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Supreme Court scholar talks division at Rockefeller Center event

By Caitlin McCarthy | September 25, 2020

Over 200 people tuned in to watch the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy 2020 Constitution Day lecture given by legal journalist and scholar Linda Greenhouse on Wednesday night. The topic of the lecture — polarization and the Supreme Court — was a timely one in light of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s recent death.

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Dartmouth encourages faculty to safeguard students as Chinese law targets free speech globally

By Kyle Mullins | September 24, 2020

Protests in Hong Kong may seem far away for most Dartmouth students, but the Chinese government’s response — a new national security law with worldwide implications — has brought concerns about censorship and surveillance to Dartmouth itself.

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Town hall aims to mobilize youth vote against Sununu

By Soleil Gaylord | September 24, 2020

With a number of highly contested races on the ballot this November, political hopefuls across New Hampshire have been vying to court the student vote. In a virtual town hall last week, NextGen New Hampshire, a political action committee that seeks to mobilize young voters to elect progressive candidates, made its pitch to students to support Democratic nominee for New Hampshire governor, state senator Dan Feltes (D-Concord). 

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Student Advisory Board gives guidance on campus issues, COVID-19 decisions

By Amar Scherzer | September 24, 2020

As Dartmouth makes dramatic adjustments to student life due to COVID-19, the Dean of the College Student Advisory Board has met regularly with Dean of the College Kathryn Lively, seeking to bring student perspectives to the decision-making table. In the two months since its creation, the board has provided input on issues such as how to bring students back to campus safely and methods to promote adherence to COVID-19 regulations.

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One-on-one tutoring significantly reduced, study groups eliminated

By Reilly Olinger | September 22, 2020

Students seeking academic assistance this fall will have to adapt to changes in Tutor Clearinghouse offerings. One-on-one tutoring has been dramatically reduced, and residential experts, study groups and conversation partners have all been eliminated due to budgetary constraints.

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After Mink the bear’s death, experts work to protect surviving cubs

By Lauren Adler | September 21, 2020

Dartmouth students and Upper Valley residents alike were saddened by the news last month that Mink, the locally and nationally famous black bear beloved for her long journeys back to the Upper Valley, was found dead by the Mascoma River in Lebanon. Her death orphaned her three male cubs, who were born in January. 

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As some peer institutions lower tuition, College proceeds with fall tuition increase

By Marco Allen | September 18, 2020

While some peer institutions have discounted tuition amid online learning, Dartmouth students enrolling for the fall quarter will pay full tuition — which is up over $2,000 from the previous academic year.

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With limit on students allowed back in dorms, students flock to off-campus housing

By Allison Wachen | September 18, 2020

With only around half the student body allowed in campus housing this fall, the start of the term has seen an uptick in the number of undergraduates living off campus in Hanover and in the Upper Valley. 

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On-campus testing proceeds smoothly as classes begin

By Kyle Mullins | September 17, 2020

Despite long lines, testing delays and undetected outbreaks at other colleges nationwide, Dartmouth’s comprehensive COVID-19 testing has so far gone as planned, in an effort to help keep the virus contained on campus.

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Gap year numbers increase five-fold for Class of 2024

By Andrew Sasser | September 17, 2020

Although most students accepted into the Class of 2024 started their first term of classes on Monday, nearly 200 have opted to take gap years instead.

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Students on campus begin two-week quarantine

By Emily Lu | September 17, 2020

The bustling campus to which students typically arrive at the beginning of fall term was noticeably absent this year. 

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OPL program combines Trips and orientation to welcome freshmen remotely

By Soleil Gaylord | September 17, 2020

New students were welcomed to campus a little differently this year. 

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Environmental studies and writing professor Terry Osborne dies at 60

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | September 15, 2020

After a year-long battle with illness, environmental studies and Institute for Writing and Rhetoric professor Terry Osborne died on Sept. 7 at the Jack Byrne Center for Palliative and Hospice Care in Lebanon. He was 60.

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Storage regulations create additional obstacle to move-in

By Lauren Adler | September 15, 2020

As the fall term begins, many students living both on and off campus have struggled to access belongings left in College storage. As they wait, some have been left without essential items like bedding and school supplies.

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Q&A with science podcaster, Netflix host Latif Nasser ’08

By Coalter Palmer | September 15, 2020

Latif Nasser ’08 is the director of research at Radiolab, a Peabody Award- winning podcast and nationally syndicated radio program on predominantly science-related stories, with subjects ranging from snowflake photography to medieval robots. He is also the host of the new Netflix special, “Connected,” which explores the connections between seemingly distinct phenomena, and of the recent Radiolab miniseries “The Other Latif,” in which Nasser follows the drama-filled story of a detainee at Guantanamo Bay with whom he shares a name. As an undergraduate at Dartmouth, Nasser was president of the Displaced Theater Company, tutored at the Student Center for Research, Writing and Information Technology and was chosen by his graduating class to speak on Class Day.

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Dartmouth professor advances to state representative general election

By Lorraine Liu | September 14, 2020

After Sept. 8’s New Hampshire state primary, government professor Russell Muirhead is one of four Democrats advancing to the general election for state representative. Former College Democrats president Riley Gordon ’22, who also ran, is not advancing.

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Students in quarantine after social gathering, Phi Delt suspended

By Andrew Sasser | September 12, 2020

Twenty-three students at the Tuck School of Business have been placed in quarantine after Dartmouth Safety and Security officers were called in to stop a social gathering on Sept. 4. Meanwhile, Phi Delta Alpha fraternity has been temporarily suspended following possible health violations in an incident at its house on Sept. 5.

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Two undergraduates on campus test positive for COVID-19

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | September 11, 2020

As of Thursday evening, two asymptomatic undergraduate students have tested positive for COVID-19 and are receiving care in isolation on campus.

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A look into DHMC’s multifaceted relationship with the College and the Upper Valley

By Coalter Palmer | September 11, 2020

As Dartmouth welcomes students back to campus amid an ongoing public health crisis, the College’s relationship with the nearby Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center has become more important than ever.

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Containing the spread: Tracing COVID-19’s progression in the Upper Valley

By Emily Lu | September 11, 2020

Even Dartmouth, tucked away in a rural New Hampshire town, couldn’t escape COVID-19. 

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