College's disaster response varies

While members of the Dartmouth community have come together twice in the past two years to respond to major natural disasters the 2010 Haiti earthquake and the Japan earthquake and tsunami last month the College's response to the situation in Japan has been more limited than its response to Haiti's crisis due to logistical challenges, according to Presidential Fellow Molly Bode '09, a coordinator and advisor for both relief efforts. "The main difference we have seen so far between the situations in Haiti and Japan is that Dartmouth had a connection to an on-the-ground non-governmental organization in Haiti, but we did not have that connection in Japan," Bode said.

Jumbles 2011-04-20

Daily Debriefing

Presidents of colleges and universities whose state funding could be slashed by 45 percent if the New Hampshire House's new budget is passed asked a state Senate committee Monday to reconsider the changes, The Boston Globe reported.

Nutt: Dartmouth 2031

Having fallen asleep on my keyboard during a recent all-nighter, I found myself in a dream one that placed my best friends and me at our 20th class reunion.

Woods: A Credited Policy

It's an accepted reality that whenever budgets are cut, difficult decisions must be made. These decisions always upset some people take the recent staff layoffs or tuition increase as examples but most still see the necessity of making them.

Rago '05 awarded Pulitzer Prize

Wall Street Journal writer Joseph Rago '05 was awarded the Pulitzer Prize on Monday for his editorials challenging the Obama administration's health care reform bill, according to the Pulitzer website. A senior editorial writer for The Journal, Rago won $10,000 with the Pulitzer for editorial writing.

Hollisto's World

Think back to every great football movie you've ever seen. Now think about the last scene. Think about the epic goal-line push in "Friday Night Lights," the inspiring halftime speech in "Any Given Sunday" and the amazing last-second touchdown in "Remember the Titans." Now ask yourself: What do these moments all have in common? Stumped?

DCAL receives grant to assess departments

The Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning received $100,000 from the Teagle Foundation a philanthropic foundation dedicated to improving liberal arts education to help two departments develop clearly-defined outcomes for students to work toward in their major programs, according to English professor Thomas Luxon, director of DCAL. DCAL collaborated with the Harriet W.

Batchelor: Evenly Distributed

After almost three years here at Dartmouth, I'm beginning to figure out what exactly I should have known starting as a freshman.

Blair: Austen's Power

One of the things I find most perennially curious is our generation's fascination with Jane Austen movies and the novels on which they are based.

Hear and Now

When my best friend put Lykke Li's "Little Bit" on a playlist she made for me last summer, the breezy track swept me away to an easygoing car ride along the coastline.

Daily Debriefing

Philosophy professor Adina Roskies was awarded a New Directions Fellowship from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, according to a College press release.

Earth Week promotes sustainability

As students walked to class on Monday morning, a College-owned truck dumped trash bags from one-eighth of campus residence halls in front of Robinson Hall to signal the start of Earth Week, a six-day event coordinated by the Office of Sustainability.

Campus Blotter

April 16, 1:29 a.m.East Wheelock StreetHanover Police called Safety and Security to request transportation after police officers found a male student in possession of an open container of alcohol.