Le Facepalm 2011-04-14

Vice Presidential Candidate Statement: Holekamp

The vice president of the Student Assembly is officially responsible for three things. He or she oversees the budget, runs Assembly meetings and is in charge of the Membership and Internal Affairs Committee.

Earthquake relocates study abroad programs

Unable to attend their foreign study programs after the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan, six students from Brown University and one student from Boston University traded in downtown Tokyo for Main Street, Hanover, and immersion classes for morning drill sessions this term. The six students from Brown James Almony, John Boeglin, Yea Eun Kwak, Ashley O'Neale, Jennifer Tanaka and Nicholas Varone and Boston University junior John Wolff have spent the last two weeks adjusting to Dartmouth after the March 11 earthquake caused a nuclear hazard near Tokyo, disrupting their plans to attend Keio University, Waseda University and Sophia University. Wolff said he was only given three days to make the decision to alter his study abroad trip and come to Dartmouth, and had to leave home almost immediately with only enough time to pack one suitcase. International affairs officers at Brown and Boston University contacted their counterparts at the College on March 11 about the possibility of taking in students from their schools for Spring term because Dartmouth's quarter system corresponded with the students' schedules, according to Lindsay Whaley, associate dean for international and interdisciplinary programs. Representatives from the Office of Residential Life, the Dean of the College's Office and the Off-Campus Programs Office met to determine the logistics of an arrangement with the two universities.

Presidential Candidate Statement: Limonthas

I am blessed to be entering this campaign with past experience as the Student Assembly president during Summer 2010, and a unique appreciation for Dartmouth's current situation.

DosiRock: Sounds of the City 2011-04-14

Vice Presidential Candidate Statement: Sankar

When I informed my friends that I was running for office, I received one of two responses. The first was genuine support and hopes that I would win the position.

Kat Collins '11 leads Big Green lacrosse to Ivy dominance

Going against the grain of many great athletes, Kat Collins '11 did not emerge from the womb wielding a lacrosse stick, nor did she start playing as soon as she took her first steps. Instead, she was peer-pressured to start playing in seventh grade because all her friends were doing it.

$15-million donation funds professorships

Trustee Steven Roth '62 Tu'63, his wife Daryl Roth and their family donated $15 million to the College to endow two new professorships and an academic faculty fellowship, according to a College press release on Tuesday. The Roth Family Distinguished Professorship in the Arts and Sciences and the Roth Family Distinguished Professorship at Tuck School of Business will aim to support and recruit "exceptional and innovative" faculty members, Dean of the Faculty Michael Mastanduno said in an interview with The Dartmouth. "We would be looking for leading scholars and teachers to fulfill [these professorships]," Mastanduno said.

Men's lacrosse loses momentum, drops third straight game

Only three days after a close loss to Yale University, the Dartmouth men's lacrosse team faced the University of Delaware on Tuesday in Danbury, Conn., losing to the Blue Hens (8-4), 14-11, and marking the Big Green's (4-6, 1-2 Ivy) third consecutive loss. Despite the upset, head coach Andrew Towers said the team finally brought intensity and unity which it had lacked in previous play to the game. "I am proud of this aspect of the game," he said.

Standard Deviation 2011-04-13

Shared Sacrifice

As I passed Collis last Tuesday in the rain, I saw a group of protesters demanding fairer compensation for Dartmouth staff members.

Booked Solid: 'Physics of the Future"

During Fall and Winter terms, I was in an abusive relationship with physics. The two physics courses I took simply would not reciprocate the time, love and effort that I put into our relationship.

Daily Debriefing

Professors value YouTube as a professional and teaching tool far more than they do Twitter and Facebook, according to a study released by the Babson Survey Research Group, Inside Higher Ed reported.

Candidates debate Assembly's role

During an hour complicated by faulty communications via cell phone, video conference and BlitzMail, candidates for student body president and student body vice president participated in their first debate of the campaign season in Collis 101 on Tuesday night.