NEWS AND NOTES

NEWS AND NOTES

Course Correction

In the wake of reports that the College is considering selling or closing Hanover Country Club, more than 50 former members of the men’s and women’s golf teams signed a September 5 letter to the editor of the Valley News. In it they urged the administration to reconsider. They also offered to help assess the club’s financials and approximate annual deficit of $600,000. Closing the course, they wrote, “is unlikely to earn Dartmouth any new friends and may alienate plenty of old ones.”

DACA Drama

»> As undocumented students expressed concerns over President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals in early September, President Phil Hanlon ’77 expressed his disappointment with the decision. “It is our sincere hope that Congress recognizes that these individuals embody the determination, drive and diversity of human talent that make the United States prosper,” he wrote in a letter to Trump. “Our legislators must find a solution that upholds these fundamental values.”

Free Speech Kerfuffle

»> In August lecturer and author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook Mark Bray made remarks on national television (and in front of a Dartmouth backdrop) that some interpreted as advocacy of violence against fascists. Next, President Hanlon condemned “anything but civil discourse” and wrote that Bray’s comments did not speak for the Dartmouth community. That was followed by more than 100 faculty members rebuking Hanlon in a letter that claimed Hanlon’s comments posed a threat to their academic freedom.

New Samaritan Rules

»> Drugs have joined alcohol in the College’s revised “Good Samaritan” policy. Students who contact emergency services to aid fellow students because of illegal drinking or the use of illegal drugs will not be subject to disciplinary action. The policy also says students may be subject to punishment if they fail to seek assistance when it is needed.