DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, August 2-6 , 2005
Dartmouth College is located in Hanover, New Hampshire.ACCOMMODATIONS
There are several airports in the vicinity, the largest being Boston-Logan, which is about 3 hours away by car or bus. Dartmouth Coach operates buses daily, every two hours from 8:45 am to 8:45, from Logan to Hanover. The bus stops in Hanover in front of the Hanover Inn, directly across the street from the campus green. Current round-trip fare is $55. More information is available online at www.concordtrailways.com/dartmouth_coach.htm
Closer to Hanover, but less convenient in terms of bus connections, are the airports in Manchester, New Hampshire, and Burlington, Vermont. Vermont Transit Lines operates buses between Manchester Airport and Hanover, with four departures daily, two of which are in the middle of the night. The trip takes between 1 and 2 hours, depending on the time of departure, and the cost is under $30 round trip. More information is available online at www.vermonttransit.com/table62.html#3:15a
Be aware Vermont Transit buses are not as pleasant to ride on as Dartmouth Coach buses, which are newer, plusher, and offer snacks and movies.
There are no buses from the Burlington airport to Hanover. Vermont Transit has buses that go from Montreal to Hanover, and they stop in downtown Burlington on the way, but they don't go to the airport.
There is also a small airport in Lebanon, New Hampshire, which is about ten to fifteen minutes drive from Hanover. US Airways Express currently has scheduled service from New York and Philadelphia to Lebanon. Fares, naturally, are somewhat higher than those to larger airports, plus, since US Airways is going into bankruptcy again for the second time in the past few years, there's a good chance that no such flights will be available the summer of 2005. If flying into Lebanon, you should arrange for ground transportation ahead of time or plan on calling a taxi from the airport after your arrival.
It's also possible to drive to Hanover, or to take the train to nearby White River Junction, Vermont.
Further information on all travel options, with links to numerous other helpful sites, is available on the Dartmouth College website at www.dartmouth.edu/~maps/directions/index.html
General Information
The information below was posted by the local arrangements chair, Tim Pulju. Sorry that it’s so long and involved, but it turns out that getting any accommodations for a conference at Dartmouth is a very complex process. If you have any questions, please contact me by e-mail, pulju@dartmouth.edu.
Sorry also for the long wait for this this information. Because Dartmouth has regular classes in session during the summer and has a shortage of dorm space year-round, it does not assign dormitory rooms to conferences until the beginning of the spring term (i.e., the end of March). So we had to wait to find out whether we’d get as many rooms as we requested. Dartmouth also owns the only hotel in walking distance of campus, the Hanover Inn, and rooms there are likewise in short supply and high demand.
We were given a block of 65 rooms in an air-conditioned dormitory (Andres Hall), with a total of 82 beds, and a block of 20 rooms in the Hanover Inn. As this is fewer Inn rooms than we requested, we have reserved a further 20 rooms at the Comfort Inn in nearby White River Junction, Vermont, about ten minutes drive from campus. Those staying at Andres Hall or the Hanover Inn will be able to walk to LACUS functions on campus; those staying at the Comfort Inn are advised to plan on driving to and from campus every day (there is an occasional bus that stops not too far from the Comfort Inn, but it comes infrequently and travels slowly).
Given the length of time it takes to travel to Dartmouth, especially from places like California, and the fact that some LACUS members will want to attend the Hard-Science Workshop on Tuesday afternoon, rooms in Andres Hall and both hotels will be available on Monday for anyone wishing to arrive early. Make sure to indicate your arrival date (and departure date) on your room reservation form if you’re requesting a room in Andres Hall or at the Hanover Inn; you’ll make your own booking at the Comfort Inn.
The Hanover Inn and Andres Hall can be located on the various Dartmouth campus maps accessible online at www.dartmouth.edu/~maps/campus. First, locate the campus green (the large green rectangle roughly in the center of the map). The Hanover Inn is directly south of the green, just across the street. Andres Hall is a little ways east of the green, slightly north of East Wheelock Street. I can’t tell you where the Inn and Andres Hall are in relation to the meeting rooms for LACUS, because Dartmouth won’t tell us what meeting rooms we’ll get until June. The Comfort Inn is in White River Junction, Vermont; for maps, go to www.comfortinnwrj.com, or www.dartmouth.edu/~maps/regional/upper-valley.html.
How to Reserve and Pay for Rooms at the Hanover Inn and Andres Hall
LACUS participants wishing to stay in the Hanover Inn or in Andres Hall should not make their reservations directly. Instead, download the appropriate form below: Hanover Inn Reservation Form or Andres Hall Reservation Form. The forms are Word documents. Open the form on your computer, fill it in on your computer, and send the completed form as an e-mail attachment to the local arrangements chair, Tim Pulju, pulju@dartmouth.edu. It is not possible for you to make a reservation at Andres Hall directly. It would theoretically be possible for you to make a reservation at the Inn directly, assuming any rooms were available, which is unlikely. However, by making the reservation yourself, you would forfeit the special conference rate and would have to pay around $200/night for a room.
Not only must all reservations for the Hanover Inn and Andres Hall be made by the Dartmouth linguistics program, but the Dartmouth linguistics program must also pay for all of the rooms. The people running the dormitory will not accept payment from you; the Inn would accept payment from you, but once again, you’d have to pay around $200/night. Therefore, you should plan on making your individual payment to the Dartmouth linguistics program, and we will then pay a lump sum to the Inn and to Andres Hall. All such payments to the linguistics program will have to be made by early-to-mid July to avoid cancellation of the reservation (an exception will be made only for persons coming from a foreign country who are unable to submit checks payable in US dollars on a US bank). However, do not worry about submitting payment yet. Once all the room reservations have been made, you will receive instructions as to payment.
Reservation forms for both the Hanover Inn and Andres Hall must be received by June 1. To get rooms at the Hanover Inn, which are likely to go quickly, or your preferred room type at Andres Halll, you should submit your reservation form as soon as possible, since rooms will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.
Hanover Inn
Rates at the Hanover Inn are $93/night. Two types of rooms are available, singles, with one queen-sized bed; and doubles, with two double beds. The room rate is $93 regardless of the type of room. The Inn is a non-smoking hotel—there is no smoking allowed anywhere in the building. More information about the Inn can be found at www.hanoverinn.com.
People coming to town on the Dartmouth Coach from Boston (the most convenient way to get here) will be dropped off right in front of the Hanover Inn. If you drive to town and are staying at the Hanover Inn, you will be charged $15 per night to stay in their parking garage. And that’s assuming you even get a space—sometimes their garage fills up, and then you have to find some other place to park, which is no mean feat in Hanover. If you don’t want to pay $15 per night, you can get a Dartmouth satellite lot parking pass, which is not cheap either at $18 for the week, and forces you to park five-to-ten minutes walk from the Inn, but it’s still cheaper than the Inn’s rates. You can indicate whether or not you want a Dartmouth parking pass on the Hanover Inn Reservation Form below.
Rooms at the Hanover Inn are available at the LACUS rate only from Monday afternoon, Aug. 1, through Sunday morning, Aug. 7.
Because we didn’t get as many Hanover Inn rooms as we wanted, and because a certain number of rooms there must be set aside for invited speakers and LACUS officers, there probably won’t be enough remaining rooms for everyone else who wants one. Rooms will be awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis, based on when reservation forms arrive in my e-mail inbox. If you send in a reservation form that arrives too late for you to get a Hanover Inn room, I will e-mail you to tell you about housing options still available at that time.
Andres Hall
Rooms at Andres Hall are primarily singles (one twin bed per room), with a few doubles (two twin beds per room). Singles cost $36/night, doubles $63/night. All but a few of the rooms are in suites in which two or three rooms share a single bathroom. For more information about the types of rooms available, see the reservation form below. Andres Hall is air-conditioned and handicap-accessible, but accessible only on the first floor, as there is no elevator (our rooms are located on floors one through four [I would, of course, assign William Labov to the fourth floor if he were coming to LACUS]). All rooms have one active ethernet connection and one active phone jack, but you must bring your own phone if you wish to make use of the phone jack. On the day you check in, a linen packet will be placed on your bed, containing a blanket, pillow, sheets, towels, and a face cloth. Smoking and alcohol consumption are not permitted in the dorm.
Rooms at Andres Hall will be available for check in on Monday evening, Aug. 1. All rooms in Andres Hall must be vacated no later than 9 AM on Sunday, August 7. This time is non-negotiable, as another group will be moving into the rooms later that same day, and housekeeping will need time to clean them before that group’s arrival.
For reasons that are mysterious to me, everyone staying in a Dartmouth dormitory is required to get some sort of Dartmouth meal plan. I suppose this might make sense for elementary school kids who might starve without a meal plan, but most LACUS members probably know how to find food on their own, especially since most of the places that accept meal cards also accept cash. Anyway, the cheapest option permitted to us is a debit card with a $5/day balance, plus a $1 card issuing fee. The card can be used in places other than student cafeterias—there are a few cafés and and one tavern on campus—and you can spend $0 one day, $12 the next, and $3 the third if you like—no need to spend exactly $5/day. Anyway, be aware that if you do make a reservation for Andre Hall, your room invoice will include a charge for a meal card.
If you come to Hanover by bus, walking to Andres Hall from the bus stop in front of the Hanover Inn shouldn’t be too difficult. If you drive to town, you won’t be able to park at Andres Hall on a long-term basis. Instead, you’ll need to get a Dartmouth satellite parking pass at a cost of $18 for the week. This will permit you to park in a lot five-to-ten minutes from the center of campus, and likewise about five-to-ten minutes from Andres Hall. Since parking of any sort is hard to find in Hanover, getting such a pass is advisable. You can indicate your desire, or lack of desire, for such a pass on the form below.
Comfort Inn
You can reserve rooms at the Comfort Inn directly, and pay directly too, because Dartmouth doesn’t own the Comfort Inn, so we’re not bound by college regulations. There are 20 rooms total available at discounted rates, 15 with two double beds, 5 with a single king-sized bed. Rates for doubles are $79/night Monday through Thursday, and $109/night Friday and Saturday. Rates for singles are $69/night Monday through Thursday, and $99/night Friday and Saturday. Quoted rates do not include 9% hotel tax. The phone number of the Comfort Inn is (802) 295-3051; e-mail gm.vt023@choicehotels.com. Reservations must be made by July 15th to ensure availability and to get the LACUS rate. Make sure to mention that you are with the group “LACUS” when making your reservation, or you won’t get the discount.
The Comfort Inn is a nice place, recently renovated, with a new indoor pool, free continental breakfast, and other amenities, and easily accessed from Interstate highways 89 and 91; for more information, see the website www.comfortinnwrj.com. The website doesn’t mention the indoor pool; apparently the website isn’t quite up to date.
You will be able to park for free at the Comfort Inn, but you will almost certainly want to get a Dartmouth satellite parking pass to be allowed to park in Hanover if you plan on driving from the Comfort Inn to Hanover every day. For more information on getting this pass, see Parking, below.
Other Housing Options
Don’t want to stay at the Hanover Inn, Andres Hall, or the Comfort Inn? There are lots of other hotels in the area, none within walking distance of campus, but many a short drive away. To find a plethora of options, go to http://www.hanoverchamber.org/directorydartmouth.cfm and select the category “Accommodations”.
Parking
As you already know if you’ve read what’s written above, parking in central Hanover isn’t easy unless you live here or are a Dartmouth employee. (Last year, when the local newspaper was asking for suggestions for what to put on a sign leading into town, some clever person responded with “Welcome to Hanover: Don’t Even Think about Parking Here”). Luckily, Hanover’s a small town, so the college’s satellite parking lots aren’t too far from the Hanover Inn, Andres Hall, or any of the meeting rooms we might end up with. The most likely places where they’ll assign us parking are (with grid locations keyed to the online maps at www.dartmouth.edu/~maps/campus) A-Lot (J4), the lot off of Dewey Field Road (G1-H1), or the lot south of Thompson Arena (I7-I8). There are even shuttle buses running from the two latter lots to the center of campus. $18 for a week of parking in such a lot does seem rather pricey, but there’s no good alternative, other than expensive parking at the Hanover Inn for guests only. If you’re sending in a reservation form for the Hanover Inn or for Andres Hall and want a Dartmouth satellite parking pass, you can so indicate on your room reservation form. If you’re staying anywhere else and are planning to drive to and from campus, you should probably get a Dartmouth parking pass. If you want such a pass, download the form below, fill it out on your computer, and e-mail the completed form back to pulju@dartmouth.edu.