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(03/31/11 2:00am)
Students of color who Laskaris said are defined on the application as "U.S. citizens or permanent residents who self-identify as African American, Asian American, Latino, Native American or multiracial" comprise 44 percent of students admitted to the Class of 2015, compared to 43.5 percent of admitted students last year, she said.
(03/30/11 7:50pm)
Dartmouth offered admission to 9.7 percent of applicants to the Class of 2015, accepting 2,178 applicants and marking a record-low for the College, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris said in an interview with The Dartmouth. The College accepted 11.7 percent of applicants for the Class of 2014.
(03/28/11 2:00am)
The New Hampshire House of Representatives voted down House Bill 176 which would have prevented students from voting in state or local elections on March 8, according to State Rep. David Pierce, D-Grafton. The House vote followed the Election Law Committee's March 2 recommendation not to pass the bill.
(03/03/11 4:00am)
The expansion of the concept of discrimination and a loss of distinction between permissible actions in public and private spheres have eroded individuals' First Amendment freedom of association, Stanford University Constitutional Law Center director Michael McConnell said in a lecture at the Rockefeller Center on Wednesday.
(02/28/11 4:00am)
Although Harvard University and Princeton University announced Thursday that they will institute single-choice early action programs for undergraduate applicants to the Class of 2016 overriding their previous regular decision offering the change is unlikely to impact Dartmouth's early decision applicant pool, according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris. The difference in Ivy League admissions policies may decrease the number of regular decision applicants to the College and other peer institutions, Laskaris said in an interview with The Dartmouth.
(02/23/11 4:00am)
Brian Kim '97, founder and chief investment officer of the investment firm Liquid Capital Management, was indicted on Feb. 15 for running a Ponzi scheme that led to the theft of $4 million and involved at least 45 investors, according to a press release from Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr.
(02/14/11 4:00am)
Laskaris declined to speculate on what actions the College would take if the Common Application were to adopt Turnitin, but said the Common Application "does a great job of surveying the member institutions before making major policy decisions."
(01/28/11 4:00am)
This year's increase in submitted applications to the College which rose 15.7 percent for the Class of 2015 reflects a developing trend among higher education institutions, according to David Hawkins, director of public policy and research at the National Association of College Admissions Counseling. Dartmouth experienced the second highest increase in the Ivy League, falling in line with peer schools such as Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania.
(01/27/11 4:00am)
Evelynn Ellis, former director of equal opportunity and affirmative action, has been appointed the vice president for institutional diversity and equity, Provost Carol Folt announced in a campus-wide e-mail on Wednesday. In her new role, Ellis will be responsible for promoting diversity among College faculty and staff, Ellis said in an interview with The Dartmouth.
(01/26/11 9:12pm)
Evelynn Ellis, former director of equal opportunity and affirmative action, has been appointed the vice president for institutional diversity and equity, Provost Carol Folt announced in a campus-wide e-mail Wednesday afternoon.
(01/20/11 4:00am)
Legacy applicants are more likely than non-legacy applicants to receive admissions offers at elite colleges, according to a recent study of 30 highly-selective colleges and universities conducted by Harvard graduate student Michael Hurwitz. Dartmouth has consistently admitted legacy applicants between two and 2.5 times more frequently than non-legacy candidates, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris said in an interview with The Dartmouth.
(01/12/11 4:00am)
"It is going to be the most competitive admissions cycle that we've ever gone though," Laskaris said.
(01/10/11 4:00am)
Reflecting on the Jan. 5 meeting that marked his first day as Grafton County's 3rd District commissioner, Tea Party member Omer Ahern, Jr. expressed concern as to how effectively he would be able to work with fellow commissioners when facing challenges that affect the community. As he attempted to inject his Tea Party platform into the county's political agenda including downsizing government and "asking the tough questions" Ahern's two proposals to reduce commissioners' salaries by 10 percent and to replace Democrat Michael Cryans as current commissioner were rejected, Ahern said in an interview with The Dartmouth.
(01/04/11 4:00am)
The admissions office plans to keep the total size of the incoming class consistent with the Class of 2013, despite an increase in the size of the Class of 2014. The overall number of students in the Class of 2014 was larger than in previous years in an attempt to increase the College's revenue during a year of extensive budget cuts, The Dartmouth previously reported.
(11/18/10 4:00am)
Five senior men shared life stories and insights on identity in the annual "Men of Dartmouth" panel discussion, held in Collis Common Ground on Wednesday.
(11/03/10 3:00am)
Many researchers who study Arctic social-ecological systems the interplay between human societies and nature do not gain a comprehensive understanding of factors affecting these networks because they do not include the role of politics in their analyses, Dickey Center visiting fellow Amy Lovecraft said in a Tuesday lecture, "Politics in Social-Ecological Systems: The Case of the Arctic Transition."
(10/19/10 2:00am)
The event, described as a "meet and greet," allowed students to share with the governor the issues most important to them, according to Ryan Tincher '12, president of the College Democrats.
(09/23/10 2:00am)
Republican Kelly Ayotte, who had the support of her party, won the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate by approximately 1 percentage point over Tea Party-supported Ovide Lamontagne, a Manchester attorney who spent only $400,000 on his campaign, as opposed to Ayotte's $2 million.
(09/15/10 4:54pm)
The official tally released by the New Hampshire secretary of state posted a 1,667 vote win for Ayotte. Ayotte will compete against outgoing Representative Paul Hodes '72, D-N.H., for the Senate seat vacated by three-term Senator Judd Gregg. Hodes was the only Democrat running for the position.
(09/15/10 5:00am)
As of press time, Ayotte led Lamontagne by little under 1,000 votes, taking 38 percent of the vote to Lamontagne's 37 percent, the Associated Press reported. The winner will compete against outgoing Representative Paul Hodes '72, D-N.H. for the Senate seat vacated by three-term Senator Judd Gregg. Hodes was the only Democrat running for the position.