Student Assembly chose its Summer term executive board, acting Student Body Vice President Rohail Premjee '14 said in an email to The Dartmouth. The summer Student Body President will be Christopher O'Connell '13, while Reilly Bertasi '13 will serve as both speaker and second-in-charge, as there will be no summer student body vice president this year, according to Premjee. Sean Zhang '13 will be treasurer, Patricia Liverpool '13 will be secretary, Kevin Cox '13 will be services chair and Elise Smith '13 will be programming chair. Sahil Joshi '13 and Katherine Shu '13 will be the Fieldstock co-chairs for Summer term. In conjunction with the Assembly's Membership and Internal Affairs Committee, Student Body President Max Yoeli '12 and Premjee chose executive board members through a "competitive" application process, according to Premjee. O'Connell will work closely with new Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson after her arrival in July, O'Connell said in an interview with The Dartmouth. He said he also plans to work with the strategic planning steering committee to ensure student input in the process, and he will revisit concerns students raised over Winter term about advising resources and staff and faculty member diversity.
Kendrick Castro, a member of the Class of 2011 at Cornell University who received his Bachelor's degree on Sunday, died in an accident in the Fall Creek Gorge on Monday night, according to The Cornell Daily Sun. Castro was wading in a creek with friends when he slipped and was carried away by the current, according to a Cornell press release. Other people in the vicinity pulled Castro from the creek and gave him CPR but were unsuccessful at reviving him. While at Cornell, Castro majored in Information Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences. Swimming in gorges is illegal, and led to a similar death in 2008, The Daily Sun reported.
A survey conducted by The Chronicle of Philanthropy found that college and university endowments for 2011 are following last year's strong performance trends, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. The 16 participating colleges and universities reported a median return of 15 percent, according to The Chronicle. The study, which includes data from many of the United States' non-profit organizations, found that 35 college and university endowments recorded a median investment return of 12.3 percent, matching last year's 12.2 percent median return for all endowments surveyed. Some institutions are cautious in light of a potential downturn and have reduced stock investments in order to provide a safeguard against inflation. Many colleges and universities have moved their endowments to hedge funds and private-equity funds while some charities have considered using their endowments to pay off debts, The Chronicle reported.
