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(11/18/13 6:56pm)
On Monday afternoon, College President Phil Hanlon spoke to the faculty regarding student life. His speech focused on residential life and student safety. While Hanlon articulated some good points, many of his statements, especially those pertaining to residential life, lacked specifics. We are left eagerly anticipating more discussion of these ideas in the coming months.
(10/31/13 11:26pm)
Despite much recent discussion of social and residential life, Dartmouth’s primary mission is academic. As such, academics should be at the heart of President Phil Hanlon’s agenda over the coming months and years. Dartmouth’s core mission is about close faculty and student interaction, a focus on the liberal arts and a community that is engaged with the issues of the world. Experiential learning, interdisciplinary learning and practical skills such as entrepreneurship may stem from this mission, but they are not the mission. If Hanlon wants to enact true change that will allow Dartmouth to prosper, then we have three suggestions.
(10/25/13 2:00am)
The search for the next dean of the Tucker Foundation has stalled, pending recommendations by a task force on the foundation's mission, structure and leadership. We would like to raise concerns about the transparency and purpose of this process. While we are enthusiastic that President Phil Hanlon is pushing Tucker to define its goals and missions in light of revoking the Right Rev. James Tengatenga's appointment over the summer, we advise caution. We hope that the task force will more actively consider student input, reflect on how Tucker makes the College better as an institution of higher education and combine these insights into a coherent search profile.
(10/18/13 2:00am)
With winter housing applications for upperclassmen due next Tuesday, we are reminded again of the challenges associated with Dartmouth's residential life. Beyond the wide variance in dorm quality, the biggest complaint associated with campus housing is the constant reshuffling mandated by the D-Plan. Yet it is difficult to improve housing stock, much less permit dorm continuity, given the pressure put on the housing system by undergraduate enrollment during fall term and, to a lesser extent, during spring term. To create breathing room for potentially substantial changes to the College's residences, the administration should consider ways to more evenly distribute students across fall, winter and spring terms. Specifically, it should give funding preferences to new foreign study programs that will be held during fall and shift some existing programs to the fall from the winter and spring.
(10/11/13 2:00am)
Last spring, the Greek Leadership Council enacted a policy change that barred freshmen from entering Greek houses until after Homecoming weekend. This policy represents a student-led attempt to take ownership of campus life issues and help prevent binge drinking and sexual assault. With Homecoming now upon us, members of the Class of 2017 will soon be allowed to enter Greek houses, and the community will begin to evaluate the relative effectiveness of the policy. At the present moment, however, it appears that this evaluation will be nearly impossible due to a lack of data on the relevant topics.
(10/06/13 4:32pm)
An undergraduate woman reported that she was sexually assaulted in her room at 1:00 a.m. this morning, according to a campus alert from Safety and Security director Harry Kinne.
(10/04/13 2:00am)
On Wednesday, The New York Times published an unflattering portrait of the status quo here at Dartmouth. It was no secret that the Times' higher education reporter was visiting campus last week. He was spotted sitting in front of Collis, walking through Baker Hall and taking pictures of fraternities' beer can-filled trash heaps on Webster Avenue. Unfortunately, the net result of the visit was a barely newsworthy story that unfairly implies that College President Phil Hanlon is in over his head.
(10/01/13 1:31pm)
Thomas Bruce, Cornell University's vice president of communications, has been named Dartmouth's senior vice president for public affairs, the College announced this morning.
(09/27/13 2:00am)
This past month has seen two positive developments regarding increasing educational opportunities for high-achieving students from low-income households. Dartmouth and 11 other universities recently joined Say Yes to Education, a nonprofit that offers free tuition to low-income students, and the College Board recently began to take steps to increase college application rates by high school students who perform well on standardized tests and come from low-income households. While we commend both Dartmouth and the College Board for these actions, we believe Dartmouth must take further steps to make campus a more welcoming place to students from low-income families.
(09/22/13 2:40am)
A female College employee reported being sexually assaulted late Saturday night near Novack Cafe, according to a campus-wide email from Safety and Security.
(09/21/13 8:58pm)
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center suffered a power outage this morning after a component of the electrical system overheated.
(09/20/13 2:00am)
Any leadership succession tends to elicit expectations for future performance. Fortunately, most reports coming out of Hanover this summer sang praises of Hanlon's efforts to engage with the student body. That he has met with over 700 students, faculty and staff since taking office in June speaks volumes about his willingness to listen. Hanlon plans to continue holding regular office hours and is even teaching a section of Math 11 this fall. Students have longed for a president who could thoughtfully catalogue their concerns, and early returns suggest that we may have found one. We anticipate that Hanlon will announce his new policy initiatives today and eagerly await this news. Perhaps Dartmouth will finally receive the undergaduate-centered direction that we lacked under former president Jim Yong Kim.
(09/10/13 1:42am)
In a tie with the California Institute of Technology, Dartmouth ranked 10th among U.S. News and World Report's 2014 national university rankings, released Monday night.
(09/06/13 10:53pm)
Three Dartmouth alumni were arrested Monday after police officers found a large amount of cocaine, ecstasy, LSD, marijuana, psilocyibin mushrooms and evidence of drug manufacturing at a home in Hartford.
(08/20/13 2:00am)
Dartmouth is being sued by the estate of a man who died in a construction accident at the Hanover Inn last year, the Valley News reported Thursday.
(07/19/13 2:00am)
To the Editor:
(07/12/13 2:00am)
Baxter: The most facetimey canine on campus.
(06/10/13 5:25pm)
The Board of Trustees selected Emily Bakemeier '82, the deputy arts and humanities provost at Yale University, as a new charter trustee on June 7. Bakemeier will replace Marye Anne Fox GR'74, who will step down after serving for two years.Fox, the former chancellor of University of California, San Diego, is leaving for family and health reasons.
(06/07/13 2:00am)
Hanlon studied mathematics at the College and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He earned a PhD in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology in 1981 and has remained in academia.
(05/24/13 2:00am)
Welcome to Dartmouth! As you assume your new role, you will take the helm of an institution that is in a state of flux. Over the past few years, the College's administration has seen significant turnover, and even more recently, the undergraduate student body has seen a dramatic split over campus issues. As you assume your new role, you will need to quickly get your administrative house in order to effectively pursue the goal of making Dartmouth have the best undergraduate experience in the country.