VOL. CLXXV NO.55
STORMY HIGH 77 LOW 66
FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2018
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Two senior TDI officials placed on administrative leave
Students march against sexual assault
BY ZACHARY BENJAMIN
The Dartmouth Senior Staff
SAPHFIRE BROWN/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF
Elliott Fisher and Adam Keller of The Dartmouth Institute are subjects of a workplace behavior complaint.
OPINION
ELLIS: JUST DON’T DO IT PAGE 4
PAK: ON THE ELDERLY PAGE 4
BY THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF
Elliott Fisher, director of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and Adam Keller, TDI’s chief of strategy and operations, have been placed on administrative leave following a complaint about workplace conduct.
The pair have been barred from College property, according to an email from College spokesperson Diana Lawrence. An investigation into the complaint is currently underway, as is a search for an interim TDI director. Faculty and staff at the Geisel School of Medicine were infor med Tuesday
afternoon by an email from Geisel dean Duane Compton that Fisher and Keller had been placed on leave. The email noted that Compton could not provide any more details about the investigation or the complaint. In follow-up emails, Lawrence confirmed that the leave is paid, and was
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Cleanup efforts proceed at Rennie Farm BY PETER CHARALAMBOUS The Dartmouth Staff
The College has reported a reduction in the presence of the toxic chemical 1,4-dioxane at Rennie Farm, a site in northern Hanover where the College was permitted to dispose laboratory animal corpses generated from medical research in the 1960s and 1970s. Director of real estate and associate general counsel Ellen
Arnold said that there has been a 46 percent reduction of 1,4-dioxane in the burial area and a 64 percent reduction down gradient from the Rennie Farm property following the College’s site clean-up efforts. 1 , 4 - d i ox a n e i s a ch e m i c a l classified by the Environmental Protection Agency as “likely to be carcinogenic to humans.” It has been linked to short-term health effects SEE CLEANUP PAGE 3
“Say it loud, say it clear, rapists are not welcome here!” “ N o h a t e, n o f e a r, survivors are welcome here!” These chants echoed d o w n We b s t e r Ave n u e We d n e s d a y n i g h t a s demonstrators marched in solidarity with survivors of sexual violence. Around 80 people participated in the march at its peak, which began at 11 p.m. on the corner of the road outside Sanborn Library, just across the street from the Green. The march began with statements of thanks toward those in attendance from the org anizer s, as well a s a n a c k n ow l e d g m e n t
of survivors and allies who could not attend t h e march . Fo l l owi n g t h e s e s t at e m e n t s, t h e group marched up and down Webster Avenue multiple times, chanting in support of survivors of sexual assault and against perpatrators. Multiple students spoke during the march. One student stressed the necessity of supporting survivors and holding offenders accountable. She said that she was tired of the fact that the fear of being accused of sexual assault has sometimes been taken more seriously than the actual victims of sexual assault, and emphasized that consent is continuously and freely
SEE TDI PAGE 3
SEE MARCH PAGE 5
OL’ MAN CONNECTICUT RIVER
DEBORA HYEMIN HAN/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF
The sun sets over the Connecticut River at the Ledyard docks.