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(01/21/09 10:57am)
A pending Supreme Court case regarding racial discrimination may affect hiring and admissions policies at colleges and universities, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on Monday. The original lawsuit, filed by Hispanic and white firefighters against the city of New Haven, Conn., focuses on the city government's 2003 decision to discard the results of a civil-service test after the scores of all black and most Hispanic firefighters were too low to make these firefighters eligible for promotions. The plaintiffs, who passed the test, argue this decision violated their 14th-amendment rights and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals previously upheld a lower court's decision to allow the city to disregard the test results because all applicants' scores, no matter their race, were discarded. Several groups that oppose affirmative action filed a friend of the court brief in the case, arguing that universities could develop "irrelevant" admissions criteria that assist minority applicants if the Second Circuit's decision is allowed to stand.
(01/15/09 9:08am)
The confirmation process for Treasury secretary nominee Timothy Geithner '83 has been complicated by the disclosure on Tuesday that he had failed to pay over $34,000 in federal taxes between 2001 and 2004 and previously employed a housekeeper whose immigration status had expired.
(01/06/09 8:38am)
Dartmouth Trustee Diana Taylor '77, chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion, was named as one of nine new directors of the troubled mortgage giant Fannie Mae, according to a Dec. 24 release. Taylor, managing director at the strategic consulting and investment firm Wolfensohn and Company, previously served as New York State Superintendent of Banks from 2003 to 2007, the release said. She is also currently a director of Allianz Global Investors, Brookfield Properties and Sotheby's. Taylor was a founding partner of the investment banking firm M.R. Beal and Co. and served as vice president of KeySpan Energy, according to her Dartmouth biography.
(01/06/09 8:37am)
Scott Miller and Wynne Washburn, who are enrolled in the Master of Arts of Liberal Studies program at the College, have spent four months every year for the past four years traveling to different locations to work on their project. Drawing on photographs, interviews and anecdotal accounts, the two have sought to illustrate how various ethnic groups peacefully coexist worldwide.
(12/01/08 8:52am)
Colleges that advertise need-blind admissions often provide inadequate financial aid packages to admitted students, according to a recent survey by the National Association for College Admission Counseling, reported by Inside Higher Ed. The trend known as "gapping" involves granting admitted students less financial aid than the college admits they need to attend. The study found that of the 93 percent of public institutions and 81 percent of private institutions that claim to have need-blind admissions, only 32 percent of public and 18 percent of private institutions claim they meet the full financial needs of admitted students. The NACAC report also suggests that 63 percent of private and 15 percent of public institutions use "differential packaging," in which colleges provide more attractive financial aid packages -- more grant aid or lessened loan obligations -- to students most desired by the schools, Inside Higher Ed reported. The study also reported an increase in institutional funds allotted for merit-based aid from a previous NACAC survey conducted in 1994.
(11/24/08 9:31am)
Lowe and Santo will preside over the independent daily publication of The Dartmouth, inheriting a staff of more than 200 undergraduate students.
(11/03/08 8:56am)
Nearly half of all medical school students experience burnout, and 11 percent indicate having suicidal thoughts, according to a study conducted by Liselotte Dyrbye of the Mayo Clinic. Dyrbye and her colleagues surveyed 2,248 students from seven different medical schools to find out how many students suffered from burnout, which they defined as "emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and low sense of personal accomplishment." The study also concluded that each year spent in medical school increases the chances that a student will experience burnout. Dyrbye said that though not many people are aware of the issue, schools are beginning to acknowledge the needs of their students, The New York Times reported. The Liaison Committee on Medical Education requires that medical schools provide their students with counseling services in order to keep their accreditation, according to The Times.
(10/22/08 6:57am)
The Dartmouth Toxic Metals Research Group, an interdisciplinary team of professors, received a $14.5 million renewal grant to support its research on the effects of exposure to arsenic and mercury on human health. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences granted the award through the Superfund Basic Research Program, a group of university grants directed towards solving problems posed by hazardous waste.
(10/16/08 6:00am)
The increasing expenses have also prompted DDS to raise meal-plan prices between 4 and 5 percent since last year, depending on the meal plan, Blume said.
(10/01/08 8:36am)
Two Dartmouth medical research analysts recently commented on a new study that links a chemical used in plastic water bottles -- including discontinued Nalgene models -- to adverse health effects in people. The analysts said the study raises questions, but offers no answers as to whether the chemical is harmful.
(09/29/08 12:41pm)
Hanover Town Manager Julia Griffin said she was not concerned about a recent federal civil-rights lawsuit that could expose the town to potential liability in a case involving a 2006 regional SWAT team raid, The Valley News reported last Friday. The incident involved Hanover Police Sgt. Brad Sargent and Master Patrol Officer Richard Paulsen, who were responding to a call for service of an arrest warrant for Michael Rothman in Bristol, N.H. Griffin said it is still unknown if there was any merit to the lawsuit involving accusations of unreasonable search and seizure and excessive force. In addition, both officers were insured for up to $2 million of liability. Two other police officers from the Upper Valley -- one from Enfield and one from Lyme -- are among the 16 facing the lawsuit.
(05/23/08 9:52am)
Amid a nationwide campaign asking states to require colleges to police their networks for online piracy, Dartmouth experienced one of its highest known rates of illegal file sharing last April. Computer Services received 93 notices from organizations in the entertainment industry that month, notifying them of students illegally downloading copyrighted material. In April 2006, the College received only 8 notices.
(05/12/08 8:36am)
The Dartmouth Coalition for Progress sponsored an Activism Skills Training workshop Saturday at the Rockefeller Center. The event was designed to teach students how to coordinate issue- and candidate-based campaigns on campus. The workshop featured speeches from Karen Liot Hill '00, mayor of Lebanon, N.H., Luke Watson, director of outreach for Congressman Paul Hodes, D-N.H., and Laura Clawson, the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in sociology at Dartmouth and a contributor to the Daily Kos blog. Clawson has written about the ongoing alumni debates at the College for the Daily Kos. The speakers discussed issues of political campaigning, blogging, lobbying, conducting campus events and environmental activism. All attendees received copies of an activism handbook printed by Palaeopitus Senior Society and the Dartmouth Progressives.