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(11/15/16 2:48am)
Over 100 students, faculty members and town residents came together in Carpenter Hall 13 yesterday to discuss and learn about the ramifications of Donald Trump’s election to the presidency. Chiefly organized by women’s, gender and sexuality studies professor Eng-Beng Lim, the “teach-in” was a town hall style forum with a panel of eight professors from the fields of women’s, gender and sexuality studies, African and African American Studies, history and English.
(09/13/16 3:51am)
In response to Orthodox Jewish students’ request for Orthodox-certified kosher food, the Courtyard Café at the Hopkins Center and Novack Café began to provide pre-packaged kosher meals from Vermont Kosher this past week. Since a petition for Orthodox-certified kosher food circulated last fall, with 726 supporters as of press time, a working group consisting of students and faculty members developed a report and recommendation that was accepted by the administration at the end of the summer.
(06/14/16 7:52pm)
This past Sunday, undergraduate and graduate students celebrated the end of their chapters at the College during this year's Commencement ceremony, held on the Green. At its 248th ceremony, the College awarded 1, 867 degrees, including 1, 087 undergraduate degrees, in front of an audience of over 11,000.
(05/30/16 10:08pm)
Native American Studies professor N. Bruce Duthu ’80 will succeed French, comparative literature and film studies professor Lynn Higgins as the next Frank J. Guarini Associate Dean of the Faculty for International Studies and Interdisciplinary Programs. He will be the third in the position since its creation a decade ago, starting his tenure on July 1.
(05/09/16 10:39pm)
[slideshow_deploy id='121560']This past weekend, Dartmouth hosted its 44th annual Dartmouth Powwow — a social gathering and celebration held by Native American communities. Thousands attended the event, powwow committee co-chair and Cherokee Nation citizen Andrew Shipman ’18 said, which featured activities like dancing, drumming and singing.
(04/28/16 10:16pm)
Seventh grade girls from all across the Upper Valley came together at the College yesterday for the annual Sister-to-Sister conference — an event facilitating discussions related to women’s community — hosted by the mentorship organization Link Up. Over 130 students gathered from eight different schools, the highest attendance ever since the conference began in 2000.
(04/21/16 10:07pm)
Here’s the story of how Mark Connolly ’79 became a state representative at the age of 21. His neighbor in his hometown of Bedford, New Hampshire ran for Congress in 1974, and Connolly worked as his driver for the campaign. His neighbor lost the primary, but he encouraged Connolly to run for the legislature. Unlike his neighbor, Connolly was elected when he ran his sophomore year at the College.
(04/10/16 11:09pm)
Local middle and high school students isolated DNA from strawberries, explored brain cells and made clouds inside cups this past Saturday at the fourth annual Science Day. Approximately 120 local students and close to 80 graduate student volunteers attended the event.
(02/22/16 12:06am)
In reference to the Jewish value of engaging different opinions, Cameron Isen ’18 mentioned an old Jewish joke: ask a question to two Jews, you will get three opinions. For Isen, the debate was whether as a Torah-observant Jew, he was allowed to study secular subjects. As a double major in economics and classics, Isen said he had been interested in the intersection between secular academia and Jewish theology.
(02/08/16 12:28am)
A College tradition since 1925, the snow sculpture will not return to the Green for this year’s Winter Carnival, director of the Collis Center, which oversees the Winter Carnival committee, Anna Hall said. The decision was reached right after the winter interim. She added that events such as the dogsled race and polar bear plunge are dependent on next week’s weather.
(02/02/16 12:29am)
The College’s Organizational Adjudication Committee suspended Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority for one term starting Jan. 26 for violations of the College alcohol policy, disorderly conduct and property damage, according to an official statement released by College spokesperson Diana Lawrence. After the suspension is lifted, KDE will be under social and then College probation until Jan. 3, 2017. The sanctions are related to a social event held in November 2015 at the KDE house and a venue in the Upper Valley.
(02/01/16 1:05am)
The free public symposium “A Place for the Displaced” — hosted by the Geisel School of Medicine chapter of Physicians for Human Rights, Nathan Smith Society and the Dartmouth Coalition for Global Health — focused on refugee health and other aspects of refugee life including settlement, mental health and education in light of the recent global refugee crisis.
(01/13/16 12:38am)
Burlington, Vermont-based creperie Skinny Pancake will be opening its first out-of-state location in Hanover, replacing the space previously occupied by Essentials for Men and the Chocolate Shop in the Hanover Park building on Lebanon Street. Owner Benjy Adler said that the scheduled date of the opening is April15.
(01/11/16 1:52am)
The adequacy of kosher dining provided by the Pavilion in the Class of 1953 Commons has come into question since a petition posted by Cameron Isen ’18 began circulating in September. As of press time, the petition had 723 signatures.
(11/12/15 12:58am)
Wheelock House, which is located at 4 Wheelock Street, has housed several small businesses over the years, including Robert’s Flowers, a rare book dealership and psychologist’s office. The purchase and sales agreement for the building was made in September, and Christian academic group the Eleazar Wheelock Society will purchase the property. The society, which was founded by a group of alumni in 2008 and is not affiliated with the College, will renovate the property into an off-campus apartment similar to a living and learning community for those interested in faith and reason.
(11/09/15 2:05am)
In a short blog post, Bored at Baker founder Jonathan Pappas — known online as Jae Daemon — announced that the anonymous social forum will no longer be available at Dartmouth.
(11/02/15 1:46am)
The first thing that one encounters upon making an account for pymetrics is a series of games. One of them, called “Keypresses,” is — as the name suggests — all about pressing a key as fast as you can for a few seconds. This game, it turns out, is a measure of one’s processing speed, as well as one’s impulsiveness or deliberateness when reacting to new information.
(10/19/15 11:35pm)
If there is anything she regrets about working in fiscal policy, it is that the issue inspires such rabid disagreement, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt Maya MacGuineas said at the Rockefeller Center on Monday.
(10/15/15 12:51am)
Now on its sixth term since its creation in winter term 2014, BarHop continues to offer a social space for students, with free drinks, music and other activities every Thursday at the Hop Garage. After experimenting with hosting the event two nights a week beginning in winter term 2015, BarHop has returned to a once-weekly schedule due to staffing issues, director of student performance programs at the Hopkins Center Joshua Price Kol ’93 said.
(10/05/15 11:23pm)
Three hundred and forty-six women participated in fall term sorority recruitment, which lasted from Sept. 28 to Oct. 5. Of those who rushed, 273 received a bid from one of seven houses participating in formal Panhellenic recruitment, according to Panhell executives.