FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019
VOL. CLXXV NO. 116
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HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
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Wednesday’s town hall addressed the College’s initiative to tackle sexual violence on campus.
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Around 70 members of the Dartmouth community crowded into Spaulding Auditorium on Jan. 16 for the quarterly town hall meeting. Executive vice president Rick Mills led the discussion, which focused on the new Campus Climate and Culture Initiative — or C3I — and the College’s 250th
anniversary celebrations. The next town hall will be held on Mar. 27 and will cover the College’s plan to build a new biomass power plant and the expansion of graduate housing in Lebanon. The 250th celebration co-chairs — Vice President for Alumni Relations Cheryl Bascomb ’82 and English professor Donald Pease — and Title IX coordinator Kristi Clemens joined him to
address items on the agenda. Clemens opened with a discussion of the initiative, a set of actions aimed at “creating a learning environment free from sexual harassment and the abuse of power,” according to the College’s official press release. The College announced the launch of the initiative on Jan. 3. SEE TOWN HALL PAGE 5
For mer interim College President Carol Folt announced her resignation from her position as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday. Folt also announced that she had ordered the removal of a Confederate statue on campus out of safety concerns. The university’s Board of Gover nor s acce pted Folt’s resignation but told her to step down by Jan. 31. In her original announcement, Folt had said she would leave at the end of the academic year in May. The statue, also known as “Silent Sam,” was torn off its base in August by students who protested its symbolism as a shrine for white supremacy. The status was never returned to its original spot on campus. The monument was originally erected on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus in 1913 to remember the “sons of the university who died for their beloved Southland 1861-1865,” according to the school’s website. It had been
built at the request of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. UNC-Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees expressed its support for Folt’s decision to approve the removal of the monument’s base and commemorative plaques. Folt was elected as UNCChapel Hill’s 11th chancellor in 2013, becoming the first woman to lead the university. Prior to assuming her leadership role at the oldest public university in the U.S., Folt had held a 30-year career at Dartmouth. A biology professor, she also served as dean of graduate studies and dean of faculty before being appointed as provost in 2010. In 2012, Folt became interim College President — the first woman to hold the office — following the departure of former College President Jim Yong Kim, who left to become president of the World Bank. College President Phil Hanlon succeeded Folt in June 2012.
Pine Park trails will After delay, construction begins close in February on indoor practice facility B y savannah Eller The Dartmouth Staff
Some of the College’s most scenic trails will be closed as trees are removed to improve the health of the century-old and dying Pine Park. The project is set to start at the beginning of February if weather conditions hold and will last two to four weeks, according to associate director of Facilities Operation and Management Tim McNamara ’78 A&S ’12.
The affected trails are part of Pine Park, an area of protected woodland north of campus and abutting the Hanover Country Club. Established in 1900 by Hanover residents, the park is a popular destination for students and town residents alike, according to Pine Park Association president and government professor Linda Fowler. She stressed that this land was “venerable,” as it is SEE PINE PARK PAGE 3
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Following a long delay, construction officially began this past Monday on a new building on campus. Contractors began laying down hardpack to allow for the movement of heavy vehicles for the 70,000-square-foot indoor athletic facility to be located near Thompson Arena and Bernstein Field, adjacent to the Boss Tennis
Center. According to vice president of planning, design and construction John Scherding, planning for a new athletic facility began over five years ago with a feasibility study conducted in 2012. The permit was origionally denied by the Hanover planning board in 2016, but was ultimately granted by the New Hampshire Supreme Court in November 2018. Officials had identified
a need for indoor practice space for Dartmouth athletic teams, said Bob Ceplikas ’78, deputy director of athletics and recreation at the College. “As the northernmost Ivy League school, Dartmouth faces unique challenges regarding the need for indoor practice space,” Ceplikas said. According to Ceplikas, demand for Leverone Field House, currently the only multi-use indoor athletic
SEE PRACTICE FACILITY PAGE 2