Prospies arrested on Friday
Just past midnight last Friday, two prospective students in town for the Dimensions program for accepted students were found under the influence of alcohol and in possession of alcohol by Safety and Security.
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Just past midnight last Friday, two prospective students in town for the Dimensions program for accepted students were found under the influence of alcohol and in possession of alcohol by Safety and Security.
After an unprecedented 25 percent increase in early applications this year, Harvard recently announced that it will re-institute its previous early action policy disallowing students to apply early to other schools in addition to Harvard.
The words "Hanover" and "bustling" are not usually found in the same sentence, but this weekend, as nearly 1,500 visitors descend upon the New England hamlet that Dartmouth calls home, the Green will be swarming.
It was the war to end all wars. A Blitzkrieg, one could call it. But yesterday Network Services Director Bill Brawley had the last word in the three-day "Blitzwar." When the smoke cleared, nearly 200 emails had been sent over the campus network to 1,336 recipients, according to Brawley.
Russia's good for more than just caviar and vodka, and this week the former USSR is showing off its cultural prowess.
As Earth Day approaches, Backpacker Magazine is urging people to "Get Out More." Tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the basement of Robinson Hall Amy and Brent Anslinger from Backpacker Magazine will host the event co-sponsored by Cabin and Trail which is "intended to rally interest, answer questions, and get people excited about being outdoors," according to Peter Brewitt, last term's chair of Cabin and Trail.
"How do you feel about Wednesday?" the University of Chicago asks its applying students. Amherst wants you to comment on a quote from Alice in Wonderland. And in Princeton's "hodge-podge" section of its application, the admissions officers want to know your favorite way to relax, your favorite keepsake and the best advice you've ever received, but warns, "Please don't lose any sleep over the answers to these questions."
Linkin Park's 2000 release "Hybrid Theory" was a revolutionary, four-star album that broke down the dividing lines between rock, hip-hop and electronica. But 2002's "Reanimation" was a letdown: little more than a remixed "Hybrid Theory" offering depressingly little new material.
Though other schools in the Ivy League boasted lower acceptance rates and more applicants, Dartmouth's four percent acceptance rate decrease and 15 percent increase in applications constituted the largest such changes in the Ancient Eight this year.
Dartmouth's Amos Tuck School of Business dropped a spot to tenth in the 2004 U.S. News and World Report's America's Best Grad Schools. Dartmouth's other graduate schools, the Thayer School of Engineering and the Dartmouth Medical School, received rankings of 44th and 26th respectively.
Students were disappointed and even angry when the College shut down Dartmouth's Direct Connect peer-to-peer file sharing network in early February. But last week the operators of similar networks at three colleges across the country had a more serious reason to be upset when they were sued for copyright infringement and damages by the Recording Industry Association of America.
As the 10,636 students in the regular admissions pool wait anxiously for their decision letters this week, nearly 500 of them won't be surprised by the news.
The fate of the legal use of race as a factor in college admissions is now in the hands of the United States Supreme Court after oral arguments were heard in both cases against the University of Michigan on Tuesday.
Nearly 12,000 high-school seniors will soon know whether they have been accepted to the Class of 2007, as e-mail decision letters will be sent out today in what has been one of the College's most competitive years ever for admissions. Paper decision letters were sent out on Wednesday, April 2, the uniform day for the Ivy League.
The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome that has been responsible for the illness of over 2,200 people worldwide and nearly 80 deaths has arrived in North America.
Dartmouth will play host to the New Hampshire Supreme Court on Thursday, April 10, as part of an outreach program for New Hampshire high school students. The court will hear oral arguments in two appellate cases in front of an audience expected to exceed 400 in Moore Theater in the Hopkins Center.
Dartmouth's advising program is designed to help first-year students choose courses and to guide juniors in planning their major course of study. But many Dartmouth students complain that they receive little academic guidance during sophomore year -- and even the freshman advising system is unstructured enough to allow some students to slip through the cracks.
The College's Board of Trustees hiked tuition 4.9 percent, or $1,365, for the 2003-2004 academic year at this weekend's winter meeting.
Effective July 1, Harry Kinne III will take over as Dartmouth's new director of Safety and Security, the College recently announced. Kinne will replace Proctor Bob McEwen, who has served as head of Safety and Security for 36 years.
Sometimes you just have that urge to check BlitzMail, but you aren't anywhere near a computer. Alas, you have no option but to wait until you are once again in the proximity of a trusty Apple or Dell to find out who has been filling your inbox.