Representatives of Invisible Children, Inc. hosted a viewing of the two-part "Kony 2012" (2012) film, followed by a question and answer session with a Ugandan national named Quinto, in Collis Common Ground on Tuesday. The "Stop Kony" campaign film spread rapidly on the internet after its March release, reaching over 86 million views in the first 28 days. Invisible Children relies on media to raise awareness about the war in Uganda currently being led by Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army. Invisible Children aims to end the LRA's policy of using child soldiers, according to its website. Dartmouth students in attendance were urged to join "Cover the Night," a canvassing campaign that will be held on April 20.
Three intoxicated Yale University seniors harassed members of the Occupy New Haven encampment on Monday, resulting in charges of sixth-degree larceny against one of the students, the New Haven Independent reported. The inebriated students, who identified themselves as members of the football team, marched through the Occupy camp screaming, "We're the 1 percent!" and expressed dissatisfaction with the Occupy movement, according to the Independent. They knocked over a 60-year-old groundskeeper and ran toward Yale's Old Campus, where they pushed down a young woman and stole a freshman student's trophy cup, the Independent reported. Three members of the Occupy encampment chased the students to a fraternity, where they called the Yale and New Haven police.
As initiatives to consolidate and publicize information and data sets become increasingly popular, Colleges are reconsidering the way they allow students to access information online, raising questions of privacy rights, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. While College officials must obey federal student privacy requirements, a government campaign is currently advocating for a "MyData button," which would make information like student grades more accessible and portable via smart phones and new internet tools. "Scraper" tools that compile student data including statistics on courses, shuttle schedules, test scores, dining menus and degree-planning tools are already in use on some campuses, The Chronicle reported.
