VOL. CLXXIII NO.50
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THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2016
College sees high veteran enrollment By JOSEPH REGAN
The Dartmouth Staff
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Ten veterans will join the College’s Class of 2020 through a partnership with the Posse Foundation’s Veterans Program. The “posse” of seven male and three female veterans will be funded and supported throughout their four years of college. Dartmouth is one of three schools to participate in the program. The program is an extension of the Posse Foundation’s recruitment and placement process at selective institutions of higher education. Originally designed to increase minority student enrollment at these insti-
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By ALYSSA MEHRA
Last December, Rex Woodbury ’15 came across an article about a recent Guinness World Record for the fastest halfmarathon run in a business suit. The record was held by Gihan Amarasiriwardena — cofounder of menswear company, Ministry of Supply — set at 1 hour 24 minutes and 41 seconds. On March 21, Woodbury put
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Ron Taylor was called “notoriously social” by those who knew him.
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tutions, the veterans program uses the same philosophy of creating a cohort, or posse, and preparing them for the college admissions process and providing guidance until graduation. Will Corbett ’10, senior assistant director of admissions and the coordinator of veteran admissions at Dartmouth, said that he has seen the most veterans coming to the College at one time during his tenure in admissions. “Usually there are about 22 veterans at the College at any one time,” Corbett said. “This
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on a suit and ran 13.1 miles in 1 hour, 18 minutes and 41 seconds. Woodbury is not the current record holder just yet, as his application is still being reviewed and verified by the Guinness World Records. There are currently 16 open applications for this record. The process to break the record requires a submission to SEE RECORD PAGE 2
Geisel School of Medicine professor Ron Taylor wanted to be known as somebody who never said no. A lifelong scientist and dedicated colleague, he was devoted to his research pursuits and the community that surrounded him, his partner and fellow microbiology professor Paula Sundstrom said. Taylor died of a heart attack at the age of 62 on Saturday. He had been at Dartmouth since 1993. “Sometimes he was so busy, I would try to say, ‘You have so many things other things only you can do,
someone else can do that,’” Sundstrom said. “He would never have any of that, his phrase for that was ‘That’s just what I do.’” To Geisel professor George O’Toole, Taylor was a colleague, a friend and a mentor. They met when O’Toole was interviewing for a faculty position, as Taylor was the head of the search committee. O’Toole made his decision to come to Dartmouth in large part due to Taylor’s personality. “He was just a happy, joyous, interactive person. He was enthusiastic about his science and about life and about Dartmouth. He put a great face on the institution
in a way that was hard to deny,” O’Toole said, “He had that effect on people. He just made them happy.” Caitlyn Hauke, a graduate student working in Taylor’s lab, was one of many who wanted a chance to work under him. Hauke first met Taylor when she was a senior in college interviewing for positions in labs. Before hearing the results of her interview, Hauke knew that she wanted to be in his lab. “Ron was a really approachable person. He was very friendly. He was always rooting for us and fighting for us,” Hauke said. “I found SEE TAYLOR PAGE 5
NewVistas buys Vermont land for “ideal community” By ZACHARY BENJAMIN The Dartmouth Staff
A plan to build an “ideal community” inspired by the writings of Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day saints, has left many Vermont residents upset and confused.
The NewVistas Foundation, led by Mormon Utah resident David R. Hall bought almost 900 acres of property in the towns of Sharon, Strafford, Tunbridge and Royalton, about 20 minutes away from Dartmouth’s campus. The purchases are part of a plan to create a 20,000-person, ideal
community in Vermont. So far, Hall said he has spent about $100 million on the project, and he currently spends about $15 to $20 million a year. In total, he estimates the project will cost between $3 and $5 billion. While Hall remains optimistic about his plan, other Vermont residents harbor
reservations. John Dumville, former Vermont historic sites operations chief and South Royalton resident, questioned Hall’s confidence in the plan’s success, given the number of permitting processes and land use restrictions in the state. He said that while he has not yet decided his thoughts on the plan,
he does not think Hall’s chosen location is the right place for the proposed community. Kathy Leonard, an environmentalist and member of the Facebook group “Stop the ‘NewVista’ Project,” which currently contains 523 memSEE LAND PAGE 5