PARTLY CLOUDY
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2014
VOL. CLXXI NO. 42
Student assaulted over weekend, per campus-wide alert
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By THE DARTMOUTH STAFF
A female College student reported that she was sexually assaulted by an identified male undergraduate last weekend in a student residential facility, according to a campus-wide Safety and Security alert sent Wednesday night. Safety and Security director Harry Kinne said in the email that the alleged incident occurred on March 2 in a building on the southeast side of campus. Hanover Police is investigating the alleged incident with the help of Safety and Security. The alert included a paragraph stating that victims are not responsible for perpetrators’ actions. Last fall, two alerts that TRACY WANG/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF
SPORTS
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SHIFTING THE BLAME PAGE 4
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FEMALE DRAMA STUDENTS PAVE WAY AT COLLEGE
Anna Knowles ’16 tests a helicopter she is programming for a computer science class.
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Boe discusses healthy Over Dimensions,freshmen will no college relationships longer pose as prospective students B y CLAIRE DALY
The Dartmouth Staff
Author and speaker Aaron Boe called upon audience members to be part of the “educated generation” by breaking the cycle of disrespect and sexual assault on college campuses in a talk Tuesday afternoon. Boe, a
former stand-up comedian, spoke in Filene Auditorium about fostering physically and emotionally balanced relationships. “Raise your hand if you’ve ever known someone in an unhealthy relationship,” he said. “Raise your SEE BOE PAGE 3
B y CHRIS LEECH
The Dartmouth Staff
This spring’s newly admitted students program, Dimensions of Dartmouth, will offer three dates for prospective students to visit campus rather than one, and enrolled students will not pose as prospective members of the Class of
2018, dean of admissions and financial aid Maria Laskaris said. In previous years, students performing in the Dimensions show pretended to be high school students at the start of the program to facilitate social interactions. They revealed themselves as current students during the Dimensions show. Laskaris said that she has
not made any specific changes to the program because of the protest at last year’s Dimensions show, during which members of the campus group Real Talk Dartmouth, holding signs highlighting discriminatory acts at the College, took the stage shouting “Dartmouth SEE DIMENSIONS PAGE 2
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In final projects,engineering Students unite in support students tackle campus issues of Venezuelan protestors B y CAROLINE HANSEN
For a final project in a design thinking engineering class, Sophie Sheeline ’16 and her team proposed a new social network called the “Granite system” to replace the Greek system. Freshmen would be sorted into one of 30 houses based on the results of Myers-Briggs personality tests, with each house containing various personality types.
Basement vending machines would sell beer, and the proceeds would go toward financial aid stipends. Sheeline’s project is one of eight in the class, an engineering course that focuses on human-centered design methodologies. The class shows students the “human side of the equation” in engineering and SEE ENGS PAGE 3
B y BRYN MORGAN
The Dartmouth Staff
On the eve of the first anniversary of former Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez’s death, around 30 Dartmouth students gathered in support of the Venezuelan students thousands of miles away who are leading national protests against the regime of current president
Nicolas Maduro. After the Latin American Political Society gave a presentation about the political unrest that has rocked Venezuela since Chavez died last March, students spoke with Caracas residents Jeroen and Marlene Candel, who have participated in the ongoing demonstrations, via Skype. SEE VENEZUELA PAGE 5