The College has established a resources information hotline to respond to inquiries about the recent homicides of Dartmouth Professors Susanne and Half Zantop.
Of 31 calls logged by the hotline Monday, most were regarding student safety, said Dean of the College Jim Larimore whose office is handling the line.
Some callers expressed concern that the College is not being as forthcoming as they could be, Larimore wrote in a BlitzMail message to The Dartmouth.
According to Larimore, other callers inquired whether measures such as locking the residence hall doors were being taken, with some troubled that the doors were in fact not being locked.
Other callers asked for information about the case, Larimore said. Questions about the case and the status of the investigation are being referred to the Attorney General's Office, according to Tamara Steinert in the Office of Public Affairs.
A large number of the hotline inquiries -- 15 of the 31-- were from concerned parents of current students. Several alumnae and graduate students also called in, as did two personal friends of the family. One caller asked about establishing a scholarship fund in memorial of the deceased.
Five reporters also rang in as national media attention continues to focus on the College.
Larimore said that the hotline would continue operations "as long as there is a need."
"For the foreseeable future, we have made arrangements to have it staffed through the end of the week," he said.
Dean of First Year Students Gail Zimmerman, who was working the hotline, said that the office would be continually assessing the need for the hotline as events occur and the investigation progresses.
She added that, if needed, the hotline's current hours--8 a.m. to 8p.m. -- may be extended, but she said that "right now 12 hours seems to be meeting the needs" of all those concerned.
