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(10/17/14 2:30am)
In summer 2013, Alpha Delta fraternity and Delta Delta Delta sorority hosted a Bloods and Crips-themed party — spurring campus uproar, national media attention and, eventually, policy changes meant to reprimand cultural insensitivity in the Greek system. Noah Smith ’15, a member of Phi Delta Alpha fraternity, said the controversy led him to question how he fit into a community that some were calling racist.
(10/14/14 10:19pm)
Dartmouth’s definition of a first-generation student — one for whom neither parent graduated from a four-year college — is among the most inclusive metrics used by colleges and other institutions.
(10/13/14 10:42pm)
Almost 400 visitors crossed the Green this weekend during the last of three “fall information days” run by the admissions office. While a similar day-long program — which includes faculty presentations, a College-sponsored lunch with current students and specialized tour routes in the afternoon — launched this summer under the name “faculty Friday,” organizers added an admissions and financial aid question-and-answer session this term.
(10/01/14 11:24pm)
Sexual assault and burglary reports jumped in 2013, and following a change in how the College tallies liquor law arrests and violations, reports of these incidents skyrocketed. The College released its annual security and fire safety report as mandated by the Clery Act on Wednesday afternoon.
(09/23/14 11:08pm)
More than $5,000 worth of private college counseling bought five months of advice on realistic school choices, deadline reminders and application essay vocabulary for a female member of the Class of 2016. Although her public high school employed a guidance counselor who had previously evaluated applications for a prestigious institution, the student’s family insisted on hiring a counselor who had once worked as a Harvard University admissions officer.
(09/17/14 11:03pm)
Entering its third year, the Advising 360 program will continue in its pilot form this fall, interim Dean of the College Inge-Lise Ameer said.
(08/14/14 9:48pm)
This week, The Dartmouth sat down with incoming men’s soccer player Daniel Hazlett ’18. In his senior year, Hazlett led the Hanover High School men’s soccer team to an undefeated season and a Division I state championship. He was also named the Gatorade New Hampshire Boys Soccer Player of the Year for the fall season. He’ll join the varsity soccer team after his Dartmouth Outing Club first-year trip: hiking three, through the White Mountains.
(08/11/14 6:37pm)
At the end of August each year, millions of people across the country gather in living rooms, basements and man-caves for an ever-growing American tradition: the fantasy football draft. To bystanders it appears as nothing more than a waste of time, a “boys will be boys” tradition that subtly flies under the radar. But to draft participants, the men and women who seek a little more out of sports than ESPN updates and feel-good profile stories, it’s a time to immerse themselves in a world more concerned with statistics and points than team loyalty and game outcomes.
(07/25/14 12:52am)
A week after the conclusion of the Dartmouth Summit on Sexual Assault, national experts and Dartmouth faculty and students interviewed spoke in generally positive terms about the event. Participants and national leaders in the field praised the College for the wide variety of expert attendees but also urged a continued focus on the dynamics of sexual assault, not just compliance with federal policies and regulations.
(06/27/14 12:20am)
Senior associate Dean of the College Inge-Lise Ameer will assume the role of interim Dean of the College on Aug. 1, College President Phil Hanlon announced in an email Wednesday morning. Ameer will take the place of Charlotte Johnson, who will depart to become vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Scripps College in Claremont, California.
(06/08/14 11:58am)
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(06/07/14 10:06am)
Your freshman year, Charlie Sheen was going on a “winning” streak, “Tik Tok” was playing on repeat across campus, the iPad had just debuted and the word YOLO hadn’t yet been coined. Three years later, popular culture isn’t the only thing that’s changed. You’ve taken classes you never thought you would take, befriended classmates you never thought you would meet and learned a little bit about yourself along the way. And now, finally, you’ve made it to graduation. Look around for a moment and take it in: the black caps and gowns, the green and white folded chairs, the lone pine on the stage. Take a deep breath.
(05/21/14 10:38pm)
Over the past few days, five veterans visited Dartmouth through the first veteran fly-in program, a 24-hour admitted students session. After discussing about new ways to attract more veterans to the College, the Dartmouth Uniformed Service Alumni organization created the pilot program with the admissions office.
(05/15/14 10:48pm)
One evening in October 2010, Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity pledges at Yale University were blindfolded, parading around the university’s picturesque Old Campus. Their chants were clear.
(05/15/14 10:21pm)
This week, the standing faculty committee on senior fellowships selected Hannah McGehee ’15, Bennie Niles ’15 and Yomalis Rosario ’15 as senior fellows for the 2014-15 year, giving them the opportunity to pursue in-depth research projects instead of taking classes. Director of undergraduate advising and research Margaret Funnell said the three were selected because their projects were unique and aligned with the program’s goals.
(05/08/14 12:29am)
While many rising seniors spend the summer term interning, working temporary jobs or taking classes, Katelyn Walker ’14 toted a Dartmouth-funded camera across towns in Alabama and Georgia, searching for documents in national and regional archives to support her geography thesis on the Tennessee Valley Authority and the New Deal.
(05/04/14 11:06pm)
Discussing childhood bullying in Alabama and her journey to self-acceptance, Laverne Cox, an LGBTQ activist and actress on “Orange is the New Black,” gave Friday’s keynote Pride Week address. Over 300 people packed into Filene Auditorium and an overflow room to listen to Cox speak about intersecting identities, gender policing and meaningful dialogue, with many others watching a live stream online.
(04/30/14 9:48pm)
A dinner discussion centered on the finding that one in three Native American women will experience sexual assault or attempted sexual assault in her lifetime brought together students, faculty and staff over poetry and discussion on Wednesday evening. The event, hosted by Alpha Pi Omega sorority, sought to explore the impact of sexual violence against Native American women in both Native and non-Native communities.
(04/24/14 11:00pm)
The presidents of Alpha Phi sorority and Phi Delta Alpha fraternity canceled “Phiesta,” an annual philanthropic event planned for Saturday, after students raised concerns about the theme’s possible cultural insensitivity, A Phi president Courtney Wong ’15 said.
(04/21/14 10:42pm)
If she had been asked to speak at Commencement a few years ago, Shonda Rhimes ’91 said, she would have declined, not believing she had enough to say. When College President Phil Hanlon flew to Los Angeles to meet with her and then called a week later to ask her to address the Class of 2014, she said, time and perspective gave her the confidence to accept.