Estate of man killed in Hanover Inn accident files lawsuit
Dartmouth is being sued by the estate of a man who died in a construction accident at the Hanover Inn last year, the Valley News reported Thursday.
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Dartmouth is being sued by the estate of a man who died in a construction accident at the Hanover Inn last year, the Valley News reported Thursday.
Baxter: The most facetimey canine on campus.
The Board of Trustees selected Emily Bakemeier '82, the deputy arts and humanities provost at Yale University, as a new charter trustee on June 7. Bakemeier will replace Marye Anne Fox GR'74, who will step down after serving for two years.Fox, the former chancellor of University of California, San Diego, is leaving for family and health reasons.
Hanlon studied mathematics at the College and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He earned a PhD in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology in 1981 and has remained in academia.
Bruce Duthu, chair of the Native American studies program, will lead the advisory committee tasked with finding Dartmouth's next provost, President-elect Phil Hanlon said in an email to campus Thursday afternoon.
A student was arrested today for seeking to obtain nitrous oxide gas for purpose of inhalation.
A freshman was charged with four counts of aggravated sexual assault today.
Spalding was invited to visit Iowa State in early April as one of the three finalists for the position. He interviewed for the position on April 8.
Trinity College President James Jones announced that he would resign next June, a move that may have resulted from criticism he faced for demanding that Trinity's Greek system go coed, Bloomberg reported. Jones supported a college rule mandating that Trinity's 10 Greek houses have at least 45 percent of their members from the opposite gender by 2016. James announced his resignation just hours before a planned community meeting opposing the decree, which is planned to begin in September. Some alumni have said that they will not donate to the school if the decree is enacted and have formed a group that plans to challenge the proposal in court. Students opposing the initiative hosted a representative yesterday from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, a Philadelphia-based free-speech group.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will compensate Interim College President Carol Folt, UNC's incoming chancellor, an annual salary of $520,000 and benefits, the News and Observer reported on Thursday. The compensation terms are included in an agreement Folt signed last month. She will live in a home provided by UNC, and the university will cover her full utilities, housekeeping, health insurance and retirement benefits. More than a dozen UNC medical school professors have higher salaries than Folt will. On April 12, UNC announced Folt as the successor to current chancellor Holden Thorp. She will become UNC's first female chancellor when she assumes the position July 1.
The Cornell University Assembly is looking to clarify rules for obtaining permits for student protests after a muddled day of demonstrations in November displayed a lack of consistency, the Cornell Daily Sun reported. Last semester, rallies by the Cornell Israel Public Affairs Committee and Students for Justice in Palestine in a campus plaza were interrupted by university police. While the Israel Public Affairs Committee had registered with the university, the Students for Justice in Palestine counter-rally did not, and the Cornell police evicted them from the plaza. Due to the ambiguity of campus policy highlighted by these protests, the University Assembly will clarify that while groups can register their rallies, it is not required. Protests still can not interrupt curricular, extracurricular or official university activities, the Daily Sun reported.
All undergraduate and graduate arts and sciences classes will be canceled tomorrow in light of the aftermath of Friday's Dimensions protest, the President's Office announced in a campus-wide email sent out at approximately 6:37 p.m.
Despite approving gender neutral housing options for seniors in 2010 and extending the option to juniors last February, Yale University will not offer gender neutral housing to sophomores or freshmen in the fall, the Yale Daily News reported. According to a survey conducted by the Yale College Council, which has advocated for the extension of gender neutral housing, 130 of 403 current sophomores surveyed said that they were considering living in gender neutral housing as juniors. While the Yale College Council will continue to petition the administration for a change in housing policy, council vice president and Yale sophomore Danny Avraham said that it may take a long time to be approved.
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer was shot and killed late Thursday night on the university's campus, The MIT Tech reported. At 12:01 a.m., the emergency alert system reported that students should remain indoors and that police were still sweeping the grounds. The weapon used to shoot the officer was recovered, but no arrest has been made as of press time, and the search for a suspect or suspects continues. The shooting occurred at 10:30 p.m.
She will succeed chancellor Holden Thorp, who is stepping down July 1 to become provost at Washington University in St. Louis. The UNC Board will formally elect Folt to the helm of the university on Friday afternoon after a multi-month search process. Folt will be first female chancellor of the university, comprised of 29,000 students, the News and Observer reported.
The College admitted 2,252 applicants to the Class of 2017, roughly 10 percent of the 22,400 students who applied, according to an email from Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris. This figure marks a slight increase from the 9.4 percent admissions rate last year.
Jose Clemente Orozco's famed mural series in Baker-Berry Library was named a national historic landmark yesterday at a commemoration by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and National Park Service director Jonathan Jarvis. "The Epic of American Civilization" was one of 13 monuments to receive the prestigious designation this year.
Dartmouth now holds the highest tuition in the Ivy League and will be the most expensive Ivy school overall in student costs, pending tuition change announcements from the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, Columbia University, Yale University and Harvard University. Dartmouth's annual tuition will be $45,445, just higher than Columbia's current $45,028.
Inspired by the events of the 2004 Thailand tsunami, director Juan Antonio Bayona's "The Impossible" details one family's incredible fight for survival amidst a country in chaos. The film finds Henry (Ewan McGregor), his wife Maria (Naomi Watts) and their three sons enjoying a post-Christmas vacation in tropical Thailand, only to soon find themselves in one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. As the film recounts the parents' undying efforts to protect their children, scenes of heart-wrenching tragedy illustrate the compassion among family members. The film ultimately moves beyond scenes of tension, and instead, develops character depth, making sure to garner audience emotions. Laura Sim
Alpha Delta fraternity was indicted on two charges of providing alcohol to minors last year, according to the Valley News. AD faces fines of up to $100,000 for serving alcohol to an 18-year-old male on Oct. 14 and a 20-year-old female on Oct. 5. The arraignment is scheduled for today in Grafton Superior Court, the Valley News reported.