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When I step on the Dartmouth Coach and leave the Hanover bubble to head back home, I never look forward to the questions about school that are bound to be asked. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have a genuine conversation about how incredible this place is, but that always fails to happen.
Modern dairy farmers in the United States face a complex economic market that does not reward them sufficiently for the work that they do, Kirk Kardashian, author of recent book "Milk Money: Cash, Cows and the Death of the American Dairy Farm" and senior communications writer at the Tuck School of Business, said in a lecture in Feldberg Library Thursday afternoon.
Anyone who attended the Homecoming bonfire this year will know that the College, in accordance with what is apparently an annual theme, has increased its efforts to tame and domesticate the event. The distance between the bystanders and the runners was much larger than in previous years and was enforced at intervals by water barriers. Safety and Security officers were much more vigilant about preserving the boundary between runners and bystanders one friend informed me that the group he was with was threatened with arrest if they jumped into the circle and ran with the freshmen. I know of at least one person who was chided at length by a College official for shouting negative comments. He was told, "We're trying to make this a more positive event."
Anyone who attended the Homecoming bonfire this year will know that the College, in accordance with what is apparently an annual theme, has increased its efforts to tame and domesticate the event. The distance between the bystanders and the runners was much larger than in previous years and was enforced at intervals by water barriers. Safety and Security officers were much more vigilant about preserving the boundary between runners and bystanders one friend informed me that the group he was with was threatened with arrest if they jumped into the circle and ran with the freshmen. I know of at least one person who was chided at length by a College official for shouting negative comments. He was told, "We're trying to make this a more positive event."
The Supreme Court's pending decision on Fisher v. University of Texas, a case challenging the use of affirmative action policies in public universities, could have unforeseen effects on admissions policies even at private universities like Dartmouth, according to Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson.
The endowment currently funds approximately 20 percent of Dartmouth's annual operating budget. Programs supported by the endowment include financial aid, in addition to academic, athletic, research, recreational and cultural programs, according to the press release.
New programs for delivering health care can improve quality while reducing costs, especially for some of the nation's most vulnerable patients, according to a new study conducted by The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.
Dartmouth football made its glorious return to the gridiron on Saturday with a dominating 35-7 win over Butler University. Quite literally from the opening kickoff, the Big Green ran away with the game. The offense was clicking and the defense was adhering strictly to the philosophy of "bend, don't break."
The Gallup Poll editor-in-chief Frank Newport and Columbia graduate school professor and New York Times reporter Tom Edsall discussed the implications of polarization in American politics as part of the 2012 Institute for Lifelong Education at Dartmouth summer lecture series in Spaulding Auditorium on Wednesday. America has become increasingly politically divided, with both political parties' platforms becoming more extreme.
A northern California native, Fahden started rowing in 2001 for his local club team, the Oakland Strokes, before he was recruited to row at Dartmouth.
Voters will head to the polls in November and base their votes on a variety of issues, according to Sen. Matthew Houde '91, D-Plainfield. Houde said he expects the budget to be the General Court's greatest statewide priority.
Dartmouth entered the tournament unranked nationally and seeded 11th out of 16 teams. The team encountered No. 6 Notre Dame in the first round of the tournament. Dartmouth previously faced Notre Dame during the team's spring training trip to California in March and lost by a score of 14-2. Dartmouth has improved tremendously throughout the season, according to co-captain Haley Carstensen '12, and the improvement showed in Dartmouth's 11-8 upset of Notre Dame at nationals. Carstensen, who was named to the All-Tournament second team, said that Dartmouth planned to "seize the first and fourth quarter" against Notre Dame.
Although Sophie Caldwell '12 began skiing "as soon as [she] learned to walk," she said she never expected to be honored as the 2012 Collegiate Nordic Skier of the Year by Ski Racing Magazine. Caldwell, a member of the Dartmouth women's ski team, received the honor last Monday and was surprised and honored by the award.
Kirsten Goldberg '12 scored her 100th career point on an assist to Sarah Plumb '12 against Syracuse University on Monday afternoon, but the No. 10 Dartmouth women's lacrosse team was no match for No. 2 Syracuse (9-2, 3-0 Big East), falling by a score of 22-4. The Big Green (8-2, 4-0 Ivy) struggled offensively in the tough road environment at the Syracuse Carrier Dome.
The College will get the chance to understand the hype when the Grammy Award-winning string ensemble performs tonight at 7 p.m. on the Spaulding Auditorium stage at the Hopkins Center. They will be performing Claude Debussy's string quartet, Leos Janacek's String Quartet No. 1 and Beethoven's String Quartet No. 14 in C minor.
You don't owe me anything.
Dumais has notched 101 points in just 92 games in her career, tallying 44 goals and 57 assists in her three seasons as a member of the Big Green. She recorded her 100th and 101st point in the first game of this year's playoff series against St. Lawrence University, a game that the Big Green lost, 4-3, in overtime.
Virginia was the first state to file a motion against the health care law under the claim that the individual mandate, which in effect requires citizens to purchase a health care policy or face a penalty, is an unconstitutional overreach of the federal government.
FLIP is a division of the Athletic Department started in the mid-1980s as an opportunity for Athletic Department employees to immerse themselves in fitness and health activities. The program expanded over the years to include undergraduate and graduate students. Presently, it is open to the wider community, including Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center employees and Upper Valley residents.
"I first started skating when I was about 11 months old," Foley said. "I'm the youngest, so rather than get me a babysitter, my parents just put me on skates. I started playing hockey when I was about two or three."