VOL. CLXXIII NO.40
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2016
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Students placed in houses during Founders Day
AM SHOWERS HIGH 48 LOW 21
By JOYCE LEE
The Dartmouth Staff
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Banners for the six newly formed housing communites hang in the Class of 1953 Commons.
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Divest Dartmouth nears 2,000 signatures on petition
By PAULOMI RAO OPINION
On Friday night, students filled the Baker-Berry Library lobby to find out their housing community placement from wax sealed letters. After receiving their envelopes, students headed to different parts of the library to meet house professors, eat cookies, sign a leather-bounded book and pick up housespecific scarves and t-shirts. The event was followed by late night breakfast at the Class of 1953 Commons.
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Started two years ago by Divest Dartmouth, the “Go Fossil Free!” petition has received 1,921 of its 2,000 signature goal as of last week. The organization aims to push the Board of Trustees to divest from fossil fuel extraction from the top 200 companies by known oil, gas and coal reserves. Divest Dartmouth, according to its website, believes that continuing
to support companies that produce and profit from fossil fuels is not in the best interest of the College, the world and the climate. The organization hopes to “bankrupt the fossil fuel companies morally, standing up for the creation of a better future and denouncing the systems that continue to act to prevent this change.” “Divesting from fossil fuels is the right thing for Dartmouth to do,” Leehi Yona ’16 wrote in an email while on a research trip in Canada. “Not only does it make financial
sense — divesting would reduce our risk of exposure to volatile stocks — but it is also a moral imperative.” In March 2014, Divest Dartmouth wrote to the Board of Trustees asking them for a meeting on fossil fuel divestment. In response, College President Phil Hanlon wrote that in order to hold a meeting with the Board of Trustees, the Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility had to write a report on the pros and cons of fossil fuel divestment. Shortly after, Divest Dartmouth
presented to the ACIR in spring of 2014, and were told that a report would be ready by June 2014. Yona said the ACIR has still not produced a report nearly two years later. Two drafts were written, she added, but both were rejected by Hanlon. Over the past year, Divest Dartmouth’s membership has tripled in size. “We have been following all of the bureaucratic loopholes we’ve been SEE DIVEST PAGE 3
College partners with Enterprise Rent-A-Car
By MEGAN CLYNE
The Dartmouth Staff
The College partnered with Enterprise Rent-A-Car to facilitate the Vox Rental Program as of Jan. 1, selling previously College-owned vehicles to the company to manage. The program provides large vehicles — SUVs, sedans, microbuses and passenger vans — to faculty, staff and students traveling for events associated with the College, according to the College’s parking and transportation website. David Newlove, associate vice
president of business and hospitality, said that instead of the College owning the vehicles, Enterprise now owns and manages all the rentals that the College uses. There are no new policies or regulations to drive cars on campus as a result of the new partnership, he said. Renting and purchasing cars was an expensive endeavor, Newlove said, and motivated the change. As the partnership removes the need to purchase vehicles outright, the College will save money. He added that it did not make sense for the College to be in charge of the rental
program when an outside vendor like Enterprise could handle the logistics. In addition, he noted that renting from Enterprise allows the College to have the most up-to-date vehicles without constantly having to buy the latest model. Enterprise usually does not rent to individuals under the age of 25, but they allow students at the College to use their vehicles, Newlove said. Potential renters must have a background check to make sure they meet the minimum requirements. All members who reserve vehicles must also submit an approved driver ap-
plication before requesting a vehicle, provide necessary documentation to the Office of Parking and Transportation, complete the online Collegesponsored defensive driving course and certify their vehicle. There is a limited availability of parking spots at Enterprise’s Hanover office. The company keeps the remainder of the vehicles at Dewey Lot on the College’s campus, Newlove said. The departments that use these vehicles will have similar budgets as SEE RENTALS PAGE 3