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(02/22/12 4:00am)
In a campus-wide email on Tuesday, Director of Safety and Security and College Proctor Harry Kinne announced multiple laptop thefts in recent weeks. The majority of the thefts occurred in the evening in Baker-Berry Library, and the computers were typically unattended MacBook Pros, according to the email. Both Hanover Police and Safety and Security are investigating the thefts and are requesting more information from students. Kinne also stressed the importance of paying attention to personal belongings in public areas.
(02/21/12 4:00am)
In a petition posted online on Saturday, approximately 90 alumni demanded that the College administration increase efforts to curb hazing on campus. Among other demands, those signing the "Alumni Petition Against Hazing and Violence" pledged to cease donations to the College until more is done to address hazing.
(02/15/12 4:00am)
Yale University's "Sex Week," an event held every other year in the week leading up to Valentine's Day and dedicated to sexual education and exploration, has inspired similar events at Brown University and Harvard University, but Dartmouth's sexual health peer advisors have no plans to bring comparable programming to the College, according to Sexpert Kate Taylor '13.
(02/10/12 4:00am)
Despite the absence of snow and below freezing temperatures and therefore the cancellation of traditional events that pose a risk of injury Safety and Security and Dartmouth Emergency Medical Services both plan to staff additional patrols during Winter Carnival, according to representatives from each organization. Hanover Police will not make special provisions for the weekend, according to Chief of Hanover Police Nick Giaccone.
(02/07/12 4:00am)
Nationally, less than 20 percent of engineering degrees are awarded to women, but approximately 33 percent of Dartmouth's engineering students are female, according to Thayer's assistant Dean for Academic and Student Affairs Carrie Fraser '87. The relatively high number of female engineering students is representative of the uniquely welcoming culture at Thayer, Fraser said.
(02/01/12 4:00am)
Despite the strong hazing accusations recently leveled by Andrew Lohse '12 against his former fraternity in a Jan. 25 opinion column, alumni interviewed by The Dartmouth said they generally do not view hazing as posing as significant a threat to the College community as Lohse suggested. Several alumni said that although they experienced a wide variety of fraternity initiation activities while at Dartmouth, they would not characterize those activities as hazing.
(01/25/12 4:00am)
Award-winning author and playwright Larry Kramer has made a name for himself with his confrontational style in advocating for the public to address the American HIV/AIDS crisis, directing his anger at both the gay community and political leaders. Kramer, who is in residence in the College this week as a Montgomery Fellow, spoke about his career, including his establishment of the direct action protest group AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, yesterday in Filene Auditorium.
(01/19/12 4:00am)
Approximately 73 percent of the 102 women who registered for sorority rush received bids at the conclusion of winter recruitment on Wednesday, according to Panhellenic Council Rush Chair Lauren Pace '12.
(01/16/12 4:00am)
Reader to Reader, a nonprofit organization devoted to increasing literacy in under-served communities such as Native American reservations, announced a new partnership with Dartmouth in a blog post on Friday. The partnership, titled Many Paths, will create a multimedia mentoring program to help guide Native American high school students through the college admissions process. Dartmouth students participating in the partnership, which the Native American Program will run, will produce weekly videos about applying to college, student life and the benefits of higher education. Dartmouth students will also use Skype to conference call students at the St. Michael Indian School in St. Michaels, Ariz. The pilot program will begin in February, according to the announcement.
(01/13/12 4:00am)
Although Occupy Dartmouth's visible presence has decreased after the movement's Jan. 7 dismantling of its encampment, the protesters strove to reaffirm the movement's relevancy at a panel in Collis Common Ground on Thursday night.
(01/11/12 4:00am)
Karger said he sought to distinguish himself from the social conservatives in his party.
(01/06/12 4:00am)
The consortium, led by Ackerman and Galit Alter, a professor at Harvard Medical School, includes researchers with a wide variety of specialties from both national and international institutions, Ackerman said. Although researchers have been trying to develop HIV vaccines for three decades, Ackerman's initiative differs from its predecessors by shifting the focus from the adaptive immune system to the innate immune system, she said. Typically, when the body is infected with a virus, the immune system responds by producing neutralizing antibodies, which block structurally important parts of the pathogen from binding with the body's cells. This system has been the primary focus of the vast majority of HIV vaccine research efforts, and investigators have for years sought to develop a drug that would induce this response in order to prevent infection. However, one of the factors that contributes to the difficulty of developing an HIV vaccine is the disease's rapid rate of mutation, according to Ackerman. Because the disease constantly mutates into different strains, an effective vaccine would require very "broad coverage," which researchers have not been able to produce by focusing on the adaptive immune system.
(11/30/11 4:00am)
Three state political leaders have declared bids in the New Hampshire gubernatorial race following the Sept. 15 announcement that Gov. John Lynch, D-N.H., will not seek a fifth term in office in 2012. Former State Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-Exeter, is currently the only Democratic candidate for governor, according to Harrell Kirstein, press secretary for the New Hampshire Democratic Party. Ovide Lamontagne, an attorney and former GOP gubernatorial candidate, and Kevin Smith, a former State representative, will both seek the Republication nomination in the gubernatorial primary elections, which are tentatively scheduled for Sept. 11, Kirstein said.
(11/16/11 4:00am)
Approximately 65 percent of student respondents rated Dartmouth Dining Services' SmartChoice meal plan as a three or lower on a 10-point scale in a recent online survey conducted by Student Assembly, Assembly leaders said at Monday's General Assembly meeting in Collis. Following the survey results presentation, Associate Dean of the College for Campus Life April Thompson, Student Body President Max Yoeli '12 and Student Body Vice President Amrita Sankar '12 discussed the timeline for incorporating students' suggestions into the new system.
(11/15/11 4:00am)
The College does not necessarily need a monumental shift in values, but does need to stay on the cutting edge of higher education trends, according to Kim. "Strategic planning doesn't mean we have to do something new, but we have to make it better," Kim said. "We need big ideas."
(11/11/11 4:00am)
Since graduating from Dartmouth and its Reserve Officers' Training Corps program, Chris Koppel '09 Th'10 has experienced a world far removed from Hanover. Whereas most recent graduates traveled to the urban jungles of New York City and Boston, Koppel, now a lieutenant in the United States Army, traded the mountains of New Hampshire for the expansive deserts of Iraq and Kuwait.
(11/03/11 3:00am)
In an attempt to increase collaboration and communication among students, alumni and the Career Development Office, the Tuck School of Business has launched two new technology platforms, according to Rebecca Joffrey Tu'97, Tuck's director of career education and innovation.
(10/25/11 2:00am)
In response to a faculty-sponsored resolution passed in a May 23 Faculty of the Arts and Sciences meeting, which called for more details on the measures taken to close the College's $100-million budget gap since 2009, College President Jim Yong Kim, Provost Carol Folt and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Steven Kadish released a "Supplementary Finance Report" to faculty members on Oct. 10. The 40-page report, which includes specific information on new revenues and budget cuts pertaining to the Arts and Sciences division, was the primary topic discussed in Monday's meeting.
(10/21/11 2:00am)
While Homecoming promises flair-filled fraternity basements and heart-stopping athletic intensity, many members of the Class of 2015 are most eagerly anticipating Friday night's bonfire, a central part of Homecoming weekend and one of the College's most hallowed traditions.
(10/20/11 2:00am)
Oct. 14, 4:52 p.m.Russell Sage Residential ClusterSafety and Security officers received a report from Fahey Hall of a stolen iPhone being used to send offensive messages. The investigation is still ongoing.