Special Issue

The spaces between: Stepping away from Greek life at Dartmouth

By Emma Ginsberg | February 12, 2021

For some Dartmouth students, Greek life is as quintessential to campus culture as freezing New Hampshire winters and rigorous academics. Though Greek life offers positive connections and genuine support networks for some, for others, a house is not always a home. 

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Special Issue

To put away or on display? College grapples with Native representations in art

By Kristin Chapman | February 12, 2021

In the wake of a year marked by protests against racial injustice and police brutality, conversations have reemerged about what to do with controversial works of art — and more broadly, how institutions should confront their racist pasts. 

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Special Issue

Tobacco ban sparks College-wide debate on substance use

By Arielle Feuerstein | February 12, 2021

Dartmouth has a reputation for its rampant alcohol consumption and partying; after all, the College’s unofficial mascot is a sentient beer keg. For decades now, Dartmouth has attempted to shed this reputation and curb the prevalence of alcohol and drugs on campus. 

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Special Issue

Back in action: A look at Dartmouth EMS’s pandemic operations

By Daniel Modesto | February 12, 2021

In the six months during which Dartmouth EMS temporarily ceased operations, a team worked behind the scenes to plan how to reopen safely. In the meantime, some members off campus also found ways to help their local communities.

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Special Issue

In search of safe spaces: Revisiting the illicit recording of a 1984 Gay Student Association meeting

By Griselda Chavez | February 12, 2021

On April 29, 1984, The Dartmouth Review secretly recorded and published details of a Gay Student Association meeting on campus. In the fallout of the event, campus-wide conversations arose on privacy and how to support LGBTQ+ students. Decades later, the legacy of the incident persists, as do concerns regarding privacy in queer spaces on campus. 

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Special Issue

Pandemic prompts College to reexamine accessibility, learning accommodations

By Kyle Mullins | February 12, 2021

After several months of virtual learning, the pandemic has underscored the effectiveness of some accommodations — such as increased flexibility with assignment deadlines, extra time on exams and recorded lectures — and the potential for a more accommodating class environment in the future. 

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Special Issue

Alumni Relations shifts focus to online programming

By Anaïs Zhang | February 12, 2021

The advancement division at Dartmouth, which includes the alumni relations and development offices, has developed a host of new methods, including webinars, podcasts and livestreams to boost alumni engagement across digital platforms. 

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Special Issue

Editors' Note: Winter Carnival Special Issue 2021

By Jacob Strier and Natalie Dokken | February 12, 2021

A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have been forced into home offices and dorm rooms, left to reflect on the past and think about the future. But, though we may be separated, members of the Dartmouth community have continued to grow, learn and connect digitally behind closed doors. 

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News

Shontay Delalue named senior vice president and senior diversity officer

By Gigi Grigorian | February 11, 2021

On Feb. 4, the College announced that Shontay Delalue will serve as the College’s senior vice president and senior diversity officer, the administration’s point person on equity and inclusion. Delalue, who currently serves as the vice president for institutional equity and diversity at Brown University, will assume her role on July 1.

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News

College to offer 10 undergraduate in-person classes this spring

By Penelope Spurr | February 11, 2021

On Feb. 5, the College released its spring term course timetable, revealing that 10 undergraduate courses will have at least one in-person section — up slightly from the eight classes taught on campus in the winter term. 

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News

‘Visibility’ events to promote gender equity, confront gender-based violence

By Daniel Modesto | February 11, 2021

“Visibility,” Dartmouth’s month-long campaign to promote gender equity and end gender- and power-based violence, started on Jan. 29 and will feature remote programming throughout February. This year’s events will focus on the intersections between gender- and power-based violence and race.

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News

FUERZA Fund and Sunrise Dartmouth raise money for Upper Valley migrant farmworkers

By Griselda Chavez | February 11, 2021

Environmental advocacy group Sunrise Dartmouth and the FUERZA Farmworkers’ Fund have collaborated to raise over $1,600 for migrant farmworkers in the Upper Valley. The week-and-a-half-long fundraising push consisted of events that spotlighted local farmworkers and aimed to educate Dartmouth students on migrant labor in New Hampshire and Vermont. 

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News

Hop to undergo $75 million expansion

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | February 10, 2021

Dartmouth has commissioned architecture company Snøhetta to lead an expansion of the Hopkins Center for the Arts. Dubbed “the Hop project,” the initiative aims to raise approximately $75 million for its construction and related programming, $25 million of which has already been amassed.  

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News

Students, alumni denounce BVAC donor Leon Black’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein

By Ben Fagell | February 9, 2021

Upon the recent revelation that Leon Black ’73 paid convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein upwards of $150 million between 2012 and 2017, some students and alumni have called for the College to change the name of the Black Family Visual Arts Center. 

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News

Author Lawrence Ross explores systemic racism in Greek life in ISC/GLC lecture

By Kyle Mullins | February 9, 2021

Over 500 students and other attendees packed into a Zoom room Monday evening to hear author and lecturer Lawrence Ross explain the links between systemic racism and Greek life on college campuses.

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News

Graduate students campaign to reinstate ombuds office

By Thomas Brown | February 9, 2021

As of Monday, nearly 700 students, postdocs, faculty, staff and alumni have signed a petition calling for the ombudsperson’s reinstatement since the position was left vacant in July 2017.

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News

Q&A: Organizer Demi Stratmon ’20 on D.C. statehood

By Maya Kempf-Harris | February 9, 2021

Demi Stratmon ’20 is one of three lead organizers with 51 for 51, an advocacy group fighting for Washington, D.C. statehood. The organization derives its name from its efforts to ensure D.C. becomes a state by way of receiving 51 votes in the U.S. Senate. 

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News

Students disappointed, ‘not surprised’ by restricted Commencement plans

By Caitlin McCarthy and Madeleine Bernardeau | February 8, 2021

Reactions have been mixed in the wake of the College’s decision to hold an in-person Commencement for the Class of 2021, restricted only to graduating students. Members of the Class of 2020, who will now have to wait at least through this year to celebrate together after their in-person ceremony was postponed indefinitely, said they had expected the announcement. 

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News

Skiway sees busy season despite COVID-19 restrictions

By Mike Hanrahan | February 8, 2021

Since reopening for business on Dec. 28, the Dartmouth Skiway has been busy, as students and locals jump at the opportunity to get outside. Even as the Skiway copes with staffing shortages and COVID-19 protocols, management reports that operations are going smoothly.

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Male college students more likely to speak in class, Dartmouth sociology study finds

By Penelope Spurr | February 8, 2021

In 1982, a group of scholars coined the term “chilly climates” to describe the “overt and subtle” discrimination women faced in educational settings. In a recent study, Jennifer Jiwon Lee ’17 and sociology professor Janice McCabe set out to see if nearly four decades later, college classrooms remain just as “chilly.” 

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