DDS works to improve sustainable dining efforts
Pressure from students and two recent sustainability data projects have prompted Dartmouth Dining Services to increase their focus on and pursuit of local and sustainable food sources.
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Pressure from students and two recent sustainability data projects have prompted Dartmouth Dining Services to increase their focus on and pursuit of local and sustainable food sources.
Fewer students than last year ran on the official ballot to fill seats on the Organizational Adjudication Committee and the Committee on Standards, two bodies that carry out the bulk of student judiciary proceedings at the College.
Students can take part in Dartmouth’s fifth-annual celebration of Earth Week by tasting food at “Farm Fresh Friday,” becoming aware of their waste production via the Dartmouth Dining Services food waste display and engaging in discussion at the social justice and sustainability dinner.
Seventy-nine Dartmouth alumni hope to up the pressure on College administrators to divest fossil fuels through an open letter addressed to College President Phil Hanlon, the Board of Trustees and the Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility, originally released on April 2. The letter urges the College to make headway on the divestment of its financial portfolio from fossil fuel companies and informs the school that the undersigned alumni are donating to the Multi-School Fossil Free Divestment Fund instead of the Annual Fund.
The first weekend under the thumb of Dartmouth’s new hard alcohol ban saw increased precaution but little in terms of incidents, students and campus security officials said.
The College offered admission to the Class of 2019 to 2,120 students yesterday for an overall acceptance rate of 10.3 percent, down from last year’s 11.5 percent acceptance rate, the College announced. Dean of admissions and financial aid Maria Laskaris said that, in terms of the percentage breakdown, this year’s pool of accepted students constitutes the most diverse group of students in College history.
Dartmouth admitted 2,120 students to the Class of 2019 for an overall admission rate of 10.3 percent. The total number of applications received this year was 20,504, and decisions were made available to applicants at 5 p.m. today.
This past weekend, 17 Native American Dartmouth students attended the Yale University Midwinter Social to meet with Native students from across the Ivy League, eat Native foods like frybread and chowder, watch dances and listen to drumming from popular regional powwow groups.
Yesterday’s announcement of the details for the implementation of the hard alcohol ban, stipulated by “Moving Dartmouth Forward,” spurred discussion and has caused students and experts to question the likely effectiveness of the sanctions.
Earlier this year, student-run group Divest Dartmouth joined with divestment groups from 16 other colleges to create the Multi-School Fossil Free Divestment Fund. The fund aims to puts pressure on the universities involved to divest from fossil fuels by collecting tax-deductible donations that will be given to the universities only if they divest their investments in fossil fuels by Dec. 31, 2017, according to the Fund.
The Environmental Protection Agency recognized the Hanover Water Reclamation Facility for a 2014 Regional Industrial Pretreatment Program Excellence Award, the EPA reported on Feb. 9. This follows what Town Manager Julia Griffin said is a recent increase in awareness in the Hanover community about the impact of climate change and a renewed effort to reduce the town’s carbon footprint.
On Feb. 6, New Hampshire House of Representatives Rep. David Hess, R-Merrimack, proposed new legislation that would expand the state’s Business Enterprise Tax to include large charity organizations, such as hospitals and institutions of higher education including Dartmouth, and lower the tax rate.
Following a Columbia Spectator article on the University’s seeming failure to comply with the Higher Education Opportunities Act to provide information on textbook prices during course registration, Dartmouth confirmed it does follow this stipulation, College Registrar Meredith Braz wrote in an email.
Hanover Police Chief Charlie Dennis said late last week that he has been encouraging a preexisting policy under which officers issue students a summons and turn them over to Dartmouth Safety and Security instead of arresting and processing students at the police station. Since he became chief in June, he has been evaluating police proceedings, and put in place a new policy starting Jan. 1 where Hanover Police will only be involved in the transport of intoxicated students from Dick’s House to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center if they are requested.
This fall and winter, approximately twenty students have been the first to participate in two new programs — Thriving@Dartmouth and Thriving Together — that have been offered by the College’s office of health promotion and student wellness for the first time this year. Building on feedback, the office plans to continue at least one of the programs, Thriving@Dartmouth, in the spring.
Winter flu levels have been higher than usual in Hanover so far this year, town manager Julia Griffin said. This is possibly due to the fact that this year’s influenza vaccine may not be as adept at preventing the flu as it has been in previous years.
A Cuban exchange program that will allow both students and faculty to study at either the University of Havana or Casa de las Américas next year is in its final stages of being approved by the College. While the program has been in the planning stages for two years, its launch conveniently coincides with the normalization of relations between Cuba and the United States last December.
The College admitted 483 students to the Class of 2019 through the early decision process, the College announced on December 12. The students were selected from a pool of 1,859 — the largest in Dartmouth history — for an acceptance rate of 26 percent.
On Friday, the College admitted 483 students early decision to the Class of 2019, about 26 percent of the 1,859-person applicant pool. The applicant pool, originally reported by Dartmouthas 1,856 students, wasthelargest in College history.
A slam poetry workshop, discussion of Palestinian queer movements and Goldman Sachs information session, among other events, marked this weekend’s IvyQ conference. More than 300 students from across the Ivy League attended the symposium, which explored different aspects of LGBTQ identities.