The Dartmouth 09/24/15

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VOL. CLXXII NO. 113

SUNNY HIGH 72 LOW 43

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

DHMC threatens to sue VT

Tri Delt becomes Chi Delt, with some difficulty

B y PARKER RICHARDS The Dartmouth Staff

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OPINION

CHAMSEDDINE: THE MYTH OF “NEED-AWARE” PAGE 4

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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center threatened to sue the state of Vermont over Medicaid.

B y ERIN LEE The Dartmouth Staff

If the hospital’s reimbursement rates are not adjusted, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center will take legal action against the state of Vermont. The state has paid the hospital 31 percent less in Medicaid reimbursements than hospitals located in Vermont, DHMC spokesperson Rick Adams said.

The Department of Vermont Health Access disputes DHMC’s claims, although it plans to review the reimbursement increase, according to a response letter sent to DHMC on Sept. 10. DHMC accepts patients covered by Medicaid in exchange for reimbursement by state and federal funds. DHMC is the second-largest Medicaid health provider to Vermont res-

idents, even though it is located in Lebanon, New Hampshire — 40 percent of its patients live in Vermont, Adams said. The hospital claims that it is reimbursed at a lower rate for equivalent treatments as Vermont hospitals. As a result, the hospital believes DHVA has violated the equal protection clause in the 14th amendment. SEE DHMC MEDICAID PAGE 3

Interfraternity Council hosts first-ever open house B y ESTEPHANIE AQUINO The Dartmouth Staff

The College’s single-sex fraternities will be hosting a formal open house prerush event for the first time on Thursday, Sept. 24 from 7 to 9 p.m. The decision to make the open house an additional segment of the men’s rush process was made during the 2015 spring term. Interfraternity Council recruitment chair Felipe Jaramillo ’16 said the decision was made to make the men’s rush process more inclusive.

Chi Delta sorority officially separated from Delta Delta Delta sorority, its national governing body, last week and came under the auspices of the College’s Greek life insurance policy on Monday, Chi Delt leaders said. After announcing plans to localize last spring, Chi Delt began a lengthy and at times trying process to become a local sorority, Chi Delt president Lauren Buchanan ’16 said. “This summer has been miserable,” she said. “We’ve had so many hoops to jump through.” Chi Delt does not intend to open its basement to campus, social chair Reilly Johnson ’16 said. The decision was reached in part because of the house’s culture and partly due to spatial concerns, Buchanan and Johnson said. “We’re pretty dedicated to the idea that we have a social space, but it’s people we

want in our social space, not anyone who wants to be in our social space,” Buchanan said. “Although we will have events open to the entire campus, we’ll continue to be dedicated to the idea that it is our social space and you have to be invited into that space [to enter].” Johnson emphasized the small size of Chi Delt’s basement compared to other local sororities like Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority and Sigma Delta sorority. “I think that [Chi Delt’s] social scene isn’t going to change very much,” she said. “I don’t think we have the space necessary to become a very ‘rage-y’ sorority.” Still, Chi Delt will attempt to host more open events. Buchanan said the house aims to create an event modeled on Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity’s Pigstick event that will instead be fall-themed. Such an event might be based on the GerSEE CHI DELT PAGE 5

BOOK OF JOB

“It’s really hard for some students to go to a random house where they might not know anyone and just talk to the brothers,” Jaramillo said. “Some are comfortable with it and others are not.” Pre-rush email lists are often used to invite those interested to pre-rush events, which might cause someone who was not on any given fraternity’s list to feel uncomfortable about attending rush events for that fraternity, Jamarillo said. Last week all men eligible to rush received SEE IFC OPEN HOUSE PAGE 2

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Students attend the Center for Professional Development’s fall job fair.


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