The Dartmouth 05/28/2019

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VOL. CLXXVI NO. 46

RAINY HIGH 54 LOW 46

OPINION

TRUONG: IN THE AFFIRMATIVE PAGE 4

ZAMAN: ON GILLIBRAND PAGE 4

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REVIEW: ‘BOSTON CALLING’ MUSIC FESTIVAL LIVES UP TO THE HYPE PAGE 7

SPORTS

WOMEN’S RUGBY TAKES SECOND PLACE IN 7S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PAGE 8

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TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2019

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Dartmouth students Dartmouth, nine plaintiffs seek mediation in class action lawsuit recently awarded national scholarships B y DEBORA COBON The Dartmouth

Three undergraduates were recently recognized by national scholar ship organizations for contributions within their fields of interest, adding to a list of over a dozen Dartmouth students who have been awarded national fellowships and scholarships this year. The Dartmouth sat down with three of these students — Gabrial Canfield ’21, Emma Esterman ’20 and

Jason Wei ’20 — to discuss their achievements. Canfield was named a recipient of the Udall Undergraduate Scholarship by the Udall Foundation. According to the program’s website, the scholarship honors college sophomores and juniors for “leadership, public service, and commitment to issues related to Native American nations or to the environment.” The SEE SCHOLARSHIPS PAGE 5

Long journey brings bear back to Hanover B y ANTHONY ROBLES

The Dartmouth Senior Staff

After a long and arduous jour ney that covered thousands of miles, Mink the bear has once again returned to Hanover. Mink was spotted by a local resident for the first time in almost a year a few days before Green Key weekend, according to Hanover deputy fire chief Michael Hinsley. Hanover town manager Julia Griffin said that Mink was spotted in the Carter

Street neighborhood, which is near the Hanover Co-op on South Park Street. Griffin added that it was in this neighborhood that Mink became habituated to food attractants, as there were a few residents in the area who would repeatedly feed her. “Up until a couple of years ago, there was an elderly woman and her son who lived on Carter Street who regularly fed the bears, in addition to SEE BEAR PAGE 3

PETER CHARALAMBOUS/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF

Moore Hall houses the psychological and brain sciences department.

B y THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF Dartmouth and nine women who are suing the College in federal court for failing to act on allegations of sexual misconduct against three former professors in the psychological and brain sciences department are now seeking a delay in the litigation to pursue mediation. In a motion filed on Friday in the U.S. District Court of New Hampshire, the two parties in the $70-million class action lawsuit, Rapuano et. al. v. Trustees of Dartmouth College, requested that all further litigation be delayed until either July 31 or three days after the mediation

agreed upon by the parties, whichever comes sooner, so that the parties can enter talks to “resolve this matter without further litigation.” To conduct the mediation, the parties have selected r e t i r e d j u d g e Ro b e r t Morrill, a 21-year veteran of the New Hampshire Superior Court and now a professional mediator based in Portsmouth, NH. Mediation is an out-of-court attempt to settle a legal dispute using a agreed upon third-party mediator, who attempts to find common ground between the parties. Parties entering into mediation are not bound to agree to a decision. The motion calling for the delay in litigation comes

weeks after two additional former students joined on as anonymous plaintiffs to the lawsuit. These women, using the pseudonyms “Jane Doe 2” and “Jane Doe 3,” added more allegations of sexual misconduct against the former professors, with one claiming that a former PBS department chair was made aware of allegations as early as 2004. In response, the College filed a motion in opposition to granting the new plaintiffs anonymity in the case, arguing that having three of nine plaintiffs using pseudonyms would “prejudice” its ability to defend itself in the case, SEE MEDIATION PAGE 2


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