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(04/03/09 6:25am)
The news of widespread support for the proposed amendment to the Association of Alumni constitution comes as a welcome change after years of divisive alumni political battles ("AoA amendment met with general approval," Apr. 1). If passed, this amendment would change trustee elections from an approval voting process, in which alumni can vote for as many candidates as they like, to a one-person, one-vote system. It would also reduce the number of candidates the Alumni Council is required to nominate from three candidates to no more than two.
(03/06/09 9:14am)
Like any major change of leadership, the election of Jim Yong Kim as the 17th College president ("Global Health Leader Jim Yong Kim is Dartmouth's 17th President," March 2) brings with it an opportunity to redefine policies and reexamine long-term goals.
(02/27/09 9:45am)
This weeks's announcement that Robert Ceplikas '78 will take over for Josie Harper as acting director of athletics and recreation at the College ("Interim director of athletics named," Feb. 26) marks the beginning of the end of an era. Harper, with Ceplikas by her side as deputy AD, accomplished much in her tenure at Dartmouth, most notably a substantial upgrade of the College's athletic facilities. Her work has not gone unnoticed, and the College's next permanent AD will certainly have a strong tradition to uphold.
(02/20/09 9:58am)
This January, when Vanessa Sievers '10 took office as the youngest Grafton County treasurer in history, the importance of the political participation of Dartmouth students became more apparent than ever. Not only had one of us been publicly elected, but her election was due, in large part, to the votes of students at the College.
(02/13/09 9:47am)
In the months leading up to the Board of Trustees' approval of the College's "Budget-Reconciliation Plan" ("College announces budget-reconciliation plan," Feb. 9), every sector of the Dartmouth community was forced to assess its priorities. Debate flared up across campus as students and staff alike discussed which of the College's programs were essential, and which were possibly dispensable.
(02/06/09 10:01am)
Two years ago, Bill Sjogren '67 launched the HealThy Self House initiative with the intention of creating "a safe space for students suffering from substance abuse and other emotional challenges," from both Dartmouth and Hanover High School ("HealThy Self House to aid student addicts," Mar. 7, 2008).
(01/30/09 10:31am)
It is now evident that the current leadership of the College's Association of Alumni will run unopposed in the organization's spring election ("No petition candidates to run in AoA election," Jan. 27). While we find this situation philosophically disappointing, we realize that now is the time to put our idealism aside: a quiet Association election, at least this go-around, is in the College's best interest.
(01/23/09 10:50am)
In Tuesday's inaugural address, President Barack Obama confronted Americans with a stark and unambiguous diagnosis of the times: "That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood," Obama said. "Our nation is at war ... Our economy is badly weakened ... Our health care is too costly, our schools fail too many."
(01/16/09 9:23am)
This year's record application numbers come as encouraging news in the face of the nation's economic woes and the impending cuts to the College's budget ("College receives record number of applications," Jan. 15). While it has become clear that we will have to sacrifice many of the luxuries to which we have become accustomed in our time at Dartmouth, the College's standing as a top-tier institution with the power to attract a talented and competitive applicant pool appears as yet unaffected.
(01/09/09 10:28am)
The College's recent decision to postpone construction on Alpha Phi sorority's residence ("Construction of Alpha Phi house postponed," Jan. 7) came as a wake-up call to those members of the Dartmouth community who thought student life would remain relatively unchanged in the face of the ongoing economic crisis.
(11/21/08 9:32am)
On Nov. 9, a campus organization called The Honor Education Committee sent a mass-Blitz with the subject line "Free Donuts in Novak! [sic]," inviting students to "learn how it has become easier for you to uphold the Honor Principle with its new ANONYMOUS online reporting system!" In addition to being taken aback by the cavalier nature of the e-mail given the grave consequences that accompany Honor Principle violations at Dartmouth, we were left wondering, what, exactly, the Honor Education Committee does, what its "new" anonymous reporting feature entails, and why had we never heard of either.
(11/14/08 1:19pm)
The Dartmouth administration yesterday outlined changes to the College's budget in response to the recent plunge in the endowment and overall economic downturn ("College to cut budget by 40 mil.," p. 1). Though the endowment has outperformed the market and the endowments of several peer institutions, the College is correctly exercising caution in budgetary measures. We commend the College on its transparency in this matter and agree with many of the stipulations and priorities set forth in Provost Barry Scherr's e-mail to the campus.
(11/07/08 9:37am)
A number of recent studies and an article in The New York Times ("Professors' Liberalism Contagious? Maybe Not," Nov. 2) have prompted a resurgence of the debate over the role of professors' political views in the classroom. One study has shown that professors who express political perspectives in the classroom do not easily indoctrinate students; another indicated that, in fact, positions on some key political issues are difficult to change after the age of 15. Though professors cannot easily overturn students' political and ideological leanings, they can, and should, encourage students to examine the presuppositions that inform their blossoming political beliefs.
(10/31/08 7:18am)
Earlier this week, Quinnipiac University garnered national attention once again for yet another attack on student journalism on its campus. Last year, the university prohibited the student newspaper, The Quinnipiac Chronicle, from posting news on its web site before its print edition was published and reviewed by administrators looking to censor content that casts the university in a negative light. In response, the paper's editorial staff had no choice but to leave in protest. Those staff members subsequently established Quad News, an independent online newspaper. The university has tried to crush this new publication with even greater vigor, and has placed a gag order on administrators, coaches and even student athletes, prohibiting them from speaking to Quad News.
(10/24/08 6:04am)
On Tuesday, the College unveiled a draft of its new Alcohol Management Program, intended to replace the current out-of-touch and convoluted Social Event Management policy. With the AMP, the College has undoubtedly taken some steps in the right direction, but it has also made some blunders and left many questions unanswered.
(10/17/08 7:33am)
The inadequacy of the current sorority rush process once again became evident at the end of this term's rush cycle, to the discontent of both current members and rushees. National sororities and organizations like the Panhellenic Council imposed their recruitment systems on Dartmouth, disregarding the fact that the contrived and convoluted process is an exceedingly poor fit for Dartmouth's small, tight-knit and self-contained social scene.
(10/10/08 6:48am)
Dartmouth has a rich history as a leader of information technology innovation within the world of higher education. The BASIC programming language, the precursor to modern e-mail, and even the notion of artificial intelligence were all conceived here. In 2002, Wired magazine named Dartmouth "Unplugged U."
(10/03/08 6:53am)
The Presidential Search Leadership Statement, as released by the College on Wednesday, establishes valuable criteria by which to select the College's next leader. The document addresses key concerns Dartmouth as a whole is facing at the close of President Wright's tenure -- most notably the state of its academics and its graduate programs -- as it loosely outlines the next president's agenda.
(05/23/08 9:23am)
Last Friday's release of the Committee on Standards Review Committee recommendations to Dean of the College Tom Crady presented the opportunity to air misgivings about the troublesome flaws with our COS processes. But the report contains very few recommendations for substantive changes to the COS process, opting instead for small, housekeeping changes that will have little or no effect on adjudication itself.
(05/16/08 7:43am)
This summer, Sexual Abuse Awareness Program interim coordinator Rebel Roberts will be replaced by Michelle de Sousa ("DeSousa named new coordinator of SAAP," May 15). The new hire provides a convenient time to reassess SAAP's tone in order to ensure it is effectively supporting the Dartmouth community.