Editors’ Note: Freshmen Issue
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We’re so excited that in a few short weeks, you will be coming to Dartmouth!
Toward the end of June last summer, Selemon Asfaw Tu’14 heard from the Tuck School of Business’s career development office that six incoming students had received offers for internship positions in finance the following summer. As a stand-alone fact, the number stood out in and of itself, he said, as it is unusual for so many students to score coveted internships before setting foot in Hanover. But considering that the six students who receieved internships were the first mentees in Wall Street Edge, a program that he founded, it was a powerful moment for Asfaw.
Hanover Police said Monday that they had identified persons of interest in Sunday morning’s reported assault.
New off-campus programs will bring students in the African and African-American studies and Native American studies programs to Ghana and Santa Fe, New Mexico, respectively, in fall 2015. Participants on the African and African-American studies program will spend their term at the University of Ghana, Legon Campus in Accra, while students on the Native American Studies program will travel to the Institute of American Indian Arts.
During practice during his freshman fall, offensive lineman Niko Mamula ’16 was running toward another player to block him. Mamula hit his head as they made contact. He blacked out, everything “went fuzzy” and he woke up with his teammates standing around him, unaware for a few seconds of what had happened.
Research trips to college laboratories and homemade nutritional dinners are some of the new additions to the Summer Enrichment at Dartmouth program this year. Hosted by the Tucker Foundation, the program has invited 32 gifted students from under-resourced high schools in the northeast for academic courses, workshops and activities, program director Jay Davis said.
After a day and a half of wilderness expedition, the 190 sophomores participating in Sophomore Trips, or Strips, gathered at the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge on Sunday afternoon and commemorated the weekend with song and dance.
When asked to bring a team of about 10 people to the top of a steep ramp located in the Storrs Pond ropes course, fellows from President Barack Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative first attempted to climb the ramp individually. After a few trials, some fellows crounched on their knees, enabling others to step on their backs to reach the top, while those at the top pulled up those at the bottom by their wrists. Soon the group completed the challenge.
King Arthur Flour will likely close its Baker-Berry Library location in December, retail and cafe operations director Kelly Mousley said Monday afternoon.
Standing on a table to demonstrate the right way carry yourself while giving a business pitch, Henrik Scheel, CEO of The Startup Experience, explained presentation techniques during an event last Friday sponsored by the Rockefeller Center. A two-day event last weekend called “The Startup Experience Workshop” urged students to devise a sustainable solution for a social problem.
During an internship last summer at the Upper Valley Housing Coalition, a partnership of local businesses and nonprofit groups that advocates for affordable housing, Adam Charnin-Aker ’16 said he realized that the high cost of Upper Valley housing consumes the majority of some residents’ incomes, often leaving little money for food or basic necessities.
After three failed attempts to find a location for its winter formal, Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity secured a venue in the week before the event, social chair Andrew Roberts ’14 said. In procuring formal venues, Greek organizations report mixed results in coming to agreements with local business owners.
At a meeting of the faculty of arts and sciences Monday afternoon, attendees discussed grade inflation, suggesting potential motivations behind the trend and solutions moving forward. College President Phil Hanlon addressed the 14 percent decline in the number of applicants to the Class of 2018, presented the annual budget and touched on sexual assault prevention and new residential projects.
Nearly five years after he stepped down as College President, James Wright starts his day with a workout session on a treadmill, a cup of coffee and a piece of toast or bowl of cereal. On Sunday mornings, he treats himself to ham, bacon and eggs. He would like to have them more often, he said, but concluded that it wouldn’t be good for his health.
Dartmouth, and many dozens of other colleges that require financial aid applicants to submit forms other than the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, may violate federal law if they use those forms to determine federal aid eligibility, according to a letter to the Secretary of Education from Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., the ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
While flair-bedecked students celebrated Winter Carnival, about 170 alumni leaders gathered for the Dartmouth Club and Group Officers meeting. The meeting, organized by the Office of Alumni Relations and the Club Officers Association, promoted communication among alumni groups, assisted young alumni leaders with group management and provided updates on campus happenings.
The 103-year evolution of Winter Carnival has been marked by setbacks, wild popularity and ever-changing traditions. Since the first “winter field meet” in 1910, Carnival has garnered national attention while providing a sense of community to students and alumni alike.
College offices are bolstering their staff and services in preparation for Winter Carnival weekend. Residential Operations and Safety and Security will put extra staff members on the schedule, while Dartmouth Dining Services will stock extra food to cater events as the College expects an influx of visitors over the weekend.
After returning from military service in Iraq, retired General Carter Ham barely talked to anyone. He thought he was “doing fine,” but when his dog Maggie burst out of his daughter’s house and jumped into his arms, he realized he needed help managing the post-traumatic stress disorder he had suffered from since witnessing a suicide bombing.
Tuck School of Business was recently ranked third-best worldwide and number one in the U.S. in facilities and services, according to a survey conducted by The Economist, which asked students to assess their schools based on the quality and availability of services and administrators’ attitudes.