VOL. CLXXII NO. 76
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2015
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Cunningham issues apology,petition calls for resignation
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A petition calling for the resignation of Student Assembly president-elect Frank Cunningham ’16 following what it called “uncouth, unjustified” behavior at a student protest Saturday afternoon has garnered 359 signatures as of press time. Cunningham sent an email to campus Wednesday morning, in which he apologized and wrote that he “had no business approaching a female member of our community in that way” and acknowledged that his actions appeared “threatening.” Both Cunningham and the female student declined to
This weekend saw multipled demonstrations as students stood in solidarity with the protests in Baltimore.
SEE PETITION PAGE 5
Sexual assault survey sees 40 percent response rate
B y LAUREN BUDD
The Dartmouth Staff
Forty percent of the student body — including undergraduate students, graduate students and those in professional schools — submitted responses to the Association of American Universities sexual assault campus climate survey sent out to campus last month, Title IX coordinator and Clery Act compliance officer Heather Lindkvist said. Dartmouth was one of 28 univer-
sities to participate in the survey, though not all other schools have completed the survey. Lindkvist said that though she would always hope for a higher response rate, she was excited by the yield and that it would be possible to draw meaningful conclusions from the results. A final response rate will be made available after May 10 following a more complete review of the responses, Lindkvist said, which would prevent survey responses with minor errors, such as a participant
missing one question, from being included in the final tally. “I feel confident that we’ll be able to learn something from this survey and implement changes based on the survey,” Lindkvist said. The survey will be helpful in evaluating resources on campus and in identifying the prevalence of sexual assault at the College, she said, and will inform future steps taken to improve services. Lindkvist noted that resources are will not only be provided to students, but will be
Dever approves plans to split the Tucker Foundation B y ERIN LEE
The Dartmouth Staff
Provost Carolyn Dever recently approved plans for two new centers — the Dartmouth Center for Service and the William Jewett Tucker Center — that will continue the work of the Tucker Foundation following the Board of Trustees’ approval to split the foundation last June. Dever proposed new mission statements and outlined preliminary plans for the organization
of each center at the end of the winter term, Tucker interim dean Theresa Ellis ’97 said. Tucker is currently in the process of finalizing the split, which includes settling legal matters related to the distribution of Tucker’s endowment, she said. Administrators hope to complete the process by the end of the calendar year, though no clear date has been established, she added. SEE TUCKER PAGE 3
made available to faculty and staff as well. “I think this will be incredibly helpful for someone like me who’s looking institutionally about concerns of sexual assault and misconduct to find out what’s really happening in the community,” Lindkvist said. The content of the responses will not be available until the fall, when the data will be made accessible to SEE SURVEY PAGE 2
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Students donate blood at yesterday’s blood drive in the Top of the Hop.