VERBUM ULTIMUM: Shortsighted Shuttle

As of today, students facing the prospect of trudging home through the snow and cold after a night out will instead be able to call a College-sponsored shuttle service for rides across campus.

Winter resume drop numbers rise

The number of students participating in resume drop this winter increased by 5 percent since last year while the number of resumes submitted increased by 30 percent over the same period, according to Monica Wilson, acting co-director of Career Services.

Student culture at Tuck varies by age, interests

While Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth Medical School and arts and sciences graduate students hold many social events together, they rarely plan events in conjunction with the Tuck School of Business students, according to several students interviewed by The Dartmouth.

Profs. honored with science fellowships

The American Association for the Advancement of Science recently named four Dartmouth professors as Fellows in the Biological Sciences for their research on topics ranging from neurological diseases to plants' biological clocks.

DosiRock: Sounds of the City 2011-01-13

Kamkwamba adapts to College life

Although William Kamkwamba '14 has had many experiences that his fellow class members will not share including growing up in an African village without electricity and coauthoring a bestselling book Kamkwambe spent his first term at the College engaging in activities common to any Dartmouth student, including studying at Novack late into the night, walking into a fraternity basement for the first time and getting hit by a snowball during Saturday's snowball fight. Kamkwamba, a student from Masitala, Malawi, became famous for constructing a windmill that provided his native Malawian village with much-needed electricity.

Artist-in-residence rejects form, embraces content

Although his work is often characterized by critics as abstract, Chris Martin the studio art department's artist-in-residence for Winter term rejects this label. "My interest in painting has been where painting intersects with life," Martin said in an interview with The Dartmouth. Martin admits that he has been influenced by the work of abstract expressionists, including Alfred Jensen and Paul Feeley. However, the artist said he rejects abstract art's turn toward the concept of "form as content," an idea that emerged from the abstract expressionist movement. "After abstract expressionists, abstract art was hijacked by a group of critics who felt the more abstract painting became, the more it moved toward its destiny, became more pure," Martin said. Martin said he developed his "obsession" with painting at the age of 14, when he would spend his days listening to James Brown records in his high school's art studio. Brown a renowned soul singer has continued to influence Martin's work throughout his career as a painter.

Daily Debriefing

The United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously that full-time medical residents are to be treated as full-time employees, making them subject to Social Security and Medicare taxes, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Buntz: Sufi Solidarity

I have previously written that the war in Afghanistan has gone on for far too long. I still feel like that's true but I don't think the reason that Americans are only half-heartedly supporting this war is the absence of a truly evil enemy.

Crepes a la Carte 2011-01-13

Rosenbaum: What's in a Name?

In his inaugural address, College President Jim Yong Kim urged Dartmouth students to "think big" and to "embrace the world's troubles as your own." With these lofty goals on the horizon, it's time the College looks outside of the Hanover bubble and embraces its growth as a leading university. The first time I noticed the significance of Dartmouth's designation as a "college" rather than a "university" was when I interned for an agricultural research institute in Nairobi.

One year later, relief work continues

Exactly one year after Haiti was inflicted with an earthquake that left approximately 200,000 dead and cost an estimated $10 billion in damages, the College continues to contribute to Haitian rebuilding efforts.

Short Answer

Friday's Verbum Ultimum discussed the search for a permanent dean of the College. What criteria should the search committee prioritize in choosing the next dean? If Dartmouth is serious about changing, it is logical to bring in new blood, as those who have spent many years in the community will naturally tend to conduct business as usual.