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College endowment returns at 12.2 percent

By Rachel Pakianathan | September 21, 2018

In response to criticism from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Dartmouth will update its Acceptable Use Policy for IT resources. FIRE, an education nonprofit that defends individual rights at American universities, downgraded Dartmouth to a “red light rating” in Jan.

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Dartmouth updates IT policy

By Wally Joe Cook | September 21, 2018

In response to criticism from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Dartmouth will update its Acceptable Use Policy for IT resources. FIRE, an education nonprofit that defends individual rights at American universities, downgraded Dartmouth to a “red light rating” in Jan.

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DDS and KAF announce changes

By Jessica McDermott | September 21, 2018

During peak meal hours, students frequently face long lines at Collis Café and Courtyard Café. However, these overcrowded dining establishments may soon see a thinning of crowds as DDS aims to draw more students to Class of 1953 Commons. Director of Dartmouth Dining Services Jon Plodzik said that the long lines at Collis Café and Courtyard Café do not reflect well on Dartmouth’s dining program as a whole.

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College signs amicus brief supporting consideration of race in admissions

By Debora Hyemin Han | September 20, 2018

Dartmouth aligned itself with the Ivy League and nine other private universities in the growing legal battle between Students for Fair Admission and Harvard University, co-filing an amicus brief over the summer reaffirming the need to maintain considerations of race in admissions. SFFA launched the federal lawsuit against Harvard in 2014, alleging that Harvard has an unconstitutional racial quota that caps its number of admitted Asian students, as well as a racial balancing policy that was outlawed by the U.S.

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The College hosts Mandela Washington Fellows

By Anna Wilinsky | September 18, 2018

Dartmouth hosted 25 young African leaders over the summer through its partnership with the Young African Leaders Initiative’s Mandela Washington Fellowship. The Mandela Washington Fellowship has been YALI’s highly competitive flagship program since its inception in 2014.

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Ross Douthat speaks about political caricatures in film

By Anindu Rentala | September 18, 2018

“Imagine that an alien from Mars arrives and you can communicate [with] them, inform them, discuss politics with them only through movies.” Ross Douthat, a conservative voice for The New York Times and film critic for the National Review, posited the scenario to begin his speech to a room full of students, faculty and local residents on Monday afternoon.

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