Special Issue

Speaking Out: Stories of Change and Changemakers in Dartmouth’s Recent LGBTQ History

By Caris White | June 14, 2020

The completion of a Dartmouth education means many things: celebration, new opportunities and hopefully the joyful acknowledgement of four transformative years. As Commencement rolls around, our natural inclination is to reflect on how Dartmouth changed us. However, I find it equally valuable to examine the ways in which we changed Dartmouth.

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Four years of campus news seen by the Class of 2020

By Andrew Sasser | June 14, 2020

The Class of 2020 has seen several important events, decisions and policy changes occur both locally and nationally during its time at the College.  

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Graduating into uncertainty: Alumni reflect, give advice to Class of 2020

By Zach Gorman | June 14, 2020

While June bears great significance for each year’s graduating class, it also represents a time for prior Dartmouth classes to reunite. This year, classes celebrating key anniversaries — the Classes of 1970, 1990 and 1995 — had their reunions postponed until the summer of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Seniors give back through nonprofit work, fundraising efforts

By Marimac McRae | June 14, 2020

From diving headfirst into nonprofit work to founding innovative startups, seniors have found creative ways to give back during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Seniors reflect on their artistic journeys at Dartmouth

By Emily Zhang | June 14, 2020

While majors in the arts remain some of the least common at the College, Dartmouth’s arts programs continue to draw in students. In interviews with The Dartmouth, seniors reflected on their artistic development in the past four years — and while each story was different, all were bound by the unifying theme of art as an avenue for self-exploration. 

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Student Assembly: Reflecting on four years of leadership and change

By Pierce Wilson | June 14, 2020

From launching a food voucher program to advocating for eased dorm access restrictions, SA has taken strides to become more engaged in student life in recent years. As another cohort of student leaders concludes its tenure in SA, seniors, current SA leaders and College administrators reflect on SA’s evolution over the past four years, as well as the challenges they still face. 

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Student-athletes forge connections on and off the field

By Olivia Morton and Ethan Strauss | June 14, 2020

While Dartmouth students may only have four years on campus, they make connections that last well beyond their time at the College.

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Senior fellows adapt to COVID-19 challenges

By Jacob Strier | June 14, 2020

Senior fellows, whose year-long research projects accompany or take the place of a major, have worked through unforeseen challenges due to COVID-19, including halted lab experiments and reconfigured presentations. 

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Editors' Note

By Christina Baris and Ioana Andrada Pantelimon | June 14, 2020

If there’s one thing we’ve learned to expect in these past months, it’s the unexpected. Emails flood our inboxes, each expressing the consequences of “these unprecedented, uncertain times.” While the context of your departure from Dartmouth is certainly unique, we know that this is not the first time your Dartmouth experience has been unpredictable.

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News

Muscatel resigns early as state representative after facing questions about NH residency

By Andrew Sasser | June 13, 2020

Facing questions about his residency after losing spring housing at Dartmouth due to the remote term, New Hampshire state representative Garrett Muscatel ’20 (D-Hanover) resigned his Grafton County District 12 seat on Monday. Muscatel had previously announced that he would retire from the legislature upon graduation from Dartmouth.

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Dartmouth waives testing requirement for applicants to the Class of 2025

By Lauren Adler | June 9, 2020

Last week, Dartmouth announced that it would suspend the standardized testing requirement for applicants to the Class of 2025, joining Columbia University, Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania in eliminating the requirement for the upcoming college application cycle.

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Salt Hill Pub closes Hanover location, cites COVID-19

By Allison Wachen | June 6, 2020

Salt Hill Pub’s Hanover location has permanently closed, according to a June 2 announcement from the restaurant and bar. It will join The Skinny Pancake, Morano Gelato and several other Hanover eateries as one of the latest in a series of downtown Hanover closures tied to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Skinny Pancake will not reopen its Hanover location

By Allison Wachen | June 4, 2020

The Skinny Pancake, a popular Vermont creperie, has permanently closed the doors of its Hanover location, the restaurant announced via Facebook this afternoon.

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Class of 2020 looks forward to Khan’s commencement speech

By Lorraine Liu | June 2, 2020

Seniors were surprised to hear that the speaker at this years’ commencement ceremony will be none other than Sal Khan — founder of the free online learning platform Khan Academy. Though the graduation speaker was chosen before the pandemic, many have called Khan a fitting choice, given that COVID-19 has rapidly pushed higher education toward online learning this spring.

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Seniors with and without jobs face uncertain professional futures

By Sam Ferrone and Allison Wachen | June 2, 2020

As graduation nears, members of the Class of 2020 are struggling to get and keep jobs amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the corresponding financial downturn.

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Q&A with Khan Academy founder and commencement speaker Sal Khan

By Pierce Wilson | June 2, 2020

Sal Khan, who will speak at this year’s remote commencement ceremony, is no stranger to connecting with others from behind a computer screen. As the founder of Khan Academy, he pioneered a widely popular online platform that offers free educational videos and exercises in topics ranging from math to chemistry to SAT prep. During the COVID-19 pandemic, schools around the world have shifted to remote learning, which has caused a spike in traffic on Khan Academy.

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News

Rally held on Green against police brutality

By Lorraine Liu | June 1, 2020

Over 300 Upper Valley residents, Dartmouth faculty and students gathered on the Green Saturday evening, many holding banners that read “Black Lives Matter,” to rally against the recent deaths of George Floyd and other victims of police brutality. Following Floyd’s death in the custody of Minneapolis police last week, a series of protests and riots have erupted across the country.

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Jack-O-Lantern, student business consider rights to “Keggy the Keg”

By Caitlin McCarthy | June 1, 2020

Keggy the Keg, the anthropomorphic keg and elusive unofficial Dartmouth mascot, has made occasional appearances at Green Key and on Nalgene bottles since its creation by members of the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern in 2003. Following the Jack-O-Lantern’s “Save Keggy” campaign last spring, the keg has gained visibility among current students, prompting questions about who owns the rights to use the character in products and designs. 

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Arts and sciences faculty voice budget concerns amid revenue losses

By Ioana Andrada Pantelimon | June 1, 2020

Throughout the spring term, professors weathered unexpected changes to their courses, technological challenges, research setbacks and other obstacles to maintaining the quality of their work amid remote instruction. As the second remote term approaches, faculty have advocated for the College to prioritize the arts and sciences budget.

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Fall study abroad programs canceled

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | May 29, 2020

All College international programs have been canceled for the fall term, COVID-19 task force co-chairs Lisa Adams and Josh Keniston announced in an email to the Dartmouth community on Friday morning.

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