Faculty members still divided on May 1
A year after 89 individuals were arrested during a pro-Palestinian protest on the Green on May 1, 2024, faculty members are still divided on the response to the protest and the state of free speech on campus.
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A year after 89 individuals were arrested during a pro-Palestinian protest on the Green on May 1, 2024, faculty members are still divided on the response to the protest and the state of free speech on campus.
Mia Steinberg ’25 was the president of the Rohr Chabad Center at Dartmouth last year, during and after the May 1, 2024, arrests. At the time, she co-wrote a letter to the editor with then-president of Hillel at Dartmouth Cara Marantz ’25 sharing “concern over the state of student safety and balanced discourse at Dartmouth,” particularly for Jewish students. Steinberg also spoke with The Dartmouth about antisemitism, hostility and isolation experienced by Jewish students in the aftermath of the arrests.
On May 1, 2024, 89 individuals were arrested on the Green during a pro-Palestinian protest. Last summer, Grafton County prosecutor Mariana Pastore charged 55 individuals, primarily with violation-level trespassing. All other charges were dropped.
A year ago today, police arrested 89 individuals on the Green during a pro-Palestinian protest.
Yesterday, Sabik Jawad ’26 and Favion Harvard ’26 were elected as the next student body president and vice president, respectively. The two ran on different tickets, with Jawad pulling ahead of Harvard’s running mate Jack Wisdom ’26 by three votes.
Alumni are speaking out and calling for Dartmouth to stand up against the Trump administration.
Red paint was dumped over the front of Dartmouth Hall yesterday morning. It was an act of protest against the war in Gaza, according to an interview with a source who claimed full responsibility.
On April 25, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand ’88, D-NY discussed the Democratic Party’s election losses, the Party’s strategy for the upcoming midterm elections and her current legislative agenda.
Every year, the Town of Hanover hosts an annual “Green Up” event for Earth Day — where participants perform community service and work to clean up Hanover by picking up trash. For the first time, Dartmouth Civics joined in.
On April 27, the Dartmouth Student Government Senate met for its fourth weekly meeting of the spring term. Led by student body president Chukwuka Odigbo ’25, the Senate voted to allocate $3,000 on shuttles for the upcoming May 17 Hanover town election and impeached two senators.
A power outage swept Hanover from around 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today. More than 4,600 people in the region were without power, according to WMUR.
Student body president candidates Jack Wisdom ’26 and Sabik Jawad ’26 and student body vice president candidates Favion Harvard ’26 and Harper Richardson ’27 spoke about student rights, Dartmouth Dining oversight and institutional reform within Dartmouth Student Government at an April 27 debate ahead of the DSG election. Wisdom and Harvard are running on one ticket, while Jawad and Richardson are running on the other.
Earlier tonight, College President Sian Leah Beilock and Provost David Kotz ’86 announced that the College will provide students and employees affected by immigration policy changes up to $2,000 toward the cost of consulting an immigration attorney. The College will “try to address special circumstances” if costs exceed $2,000.
On April 25, Dartmouth had removed its main diversity and inclusion web page from its website. The College restored the website later that day.
Campaign season for Dartmouth Student Government has begun. Two candidates are running for student body president: general house senator Sabik Jawad ’26 and East Wheelock senator Jack Wisdom ’26. Campaigning began on April 20, and a debate hosted by The Dartmouth between the presidential tickets will be held on Saturday, April 26.
Dartmouth professors and students say that President Donald Trump’s attack on higher education has impacted their work — despite the fact that Dartmouth has not been targeted by direct budget cuts.
Former Cornell University president Martha Pollack ’79 argued that universities should embrace developments in artificial intelligence in order to win back trust in educational institutions. Pollack spoke about the impact of AI on higher education at an April 21 talk hosted by the Montgomery Fellows program.
The Trump administration is reducing bureaucratic barriers for logging public forests, including New Hampshire’s 800,000-acre White Mountain National Forest. In a memorandum on April 4, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins designated an emergency situation determination for 112 million acres of national forests marked as “high risk” for fire danger, invasive pests or other concerns. Most of White Mountain National Forest is included in the memorandum.
On April 20, the Dartmouth Student Government Senate met for its third weekly meeting of the spring term. Led by student body president Chukwuka Odigbo ’25, the Senate voted to allocate $15,000 for a student emergency fund, as well as $1,500 for a Make Your Own Bouquet event to be hosted on the porch of the Collis Center.
In a recent study from The Dartmouth, two thirds of student respondents said they do not feel protected by the College from external prosecution for expressing their opinions.