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(01/31/07 11:00am)
As the debate over Student Assembly's role rages at Dartmouth, a comparative look at the student governments in the Ancient Eight reveals a variation in student opinion, budget sizes, electoral practices and ideological ambition.
(01/30/07 11:00am)
A new book by Dinesh D'Souza '83, The Enemy At Home: The Cultural Left and Its Responsibility for 9/11, has proved to be especially controversial for the conservative writer, no stranger to controversy himself. In the book, the former editor of The Dartmouth Review writes that a variety of American groups have attempted to bring alleged left-wing initiatives, ranging from contraception to feminism and gay rights, to the Middle East. D'Souza asserts that this provokes the Muslim world into viewing America as a threat to its moral values. Many literary critics have decried D'Souza's work for its alleged insensitivity. "His book is a national disgrace, a sorry example of a publishing culture more concerned with the sensational than the sensible," wrote New York Times book critic Alan Wolfe. D'Souza stands behind the text. "Contrary to the accusations of Alan Wolfe and others, I have no sympathy for bin Laden or the Islamic radicals," he wrote in The Washington Post. "But I do respect the concerns of traditional Muslims, the majority in the Muslim world."
(01/30/07 11:00am)
Over 40 percent of Hanover High School students who applied to Dartmouth over the past four years were accepted, according to the school's guidance department, a figure more than double the College's 17-percent overall acceptance rate. Dean of Admissions Karl Furstenberg calls this trend a natural effect of growing up near Dartmouth.
(01/23/07 11:00am)
Princeton University students -- or more accurately, their parents -- can live a little easier next year as the school's Board of Trustees for the first time in forty years has decided not to increase the cost of tuition, holding it steady at $33,000. While room and board will increase by 4.2 percent, a $13 billion endowment and returns of over 20 percent on the university's investments made the decision possible. "We are aware of the concerns people have about the high cost of sending kids to college," Robert Durkee, vice president and secretary of the university told The New York Times Jan. 22. "For students who don't qualify for financial aid, this will hold the level of tuition steady for one year and we hope that will help."
(01/16/07 11:00am)
Tom Byrne '55, chairman of the Hanover Chamber of Commerce, is set to retire. He will also retire as general manager of the Hanover Improvement Society, the non-profit organization that owns the Nugget Theater, Storrs Pond Recreation Area and James Campion Ice Rink. Byrne, who has been at the center of downtown development and planning in Hanover, will be succeeded by the current vice chairman of the Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce, Doug Wise '59. Matt Marshall, former general manager of the Hanover Inn, will become general manager of the Hanover Improvement Society.
(01/12/07 11:00am)
A current case before the Office of Undergraduate Judicial Affairs calls into question whether witnesses to campus crimes can remain anonymous -- even when they request anonymity -- according to a document obtained by The Dartmouth. Although April Thompson, the director of UJA, said her office's policy is to provide a list of all witnesses to the accused student, other College officials called revealing the names without consent a "communication glitch."
(01/09/07 11:00am)
Arsenite, a compound commonly used in pesticides and glass production, may counter-intuitively work as a treatment for a rare form of cancer, according to a team of Dartmouth researchers led by Dartmouth Medical School instructor of pharmacology and toxicology Sutisak Kitareewan. In an article published in the Jan. 3 edition of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the researchers identify a new way by which arsenite, a form of arsenic, can treat acute promyelocytic leukemia by destroying abnormal proteins present within the afflicted cells.
(01/08/07 11:00am)
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger selected Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Eric Taylor '84 as a possible appointee to the state Court of Appeals. Taylor, president of the California Judges Association from 2003 to 2004, was in private practice with Pettit & Martin and Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal prior to beginning his nine-year tenure presiding over the court. After leaving private practice, he served as deputy county counsel for Los Angeles until 1998, when Governor Pete Wilson appointed him to the Inglewood Municipal Court. Taylor rose to the Superior Court in 2000. Taylor received his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1988.
(01/05/07 11:00am)
The College purchased the ten properties on South Block from the Hanover Investment Corporation in 2000 after the investor compiling the individual properties "had a change of heart in terms of whether to move forward," said John Caulo, who is the South Block project manager and the associate director of Dartmouth real estate.
(11/28/06 11:00am)
WEB UPDATE, November 28, 6:00 a.m.
(11/16/06 11:00am)
At Columbia University and Harvard University, soap operas produced and directed by students have come to captivate audiences on campus, online and in the media. The shows, which focus predominantly on the experiences of freshmen, provide snapshots of everything from roommates' first meetings to college parties, drugs and sexual endeavors.
(11/13/06 11:00am)
University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann apologized for a Halloween photograph showing her standing next to a student dressed as a suicide bomber in an open letter to the university community last Sunday. The photograph, taken at the president's annual Halloween party, sparked controversy since its release on the internet and prominent coverage on blogs as well as in The New York Post. Since then, alumni, students and members of the University's Jewish community have openly criticized Gutmann's decision to pose for the photograph.
(11/13/06 11:00am)
Dartmouth's efforts to achieve a sustainable campus are moving beyond dining toward reducing its dependency on fossil fuels, according to sustainability coordinator Jim Merkel. Some, however, have questioned the efficacy of these future energy-focused projects.
(10/31/06 11:00am)
Modine Manufacturing Company, a producer of thermal management systems for industrial and vehicular applications, recently announced the appointment of Charles Cooley Tu'83 to its Board of Directors. Cooley, who received his B.A. from Yale University, is currently Chief Financial Offier of the Lubrizol Corporation, a chemical company. He is also employed by the American oil manufacturer Atlantic Richfield Company and was a former assistant secretary with the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company.
(10/31/06 11:00am)
The Harvard Crimson reported its second case of plagiarism in two weeks, according to its online edition Monday. While both the column and cartoons in question were initially intended to be removed from The Crimson's website, as stipulated in a printed editorial note, Crimson President William Marra '07 later acknowledged that the pieces will be kept online with an editorial statement attached.
(10/25/06 9:00am)
Lynmar Brock, Jr. '55 Tu'56 recently published "Must Thee Fight," a novel for young adults. According to BookSurge LLC, Brock's publisher, the novel centers around the protagonist, Thomas Pratt, in the 1700s as he attempts to reconcile his pacifist Quaker upbringing with the call to arms during the Revolutionary Era. Brock himself dealt with a similar conflict in his own life as both a Quaker and an officer in the United States Navy, which he joined after graduating from Dartmouth. Brock, who is the president and CEO of Brock and Company Inc., is currently involved with a number of philanthropic and community organizations. A former director of Rotary International, Brock is a member of the Willistown Friends Meeting and the Welcome Society. He resides in Pennsylvania with his wife, Claudie, and has two sons.
(10/24/06 9:00am)
Fewer than 430 disciplinary cases were recorded last year, over 200 less than in 2004 -- 2005 and the lowest number in the last six years, according to the recently released Annual Report to the Community of the Dartmouth Undergraduate Disciplinary System. The report also indicates a large decrease in the number of alcohol and drug related cases over previous years.
(10/18/06 9:00am)
Student Assembly issued an "update" early Wednesday morning to correct a campus-wide BlitzMail message it sent over 24 hours earlier, erroneously warning the Dartmouth community that two missing women were abducted in nearby areas and that one of them had also been "raped and murdered."
(10/13/06 9:00am)
Members of the Dartmouth Big Green Football team, invoking their 2006 motto "Bringing it Back," hope to defeat Holy Cross at the Homecoming game Saturday.
(10/04/06 9:00am)
More freshmen have been brought before the Office of Undergraduate Judicial Affairs this year than students from the Class of 2009 during the same time period last year, according to April Thompson, the director of UJA.