News

Torin Tucker ’15 remembered

By Sean Connolly and Zac Hardwick | February 5, 2014

While his friends and family laud his humility and compassion, Tucker’s coaches and mentors remembered him for not only his athletic ability, but for how he seamlessly ingrained himself into new groups.

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D’Souza ’83 debates Ayers

By Zac Hardwick | January 30, 2014

In front of over 400 students, faculty and community members, conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza ’83 and former antiwar activist Bill Ayers expressed their conflicting ideologies while debating America’s role in the world on Thursday night.

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Fall alcohol data show modest incident declines

By Sara McGahan | January 27, 2014

Between fall 2012 and fall 2013, the proportion of alcohol incidents involving first-year students decreased from 49 to 46 percent of all incidents, according to data released Monday by the Dartmouth College Health Improvement Program and the Greek Leadership Council.

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Protest stalls MLK keynote

By Jasper Bingham | January 20, 2014

Roughly a third of the audience participated, unfurling large colorful signs. “Enough distraction — where is the action?” read one. Another protester held up the Anarchist movement’s symbol, an encircled “A.”

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Panhell holds discussion

By Sera Kwon | January 13, 2014

Approximately 40 students gathered at the Center for Gender and Student Engagement on Monday evening to discuss the decision of five Panhellenic Council executives to abstain from this week’s sorority recruitment.

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College picks Carolyn Dever as next provost

By Laura Weiss | January 9, 2014

Carolyn Dever, dean of the College of Arts and Science at Vanderbilt University, will serve as Dartmouth’s next provost, the College announced Thursday. Dever, who will begin on July 1, has served in administrative roles in higher education for over a decade.

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Campus faces blackout

By Sera Kwon and Roshan Dutta | January 6, 2014

A two-hour blackout left students and faculty in the dark on Monday, the first day of winter classes. After trudging through the slush to arrive at class, students were forced to read their syllabi by the light of their cellphones’ flashlights while professors had to improvise without lecture slides.

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College to host IvyQ conference

By Brian Chalif | January 6, 2014

The College will host its first IvyQ conference in the fall, bringing to campus hundreds of participants whose presence organizers hope will improve awareness of and support for the Dartmouth’s LGBTQ community. The conference, open to LGBTQ and allied students, connects students with one another and aims to foster an LGBTQ community larger than those of individual schools.

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Hercules snowstorm hits Hanover

By Michelle Li | January 6, 2014

While winter storm Hercules pummeled the Northeast late last week, students returning to Hanover found their trips extended due to weather-related cancellations and delays. Boston Logan International Airport, a transit hub commonly used by students traveling to Hanover, was one of the airports most severely affected by the storm.

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Early acceptance rate drops nearly two percent

By Roshan Dutta | December 11, 2013

The early decision admissions reflect a 27.9 percent acceptance rate, a nearly 2 percent decrease from the early admissions rate for the Class of 2017.

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Pedde '14, Singh '14 named Rhodes Scholars

By The Dartmouth Staff | December 2, 2013

Jonathan Pedde '14 and Joseph Singh '14 have been awarded Rhodes Scholarships.

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COSSA releases final report

By Jose Burnes | November 14, 2013

The Committee on Student Safety and Accountability released its final report recommending goals for mitigating problems ranging from residential life to campus climate issues on Thursday afternoon.

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Upper Valley families confront rural poverty

By Charlie Rafkin | November 14, 2013

Not far from Baker-Berry Library’s towering spire, thousands face the daily struggle of rural poverty.

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Minority faculty retention remains concern at College

By Michael Qian and Jasmine Sachar | November 13, 2013

Dartmouth’s faculty is the least diverse in the Ivy League, with total white faculty at 82 percent, including the graduate schools.

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Social media presence not an admissions factor

By Zac Hardwick | November 13, 2013

As high school seniors scramble to complete college applications, Dartmouth applicants can breathe easy knowing that their use of social media has no bearing on their chances of admittance.

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Sports

Women’s basketball team 1-1 after first two games of the season

By Josh Schiefelbein | November 13, 2013

The women's basketball team dropped its season opener 84-59 to the College of the Holy Cross, but rebounded with a win over the University of Vermont on Monday, 66-62.

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Sports

Both sailing teams qualify for ACC national championships

By Jake Bayer | November 13, 2013

Note to readers (May 23, 2014): When The Dartmouth found thatJake Bayer '16 had fabricated a quotation, wedecided to remove his articles from our website.\n For a full statement, clickhere.

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WISP increases female participation in the sciences

By Amelia Rosch | November 6, 2013

In 1990, there were only 45 senior women at Dartmouth who majored in the sciences. The number has since more than doubled, thanks largely to programs such as the Women in Science Project and professors’ ongoing efforts to reach out to women undergraduates.

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Sports

Field hockey team beats Harvard, loses to UNH in close game

By Emma Willems | November 5, 2013

This weekend proved successful for the Big Green field hockey team, with a win over Harvard University and a close loss to the University of New Hampshire.

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Hanlon proposes flat tuition, grad. school expansion

By Bryn Morgan | November 4, 2013

College President Phil Hanlon laid out his vision for the future of Dartmouth academics at the general faculty meeting Monday. He stressed the importance of experiential learning and introduced proposals to keep tuition rates flat with inflation, create a freestanding graduate school and hire faculty in clusters.

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