about cultures … [and teach an] appreciation for things that are bigger than everyday common experiences that we all encounter,” he said.

Beyond his concerns for Dartmouth’s Hindu community, Jayanti said that he hopes that the inclusive nature of Rollins’s interfaith usage continues.

“[Rollins is] a place for everybody: Everyone is welcome and everyone is welcome just as they are,” Jayanti said. “You don’t have to be a Hindu and you don’t have to believe in this or that to be part of the community.”

BY ISABELLE HAN

Since the third week of January, apartment units at the Summit on Juniper complex have been experiencing systemic heating outages. According to senior vice president of operations of the Michaels Organization Cheree Lujan, about 40 units were impacted.

The Michaels Organization, a third-party company, is in charge of handling residential operations within three buildings at Summit on Juniper that are primarily occupied by graduate students. The fourth building, which primarily houses undergraduate students, is managed through the College’s office of residential life.

The issues have to do with the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, which works via heat compressors, according to Lujan. She noted that about eight compressors have been identified thus far as needing replacement.

“The manufacturer has been onsite to analyze the cause of the failures and to make any adjustments needed to ensure that the system is in good working order for the long haul,” Lujan wrote in an email statement.

Juniper resident Smitakshi if anyone needed a space heater, they could reach out to us and we could supply it,” Mann said. “Since then, Summit has started providing space heaters. However, they’re only providing one per unit in sometimes four bedroom apartments, which is totally not acceptable.”

Goswami, who is pursuing a physics and astronomy Ph.D. at Dartmouth, said that the lack of heating has forced her to adopt measures in order to cope with the cold.

Mann added that on top of providing space heaters, GOLD will be shuttling people to temporary shelter in other housing locations if the need arises. He said that GOLD is calling for Dartmouth to relocate affected residents until the heat is restored.

“It is unsafe and totally unviable to have people just relying on space heaters when it’s negative 13 degrees out,” Mann said.

To exacerbate the heating issues, Goswami said that graduate student residents have to pay separately for electricity, on top of already high rent costs. According to Benson, the cheapest room at Summit is “more than $1,000” per month, adding that the rent at Summit exceeds the rent burden — defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as spending more than 30% of income on housing costs — for some residents who may have lower graduate student stipends.

Furthermore, Goswami said that there is a disconnect between the price of a unit and the living conditions.

“The house is not made of really good materials,” she said. “[For example], the pipeline has fluids coming out. Everything keeps getting broken. There is no sense of security, and the buildings are open.”