Too Close to Call
I'm going to say this at the outset and hope that you'll keep the bar appropriately low: I have spent the last few weeks totally terrified of writing this column.
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I'm going to say this at the outset and hope that you'll keep the bar appropriately low: I have spent the last few weeks totally terrified of writing this column.
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Portman said he first learned more than six months ago that pundits considered him to be among McCain's potential running mates, although he sought to downplay his chances in an interview with The Dartmouth. He said he was surprised that his name had become part of the debate -- and doubts the likelihood of his selection.
'10 Sigma Delt We just got back from [house on Wheelock Street] where we were like sexually assaulted.
The new study, Lusardi said, will seek to fill in gaps in existing U.S. economic surveys. Rather than focusing on gross levels of wealth, debt or other economic indicators, Lusardi said, the research will seek to identify the manner in which Americans manage their money " and the level of financial knowledge that informs their choices.
'10 Tridelt (while painting a pong paddle): Boys think we're really cute for doing this.
Bennett's disappearance sparked Vermont's first-ever Amber Alert last week. Flyers notifying the Dartmouth community about Bennett's disappearance were posted throughout campus.
Police officials found the body of Brooke Bennett, the missing 12-year-old from Braintree, Vt., on Crocker Road in Randolph, Vt., on Wednesday. The discovery stemmed from information police gathered during a search of nearby property owned by Bennett's uncle, Michael Jacques, who was arrested on unrelated sexual assault charges on Sunday and has been called a "person of interest" in the case, police reports say.
The event, which took place in a field outside the town's small elementary school, marked a concerted effort by the former opponents to change the political tone. The Obama campaign sought to capitalize on the town's symbolic title to spread a message of solidarity within the Democratic party.
Jacques is a "person of interest" in Bennett's disappearance, according to the Vermont State Police.
Vermont officials issued the state's first Amber Alert on Thursday, following the disappearance of Brooke Bennett, a 12-year-old resident of Braintree, Vt. Bennett was last seen after her uncle dropped her off at the Cumberland Farms convenience store in Randolph, Vt. on the morning of June 25. She was reported to be wearing jeans, a pink sweater and white sneakers, according to a Vermont State Police press release.
Alumni giving to the Tuck School of Business reached record heights this year, with donations totaling $5.9 million, a press release from the school announced on Tuesday. The amount represents an 18 percent increase from last year's donation total. With 67.5 percent of alumni contributing, Tuck is the only business school in the nation that has seen alumni giving participation rates of over 50 percent, the press release reported based on numbers drawn from Businessweek. On average, Tuck surpasses its peer business schools' giving participation rates by about 30 percent, the release said.
The student and faculty review committee recommendations on the College's Social Event Management Procedures, presented to Dean of the College Thomas Crady in mid-April, will be released this fall and are likely to see implementation in January 2009, Crady told The Dartmouth on Monday. Crady, who has supported the implementation of a more liberal alcohol policy in forums at the College, said the report presents an alcohol management program that is both "less restrictive" and "less cumbersome" than Dartmouth's current procedures. Dean of Residential Life Marty Redman, who led the committee, said he could not comment on the content of the report until its release. Redman previously said he expected the group to specifically address the number of students permitted at "closed events" and "misconceptions" surrounding Dartmouth's keg policy. The committee was convened in October as part of a semi-annual review of SEMP.
The 14 members of the search committee to replace College President James Wright, announced on Wednesday, include six members of the College's Board of Trustees, six faculty members, one alumni representative and one current Dartmouth student. The committee is marked by the inclusion of one strong partisan from both sides of the Association of Alumni's soon-to-be-withdrawn lawsuit against the College.
The 14 members of the search committee to replace College President James Wright, who will leave the College in June 2009, were made public today. The committee, whose composition mirrors that of the group which selected Wright as the College's 16th president in 1998, is comprised of six members of the College's Board of Trustees, six faculty members, one alumni representative and one current Dartmouth student.
The Office of Residential Life is considering the purchase of five properties from the College's Real Estate Office, two of which could become new physical plants for Alpha Xi Delta and Alpha Phi sororities. The properties -- located on East Wheelock, North Park Street and South Park Street -- may also be used to house an eighth sorority, which could appear on campus next year.
At Monday's meeting, College President James Wright also announced that current Senior Associate Dean and former Acting Dean of the College Dan Nelson '75 will step in for Sheila Culbert, senior assistant to the President of the College, beginning in July 2008.
Burlington, Vt. resident Greg Giro's spends most of his time in Hanover frequenting performances at the Hopkins Center, listening to public lectures at the College and eating dinner at Molly's restaurant. His visits, however, are punctuated by treatment at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center for prostate cancer, which he was diagnosed with in December 2003. The Upper Valley Hostel, located on South Street, allows Giro to avoid the commute and to attend event's at Dartmouth.
Columbia University professor Madonna Constantine is facing charges of plagiarism following an internal investigation by the university's Teachers College, the Columbia Spectator reported on Wednesday. Constantine, a professor of counseling and clinical psychology, is accused of plagiarizing work, including that of her students and a former Columbia professor, in publications in academic journals over the past five years. The investigation into Constantine's work began in 2006 following accusations from the faculty member and students and was conducted by the law firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed. The results of the investigation were revealed in a Feb. 18 memo distributed to faculty. Constantine will be able to contest the findings to the university's Faculty Advisory Committee. In October 2007, Constantine asserted that someone had hung a noose from her office door -- a crime that remains unsolved. The event gained Constantine both media attention and the support of many members of the Columbia community.
And, as Jean Ellen Cowgill tells us in her column this week, maybe that's not a bad thing. Maybe the occasional party-for-no-reason is exactly what is needed at a school filled with habitual overachievers -- don't deny it.