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Alumni Council seeks to fill open trustee seat

(10/12/12 2:00am)

This weekend, the Alumni Council's Nominating and Alumni Trustee Search Committee will interview four potential nominees to fill the Board of Trustees seat vacated by Peter Robinson '79, according to Nominating Committee Chair Pete Frederick '65. The committee is seeking an alumnus who has demonstrated "fierce loyalty" to the College and high achievement in his or her field, among other factors, Frederick said.








Student Assembly's Group Directory centralizes information

(05/17/12 2:00am)

The Dartmouth Group Directory, a database organized like Wikipedia that displays information about assorted student groups, was officially launched last Friday. Sponsored by Student Assembly and referred to as DGD, the directory allows students to view information about any group on campus, according to Assembly treasurer Alex Judson '14, who first envisioned the database during an engineering class.






Student Assembly candidates meet in fourth debate

(04/16/12 2:00am)

The five Student Assembly presidential candidates participated in the last of four debates on Friday, discussing their hopes for the next College president and arguing over the best way to incentivize attendance at General Assembly meetings. The debate focused on the candidates' specific plans to address campus issues ranging from the Assembly's provision of student services to improving communication with the administration.


Assembly candidates debate student life issues, hopes for next president

(04/13/12 9:55pm)

The five Student Assembly presidential candidates participated in the last of four debates on Friday, discussing their hopes for the next College president and arguing over the best way to incentivize attendance at General Assembly meetings. The debate focused on the candidates' concrete, specific plans to address campus issues ranging from the Assembly's provision of services to communication with the administration.



Assembly candidates prepare to campaign

(04/10/12 2:00am)

This year's unusually competitive Student Assembly elections for student body president and vice president will be held on Monday, April 16 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The six presidential candidates and five vice-presidential candidates will campaign throughout this week to garner student votes in an election year marked by several changes to election procedures.



Daily Debriefing

(04/05/12 2:00am)

Richard Descoings, president of noted Parisian university Sciences Po, died under suspicious circumstances in New York City on Tuesday, the Columbia Daily Spectator reported. Descoings was scheduled to speak at the Global Colloquium of University Presidents at Columbia on Tuesday, and his colleagues called the hotel where he was staying when he did not arrive at the conference. Hotel staff said they heard him snoring in his room, but when they checked again, they found him unconscious and promptly called the police. When officers arrived, Descoings was declared dead, according to the Spectator. Investigating officers found evidence that alcohol and another person had been present at the scene, and a medical examiner will look into the cause of death, the Spectator reported.