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Independence Day celebrations are often filled with barbeques, fireworks, families and picnics. This Sunday in Hanover, however, many chose to celebrate the holiday not with fireworks of the tangible variety, but rather with those of the political kind.
Since the implementation of the Dartmouth Plan some 30 years ago, the vast majority of sophomores at the College have spent their summers in Hanover, enjoying what many regard as the least challenging term at Dartmouth. Each summer, however, a few second-year students decide to skip town -- somewhat less than five percent of the sophomore class, Registrar Polly Griffin estimated.
Summer at Dartmouth is not just for sophomores.
Excellent teachers are not hard to find at Dartmouth, but nine particularly exceptional professors were honored at the end of last term with a variety of awards. The Dean of the Faculty conferred honors on six College professors and the Graduate Student Council and Office of Graduate Studies presented a new award to three professors.
After a seven-year struggle including countless meetings with department chairs, deans and administrators, students advocating for the creation of an Asian-American studies minor may have finally achieved their goal. College administrators will begin the search for a tenure-track Asian-American studies professor this fall, Associate Dean of the Faculty Lenore Grenoble announced recently.
The existence of the D-Plan provides a significant challenge to campus performing groups as it forces them to persevere each term without key members. This is especially noticeable during the summer, when few outside of the sophomore class are on campus.
Kudos to Carroll Dawson. One month ago following a first-round playoff exit and possessing only one draft pick, the future appeared bleak for the Houston Rockets and their General Manager.
Three members of the Dartmouth basketball family, including current women's basketball coach Chris Wielgus, were selected to the third honorary class of the New England Basketball Hall of Fame on Monday.
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The persistence of terrorism in India and Pakistan, the Kashmir crisis and domestic issues like the caste system in India make it difficult to forget the extent to which religion is politicized in South Asia.
Those not going home or away this weekend can find plenty of ways to celebrate Independence Day with classmates and friends in the Upper Valley and beyond.
Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., attended presentations for several research projects, partially funded by congressional earmarks he championed, at the College on Tuesday.
While the national mourning for President Ronald Reagan has been characterized by an outpouring of admiration and respect rarely seen in American political history, Reagan's legacy is still tarnished for some Americans by his apparent inaction during the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s.
Police officials, Dartmouth officials and one student addressed some unsettling trends regarding alcohol-related arrests and answered questions pertaining to particular Summer-term liabilities in a panel discussion entitled "Police, Parkhurst, S&S and You" on Tuesday.
If students have one gripe about sophomore summer, a term traditionally idealized as time of relaxation and enjoyment with classmates, it is the lack of dining options.
Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean offered his thoughts on campaigning and policy issues in the first of several planned summer visits to the College on Tuesday. Dean -- who carried Hanover in January's New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary -- spoke in two forums and two classes. He also taped a segment for the political commentary show "Hardball" in the 1930s Room of the Rockefeller Center.