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(02/04/13 9:00am)
COLUMBIA: Columbia University’s Academic Integrity Task Force is proposing the adoption of an honor code to promote honesty in academic affairs, as the Columbia Spectator reported. The code would establish an honor pledge that students would take at convocations and sign at each academic exam, and the code’s supporters say it would encourage a culture of integrity on campus. Columbia and Harvard are currently the only two Ivy League schools that lack a formal honor code.
(02/01/13 11:00am)
If you looked up “quintessential New England small town” in the dictionary, you ought to be referred to Quechee. About 20 minutes from Dartmouth, the town of Quechee is nestled along the Quechee Gorge on the Ottauquechee River. With fewer than 1,000 residents and only a few businesses dotting the main road, the town is intimate and quiet.
(01/29/13 2:00pm)
It's important to differentiate between activists and criminals. WikiLeaks, no matter how noble some people might think it is, presents serious dangers to innocent American personnel and others around the world. Activists like Aaron Swartz, however, are doing good — they are organizing, they are communicating and they are evangelizing the idea that anyone with an Internet connection has a voice. Sometimes the lines can be blurred, but digital activists on the whole are adding value and purpose to an otherwise oversaturated world of digital media. —Sebastian DeLuca ’14
(01/29/13 12:00pm)
I have now been in Ollantaytambo for almost three full weeks, and it has been an incredible experience so far. Classes are in full swing, and I’ve been able to learn, explore and have a ton of fun. Every day is a different adventure, but there are some aspects that stay consistent.
(01/28/13 11:30am)
BROWN: A new sorority may soon come to Brown University, according to The Brown Daily Herald. After much demand from the two existing sororities on campus and the school’s female student body, a committee at Brown has been working on the yearlong process to bring a new sorority to campus. Art House, an affinity program, will vacate their current space by the end of the semester. If approved, the chosen sorority may occupy this space.
(01/25/13 1:30pm)
It’s no secret that Dartmouth students are mildly obsessed with King Arthur Flour. The installation of a KAF café in Baker-Berry library redefined the idea of “library food” (there’s nothing better than brie and apple on a baguette) and their freshly roasted coffee is easily the best on campus.
(01/22/13 3:30pm)
BROWN: Stephen Lassonde, Brown University’s Deputy Dean of the College, will depart from the position this March to serve as the dean of student life at Harvard University, The Brown Daily Herald reported. Lassonde previously acted as the dean of Calhoun College, one of Yale University’s residential colleges and taught a history class at Brown titled “Children and Childhood in America, 1640-Present.” Brown officials are in the process of assembling a search committee for Lassonde’s replacement.
(01/22/13 12:30pm)
I have a few friends on this campus and it’s really a shame, they’ve grown up here, they’re pretty American [but] they can’t travel and getting work is a big deal. The idea of this huge wall at the borders we really have — what purpose is really served? My view might be slightly skewed because I’ve talked to people who have crossed the border. — Eva Xiao ’14
(01/22/13 9:30am)
After the long wait — and the extended shots of former president Bill Clinton and his extremely white teeth — Obama was sworn in and began his inaugural address. The crowds quieted and everyone concentrated on the President’s words. Families held each other close, and those around me waved flags and shouted words of approval in agreement with his firm and resolute stances on divisive social and political issues. Although we could only see him on the monitor, Obama appeared to have been speaking from the heart. It was powerful to watch the crowd respond and recognize that they were a part of something important.
(01/18/13 1:30pm)
At Dartmouth, life is so fast-paced during each 10-week term that it often seems there is no time for anything not Dartmouth-related. While the town of Hanover offers mini-escapes for the stressed-out college student, sometimes it takes more than a stack of Lou’s pancakes and a movie at the Nugget to satisfy a craving to just get away for a little while.
(01/18/13 11:00am)
Charles Wheelan: The cliff is a bizarre metaphor. I would say it’s really more like termites in the basement. It's a very serious problem, but it’s not going to be a whole lot worse tomorrow than it is today. But if we continue to do nothing, the whole edifice could collapse.
(01/15/13 10:00am)
I think they need to cut more spending rather than raise taxes. That’s the short of it. —Matt Peterson ’13
(01/14/13 1:30pm)
BROWN: Brown University’s highest paid employee, vice president and chief investment officer Cynthia Frost, will retire at the end of the school year in order to help her mother after her father’s death, according to the Brown Daily Herald. Frost is the only person to have held Brown’s CIO position, and during her 12 years at the University, she was responsible for the endowment’s growth from $1.4 to $2.5 billion.
(01/11/13 2:00pm)
This term I am working with the non-governmental organization Awamaki in the small town of Ollantaytambo in Peru. Ollantaytambo, known as “Ollanta,” is about an hour-and-a-half drive outside of the city of Cusco, near Machu Picchu.
(01/11/13 11:30am)
Yet I think that for most of us, the shock soon gives way to anger, and a conviction that something must change. We’ve heard a lot of propositions, from mental health reform to armed security guards to bans on gun shows and certain types of weapons. Which proposals are appropriate, which are effective and how can we prevent this from happening again? There are high passions on both sides and many difficulties to tease out before something can be done. That’s The Conversation.
(01/08/13 2:00pm)
I think that the National Rifle Association is really extreme but they have the right idea with the whole “guns don’t kill people, people kill people” thing. The Second Amendment is in place so that Americans are protected from an oppressive government. Regulating guns won’t prevent people from doing the illegal things that they’re doing with them. —Kelsey Weimer ’16
(01/07/13 11:00am)
Courtesy of The Columbia Spectator