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2:32 a.m. — Ninety people arrested, Hanover Police announces
Last night, Graduate Organized Laborers of Dartmouth-United Electrical Workers, the College’s graduate student workers’ union, voted to strike, according to a campus-wide email from College Provost David Kotz. The strike will take effect tomorrow.
Nicole Chambers, the former office manager of The Dartmouth, pleaded guilty today to embezzling more than $223,000 from the student newspaper between April 2017 and September 2021.
The College is investigating two students following the alleged racial harassment of a group of Indigenous community members during an Indigenous Peoples’ Day event last fall. One of the students under investigation is Cooper Black ’26, a member of the Big Green men’s hockey team.
On April 22 and 23, Dartmouth students elected Chukwuka Odigbo ’25 and Jon Pazen ’25 as student body president and student body vice president, respectively, according to past reporting by The Dartmouth. The pair defeated Matthew Kim ’25 and Alejandra Carrasco Alayo ’25 in the first contested election in three years.
Known for her compassion and resilience, Julia Cross ’24 brought joy to all who knew her. Cross is remembered by friends and loved ones for her poetic talent, passion for economics and warm-hearted nature.
On April 28, the Dartmouth Student Government Senate met for its fifth weekly meeting of the spring term. Led by student body president Jessica Chiriboga ’24, the Senate discussed how to inform undergraduate students about a potential graduate student worker strike organized by the Graduate Organized Laborers of Dartmouth-United Electrical Workers, the College’s graduate workers’ union.
On April 25, the comparative literature program hosted Wayne State University African American studies professor Charisse Burden-Stelly for the 20th annual Zantop Memorial Lecture in Carson Hall. Burden-Stelly spoke about her book, “Black Scare/ Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United States,” which described the panic surrounding Black equality and communism during the 20th century.
On April 25, Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine at Dartmouth College organized a rally on the Green in solidarity with pro-Palestine student and faculty protestors at other universities. Protestors on campus — like many others nationwide — called for Dartmouth to divest from Israel.
On April 22, Dartmouth welcomed 11 senior monastic Dharma teachers to engage with students, faculty and the wider Hanover community for a week-long series of mindfulness programming. Their visit is being co-sponsored by the Student Wellness Center, the William Jewett Tucker Center and the Geisel School of Medicine.
Changes to campus Wi-Fi, led by Dartmouth Information, Technology and Consulting, is making connection faster and more secure, according to an email statement from College chief technology officer Felix Windt.
On April 15, the Hanover Selectboard voted three to one to abstain from endorsing petition warrant article 24, which called on the United States government to support an “immediate and permanent” ceasefire in Gaza and the West Bank.
Three startups sponsored by the Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship — NovaChirp, NET Offset and Sea Energy — will travel to Mexico, Portugal and the United Arab Emirates to compete in the Hult Prize Challenge, the world’s largest social entrepreneurship competition, according to program manager at the Magnuson Center Sarah Morgan.
On April 22, the College announced the Dartmouth Climate Collaborative, a plan to invest more than $500 million into reducing carbon emissions over the next five years, according to past reporting by The Dartmouth. The Earth Day proposal — which plans to cut emissions by 60% by 2030 and 100% by 2050 — is the largest investment focused on sustainability in College history.
Students will most likely not have to make a mandatory transition to the Ivy Unlimited dining plan, according to senior vice president of capital planning and campus operations Josh Keniston.
On April 7, six Dartmouth students competed in person and online at the New England Olympiada of Spoken Russian at Harvard University, a one-day event for students to demonstrate their Russian-speaking abilities. The competition invites students of various Russian language proficiency levels from colleges across New England to either perform monologues in-person or submit recordings of poem recitations and songs online, according to the organization’s website. All entries were required to fall under this year’s theme, "Мир книг/World of books.”
Following a 24-hour voting period, Dartmouth students elected Chukwuka Odigbo ’25 and Jon Pazen ’25 as student body president and student body vice president, respectively, according to an email sent to campus by the Elections Planning and Advisory Committee this evening. The race was the first contested DSG presidential election since 2021, according to past reporting by The Dartmouth.
On April 21, the Dartmouth Student Government Senate met for its fourth weekly meeting of the spring term. Led by student body president Jessica Chiriboga ’24, the Senate discussed potential solutions to the closure of weight-lifting machinery in Alumni Gymnasium due to discovery of asbestos on the floor below. It also considered a proposal for the College to adopt “institutional neutrality” — which would limit the College administration’s ability to take positions on social and political issues.
From April 19 to 21, Dartmouth’s Native American Program hosted the Ivy Native Council Conference at the College for the first time since 2004, according to conference coordinator Perciliana Moquino ’26. Approximately 150 Native American and Indigenous students — representing all eight Ivy League institutions as well as Middlebury College and Williams College — attended the conference, which focused on language revitalization and its relationship to higher education, according to Moquino.
In celebration of its 25th anniversary, the Rauner Special Collections Library co-hosted a four-day event series with the Book Arts Workshop and Jones Media Center. The programming, which took place from April 15 to 18, highlighted Rauner Library’s archival history, distinctive works and teaching and research opportunities.