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(05/15/09 7:43am)
Go to the Green Key Ball, back for the first time in more than 40 years, if you want an excuse to dress up and finally break out those shoes you're afraid to get frat-ified. Or, if you're looking for something a little more legendary, try to contract swine flu at Theta Delt's annual Pig Roast and brag to your grandchildren about how you survived the almost-pandemic of 2009.
(05/11/09 6:20am)
About 49 percent of admitted students have accepted an offer of admission to the Dartmouth Class of 2013, a drop of over 2 percent compared with the 2008 yield, according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris. The admissions office will admit 50 to 60 students from the waitlist for the Class of 2013 to reach the target class size of 1090, Laskaris said in an interview with The Dartmouth.
(05/01/09 7:01am)
Former Vermont Supreme Court Justice James Morse '62 voted in the court's unanimous 1999 decision in Baker v. State of Vermont. The court ruled that same-sex couples could not be denied the rights and benefits of marriage. Vermont attorney Beth Robinson '86, who had argued the case for the plaintiff, was the moderator for the Thursday panel.
(04/27/09 7:10am)
The admissions office and the Dickey Center for International Understanding have created several new programs to expand their outreach efforts to target international students, according to College officials. The programs include visits to high schools by students and professors participating in Dartmouth study abroad programs and new programming for international students currently at Dartmouth.
(04/17/09 8:19am)
Three employees have been laid off from the admissions and financial aid office as part of the effort to trim $72 million from the College's budget by 2011, according to Dean Maria Laskaris. The admissions office will also work to reduce spending on travel, Laskaris said.
(04/16/09 6:23am)
Financial aid may play a larger role in students' college decisions this year in light of the global economic crisis, which could increase the College's yield, according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris. Most admitted students interviewed by The Dartmouth said the College's financial aid program will be a significant factor in their decision to attend Dartmouth.
(04/01/09 6:48am)
The Admissions Office posted regular decision application decisions online at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon.
(03/09/09 7:28am)
The classes will be taught by Grace Nyamongo, a visiting lecturer from York University in Canada, who will be at Dartmouth for the 2009 Spring, Summer and Fall terms. Wallace said. Visiting professors have taught Introduction to Swahili in the past, but this will be the first time a more advanced course has been offered.
(03/05/09 9:04am)
College President James Wright released a statement on the matter late Wednesday night.
(02/25/09 8:54am)
Student Assembly voted to fund a memorial for Dartmouth students who passed away before graduating in its weekly meeting Tuesday night. The memorial will consist of a tree with a plaque that will commemorate all such students, as well as another plaque indoors specifically commemorating the five students who have passed away since Fall 2007. Some members said they worried that memorializing only those five students unfairly excluded all other students who have died. Others, though, said honoring every student who has died before graduating since the College was founded is impractical. The Assembly ultimately voted by a wide margin to list only the five students' names on the indoor plaque, but kept open the option to add the names of students who died before 2007 should their families request their addition. The memorial will cost $2,500 and will be maintained for at least 15 years by the College.
(02/19/09 9:14am)
When combined with recent Medicaid fee cuts, these changes could reduce DHMC's revenue by $8 million this fiscal year, Balkus said. She added that DHMC is often disproportionately affected by Medicaid cuts because it is the only hospital in the state that treats seriously ill or injured children.
(02/12/09 8:58am)
Lopez Lujan's team discovered a 13-ton stone monolith in October 2006, he said. The monolith was a rectangular, relief sculpture carved into a slab of pink andesite, a type of volcanic stone. Further excavation revealed that the sculpture depicted a female Aztec deity with curly hair, claws and visible teeth, wearing a short skirt, with arms and legs perpendicular to her body.
(02/05/09 8:17am)
President Barack Obama's promise to renew government support for stem cell research may not be as beneficial to scientists as they originally believed, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. The National Institutes of Health's budget increases have not kept pace with inflation, and the institute may thus have less funding available for all scientists, including those who conduct stem cell research, The Chronicle reported. The Dicky-Wicker amendment, which prohibits the use of federal funds to create or destroy embryos for scientific purposes, will also likely remain in effect. Embryonic stem cell research may also become less important in light of scientific discoveries that have made it possible to create stem cells from skin cells, The Chronicle reported.
(02/05/09 8:14am)
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(01/15/09 9:11am)
"When you get to medical school, you're not a human being anymore," Abiodun Kukoyi DMS '11 said. "You're supposed to be superhuman."
(01/05/09 9:05am)
A new plan currently before state education officials would allow New Hampshire high school students to start college at age 16, according to U.S. News and World Report. The plan allows students who pass an exam at the end of 10th grade to receive their diploma early and take classes at community colleges. The program would be optional, and students could still apply to a four-year college after completing a two-year associate's degree. Supporters of the plan say it would provide an incentive for students to do well in core subjects and provide talented students with more challenging coursework, making them better candidates for top colleges and universities. Critics say it would create unnecessary pressure and hurt students' social development.
(06/09/08 4:39am)
Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf will speak to the Class of 2008 about the attributes of leadership as today's Commencement speaker. Johnson-Sirleaf, the first democratically elected female leader of an African nation, will also receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.
(05/21/08 8:39am)
Panelist Lena '08 traced the evolution of her Christian faith through her family's poverty and her adjustment to a wealthy suburban town inhabited by many "hate-filled, miserable people." The intolerant Christianity Lena observed in the town was in opposition to her own understanding of the religion, she said.
(05/15/08 8:51am)
A stroll through the halls of the Kendal at Hanover retirement community reveals residents working in hobby shops or checking out books from the library, signs that its residents are dedicated to preserving their mental and physical health for as long as possible. Approximately 75 percent of Kendal residents, all of whom are 65 and older, are completely self-sufficient, according to Kendal nurse practitioner Joanne Sandberg-Cook.
(05/14/08 6:44am)
The memoirs of Emmy award-winning screenwriter Stanley Rubin and an analysis of computer-generated poetry are featured in the first issue of the new online Journal of Media Studies, founded by Mark Williams, the chair of Dartmouth's film and television studies department. The journal, which debuted this month, will make peer-reviewed articles about electronic media available to the public free of charge and provide a forum for readers to discuss the articles.