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(02/05/08 2:02pm)
There is a growing disparity between the endowments of a small group of America's wealthiest universities and all other institutions of higher education, according to The New York Times. Fewer than 400 of the country's 4,500 institutions of higher education had $100 million endowments at the end of the last fiscal year. Harvard, the wealthiest American university with an endowment of $34.9 billion, saw its endowment grow by $5.7 billion in 2007. Dartmouth's endowment reached $3.76 billion at the end of the 2006-07 fiscal year, according to the Dartmouth College Office of Public Affairs.
(01/31/08 5:28pm)
Jan. 20, 1:05 a.m.,
(01/29/08 8:05am)
For professor Lynn Higgins, chair of the French and Italian department, scouring the parking lots for half an hour with the faint hope of finding a spot is an unfortunate daily routine. Her quest -- which often leads her to drive behind Dartmouth Hall, by the side of the observatory, behind the Hopkins Center and near the cemetery -- is often in vain and she must resort to paying for a space at the Hanover parking garage. Higgins points to illegal student parking as one of the primary causes of the problem.
(01/18/08 9:54am)
Jan. 8, 2:25 p.m.,
(01/18/08 9:51am)
Along with tuition, room, food and books, many students who choose to have a vehicle on campus must add parking fines to the list of their college expenses. Students receive a large portion of the nearly ten thousand parking violations given out by the Dartmouth Parking and Transportation department each year, said Bill Barr, facilities operations and management director of fiscal and auxiliary services.
(01/08/08 10:34am)
Seinfeld co-creator and star of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm Larry David stumped for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in Occom Commons and Zimmerman residential hall on Monday, the eve of the New Hampshire primary. David said that although he did not see major policy difference between the three leading democratic candidates, he believed Obama was the best equipped to lead and bring about change.
(01/07/08 10:32am)
As New Hampshire's primary, the first in the nation, approaches on Tuesday, the Dartmouth community is gearing up for the election, with last-minute rallies, street corner stumping and an overall political frenzy. Voting in Hanover is set to take place at Hanover High School from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
(11/29/07 6:44am)
"I think we were more concerned about that in October than we are now," he said. "The contractors are saying we will have it for you."
(11/13/07 8:14am)
Calling for a change to the Washington climate and an end to the U.S. troop presence in Iraq, presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., addressed a filled gymnasium at Lebanon High School Monday evening. Obama discussed a variety of issues ranging from education to gay marriage, emphasizing his dissatisfaction with the political status quo.
(11/05/07 6:10am)
"Lose the Shoes to Kick AIDS in Africa," an event planned by Dartmouth students to raise money for the Grassroot Soccer organization, is on track to win $5,000 from Dodge's GrabLife GiveLife online competition after a campus-wide mobilization effort. The competition allows college students to nominate and vote on philanthropic events or charities with the winner receiving a prize of $20,000.
(10/18/07 4:14am)
"Sexymac" is the name Kathleen Onufer '08 gave the Macbook computer she purchased last spring. Onufer was a first-time Mac buyer who previously owned a Dell purchased from Dartmouth her freshman year. A majority of the time spent with her Dell was at the Computer Help Desk trying to repair a crashed hard drive or a faulty motherboard.
(10/02/07 7:37am)
Along with Wright, Peter Meade, executive vice president for corporate affairs for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, and Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. also received "New Englander of the Year" awards at the dinner. The award is presented to individuals and organizations whose contributions to New England's community and economy are worthy of special recognition.
(09/28/07 6:37am)
Merkel lamented his departure from Dartmouth and pointed to his busy schedule and financial situation as main reasons for his decision.
(09/27/07 9:17am)
The enrollment of minority students at American universities and colleges increased by 49 percent from 1994 to 2004, an American Council on Education report finds. Hispanics saw the greatest increase in enrollment of all minority groups, with a 73 percent increase over this 10-year period. The number of white students enrolled at colleges over the same time period increased only 6 percent. But the class participation rate for minority students, which is representative of those 18- to 24-year-old high school graduates enrolled at colleges, continues to lag behind the class participation rate of white students. Between 2003 and 2005 the class participation rate for white students was 48 percent. It was 41 percent for black and 37 percent for Hispanic students.
(09/26/07 8:17am)
Zimmerman said that initial feedback indicates that first-year orientation was well-received, even in the face of slight logistical setbacks. Several group events, including "Sex on Campus" and "Experiences," had to be moved to Leede Arena to accommodate preparation for the presidential debate. She said that although this year's orientation had few problems, the First-Year Office is always reevaluating the orientation schedule to enhance it in the future.
(05/30/07 8:53am)
The 2007-2008 Student Assembly passed a resolution Tuesday night which will allow the body to operate under a modified structure throughout the Summer term, as a result of delays in the Assembly's new constitution. Members of the Assembly have spent the last few weeks rewriting the document to reflect the changes recommended by the Student Governance Review Task Force report as well as other reforms. Though he had previously predicted that the group would have produced a working draft of the document to be voted on at Tuesday's meeting, Student Body President Travis Green '08 said the new constitution was not yet ready for ratification. Tuesday night's legislation will allow the Assembly to operate under the changes of the constitution before its completion. Green pointed to the flaws in the old document as the cause of the delay. "We've been operating for too long under this constitution," he said. "We aren't talking about minor tweaks. There are pages and pages of sh*t, and we don't even know what it is." The task of completing the constitution will fall to the Summer Assembly.
(05/17/07 6:58am)
Eight members of the Class of 2007 and three alumni have received grants from the Fulbright Program or its German equivalent to fund their plans for international research or teaching. The Fulbright Program, which is administered and funded by the United States Department of State, gives grants to approximately 6,000 students, teachers and professionals in the United States each year. This year's Dartmouth recipients plan to embark on a variety of projects ranging from teaching in an Indonesian high school to conducting research in a German laboratory.
(05/14/07 5:05am)
The recently found body suspected to belong to 16-year-old James Holley was confirmed to be his Sunday night, his father Robert Holley told The Dartmouth.
(05/11/07 5:17am)
Shoveling chicken excrement, cleaning horse stalls, stacking wood and working other odd jobs helped Thetford Academy students raised money to help Ethiopian orphans last week. The effort was part of "Operation: Day's Work," a national program run by Thetford Academy in which students work for one day a year in their communities to collect money for a non-profit, non-government charity.
(05/04/07 6:46am)
A new teaching and performance space for visual arts is currently in the pre-design phase, according to Steve Campbell, director of Dartmouth Planning and Design. The building will house the film and television and studio art departments. The proposed location is on Lebanon Street at a site that is currently occupied by Brewster Hall and Clement Hall. Campbell said that because the project is still in the pre-design stage, a project schedule including the beginning and end of construction has not yet been determined. He did say, however, that decisions on what features will be included in the building will likely be made by late May, at which point architects will begin to design the building, a process that is expected to take a year.