VOL. CLXXI NO. 106
TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2014
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
One year after Clery complaint, investigation launched
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A candlelight vigil concluded Monday’s Respect Works programming.
Students discuss sexual assault B y JOSH KOENIG
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A program intending to spark conversations surrounding sexual assault on campus brought approximately 130 students to Bones Gate fraternity yesterday afternoon. During the nearly four-and-a-half hour event, which stretched into the early evening, participants
listened to an eight-student panel, spoke with faculty and guest speakers and crossed campus to the steps of Dartmouth Hall in a candlelight vigil. The event’s afternoon portion — which included the panel and remarks from two faculty members and guest-speaker Cindy Pierce, a local comedian, author and activist — was open to
men only. While the later portion of the event, which was called Respect Works, was open to campus, the decision to restrict afternoon programming aimed to help encourage participants who are not generally vocal on the issue express their opinions, event co-organizer Robbie Tanner ’16 said. SEE PANEL PAGE 3
As federal investigation into the College’s compliance with the Clery Act is set to start on Aug. 18, College officials who work on the Clery Act believe that the College is in compliance, associate general council Kevin O’Leary said. More than 30 students and alumni have signed onto the complaint, filed in May 2013. The College will cooperate with investigators, O’Leary said. “If the result of the investigation finds areas where we have not complied, that will require us to change some of our practices to get into compliance,” he said. “If they find the areas where we have been complying, that will just affirm that we’ve been doing things correctly.”
The Clery Act, signed in 1990, requires higher education institutions to disclose data on campus crime. Violating these regulations or failing to take corrective action can lead to federal sanctions that range in severity from fines to termination of federal financial aid programs. Annie Clark, who was a co-compainant in a Clery Act filing against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said that an investigation can be effective if colleges recognize what they are not doing well. She added, however, that administrators may also choose to ignore the investigation and say that they are doing everything well. The federal investigation to begin at Dartmouth follows Clery Act compliance SEE CLERY PAGE 3
Kappa Delta, Triangle House to open for fall B y SEAN CONNOLLY The Dartmouth Staff
Soon the sight of fences, the sound of power tools and the bustle of construction workers around Kappa Delta sorority and the Triangle House, a living learning community focusing on LGBTQ issues, will be distant memories. Construction on both buildings is set to finish this month in time to allow for fall student occupancy, residential operations director Woody Eckels said.
While the Triangle House, located on 4 North Park Street, is a renovation of current housing for faculty and staff, KD’s house will be a new construction. Eckels said that the respective construction and renovation projects are both on schedule to open this upcoming fall. In contrast, Panarchy undergraduate society is likely to remain closed for the upcoming term, he said, due to the ongoing review and permitting SEE CONSTRUCTION PAGE 5
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Panarchy closed in late June after the physical plant failed a safety check.