The Hindu student association Shanti plans to light 1,500 lamps on the Dartmouth Green to celebrate Diwali. At the celebration, which begins at 5 p.m. on Oct. 21 in Rollins Chapel, a cleric will lead participants in puja, or prayer. At 6 p.m., members of Shanti will proceed to the Green to light the lamps. Diwali, meaning "line of lamps," is a major holiday for Hindus as well as Jains, Sikhs and Indian Buddhists. It celebrates the victory of good over evil through the story of the god Krishna and his wife Sathyabhama and their triumph over the demon Naraka. Shanti, which includes roughly 150 members, is made up of undergraduates, graduate students, staff, faculty and Upper Valley community members. It convenes weekly for services in the Hindu temple of Rollins Chapel.
U.S. Commerce Deputy Secretary, David Sampson visited three New Hampshire towns on Tuesday. He was in the Granite State to follow up with projects that his department is responsible for and to encourage New Hampshire businesses to use their resources responsibly. New Hampshire, with its highly educated work force, large number of educational institutions, growing economy and ability to become a popular tourist destination, has a huge responsibility to bolster the general economic welfare of the region, he said.
"Real innovation takes place at the intersection of research and business ideas," Sampson said to a reporter from the Union Leader.
He also said he had high regard for the three Dartmouth graduate schools, which he regards as being on the cutting edge of developing ideas that can help small businesses. Sampson also made clear that there is no golden age of the economy; it is simply a matter of being innovative and taking new approaches to a constantly changing economy, he said.
Charles G. "Kip" Moore '65 was recently appointed to the Speranza board of directors. Speranza Systems, Inc. is an advanced bank relationship management firm. Moore previously served as the principal of Little Diamond Island Enterprises, a technology investment firm and as a general partner of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, one of the largest private equity investment firms in the country. He was also an executive with Automatic Data Processing, serving in several different roles including general management, marketing and development. Moore was also previously employed as a computer science professor at Cornell University.
