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(01/16/25 10:20am)
Dartmouth community members are mobilizing to bring Omar Rashid ’29, an incoming student from Gaza, to campus “as soon as possible,” according to a Change.org petition titled “Bring Omar to Dartmouth.” The petition was launched on Dec. 25, 2024 by three incoming members of the Class of 2029 — Rima Alsheikh ’29, Lila Li ’29 and Trace Ribble ’29 — and has amassed more than 33,400 signatures.
(01/16/25 10:10am)
After seven months of renovations, the Collis Center for Student Life porch has reopened for pedestrian use. The College will complete the remaining construction — including the patio staircase — and restore tables and chairs to the porch area.
(01/17/25 7:00am)
On Jan. 14, the Latin American, Latino and Caribbean studies department hosted a panel of immigration experts for an event titled “What is Mass Deportation?” The panelists discussed the potential implications of President-elect Donald Trump’s administration for U.S. immigration policy. Trump’s proposals call for the deportation of undocumented migrants, migrants with criminal records and people with Temporary Protected Status, according to The New York Times.
(01/16/25 10:00am)
Quantitative social science major Kate Pimentel ’25 received the Rangel Graduate Fellowship on Nov. 15, 2024, Dartmouth News announced on Jan. 10. The fellowship aims to “prepare” recipients for careers in the U.S. Department of State Foreign Service, according to its webpage. Fellows are awarded up to $42,000 annually for the completion of a two-year master’s degree program in addition to a stipend of $18,000 per academic year. The Dartmouth sat down with Pimentel to discuss her journey toward winning the fellowship and how she has explored her interest in foreign affairs at Dartmouth.
(01/15/25 8:10am)
For many Dartmouth students, winterim — the College’s extended winter break, lasting from late November until early January — provides a much-needed opportunity to relax at home. Some may binge-watch Netflix. Others sleep until noon. The more ambitious might do research or work domestic jobs and internships.
(01/15/25 8:05am)
After hours of lectures, club meetings or dance parties in fraternity basements, students often need a way to refuel. Rather than order from Domino’s or settle for whatever is left in the Choates vending machines, students tend to head to grab a bite in one familiar place: Late Night at the Class of 1953 Commons, colloquially known as Foco.
(01/15/25 8:15am)
It used to be so simple. You could just go up to a classmate on the playground and ask to play tag — that’s all it took to start a new friendship when we were five. Even through our awkward phases in middle school and cliquey years in high school, making friends was still relatively straightforward. You could sit next to someone in class, practice the same sport or work on a group project together, and instantly you would have something in common. In college — though many people have to start from scratch — communal living spaces, awkward freshmen parties and late-night study sessions likewise force us to mingle until we emerge with a loose set of friends. But what about the “real world,” where there are no lab partners or sandboxes? How can you make friends when leading a life of comparative isolation?
(01/15/25 8:20am)
It’s 15 degrees outside, and stiff winds urge me not to make the trek from my house to the Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center — but I hunker down, zip my calf-length puffer coat up past my chin and persist. Luckily, as soon as the elevator doors open to reveal the fourth floor, I’m hit with a blast of warm air. I drop my coat on the chair just outside the greenhouse and peer through the glass windows at the jungle that awaits me.
(01/15/25 8:00am)
Just after sunset last Friday, I found myself alone on a path bordering the Dartmouth Skiway. On one side of the trail, a house down a steep hill glowed from all sides. Formations of ice covered the cliffside that lined the other and a thin frozen layer coated the ground. As I stood still, I could hear the ice moan and creak; it seemed to come alive when I looked at it for too long, breathing and shifting under my feet. Alone in the dark, it felt like staring a wild animal in the face.
(01/14/25 10:05am)
On Jan. 9, the Dickey Center for International Understanding hosted an event titled “Care Culture in America: Who’s Not Being Served?” The event featured Roshan Sethi, a Harvard Medical School oncologist and co-creator of the medical television show “The Resident,” who discussed biases in Hollywood and the medical profession.
(01/14/25 9:00am)
In recent weeks, President-elect Donald Trump has mused about annexing Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal. Although the Canadian threat was seemingly made in jest, Trump is far more serious about levying tariffs — on America’s friends and foes alike. The Republican Party’s turn toward pseudo-isolationism through Trump’s tariff policy is likely to endanger the American economy, hurt America’s allies and help America’s adversaries.
(01/14/25 10:15am)
On Dec. 24, 2024, President Joe Biden signed the Stop Campus Hazing Act into law, requiring higher education institutions to disclose reports of hazing in their annual Clery Reports on campus crime. Additionally, the bill requires higher education institutions to develop a “prevention program on hazing.”
(01/14/25 10:15am)
On Jan. 12, the Dartmouth Student Government Senate held its first weekly meeting of the winter term. Led by student body president Chukwuka Odigbo ’25, the Senate appointed a new executive board and set its agenda for the next nine weeks.
(01/14/25 10:10am)
On Jan. 3, parliamentary debate team members Ryan Lafferty ’26 and Madeleine Wu ’26 placed first at the World Universities Debating Championship in Panama City, Panama. Lafferty and Wu became the first-ever Dartmouth pair to win the tournament — and the first U.S.-based team to win in seven years.
(01/13/25 10:00am)
On Jan. 9, former Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., was officially sworn in as the 83rd governor of New Hampshire. Ayotte — who defeated former Democratic Manchester, N.H., mayor Joyce Craig in the gubernatorial election last November — succeeds Gov. Chris Sununu, who spent four terms in office.
(01/13/25 7:00am)
Whether through clubs, ensembles or academic departments, Dartmouth students are given several outlets to engage with the arts. Despite some perceptions of a corporate focus on campus, several creative students continue to pursue art — both professionally and personally — after graduation.
(01/13/25 7:10am)
In a gaudy Las Vegas chapel, Brooklyn stripper Anora — played by Mikey Madison — marries Mark Eydelshteyn’s Vanya, the son of a Russian oligarch. Two weeks later, the couple is divorced. You probably aren’t surprised. Sean Baker’s new film, “Anora,” is about the bloom and collapse of an improbable dream. It’s disappointing; we’d like to believe in the Cinderella story, that hierarchy can be ignored and discarded so that myth may emerge in its place. Baker refuses to deliver that satisfaction. In “Anora,” the fantasy crumbles into dust — albeit glittery, Brighton Beach dust. We are left only with Anora’s sadness.
(01/13/25 7:05am)
Whether watching a lecture in Dartmouth Hall, grabbing a coffee at Novack Cafe or on the way to Occom pond, it is hard to miss the varied pieces of public art across Dartmouth’s campus.
(01/10/25 10:00am)
On Oct. 1, 2024, Kathryn Bezella started as the dean of undergraduate admissions, a new position focusing specifically on undergraduates. She reports to dean of admissions and financial aid Lee Coffin, who was promoted from vice provost for enrollment to vice president in September 2023. Bezella primarily focuses on admitting undergraduates, while Coffin guides Dartmouth’s broader admissions goals. Prior to joining Dartmouth, Bezella most recently worked as vice dean and director of strategy and innovation for undergraduates at the University of Pennsylvania from 2023 to 2024. During her time as a student at Barnard College, and for several years after, Bezella was heavily involved in opera and performance. The Dartmouth sat down with Bezella to discuss her background in admissions and priorities for undergraduate admissions at the College.
(01/10/25 9:10am)
On Jan. 7, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta is ending its “fact-checking” program on its social media platforms. The system of community notes written by platform users “decide[s] when posts are potentially misleading or need more context,” according to Meta’s website. In an online video, Zuckerberg said that “It’s time to get back to our roots around free expression on Facebook and Instagram.” Some on social media fear the decision will allow for “the freedom of disinformation” and the valuing of “misinformation over democracy.” USA Today even released an article headlined “Why Meta went MAGA.”
