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(07/30/15 11:53pm)
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, a complex disease that affects the endocrine and reproductive systems, afflicts between 1 in 10 and 1 in 20 women of childbearing age. Despite these high numbers, however, society is failing to raise awareness of this serious issue. This failure damages the happiness and well-being of those with PCOS by making them embarrassed to talk about their condition, while doctors are too specialized in their fields to gain a deeper understanding of it. Although some women are not diagnosed until they try to have children, PCOS often affects women earlier, either in high school or college. In those circumstances, PCOS can have even more profound effect on women’s self-esteem and sense of self-worth.
(07/24/15 12:17am)
How do we define terrorism? Although the word often calls to mind violence, insurgency and extremism, it has proven to be a difficult concept to describe in more concrete terms.
(06/25/15 10:55pm)
Last week Pope Francis became the latest to add his voice, and moral authority, to the environmental call to action. Climate change is the number one threat to human health over the coming generations. It is a public health calamity. The consequences of a warming environment and unstable climate are already observable in New England, with more severe allergy seasons, worsening childhood asthma and extreme weather events all taking their toll on the physical and mental health of communities across the region.
(05/29/15 12:04am)
In the hopes of effectively combating a perceived intellectual laziness at this school, the ad hoc committee on grade inflation, chaired by biology professor Mark McPeek, published a 16-page report detailing proposed fixes for grade inflation at the College. We find the proposal's content and attitude toward students to be patronizing and misguided, divorced from the realities of modern college life by the committee's ideological tilt.
(05/28/15 1:38am)
The ad hoc committee on grading practices and grade inflation released its proposal to address grade inflation at the College on May 11. The proposal, sent out to faculty, outlines a strategy to curb grade inflation by adhering more strictly to the Dartmouth Scholarship Ratings system of awarding As for excellence, Bs for “good master” and Cs for “acceptable mastery.” The proposal hopes to incentivize faculty to adhere to stricter grading policies rather than mandate department-wide medians or curves or limit the number or percentage of particular grades that may be awarded.
(05/27/15 4:10pm)
Columbia University: The parents of recently-graduated Columbia University senior Paul Nungesser said in a statement that the University had made their son’s life nightmarish while giving a special exemption to Emma Sulkowicz, also a graduating senior, by allowing her to carry a mattress at graduation. Nungesser is suing the University, alleging that Columbia allowed Sulkowicz to break confidentiality agreements and supported gender-based harassment against him through Sulkowicz’s senior thesis.
Cornell University: The University announced the creation of the Skorton Center for Campus and Health Initiatives on Tuesday, The Cornell Daily Sun reported. The center is to be named for David J. Skorton, Cornell’s incumbent president who is set to leave the school for the Smithsonian Institution at the beginning of July. It will support research and evaluation practices in the field of student health and will support physical, mental and sociological health at Cornell. The facility’s construction, which began in March, is slated to cost $55 million before it opens in the fall of 2017.
(05/22/15 12:32am)
Frat dogs have long been the undisputed top dogs on campus, many sparking followings of their own, but there is another class of up-and-coming canine. This fall, Student Accessibility Services implemented a new support animal program, which now allows students to live with their support animals in campus dorms.
(05/19/15 10:47pm)
New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan discussed issues relating to education, financial opportunities and budgets across the state at yesterday’s conversation with students, faculty and Upper Valley community members. Economics professor Charles Wheelan ’88 moderated the discussion, which took place at the Rockefeller Center.
(05/18/15 11:00pm)
Ten first-year students from the Geisel School of Medicine and two first-year students from the College were selected as fellows for 2015-2016 New Hampshire-Vermont Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. The 12 fellows will each receive a $2,000 stipend for 200 service hours over the course of year. In addition, they have on-site faculty mentorship, along with other forms of support including orientation, retreats and meetings.
(05/18/15 10:38pm)
Last week, I had the privilege of attending the annual Hanover Town Hall meeting as part of an experiential learning element for my class, “Democratic Theory” — we spent over three hours listening to debates over tax rates, multi-use bicycle paths and re-zoning initiatives as Hanover constituents engaged in their annual deliberations. Every person had an opportunity to speak, discussion was moderated and the sense of civic responsibility in the room was almost tangible.
(05/07/15 12:00am)
A petition calling for the resignation of Student Assembly president-elect Frank Cunningham ’16 following what it called “uncouth, unjustified” behavior at a student protest Saturday afternoon has garnered 359 signatures as of press time. Cunningham sent an email to campus Wednesday morning, in which he apologized and wrote that he “had no business approaching a female member of our community in that way” and acknowledged that his actions appeared “threatening.”
(05/03/15 11:25pm)
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(04/30/15 3:59pm)
Brown University: Players on the Brown softball team recently came forward with accusations of bullying against head coach Katie Flynn, the Brown Daily Herald reported. Players claim that Flynn made hurtful comments about players’ weights and created an aggressive and hostile environment that was emotionally exhausting for them. Since Flynn’s first season in 2013, she has lost nine of her 12 original players. Those who felt attacked have brought their concerns to athletic director Jack Hayes, who has made no action against the coach.
Columbia University: Columbia student group Student-Worker Solidarity claims that employees at the university are prohibited from speaking languages other than English in the presence of students, the Columbia Spectator reported. A spokesperson for Columbia claimed that a student complaint against an emplyee speaking Spanish was a response to the employee’s comment, not the use of Spanish. Columbia officials have come forward to state that no such policy is in place.
(04/29/15 10:39pm)
Students at Dartmouth often suffer silently, alone, unaided by peers and the College either because they fear to come forward or because the College does not offer the services they require. Issues of mental health are often brushed aside at Dartmouth or outright ignored — these are not just personal issues, however, but a broader struggle that undermines academics and campus-wide safety. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, nearly 30 percent of college students said they were “so depressed that it was difficult to function” at some time in the past year and that suicide is the third leading cause of death for young adults aged 15 to 24.
(04/29/15 12:34am)
In the wake of Monday’s meeting of the faculty of arts and sciences, faculty and students expressed mixed sentiments about possible changes to distributive requirements, grade inflation and course schedule changes. These proposals come following calls to increase “academic rigor” by College President Phil Hanlon as a part of his “Moving Dartmouth Forward” policy initiative.
(04/28/15 9:44pm)
Beyond trying to grab the swinging platform of “X-Delta” as a study space on the nicer days and complaining about the strange proportions of the Baker-Berry Library windows, most students do not spend a lot of time thinking about campus landscaping, an aspect of the College that has a daily impact on their lives.
(04/26/15 10:31pm)
As Ben Parker once said in “Spider-Man” (2002), “with great power comes great responsibility.” The stark reality is that with the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” plan and its implications ever-present in the minds of students, the newly-elected class representatives must deal with myriad issues, including student mental health and growing scrutiny around inclusivity in the Greek system.
(04/23/15 11:08pm)
It could take 10 weeks, six months, maybe two years. That’s the thing with mental health — you can never predict with certainty when, how or even if healing will take place.
(04/21/15 10:46pm)
Lower voter turnout, fewer candidates, student apathy and an active social media presence, particularly on the app Yik Yak, were distinctive features of this year’s Student Assembly and Class Council elections, students and student representatives observed.
(04/19/15 11:51pm)
At Fridays’s debate, Student Assembly presidential candidates Frank Cunningham ’16 and Jake Gaba ’16 and vice presidential candidates Julia Dressel ’17 and Penelope Williams ’16 discussed key points of their campaign platforms, their qualifications and issues ranging from diversity and inclusivity on campus to the role of Student Assembly.
