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(10/06/03 9:00am)
With only two days to go in the elections, the Dartmouth Moose has taken a pronounced lead in the race for a new College mascot, garnering 36.9 percent of the vote thus far. The next closest candidate is a Dr. Seuss character, receiving 13.9 percent of the vote, while 22.6 percent of those who responded are not satisfied with the candidates offered.
(10/01/03 9:00am)
Following up on the 261 lawsuits filed in early September against illegal music file-sharers, the Recording Industry Association of America announced Monday that it had reached settlements with 64 offenders.
(09/30/03 9:00am)
In a move that Provost Barry Scherr described as a total surprise, College librarian Richard Lucier will be stepping down from his post after three years. According to an email sent by Lucier to the College's library staff and select members of the administration, he will step down when his contract expires on Jan. 30.
(09/25/03 9:00am)
Susan Dentzer '77 was first elected to the Dartmouth Board of Trustees in 1993 and became the first female Chair of the Board in 2001. She is a noted journalist who worked on the PBS "News Hour with Jim Lehrer" as a health commentator.
(09/24/03 9:00am)
For the fourth year in a row, U.S. News and World Report ranked the Dartmouth ninth in its annual America's Best Colleges report.
(07/31/03 9:00am)
Continuing its action against illegal file-sharers, the Recording Industry Association of America filed at least 871 subpoenas in Washington, D.C.'s U.S. District Court this month, according to various news outlets nationwide.
(07/29/03 9:00am)
It was his toughest win yet. But when Lance Armstrong rode down the Champs-Elysees in the yellow jersey for a record-tying fifth consecutive time on Sunday he permanently secured his position among the great cyclists in Tour de France history.
(06/25/03 9:00am)
Much like their peers at other American institutions of higher learning, Dartmouth administrators lauded the decisions handed down Monday by the Supreme Court in the Michigan affirmative action cases.
(06/25/03 9:00am)
With Monday's Supreme Court rulings in the two cases against the University of Michigan, the use of race in higher education admissions received a much-anticipated statement of approval. Ruling 5 to 4 in favor of the Michigan Law School's program to achieve diversity, the Court in effect approved admissions systems based on individualized assessment of applicants, similar to those used at Dartmouth and at many other selective institutions across the country.
(06/10/03 9:00am)
As the last days of their senior year come to an end, many '03s are finding that their futures are not altogether clear, as some head to graduate school, others to good jobs and others to uncertainty. Here is a brief sampling of what five seniors plan to do after Commencement.
(05/21/03 9:00am)
Some students found out as early as December. Most learned of their fate in April. And inevitably some couldn't make up their mind until the May 1 deadline. But for a few high-school seniors, the college admissions process will continue into the summer as they wait to hear if they have been taken off of a waitlist.
(05/16/03 9:00am)
The middle of May has come and spring should be upon us. Nonetheless, earlier this week the Dartmouth community was still struggling through temperatures in the low-40s and torrential downpours. But have no fear, for as soon as the rain lets up, the town of Hanover, N.H., will be ready to quench your springtime thirst for rejuvenating drinks.
(05/15/03 9:00am)
As the higher education community waits anxiously for the upcoming decisions in the University of Michigan Supreme Court cases which will determine the future use of race as a factor in admissions decisions, the bonuses given to another group of applicants have slipped under the radar.
(05/14/03 9:00am)
Applicants soared and the admittance rate plummeted for the Class of 2007, but the yield for admitted students choosing to enroll held level at 51 percent.
(05/08/03 9:00am)
Though Dartmouth's average faculty salaries were ranked seventh in the Ivy League in a recently released report from the American Association of University Professors, professors at the College are doing just fine compared to the national average.
(05/07/03 9:00am)
The $12,000 to $17,500 owed to the Recording Industry Association of America by four college students may seem like quite a burden. But when compared to the $100 billion sought in the original lawsuits for copyright infringement, a fine less than one year's tuition suddenly looks manageable.
(05/05/03 9:00am)
Saturday night the dance floors of The Tabard coed fraternity and Theta Delta Chi fraternity were full of party-goers straight out if the '70s and '80s. But at both houses the party was cut short because of false fire alarms.
(05/01/03 9:00am)
As the second day of elections wraps up today at 5 p.m., candidates are pulling out every trick in their bag to sway voters. But even as chalk campaigning covers the ground in front of many major buildings on campus and last minute campaign posters are finding their way onto Blitz terminal desktops, general apathy toward the election remains widespread.
(04/29/03 9:00am)
Six months after the College indicated that it would be implementing a mandatory five percent cut in all departmental operating budgets for the 2003 fiscal year, every department has successfully reduced its non-compensational operating costs and is preparing for another five percent reduction next year. However, according to most department chairs, the actual budget reductions have been, for the most part, bearable.
(04/28/03 9:00am)
Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of articles that will examine the affirmative action debate from an insider's perspective.