VOL. CLXXI NO.146
PARTLY CLOUDY
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2014
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Region sees spike in heroin overdoses
THE GREAT PUMPKIN
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B y SARA m C gAHAN The Dartmouth Staff
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MIRROR
‘WE STAND TOGETHER’: UNITING AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES PAGE M4
DARTMOUTH TOOL KIT PAGE M8
OPINION
VERBUM ULTIMUM: VOTE PAGE 4
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Students examine entries in a Bar Hop pumpkin contest, including owl and dragon designs.
The Upper Valley has seen a rise in the number of heroin overdoses in the past few months, and the rise has been partly attributed to a fentanyl–laced batch of heroin being distributed throughout the area. Fentanyl, an opioid generally used in hospitals as a painkiller, amplifies heroin’s potency when mixed with the drug. Hartford police decided
to test for a laced substance in heroin after receiving reports of nine overdoses in the past month, two of which resulted in fatalities, Hartford deputy police chief Leonard Roberts said. This number combines reported overdoses from Windsor, Hartford and Canaan. “Prior to now, we have seen one or two overdoses in the past couple of years, but it was nothing like it is now,” Hartford deputy police chief SEE HEROIN PAGE 2
As midterm elections near, profs consider students’ role B y TIM CONNOR
Historical voting patterns predict generally low levels of participation in midterm elections among young people. And next Tuesday is unlikely to break the trend of low voter turnout, said University of New Hampshire political science professor Andrew Smith. Smith, who directs the UNH Survey Center, attributes the trend to the large number of out-of-state
students attending schools like Dartmouth. “Very few Dartmouth students are from New Hampshire,” he said. “Theoretically, they could be voting in other states, in their home states, where they probably have a greater awareness of what’s going on and know the candidates more and have maybe more interest or concern because they plan to be moving back to those states.”
Smith said that because turnout tends to be low among students, they are unlikely to significantly affect Election Day. Joseph Bafumi, a Dartmouth government professor who studies campaigns and elections, said that because this year’s state midterm elections are likely to be close, the student vote may matter more than usual. “The Dartmouth student
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College Republicans tabled outside Novack on Thursday.
Civil rights leader Julian Design-your-own floors see Bond talks social activism varied success in first term
B y ERIN LEE
Civil rights leader Julian Bond spoke about social activism and his experience leading protests during the civil rights movement during a talk on Thursday afternoon. The event, which attracted more than 200 people, was presented in conjunction with “Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties,” an exhibition featured at the Hood Museum of Art until Dec. 14.
Bond, former National Association for the Advancement of Colored People chairman and co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, discussed the exhibit’s significance and its portrayal of the “army of anonymous women and men” during a 15-minute talk followed by a question and answer session. “This was a people’s moveSEE BOND PAGE 5
B y CHRIS LEECH
The Dartmouth Staff
Seven weeks after the first design-yourown living learning communities took up residence across campus, participants report varying levels of engagement with their floormates, with certain floors providing more programming and a stronger sense of community. Last spring, students pitched floor ideas for the 2014-15 academic year, ranging a from Harry Potter-themed floor known as
“Muggles for Magical Awareness” to a floor on culinary cultural exchange. While the office of residential life originally planned to approve three to four proposals, they approved 10 after receiving more applications than expected, said Katharina Daub, assistant director of residential education for living learning programs and academic initiatives. Daub said the design-your-own program expects students to provide programming SEE LLC PAGE 3