Opening address will begin 2007 Sophomore summer
The Class of 2007's Sophomore summer will be unlike any other in the history of Dartmouth, beginning with a new tradition -- the so-called Sophomore Summer Opening Address.
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The Class of 2007's Sophomore summer will be unlike any other in the history of Dartmouth, beginning with a new tradition -- the so-called Sophomore Summer Opening Address.
This June, a group of Dartmouth students will travel to Europe for Dartmouth Hillel's fourth annual Project Preservation, a cross cultural service trip to Belarus. The students will restore a Jewish cemetery that was abandoned during the Holocaust, and travel to Poland to visit the sites of the Warsaw ghetto and Auschwitz concentration camp.
Dartmouth students spoke about being gay, lesbian and "on the fence" Tuesday evening at Alpha Delta fraternity as part of the "Don't Yell 'Fag' from the Front Porch" panel. The panelists, all members of the Gay Straight Alliance, talked about the difficulties of coming out, discomfort felt while socializing in Greek houses and ways that the Dartmouth community can be more accepting of the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender community.
Fro-yo jokes and degrading comments seem to have become the norm at Dartmouth, a norm that a new student group, the Sexual Violence Mentoring Program, aims to combat. The group plans to take a proactive approach not only to avert sexual violence, but also will attempt to eventually change the culture of the College.
Kathy Paur, a doctoral student in mathematics at Harvard University, challenged Harvard President Lawrence Summers' comments about discrepancies between men and women in the sciences during a luncheon sponsored by the Center for Women and Gender in Tindle Lounge Thursday. Paur also criticized the Harvard math department for a lack of female representation and scolded Summers for making assertions that are contradicted by international test scores.
When students leave Dartmouth College, they take many memories of Green Key weekends with them -- fraternity barbecues with live bands and dancing as well as afternoons on the Green spent lounging on the newly sprouting grass. They also, not too surprisingly, take away memories of alcohol and partying. But while some alumni remember drinking, other graduates have trouble retrieving memories due to the very source of their good times -- booze.
At first glance, Anthony Shears '06, meat from the Carnegie Deli and Albert Einstein have little in common. But tonight, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., all three will be making an appearance in Collis Commonground to help celebrate "Red, White & Jew," a party marking the 350th anniversary of Jews' arrival to America.
Aliza Dichter, this year's Visionary in Residence, delivered the keynote address Wednesday night in Collis Commonground at a dinner about problems in the media and actions that needs to be taken to ensure balanced news. Dichter, who was brought to campus by the Center for Women and Gender, stressed the dangers of a few corporations owning growing numbers of media outlets, hypothesizing that the public will not receive balanced coverage of events.
A packed Collis Commonground audience fell silent Tuesday night in front of a panel of Dartmouth senior women, as Tricia Shalka '05 told her story of being trapped in a fire while in Lyon, France. Shalka, who praised the administration for helping her after her near-death experience on a language study abroad program, was one of seven women who shared their Dartmouth experiences.
Ben Folds released his first solo album, "Rockin' the Suburbs," in the fall of 2001, much to the gratification of fans everywhere. Even those who were still mourning the loss of the Ben Folds Five trio couldn't help but crack a smile, bop their heads and rock out to catchy tunes like "Zak and Sara" and the title track. The CD didn't leave my car stereo for months.
John Grabowski cautioned against pre-marital intercourse and spoke about the body as a "social construct" during his talk at the Aquinas House Friday evening. The lecture was about the late Pope John Paul II's book "Theology of the Body," for which Grabowski, a professor at the Catholic University of America, wrote the forward.
Visiting from the University of Kansas, sociology professor Joane Nagel emphasized the connection between sex and identity in her lecture, delivered in Fairchild on Wednesday. The geography department presented Nagel's talk, titled "The Sexual Construction of National Boundaries and Identities," in which Nagel attempted to describe the relationships among race, ethnicity and sexuality.
With spring descending on Hanover, it seems only natural that love might be in the air. Yet for the 5,000 members of www.rightstuffdating.com, love can be found not only at a sunny spot on the Green, but also from the comfort of their homes.
In the wake of Abby Tassel's resignation on April 4, many Sexual Abuse Peer Advisors are pressuring the administration to take the process of finding a new Sexual Abuse Awareness Program director seriously by compiling statements from students she helped.
A Men's Project course titled "Men in Rape Education and Prevention" held the first of seven weekly sessions to be held this term Monday night at the Center for Women and Gender. The discussion-based classes, held Mondays at 7 p.m., are aimed at allowing the male participants to explore their responsibilities as men in preventing sexual and domestic violence.
The start of Spring term is also a fresh beginning for several new student groups on campus. The College recognized several new organizations at the end of Winter term, and now, with funding from the Council On Student Organization, the club leaders are preparing to increase awareness about everything from malnutrition to grassroots politics to Taiwanese culture.
Abby Tassel, coordinator of the Sexual Abuse Awareness Program and coordinator of the Sexual Abuse Peer Advisors, announced her resignation Monday after more than four years at Dartmouth College. Her last day of work is April 22.
After slamming her palm through his nose, Erin Weed threw her knee into senior Ben Bradley's groin in the center of a circle comprised of Dartmouth College women. Although no actual contact was made, Weed, the founder and sole member of Girls Fight Back, taught the women the basics of warding off assailants at a self-defense clinic Monday night in Collis Commonground.
Four panelists of different religious affiliations from the United Campus Ministry addressed their religions' stances on sexual intimacy and premarital sex Friday at a discussion titled "Sex and Religion: What Does God Think about Sex ... And What Does that Mean for You?"
Broadway's longest running musical left Manhattan several years ago and has now found a more humble place to settle down. The play is "The Fantasticks," and the place is Hanover, New Hampshire.