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This winter term, the Palaeopitus Senior Society announced a partnership with the Office of Visa and Immigration Services to support undergraduate students applying for B-2 tourist visas for international family members to attend Commencement.
On Feb. 18, the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy hosted Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., for a conversation about bipartisanship and the Democratic Party.
On Feb. 10, the FUERZA Farmworkers’ Fund, a mutual aid fund that supports farmworkers in rural Vermont and New Hampshire, and La Casa co-hosted a panel featuring Mexican women’s rights activist Olimpia Coral Melo. In 2021, Melo spearheaded advocacy for Mexico’s first law outlawing digital violence — also known as “revenge porn,” according to Melo — against women.
At a media event on Feb. 14, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center chief research officer Steven Bernstein said funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health under President Donald Trump’s administration could “severely hinder” research at Dartmouth and DHMC.
On Feb. 15, the Dartmouth Undergraduate Science Olympiad, which was founded last fall, hosted more than 200 New England high school students in the Life Sciences Center for its first Science Olympiad. During the student-run science competition, contestants each participated in two to four events out of 24 total events, including written tests, lab experiments and engineering activities, according to chapter president Sarah Parigela ’27.
On Feb. 16, the Dartmouth Student Government Senate met over Zoom, due to inclement weather, for its sixth weekly meeting of the winter term. Led by student body president Chukwuka Odigbo ’25, senators discussed — and ultimately passed — two amendments to the DSG constitution.
On Feb. 10, the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding and Dartmouth Dialogues co-hosted Egyptian journalist and author Ahmed Naji for an event titled “The Power of Literature and Free Expression in the Middle East.” In 2016, Naji was imprisoned in Egypt for “violating public decency” in his 2014 novel “Using Life” — which tells the story of young people in Cairo creating a series of documentary films and depicts LGBTQ+ people and explicit scenes.
On Feb. 13, the Office of Greek Life and Student Societies hosted author, educator and social theorist Jackson Katz for a lecture about preventing gender-based violence on college campuses, with a focus on Greek spaces. The event, which was organized in conjunction with the Equal Opportunity, Accessibility and Title IX Office, the Office of Pluralism and Leadership and the Student Wellness Center, was held in Collis Common Ground and drew approximately 80 attendees, according to associate director of Greek Life Mishka Murad.
On Feb. 6, Upper Valley Jewish Voice for Peace and the Palestine Solidarity Coalition co-hosted author and political commentator Peter Beinart to discuss his newly released book, “Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza.” Due to inclement weather, the event was held remotely over Zoom.
This year, various student organizations and the Office of Pluralism and Leadership are celebrating Black Legacy Month with a theme of “Afro-Requiem: Reclaiming Our Culture,” according to the OPAL website. Campus organizers currently have 15 events planned throughout February, including a karaoke party, a field day with children of the Upper Valley and a Black hair care event. A committee of 11 students began event planning in the fall term, according to Black and Pan African student advisor Ashley Audu.
On Feb. 10, the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy hosted KT McFarland — who served as deputy national security advisor during President Donald Trump’s first term in office — to speak about the future of U.S. national security. McFarland discussed the current Trump administration’s goals of becoming energy independent, improving border security and implementing institutional changes to the military.
In recent weeks, rumors of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in the Upper Valley have swept through the community — spreading through social media posts, student group chats and word of mouth. The rumors reflect national fears of stricter immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump’s administration and have sparked responses from students and administration alike.
Three international undergraduate students have been given the pseudonyms Jessica, Samantha and Tom. They each have been granted anonymity to speak candidly about their experiences.
After former Hanover Police Chief Charlie Dennis retired in December 2024, captain James Martin stepped in as the Department’s acting chief. Martin — who served as Dennis’s second-in-command for four years — helped guide everyday operations and managed the Department’s accreditation by the Commission on Law Enforcement Agencies, a national credentialing authority for public safety agencies. Town manager Robert Houseman will select a permanent replacement for Dennis through a nationwide search by next month, according to Martin. The Dartmouth sat down with Martin — a candidate for the permanent position — to discuss his new role, experience with police professional development and thoughts on transparency in community policing.
Yesterday, Lebanon District Court Judge Michael Mace sentenced Kevin Engel ’27 and Roan Wade ’25 — two student protesters arrested for trespassing in October 2023 — to 20 hours of community service and a potential $310 fine each.
On Feb. 6, the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, Political Economy Project and Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice co-hosted former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Alex Azar II ’88 for a moderated discussion titled “Policy and Public Health.” The event was moderated by Dartmouth Institute vice chair and Geisel School of Medicine professor Carrie Colla ’01 and Tuck School of Business professor Charles Wheelan ’88, who also serves as the faculty director of the Center for Business, Government & Society.
At the start of the winter term, Dartmouth Dining reorganized the layout of Novack Cafe. The change — which created separate lines and checkout stations for the refrigerated and cafe sections — requires customers to pay separately for items from each area.
Prosecutors have “declined to move forward” with a misdemeanor charge against Alpha Phi sorority for facilitating an underage alcohol house, according to Hanover Police Department lieutenant Michael Schibuola. In an email statement to The Dartmouth, Schibuola wrote that “no further charges are pending beyond what was already made public.”
On Feb. 2, the Dartmouth Political Union hosted radio presenter and author Scott Horton and journalist Eli Lake for a debate on the causes of the Russia-Ukraine war. The pair took opposing sides — Horton answering in the affirmative and Lake in the negative — on the resolution, “The United States started the new Cold War with Russia and provoked Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”
This article is featured in the 2025 Winter Carnival Special Issue.