About 500 parents descended on the Dartmouth campus on Friday and Saturday for Sophomore Family Weekend. Events, planned by the 2010 Class Council, included lectures by Dartmouth professors, a sophomore talent show and tours of the Baker Library bell tower. The summer is a convenient time for many parents to visit campus because they do not have children in school, according to Sam Parsons '10, the co-chair of the Family Weekend committee. The weekend allowed students to share their experience at Dartmouth with their parents, said Frances Vernon, president of the 2010 Class Council. "It's a great opportunity for students to show the families they made here whether through sports teams, Greek houses or other activities," Vernon said.
The 30 students of the Summer Enrichment at Dartmouth program graduated from the first year of their three year program this Monday. SEAD, which is sponsored by the education department and the Tucker Foundation, aims to prepare high school students from underprivileged backgrounds for college. All students accepted for the program qualify for federal student lunch assistance and are designated as having "high potential" by their guidance counselors, according to SEAD student director Will DeKrey '08. Every SEAD student is assigned a sophomore mentor and academic adviser, and takes college preparatory courses as well classes in the humanities. Between 75 and 80 percent of SEAD graduates go on to college, and two rising Dartmouth seniors took part in the program, according to DeKrey.
The trial of Harold Nakai, one of three men charged in the rape and murder of Nicole Leigh Redhorse '95, began this Monday in New Mexico, according to The Durango Herald. Redhorse was found dead in a Durango, Colo. motel room on June 7, 2007. Police believe that Nakai, who is alleged to have been Redhorse's boyfriend, gave the former Dartmouth student enough alcohol to make her pass out, and then he and two accomplices raped her, which led to her death. Both accomplices have already been convicted of high-level sexual assault felonies with aggravating circumstances and face 48 years to life in prison. If convicted, Nakai will face a similar sentence.
