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Fall foliage has drawn an influx of tourists to the Granite State in recent weeks, WMUR reported. With more visitors comes more revenue for local businesses. New Hampshire Travel and Tourism projected $1.8 billion in additional tourist spending this season — and Hanover business owners have felt the effects.
On Oct. 16, the Dickey Center for International Understanding hosted three Russian dissidents — Vladimir Kara-Murza, Evgenia Kara-Murza and Tikhon Dzyadko — for an event titled, “Dissidence and Democracy in Russia: A Work in Progress.” The event focused on the “fight for democracy” in Russia, according to the Dickey Center website.
On Oct. 15, the Afro-American society, Al-Nur Muslim Student Association, Dartmouth Asian American Studies Collective and Spare Rib Magazine held a vigil for Marcellus Williams. Williams was executed on Sept. 24 in Missouri despite protests from the case’s prosecutors and the victim’s family, according to the Associated Press.
On Oct. 7, the Hanover Selectboard named Robert Houseman the new town manager — the position responsible for managing Town departments and ensuring that Town operations address the needs of residents. Houseman previously spent two months as interim town manager after Alex Torpey stepped down from the position in July. Before stepping into the role, Houseman served as director of the Hanover department of planning, zoning and codes from 2016 to July 2024. In all, Houseman has 38 years of municipal experience across New Hampshire, including as a circuit rider planner in Durham and a cartographer in Wolfeboro. The Dartmouth sat down with Houseman to discuss the local housing crisis, staffing shortages and his plans for Hanover.
Uwill — a teletherapy service available to Dartmouth students for free — will now offer longer counseling sessions, Dartmouth Student Government announced in a campus-wide email on Oct. 14. The College’s updated Uwill contract increases the maximum session length from 30 to 50 minutes, according to Dartmouth Counseling Center director Heather Earle.
On Oct. 6, the fifth annual Omondi Obura Peak Bag raised approximately $35,000 for Campus Connect, according to Steve Cook ’88. Peak Bag, a mental health awareness event, was created by the Class of 1988 to honor former lightweight rower Omondi Obura ’88, who died by suicide in 1989. The event — organized by the Peak Bag Fund — encourages participants to complete an outdoor activity of choice, such as a walk, hike, swim or paddle, according to the Peak Bag website.
On Oct. 16, the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and Dartmouth Civics co-hosted the chairs of the respective New Hampshire state Republican and Democratic parties — Chris Ager and Raymond Buckley — for a discussion titled “From Tuning Out to Turning Out: Young Voter Engagement in the 2024 Election.” The conversation was facilitated by Dartmouth Civics co-presidents Armita Mirkarimi ’25 and Bea Burack ’25.
On Sept. 27, New Hampshire Liquor Commission officers arrested a member of the Class of 2027 at Han Fusion — a Chinese, Japanese and Thai fusion restaurant in downtown Hanover — after he presented them with fake identification.
On Oct. 10, the Dartmouth Political Union hosted its first event in its “Critical Discourse in the Age of Disagreement” series, which will bring experts to campus to debate controversial political topics. The event featured former senior counselor to former President Donald Trump Kellyanne Conway and political strategist Donna Brazile, who debated the importance of the press in the November election.
On Oct. 13, the Dartmouth Student Government Senate met for its fourth weekly meeting of the fall term. Led by student body president Chukwuka Odigbo ’25, the Senate discussed transportation to voting sites on Election Day, new library hours and the upcoming student issues survey.
On Sept. 30, Safety and Security released its annual Security and Fire Safety Report. The data showed an increase in motor vehicle theft and a decrease in stalking compared to 2022 and 2021.
On Sept. 10, former Manchester, N.H. mayor Joyce Craig won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Craig — who served as mayor from January 2018 to January 2024 — won the primary with a six-point lead over executive councilor Cinde Warmington. Next month, she will face Republican nominee Kelly Ayotte in the race to replace incumbent Republican Gov. Chris Sununu, who announced in July 2023 that he will step down after four terms in office. The Dartmouth sat down with Craig to discuss her candidacy and tenure as Manchester’s mayor.
Parkhurst Hall was vandalized with pro-Palestinian graffiti on Oct. 16, according to images reviewed by The Dartmouth. Vandalism included the words “Free Palestine” and “Divest” and red spray paint on the Parkhurst steps and walls.
An anonymous $15 million alumni donation will help the College fund more than 300 additional internships each year, the College announced on Sept. 27.
On Sept. 25, the Grafton County Superior Court held a non-evidentiary hearing to consider “legal issues” in the resentencing case of Robert Tulloch. Tulloch was convicted in 2002 of the murders of German studies and comparative literature professor Susanne Zantop and Earth sciences professor Half Zantop.
On Sept. 30, the Dickey Center for International Understanding hosted former Iranian ambassador to Germany Seyed Hossein Mousavian and Brookings Institution vice president Suzanne Maloney for an event titled “Israel and Iran: The Future of the Middle East.”
In 2019, five years after Russia invaded Crimea and the Donbas, sparking the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Ukrainian-born Oleksandr Zavalov ’26 founded the Futurevia Foundation — a nonprofit organization that provides aid to Ukraine. Since its founding, Futurevia has raised $1 million through donations to support Ukrainians’ educational, medical and financial needs and has been supported by more than 50 volunteers in Ukraine, Zavalov said. The Dartmouth spoke with Zavalov about fundraising efforts and his experience as Futurevia’s CEO.
On Oct. 7, Hillel at Dartmouth and the Rohr Chabad Center at Dartmouth hosted a vigil in remembrance of Hamas’s attack on Israel one year earlier. Approximately 100 community members gathered on the Green to honor the lives lost.
After winning the Republican primary with 56.2% of the vote on Sept. 10, Kim Strathdee became the Republican nominee for New Hampshire’s second Executive Council district. Strathdee has sought the office three times before, in 2018, 2020 and 2022. New Hampshire’s Executive Council is composed of five districts that each elect a representative to work closely with the governor, according to previous reporting from The Dartmouth. The council approves the majority of spending from legislative appropriations and confirms gubernatorial nominations. The Dartmouth sat down with Strathdee to discuss her background, motivation for running and what she hopes to accomplish.
Approximately 600 Upper Valley community members attended the Alzheimer’s Association’s annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Oct. 5, according to event chairperson Kathy Harvard.