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(01/16/08 9:42am)
Eleven Dartmouth men talked about the media's portrayal of pickup lines and fatherhood at the Men's Group discussion, "No School like the Old School: Dating Represented by the Media," in Dartmouth Hall on Tuesday. Participants, who described the all-male atmosphere as "open" and "judgement-free," used clips from the movies "Swingers," "Wayne's World," and "Office Space," in their discussion of male stereotypes.
(01/15/08 9:29am)
College President James Wright and Susan Wright have begun a tour of ten Dartmouth alumni clubs throughout the country. After visiting the Dartmouth Alumni Club of Western Washington yesterday, the five-month tour will continue today with a trip to Silicon Valley. The president's itinerary covers clubs in Seattle, Orlando, Palm Beach, Philadelphia, New York City, Denver and Minneapolis. His last trip is scheduled for May 21.
(01/09/08 10:42am)
Yale University announced Monday that it will increase financial aid in the 2008 - 2009 academic year. The decision follows complaints from federal lawmakers regarding increasing tuition rates. In an interview with the Boston Globe, Yale President Richard Levin said the increase in aid will be significant, echoing Harvard University's $20 million increase which announced last month. Yale currently spends $60 million a year on financial aid, which allows students from households with incomes of $45,000 or less to receive a full aid package. Yale's $22.5 billion endowment for the 2008-2009 academic year is second only to Harvard University's endowment of $34.9 billion.
(01/08/08 10:34am)
Journalist George Packer delivered his lecture, "Iraq: The Remote War," to a standing-room only crowd at Filene Auditorium on Monday evening. The renowned critic of the war in Iraq implored the audience to confront mainstream politicians and bring the war to the forefront of U.S. politics.
(11/29/07 6:45am)
"'Women of Dartmouth' has been held for several years and we thought it would be great if men could share their stories too," said Zak Kaufman '08, who emceed the event. "We saw the power in that event, and there are phenomenal men at Dartmouth that people don't hear about."
(11/28/07 7:56am)
"We are here as a service to students," said Jeff Licht, staff pharmacist at Dick's House.
(11/13/07 8:13am)
Govindarajan, who moved up eight places from the last compilation to the rank of 23 this year, partly credited his selection to the success of his internationally-bestselling book "Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators." He added that his impressive reputation among corporations probably also helped his placement on the list, as he has advised 150 of the world's leading corporations for 25 years on the topic of innovation.
(11/06/07 7:29am)
No need for the double-take: The posters read "Islamo-Fashion Awareness Week." Al-Nur marked the beginning of its Islamo-Fashion Awareness Week with a movie on Monday. Events planned for the rest of the week include group discussions and a sundown prayer. The event takes place two weeks after the controversy surrounding headline speaker Robert Spencer, who concluded "Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week" on Monday, Oct. 29th.
(11/05/07 6:12am)
Students commemorated lives lost on the Mexican border in a "Day of the Dead" event on Sunday, Nov. 4. The evening, co-sponsored campus organizations including Collis Governing Board, Por Latinoamerica and La Alianza Latina, celebrated the traditional Latin American holiday Dia de Los Muertos. In honor of the holiday, which pays homage to the dead, organizers built an altar in dedication to those who lost their lives while crossing the U.S.-Mexican border. Rocio Magana, the Cesar E. Chavez fellow of the Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies program, gave a presentation on border-crossers and their deaths with pictures and stories before leading a discussion to add a human element to the immigration debate. The event also featured traditional Latin American food and a performance by the professional tango dancer Keysi Montas during the event.
(10/17/07 4:22am)
The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics hosted over 130 representatives from colleges all over the country to discuss the balance between intercollegiate sports and academics, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported Tuesday. Participants in the national forum, allegedly the first dedicated to the topic, addressed the relationship between professors and coaches, whether professors should be involved with sports programs and ways in which campuses with prestigious athletics could maintain high academic standards. While some faculty members argued that professors should deem athletics a complement to education in the classroom, a Knight Commission survey of over 2,000 faculty members at Divison I-A schools found that professors ranked athletics 12th out of 13th in terms of overall priority. "The faculty is not going to be allowed to do anything that interferes with the success of these big-time programs," Gary R. Roberts, dean of the Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis, told the Chronicle.
(10/16/07 7:05am)
At press time, Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity had 24 men sink bids; Alpha Delta fraternity, 24; Chi Gamma Epsilon fraternity, 25; Chi Heorot fraternity, 27; Gamma Delta Chi fraternity, 21; Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity, 23; Phi Delta Alpha fraternity, 17; Psi Upsilon fraternity, 31; Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, 21; Sigma Nu fraternity, 15; Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, 28; and Theta Delta Chi fraternity, 28.
(10/15/07 4:49am)
With only one more night of fall rush left, Dartmouth fraternities and sororities on Monday will close out a week of wooing and welcoming members of the sophomore class. Greek leaders say that the total number of rushees appears to have increased compared to last fall's rush, following the trend of the last few years, but finalized numbers will not be available until after Monday evening's events.
(10/04/07 6:11am)
"We now have a critical mass of students to allow us to have an advanced program," Jonathan Smolin, a professor of Arabic, said. "We believe that pedagogically, students should have two years of Arabic on campus before they go abroad."