The Dartmouth 05/18/15

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VOL. CLXXII NO. 83

SUNNY

MONDAY, MAY 18, 2015

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

College sees increase in sexual assault reporting

NO T-PAIN, NO T-GAIN

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By KELSEY FLOWER The Dartmouth Staff

SPORTS

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OPINION

SMITH: DON’T DISCREDIT INTERNSHIPS PAGE 4

ARTS

STUDENT CREATIVE WRITING AWARDS PAGE 7

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Singer T-Pain performed at Programming Board’s Green Key concert last Friday.

Revenueincreases,largelyfromgifts B y ESTEPHANIE AQUINO The Dartmouth Staff

The College’s revenue for fiscal year 2014 totaled $1,310,504,806, an increase of $116,638,828 over fiscal year’s 2013 revenue of $1,193,865,978.

Chief financial officer Michael Wagner said that the increase in revenue was largely due to gifts and contributions from donors. In 2014, the College received the largest donation on record, totaling $100 million, from a

single anonymous donor, leaving only $16.6 million in other increases. By comparison, there was an increase of $226 million between 2012 and 2013, largely due to the more successful returns on investments than to increases

Students involved in fewer alcohol-related incidents B y BOB WANG

While this year’s Green Key weekend involved fewer alcoholrelated incidents than last year’s, records indicate that this year’s numbers closely resemble those of years prior to 2014, with Safety and Security director Harry Kinne calling last year an “abnormal-

ity” in terms of increased safety incidents. Hanover Police Lieutenant Bradford Sargent said that this year saw significantly lower crime rates, with 17 arrests compared to last year’s 34. Of the 17 arrests made overall, Sargent said 15 were directly related SEE GK PAGE 3

The number of reported sexual assault cases at Dartmouth has increased significantly in the past two years, and campus experts think this reflects changes at both the Dartmouth and national levels that make survivors feel more comfortable sharing their experiences. For the past 11 years, the Committee on Standards, run through the judicial affairs office, had averaged three reports of sexual misconduct per year. Last year, there were 17, though not all of them resulted in a COS case, judicial affairs director Leigh Remy said. “It was a huge jump,” Remy said. “I wasn’t sure what would happen this year.” The report with this year’s numbers will come out this summer. Since last June, there have been five investigations of sexual assault and two other Title IX complaints that were not related to sexual assault. The Clery Report, which includes reported sexual assaults on campus and on other Dartmouth-owned or -controlled property, has shown an increasing trend in sexual assault reporting. There were 35 reported cases in 2013, 24 cases in 2012 and 15 cases in 2011, but Title IX coordinator and Clery Act compliance officer Heather Lindkvist said that the 2014 numbers are even higher, though she cannot disclose them at this time. The Clery Act requires all colleges and universities that participate in federal financial aid programs to collect, retain and disclose information about crime on or near their campuses or other college-owned property. In addition to the fact that not all disclosures go through the judicial process, Clery report and judicial affairs office numbers differ in that the Clery report includes a larger

SEE REVENUE PAGE 2

SEE SEXUAL ASSAULT PAGE 5

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Members of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority perform at the 2015 Green Key step show.


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