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Disclaimer: This copycat faux biography — modeled after one our Commencement speaker David Brooks wrote many, many years ago — is unoriginal and possibly professionally reckless, but what do you expect from a youngster like me? These days we aren’t taught to think for ourselves.
Some 20,000 years ago, the Laurentide Ice Sheet began to melt, gradually thawing and retreating, inching up and up and up, at some point shaping the very valley we inhabit. I won’t purport to understand this process better than my B+ in “Marine Geology” suggests. But walking down Gold Coast under a blushing sky, sun slipping west beyond Vermont, or running through Pine Park, or crossing Ledyard Bridge, I often think of this icy ebb and flow, wishing I could better read the glacial striations and grooves carved into this land, better understand the soil on which I stand. I’m lucky to be part of a landscape that prompts me to zoom out like this. A landscape laden with Abenaki history, mining booms and busts, destruction and rebirth. I relish these lessons in geopoetry — some sudden, others taking the form of long, solitary runs.
Greeting students at one of her final events as Dean of the College, Charlotte Johnson was quick to flash a smile. At a reception recognizing seniors on Wednesday in Collis Common Ground, Johnson mingled with students, embracing those she knew well and welcoming those she hadn’t met.
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Five of nine Panhellenic Council executives will abstain from sorority recruitment this winter. Forgoing recruitment for one term, participating executives said, could provide the council with time to develop policy to improve the Greek system internally. Their abstention also aims to shed light on socioeconomic and racial inequalities that several executives say pervade the Greek system.
"It's an exciting time to be coming to Dartmouth," said Mark Davis, president of the Alumni Council, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
A woman was attacked by an unknown male at around 11:15 p.m. Sunday night while walking along Route 10, according to a campus-wide Safety and Security alert. The woman was a Dartmouth graduate in her early 20s, Safety and Security associate director Keiselim Montas said.
In addition to bringing prestige and solidifying Dartmouth's role as a leading research university, joining the AAU would give College administrators an opportunity to participate in policy discussions with colleagues from other member institutions.
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Michael Odokara-Okigbo '12, a former member of the Dartmouth Aires and a frequent lead singer for the group on NBC's "The Sing-Off" competition last year, will release his first EP "In the Beginning" on Aug. 13. The six-song EP will be available on iTunes for $2.99, and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to The Mugadi Foundation, a charity Odokara-Okigbo founded with his mother after a trip to Nigeria. The foundation helps pay for children's school fees, books and clothes in Lagos, Nigeria.
Retired Gen. James Mattis will join the College this fall, Foreign Policy reported. Mattis, who commanded forces in the Middle East, will be a Class of 1950 senior foreign affairs fellow at the Dickey Center for International Understanding.
An ordinance that requires landlords to register all rental properties and establish a complaint-based inspection procedure will go into effect on Aug. 1, potentially impacting students who live off campus. The policy allows the town to inspect rental properties promptly after receiving a complaint and could lead to stronger enforcement of housing codes.
Sporadic power outages affected portions of campus and downtown Hanover at about8:15 a.m.A DartPulse alert announced the outage at8:25 a.m, and power was restored to most of campus by10:03 a.m.All issues were resolved by 10:52 a.m.
Founded in 2011 by Chiara Klein '10, Stephanie Strohm and Meg Kiley Smith, MaineStage is a non profit that produces plays for the Kennebunk community each summer.
"If you see a cop coming in your rearview mirror, just gun it," he told her. "I don't care if I have the shot or not."
Although universities have balanced male and female populations, college campuses are marked by dramatic gender inequalities, Kimmel said.
“A Haus” (not house!) is a three-story town house in the ABCD four-house complex on West Wheelock Street. The residence has an open ground floor perfect for studying and socializing, seven bedrooms — three on the top floor, one on the ground level and three in the basement — and a hammock in the front yard.
