VOL. CLXXI NO. 18
SUNNY
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2014
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Kane ’86 faces charges of unlawful restraint
WINTER AWAKENING
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Students design the set of “Spring Awakening,” the winter term musical.
College employee arrested By THE DARTMOUTH STAFF
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Hanover Police arrested David Bar r, a College employee who works at the Hinman Mail Center, around noon on Wednesday after he allegedly posted a threatening message on his Facebook
account. In the post, Barr threatened to harm Hanover Police of ficer s and their children and referenced violence at a school, according to a Hanover Police press release. After being notified of the Facebook post by
a citizen, Hanover Police issued an arrest warrant for Barr with a charge of criminal threatening. His bail has been set at $30,000 cash with conditions and he is expected to appear in the New Hampshire 2nd Circuit Court in Lebanon on Thursday.
Patricia Kane ’86 was arrested by Hanover Police Monday night in Lyme after authorities issued an Amber Alert, alleging that she had abducted her 12-year-old biological son from his foster family in Sunderland, Vt. Kane, 49, of Manchester, Vt., is being held in Grafton County Jail while she awaits extradition to Vermont, where she faces two felony charges, said Vermont State Police public information officer Stephanie Dasaro. At a brief arraignment in Lebanon District Court on Tuesday afternoon, Kane waived her right to challenge extradition to Vermont, acting Hanover Police chief Frank Moran said. She is being held on $200,000 bail, according to a Vermont State Police press release. Moran said Kane is being held in Grafton County Jail on a fugitive from justice charge. Extradition will occur within the next few days, he said. Kane faces charges of seconddegree unlawful restraint and
custodial interference, each carrying a maximum prison sentence of five years. The Bennington County attorney may choose to pursue additional charges, Dasaro said. Zachary Lee, Kane’s son, was reported missing from his foster home on North Road at 4:46 p.m. on Monday, and an Amber Alert was activated at 8:35 p.m. that night. Law enforcement officials may activate Amber Alerts in the case of a serious, timecritical child abduction, and are disseminated using radio, television, highway signs, mobile phones and the Internet. Authorities believe Kane abducted Zachary Lee on his way home from school, after he had been dropped off by the bus, according to a Vermont Police Department press release. At about 10:30 p.m., police received a tip in response to the Amber Alert, Moran said. The tip came from a customer at the Canoe Club Restaurant in Hanover who had seen the SEE KANE PAGE 3
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Alumni Gym pool to Obama discusses higher ed.equality close for three terms B y kate bradshaw
B y CAROLINE HANSEN
With the Karl Michael Pool in Alumni Gym closing for maintenance this spring, seniors who have not passed the 50-yard swim test required for graduation will face added difficulty, senior associate director of athletics for physical education and recreation Roger Demment said. Maintenance on the pool, the largest in Alumni Gym,
is expected to last until the fall. While Alumni Gym’s smaller Spaulding Pool will remain open in the spring, free swim hours will be reduced as athletes need the pool for training, Demment said. The Karl Michael Pool will be drained and scaffolding erected while repairs are made to the roof of SEE SWIM PAGE 5
Specific proposals for strengthening higher education were absent from President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address delivered on Tuesday night, in which Obama spoke in general terms about his goal for improving access to higher education and reiterated the education-related themes of past addresses. In last year’s State of the Union, Obama introduced a “ C o l l e g e S c o re c a rd ” that would rate institutions
based on value and potentially impact the allocation of federal funding to lowscoring schools. This year, his comments on education focused on college accessibility, universal pre-kindergarten education and creating partnerships between employers and universities. Early in Tuesday’s speech, Obama acknowledged that the past year has seen severe cuts to education. “Nobody got everything they wanted, and we can still do more to invest in
this country’s future while bringing down our deficit in a balanced way,” he said. Later in the address, the president cited his record on higher education, including capping monthly student loan payments at 10 percent of a g raduate’s income, creating a ranking system for colleges based on value and emphasizing hands-on education programs that link schools and employers. Public policy professor Ronald Shaiko said DartSEE SPEECH PAGE 3