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DALI Lab and DEN host termly show The Pitch

By Sunpreet Singh | November 4, 2016

On Thursday night, the Digital Arts, Leadership, and Innovation lab and DEN hosted their “Shark Tank” style entrepreneurial show, The Pitch, in Filene Auditorium from 7 to 9 p.m.  Nineteen total groups participated, with four winning groups selected: BASIIC, Seabird Apps, The Life You Can Lead You Game and ClearPay Healthcare.  Ballots were given out to audience members before the pitches began for each audience member to pick his or her top three pitches to be considered for the People’s Choice Award, which was awarded to ClearPay Healthcare.  Each winning group receives funding from DEN and development assistance from the DALI lab, with third place receiving $1,000, second place receiving $2,000, first place receiving $3,000, and the People’s Choice Award also receiving $2,000.  A panel of six judges, consisting of a mix of Dartmouth students and alumni, gathered during a 20 minute intermission to decide the best three pitches.

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Finances, campaigns topic of Town Hall

By Kristine Jiwoo Ahn | November 3, 2016

Around 70 faculty, staff and community members gathered in Spaulding Auditorium yesterday for a town hall, where Executive Vice President Rick Mills and Senior Vice President for Advancement Robert Lasher ’88 spoke about finances and campaigning at Dartmouth. During the question and answer session, Lasher and Mills addressed questions about College President Phil Hanlon’s plan for reallocating a portion of funding from nonacademic to academic areas within the next four years.

A higher number of first-year students attempted to touch the fire this year than in past years.
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Homecoming weekend sees fewer incidents

By Debora Hyemin Han | November 1, 2016

Although the total number of security reports decreased this Homecoming weekend compared to previous years, the number of first-year students that attempted to touch the bonfire significantly increased, according to Safety and Security director Harry Kinne. Kinne estimated that around 50 people attempted to touch the bonfire this year.

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Halloween takes over Hanover

By Kripa Shrestha | November 1, 2016

A little under ten weeks ago, I packed the relics of my nineteen years into one outrageously purple suitcase and another softer chocolate brown suitcase and spent almost forty-eight hours flying over continents, seas and cityscapes to find a home at Dartmouth.

Sports

For the love of the game

By Ashley DuPuis | October 31, 2016

Sports have a long and storied history at the College and to this day make up an enduring component of campus life with around 25 percent of the student population participating in one of the 35 varsity intercollegiate teams.

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