Reacting to what Student Assembly executives describe as the recent furor over student rights and privacy issues, the Assembly is reprinting student rights cards to be distributed before the end of the term.
The Assembly is updating cards made this summer, double-checking the status of Hanover statutes and the cards' overall accuracy.
Todd Rabkin Golden '06 and Ralph Davies '05 have been looking into the issue of students' privacy rights for several months now, but with the onslaught of what they say many students perceive as a crackdown on the Greek system, they are finally pushing for the cards.
The cards would address students' rights when dealing with Hanover Police and Safety and Security, namely those situations involving intoxication, searching of dorm rooms and the use of excessive force.
"Students are totally unaware of their rights, especially incoming students and underclassmen, and we want to create better awareness and a better sense of trust on campus," Davies said.
Both Rabkin Golden and Davies have already met with Safety and Security officers to discuss the cards and are set to finalize the cards and distribute them across campus.
"We're stepping up on the issue, and we are confident that S&S will too, and from conversations we have every indication to think that they will," Davies said.
Rabkin Golden also introduced a proposal to promote and provide free Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and First Aid training to interested students, in a "rather inexpensive" measure that he sees as potentially having a long-term, concrete impact on the student body.
"My goal is to have every student in the school who is interested to be able to take the course for free," said Rabkin Golden, who is an American Heart Association certified CPR instructor and is currently becoming an Emergency Medical Technician.
The Assembly passed the CPR and First Aid resolution and plans to vote on funding next week. The Assembly proposes to seek out additional sponsorship from the Programming Board; Bigger, Better, and Later; Dick's House and Health Services; Dartmouth EMS; the Dean's Office; and ORL, among other organizations.
In other committee news, the Student Services Committee received nearly 600 responses from a campus-wide Blitzmail survey sent out last week about the implementation of DASH in dormatory vending machines.
"Overall it was a hugely positive response," Russ Lane '06 said.
Eighty-four percent of students said they would like to see DASH implemented in dorm vending machines. Out of those students, 89 percent approved the allocation of $10,000 for that purpose.
