Immelt '78 discusses energy market
Immelt encouraged the U.S. government to establish clearly defined policies regarding energy and the environment without allowing regulation and bureaucracy to slow growth.
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Immelt encouraged the U.S. government to establish clearly defined policies regarding energy and the environment without allowing regulation and bureaucracy to slow growth.
In past years, Fieldstock events have not attracted many students, but this year saw increased involvement, particularly with the addition of the Kickoff party, according to Class Council Fieldstock co-chair Cassie Ryding '13.
A new grade inflation study published in Teachers College Record revealed that As constitute 43 percent of grades awarded to students at four-year colleges and universities, a 28 percent increase since 1960, Inside Higher Ed reported. The study was conducted by Stuart Rojstaczer, a retired professor of geology, civil engineering and environment at Duke University, and computer science professor Christopher Healy of Furman University. Rojstaczer and Healy used historical data from 200 colleges and universities and contemporary data from 135 schools. They found that private universities award a higher percentage of As than public universities, and southern universities award a smaller percentage of As than schools in the North, Midwest and West. The study found that such high grade inflation is problematic because it makes it more difficult to distinguish excellence, which forces graduate schools and employers to focus more on standardized test scores, Inside Higher Ed reported.
An envelope containing a suspicious white substance, since determined to be harmless, was found in Thornton Hall on June 8, according to Justin Anderson, director of media relations for the College. The College employee who the envelope was addressed to reported the envelope to Safety and Security, who then referred the incident to Hanover Police, according to Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone. The Hanover Fire Department, the Lebanon Fire Department, the FBI and the College's Environmental Health and Safety Department also responded to the incident in Thornton Hall, according to the release. EHSD, the hazardous materials response team, tested the substance on site and found it to be harmless, according to a campus-wide safety alert email from Director of Safety and Security and College Proctor Harry Kinne. Representatives from the FBI were on campus the day of the event because the incident had "homeland security implications" given the history of anthrax attacks in the country after Sept. 11, Anderson said. Giaccone said he did not know the identity of the substance. The incident is still under investigation by the FBI, according to the press release. Fire Department Chief Roger Bradley and EHSD could not be reached for comment by press time.
While it may be easy to remind you all of the day you first stepped onto Robo lawn for your DOC trip, ran around the bonfire during your first homecoming and won your first game of pong (or if you haven't what have you been doing all of Senior Week?), for many of you the experiences that stand out most are not those that appear on the Dartmouth bucket list, but rather the moments that were uniquely your own.
Trustee Annette Gordon-Reed '81, a professor at Harvard Law School and a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, discussed history's role in race relations and the historical portrayals of race in America. The dynamic between whites and blacks in America is a direct product of America's history of slavery and segregation, she said.
Student Assembly is currently working to create an updated version of the student survey used before last year's budget cuts, Student Body President Frances Vernon '10 said at Tuesday night's Assembly meeting. The survey is intended to help the College as it seeks to outline budget cuts in the wake of this weekend's announced target for budget reduction. "We will hopefully be able to make recommendations as to what is essential to keep, what can be cut, and what should be restructured," Rebecca Hellerman, spokesperson for Student Assembly, told The Dartmouth. Hellerman said she believed College administrators were "receptive" to the results of last year's survey, citing the negative student body response to Lone Pine Tavern and its subsequent closing. Student Assembly will finish updating the survey within the next few weeks, Hellerman said.