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(08/09/24 8:05am)
Last week, hundreds of far-right protesters in Rotherham, England stormed a hotel hosting migrants seeking asylum. According to the BBC, the protests were part of a broader reaction to a July 29 knife attack, which resulted in the deaths of three children. The attack was initially blamed on a Syrian Muslim asylum seeker who had arrived in the United Kingdom by boat in 2023 — a claim later proven false, the BBC reported.
(08/09/24 6:05am)
On Aug. 6, Still North Books & Bar hosted Upper Valley-based cartoonist and author Emma Hunsinger for a reading of “How It All Ends,” her debut graphic novel published the same day. The Eisner Award-nominated cartoonist received an MFA from the Center for Cartoon Studies in Hartford, Vt., and has had her cartoons featured in The New Yorker.
(08/09/24 5:05am)
On July 29, former varsity golf player Katherine Sung ’24 was named an NCAA Woman of the Year nominee. The award, which was created in 1991, recognizes excellence in academics, athletics, community service and leadership of graduating student athletes, according to Dartmouth Sports. Originally from Palo Alto, Calif., Sung majored in economics modified with mathematics and minored in English during her time on campus. During her final season, Sung — a two-time All-Ivy League First Team honoree — captained the Big Green to its first ever Ivy League Championship. The Dartmouth sat down with Sung to discuss the award, her golf career and her post-Dartmouth golf plans.
(08/09/24 5:00am)
On Aug. 3, Dartmouth varsity women’s rowing member Áine Ley ’26 was selected to join the U.S. Rowing Under 23 team after qualifying at the U.S. Rowing Under 23 Selection Camp in July. Ley will now represent the United States at the 2024 World Rowing Under 23 Championships, set to take place from Aug. 18 to 25 in St. Catherines, Ontario. Ley’s success at the camp — held in Hanover, N.H. from July 10 to July 31 — makes her the first Dartmouth women’s collegiate rower to compete at Worlds with the U23 team in more than a decade, according to Ley. The Dartmouth sat down with Ley to discuss her experience at the U23 camp, her qualification for the national team and her future with Dartmouth rowing.
(08/09/24 6:10am)
“Twisters,” a stand-alone sequel to the 1996 blockbuster “Twister,” raises the question, Can sequels recreate the magic of a classic?
(08/09/24 6:11am)
The Parish Players did an excellent job with Sam Shepard’s “Buried Child,” a strange play about masculinity, family and a forgotten America. I saw the play in Thetford, Vt., on Aug. 3 and was struck by the quality of the acting and the poetry of Shepard’s writing.
(08/02/24 8:05am)
Although I have had many productive and equitable discussions in Dartmouth classrooms, I frequently find myself reflecting on a particularly strange interaction I recently experienced. During this class, the professor interrupted our scheduled lesson to ask for our opinions on an unrelated political question regarding the Israel-Hamas war. When people tentatively shared their perspectives, the professor responded tensely with dissenting views. As the course progressed, it became apparent that the group of students who did not agree with the professor’s own opinions were received less favorably in class discussions.
(08/02/24 8:00am)
Since graduating from Dartmouth in June, I have wondered: In the wake of the May 1 pro-Palestinian protest on the Green, what will the next few years and decades look like on Dartmouth’s campus? How will the College’s administration ensure adequate approaches and solutions to issues students have faced, from arrests to mental health challenges?
(08/02/24 5:05am)
Sometime in the early hours of July 29, a Safety and Security patrol vehicle crept up to the intersection of Old Tuck Drive and Tuck Mall. The officer inside the vehicle was responding to a noise complaint.
(08/02/24 5:00am)
On July 11, the United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s decision to reject a request from the National Collegiate Athletics Association to dismiss a landmark case for student athletes. The case, Johnson v. NCAA, asks whether universities should consider student athletes employees — a crucial question in Dartmouth’s dispute over the basketball team unionizing in March.
(08/02/24 9:00am)
On July 19, Republican Gov. Chris Sununu signed two anti-trans bills into law. The two bills, H.B. 619 and H.B. 1205, restrict access to gender-affirming care and limit sports participation for transgender athletes, respectively.
(08/02/24 9:15am)
Last month, College President Sian Leah Beilock announced that Dean of the College Scott Brown would leave Dartmouth at the end of July. He had served as Dean of the College since October 2022, following a period as interim dean beginning in August 2021. Associate dean of student support services Anne Hudak and associate dean for student life Eric Ramsey will serve as interim Deans of the College. The Dartmouth sat down with Brown — whose connection to the College dates back to the early 1990s, when he served as an area officer for the Office of Residential Life — to discuss his tenure as dean, his departure and his future plans.
(08/02/24 6:31am)
On July 25, the Hopkins Center for the Arts closed out its Summer Concert Series with an outdoor performance by the Pedro Giraudo Quartet — a New York City-based ensemble that fuses Argentine tango with jazz and classical tones.
(08/03/24 6:06am)
Per Dartmouth tradition, many members of the Class of 2026 are on campus and enrolled for sophomore summer — a time of sunshine and class bonding. Some sophomores, however, are spending the summer away from classes — or Hanover altogether.
(08/02/24 9:10am)
On June 23, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center nurses ended their unionization effort, according to a statement posted on Instagram by the Dartmouth Nurses Alliance. The statement cited a failure to obtain a supermajority of nurse support as the reason for the campaign’s end.
(08/02/24 9:05am)
This summer, College President Sian Leah Beilock is joining students for lunch at Pine and walks around Occom Pond, the President’s Office announced in a campus-wide email on June 28. Students can sign up for the small group lunches — which aim to accommodate groups of five to seven students — and ‘woccoms’ via a Google form linked in the email.
(08/02/24 8:37am)
Although walking around campus this summer has been a battle, with all of the new fences and blocked roads due to construction, something new has sprouted up amid the dust — an on-campus garden.
(08/03/24 6:09am)
Still North Books & Bar is a downtown Hanover staple and a must try in the Upper Valley. The hybrid café, bar and bookstore, located at 3 Allen St., is frequented by students and locals alike looking for a place to work, a new book to read or a delicious bite to eat — and it’s sure to join your list of favorites.
(08/02/24 6:05am)
On July 20, The Stripers — an “indie-rock-blues” band founded at Dartmouth — performed at Bones Gate fraternity as a part of their summer tour. Christian Beck ’24, Jack Reilly ’24 and Kieran Norton ’24 formed the band in the summer of 2021 and quickly became a ubiquitous presence on campus.
(08/02/24 6:10am)
On July 13, “Immersive Worlds: Real and Imagined,” an interactive art exhibition co-curated by Hood Museum of Art curators Amelia Kahl and Neely McNulty, opened its doors to the public at the Hood. The exhibition, which will remain on display until Dec. 15, features mid- to late-20th century art pieces from the Hood’s permanent collection.
