peers and professors for his passionate love of technology, selfless want to help others and engagement in meaningful conversations across a broad range of topics. Khan, a graduate student in the computer science department, died in a skydiving accident on Aug. 30 in Davis,

California. He had been in the Bay Area for the summer to complete an internship with Neon, an image software firm. Khan has been a student at the College since 2013. He received a bachelor’s degree in computer science in 2011 from North South University in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Khan worked in the Digital Arts, Leadership and Innovation Lab during his time at the College, computer science professor and DALI

Lab director Lorie Loebsaid. “He worked quietly and tirelessly on the work that was at hand, and he would present the work several times during the term,” she said. “He was really good about explaining what he was working on and passionate about the work that he was doing and trying to help people.” Khan was a lead developer for a DALI Lab project suggested by psychiatry SEE KHAN PAGE 2


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