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(01/22/08 8:41am)
The Kiewit Wireless network will be shut down on Feb. 5, marking the official transition to the Dartmouth Secure network. The new network uses encryption to ensure that all data transmitted over the wireless network can be read only by the intended recipient.
(01/18/08 9:50am)
In his brief remarks to the crowd assembled in front of Parkhurst, Dean of the College Thomas Crady addressed the students' demand for more female-controlled social venues on campus.
(01/17/08 8:34am)
Before answering questions, Redman said he wanted to clarify the terms of last Wednesday's announcement.
(01/14/08 2:36pm)
Dartmouth will deactivate traditional cable television wiring in College housing on Jan. 15, leaving DarTV as the sole television service on campus. DarTV sends television signals over the Ethernet, which allows users to view 62 channels on personal computers. Students can rent or buy converter boxes from Dartmouth Computing Services to connect televisions to the network.
(01/14/08 2:36pm)
Nearly 50 women crammed into Collis 101 to discuss the College's decision to re-recognize Beta Theta Pi fraternity in a forum sponsored by the Council on Women's organizations Sunday night. The chalkboard in the front of the room highlighted a "plan of attack," focused on preventing the fraternity's return to the College and emphasizing the need to address issues of gender and social space on campus.
(01/11/08 3:03pm)
A group of Beta alumni reached an agreement with ORL, which stipulated that the new installment of Beta at Dartmouth must be connected to a national organization in order to be given College recognition, in December. Currently, the Trustees of the Alpha Omega Chapter of Beta Theta Pi at Dartmouth, as the group is formally known, is not affiliated with the national organization of Beta Theta Pi, which retracted the local chapter's charter following its derecognition.
(01/07/08 10:34am)
Dartmouth was recently recognized as a top academic workplace by the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education. In COACHE's most recent survey measuring junior faculty job satisfaction, the College achieved "exemplary" status in six out of 12 categories. Out of 78 institutions surveyed, Dartmouth was named as an exemplar in the fourth-highest number of categories.
(11/29/07 6:45am)
Computing Services is advising users who depend on either resource to postpone upgrading to Leopard until the compatible software is released.
(11/27/07 8:40am)
While students spending a term away from Hanover may be at a coveted internship with Goldman Sachs or may be at home for some much-needed rest, many are among the 60.9 percent of Dartmouth students who spend at least one term studying abroad through an off-campus or transfer credit program, according to the Institute of International Education. Dartmouth placed third in the Institute's national ranking of undergraduate study abroad participation among research institutions granting doctoral degrees, climbing seven spots from the 2006 report. Dartmouth was the top school in the Ivy League.
(11/20/07 7:41am)
NetBlitz, one of five services that allow users to access BlitzMail through a web interface, returned on Nov. 14 after a brief outage. The popular service is currently being hosted on a different server and is available at a new URL, NetBlitz creator David Marmaros '01 said that the current arrangement may only be a temporary solution.
(11/16/07 6:57am)
The William J. Clinton Foundation has arranged to provide $5 billion in loans for institutions of higher education who have signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment to fund projects reducing carbon emissions, Bill Clinton announced on Nov. 7. Though Dartmouth is committed to improving energy efficiency and is working on several initiatives to achieve this goal, the College has no current plans to sign the agreement, according to Matt Purcell, co-chair of the College's Energy Task Force.
(11/14/07 7:29am)
NetBlitz, a service that allows undergraduates and alumni to access BlitzMail through the Internet, broke down on Tuesday morning, and is unlikely to be resuscitated. Dartmouth's System Services staff members are unable to resolve the problem because they do not have access to the source code of the NetBlitz software, and they are encouraging those who need browser-based access to BlitzMail to use Webmail or WebBlitz.
(11/08/07 6:39am)
Curious professors are given the option to pinpoint exactly when any given student last logged on to the course Web site.
(11/02/07 8:13am)
Six University of South Carolina students and one Clemson University student were killed early Sunday morning when a fire started in the beach house where they were sleeping. Six of their friends also in the house were able to escape with minor injuries. The group, comprised primarily of members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity and of the Delta Delta Delta sorority, was vacationing for the weekend in Ocean Isle Beach, a resort town in North Carolina. Investigators have determined that the blaze began on a rear porch before rapidly spreading to the second story and consuming most of the two-story home. They are still working to determine what started the fire. Authorities told the Associated Press that they have been able to notify friends and relatives of most of the seven students killed, but the identities of the victims will not be released before Wednesday.
(10/23/07 6:20am)
Despite the added uncertainty, an unprecedented number of women rushing this fall elected to indicate a final preference for only one house instead of the traditional two, according to those involved in sorority rush.
(10/19/07 6:08am)
Were was diagnosed with HIV in 1991 after her husband died from AIDS. She described her life after the diagnosis as a "more than difficult experience." The cultural customs in Uganda dictated that her husband's parents had the right to seize her property and take custody of her two young children. She fought back and was reunited with her daughters several weeks later, but she continued to struggle with the social stigma of her disease.
(10/12/07 4:47am)
Tagg Romney, the eldest son of Republican presidential candidate Mitt, visited the College Thursday to stump for his father. Tagg Romney arrived in the "Mitt Mobile," the custom-painted RV in which Mitt's five sons are touring key primary states, and first met with the Dartmouth chapter of Students for Mitt. "I was impressed with the chapter," he said. "There's a good campaign on campus." Tagg Romney spoke to the students about his father's business background and tenure as the governor of Massachusetts. He also related several personal stories about childhood experiences with his father. After speaking, Tagg remained to host a pizza lunch and greet individual students. He then addressed a class at Tuck School of Business. The five brothers and the Mitt Mobile will remain in the area until Thursday.
(10/04/07 6:12am)
Economics students have had to eavesdrop on their professor's lectures from hallways this term as their classrooms are filled to the capacity and beyond. Multiple economics classes rapidly reached capacity during registration, leaving dozens of students attending classes in which they were not officially enrolled in hopes of snagging a coveted spot on the wait-list.
(09/28/07 6:42am)
Beer may actually improve your memory, a new scientific report by the University of Auckland states. The study found that moderate beer drinking of two or three beers a day improved the recognition ability of rats. Scientists attributed this to the fact that alcohol stimulates the Nr1 neuron receptors, which are critical for cognitive functions in the brain. The studied maintained, however, that it is still better to abstain from alcohol than to abuse it. Rats who were given excessive amounts of alcohol performed worse on recognition tests than rats that received no alcohol. The alcoholic rats did, however, perform better on an emotional memory test. "People often drink to 'drown sorrows,'" molecular medicine professor Maggie Kalev said. "Our results suggest that this could actually paradoxically promote traumatic memories and lead to further drinking, contributing to the development of alcoholism."
(09/28/07 6:39am)
Computing Services plans to roll out a new version of BlitzMail for Mac computers, an update that will feature encrypted messaging for the first time, but most students won't notice the behind-the-scenes changes. Developed in May 2006 by computer science doctoral candidate Chris Masone '02, the software should be available in late 2007.