Cut for the Future
College President Jim Yong Kim announced this week the need for further budget cuts ("College aims to cut $100 million over two years," Nov.
Campus prepares for coming budget cuts
In the wake of this weekend's announcement of targets for College budget reductions, many faculty and students leaders interviewed by The Dartmouth said they are now looking to prioritize the programs and aspects of Dartmouth life that they feel are most important.
Film professor Ehrlich ends 18-year tenure at the College
ANDY MAI / The Dartmouth Staff Beloved animation professor David Ehrlich, an 18-year veteran of the film and media department, announced earlier this year that he plans to leave Dartmouth at the end of the Fall term in order to pursue a teaching opportunity at an art and design college on Gulangyu, a tropical island off the coast of South China. "I love Dartmouth and its students, and am ambivalent about leaving, but after 18 years, it's time to move on," Ehrlich said in an interview with The Dartmouth this week. Ehrlich is a world-renowned animator credited with making the first animal sculptural hologram, which he titled "Oedipus at Colomus," in 1978.
Soccer shuts out Cornell to maintain second place in Ivies
AKIKAZU ONDA / The Dartmouth Staff Two second-half goals pushed the Dartmouth men's soccer team past Cornell (5-6-5, 0-3-3 Ivy) on Saturday to secure a vital 2-0 win, keeping the team in contention for an Ivy League championship. The win keeps the Big Green (10-5-1, 4-2-0 Ivy) tied with Brown for second place in the Ancient Eight, while an overtime victory by Harvard over Columbia kept the Crimson on top of the league. Andrew Olsen '11 put the Big Green ahead in the 53rd minute, when Lucky Mkosana '12 sped up to collect a loose ball, carried it to the box and set up Olsen to net his third goal of the season. Mkosana doubled the lead in the 72nd minute, when he sprinted to a long ball from co-captain Dan Keat '10 and carried it up to fire a powerful shot past Big Red goalie Rick Pflasterer. "I think the most important thing was after the first half, we went out really hard and we all worked together," Mkosana said. Mkosana now leads Dartmouth with eight goals, while Keat still leads the team overall with 20 points. Although the Big Green forced Pflasterer to make four saves in the first half against multiple long balls and free kicks, the period remained scoreless. Keat nearly scored the Big Green's first goal in the 23rd minute, when he sent a ball down the left wing for Mkosana, who collected it and crossed back to Keat at the top of the box, but his shot missed high. Mkosana also came close to scoring in the dying minutes of the first half when he claimed a ball from a corner, but his shot hit the top of the post. Cornell took only three shots in the first half and created few chances, but an early attempt did force rookie goalkeeper Sean Donovan '13 to make his first save. Led by Olsen and Mkosana, the team took a little over eight minutes of play after halftime to score the game-winning goal. The Big Red's closest chance to counter came in the 63rd minute, when a breakaway left Dartmouth at a three-on-two disadvantage, but strong defense by Pumi Maqubela '10 and Teo Larsson-Sax '13 forced a high shot. The Big Green closed out the second half with nine shots, for a total of 16 on the game.
Women's tennis dominates Dartmouth Invite matches
NICHOLAS ROOT / The Dartmouth Staff In its last tune-up before the winter season, the Dartmouth women's tennis team dominated opponents St.
Ramirez criticizes Sandinista party
Jamie McCoy / The Dartmouth Staff Correction appended Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his socialist Sandinista party have betrayed the principles of the Sandinista Revolution, former Sandinista Vice President Sergio Ramirez told a crowd of approximately 100 students and community members gathered in Filene Auditorium on Monday.
Despite cuts new profs. join College faculty
A group of 13 new faculty members, with interests ranging from electroacoustic music research to politics and public services for the rural poor of India, have joined Dartmouth's faculty this year in various departments across the College. While budget cuts have prevented some departments from completing searches to fill open positions, Mastanduno said he believes the quality of the faculty hired recently has been especially strong due to decreased hiring at other institutions. "Although we delayed a few searches, in the extent that we've been able to search, we've recruited really top people certainly in my division and I think across the College," he said. Dartmouth's focus on a "hybrid" of undergraduate teaching and advanced research attracts a self-selecting group of faculty, according to Michael Mastanduno, associate dean for the social sciences. "I think what we generally look for here are people who are both excellent teachers and excellent scholars," he said. As a fifth-grade teacher in a poor urban school district in the Boston area, Michele Tine found herself questioning why some students "seemed to learn in ways that were primarily different," she said.
Intl. travel for admissions is limited
Admissions officers from many of Dartmouth's peer institutions travel more frequently and to a broader range of countries than do admissions representatives from the College, according to multiple college admissions officers.
Jumping to Conclusions
The prevailing media narrative emerging from last Tuesday's off-cycle elections, and the two Republican gubernatorial victories in New Jersey and Virginia, is that President Obama and Congressional Democrats are in huge trouble for next year's midterms, and that the Republican Party is poised for a major comeback.
Alternative social space effort sees mixed results
In the last few years, debates over the need for "alternative social spaces" have periodically dominated campus dialogue.
Sit-Down Tragedy fills stand-up comedy niche on campus
ALICE ZHAO / The Dartmouth Staff Few groups on campus can claim to have once considered going by names like "The Half-Eaten Cookies," or "The Tim Goldberg." But Sit-Down Tragedy, a student comedy troupe that appears to have found its own niche on campus less than two years after it was established, is not exactly your typical club. "Because the other performance groups on campus had whimsical, witty names like Casual Thursday and Dog Day Players, we decided we needed one too." Angel Castillo '10 said. From a wit standpoint, at least, the current name is an upgrade: Originally called the Dartmouth Stand-Up Comedy Group, the troupe was founded by Fred Meyer '08, and first met at India Queen to practice stand-up.
Lopsided victory over Eagles sends rugby to NRU semifinals
DOUG GONZALEZ / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth men's rugby team won its final home game of the year against Boston College on Saturday in the Northeastern Territorial Quarterfinals.
Football beats Cornell in overtime
ZACH INGBRETSEN / The Dartmouth Staff A 40-yard field goal by Foley Schmidt '12 propelled the Big Green to a 20-17 win over Cornell Dartmouth's first ever double-overtime victory on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Field.
Women's soccer beats Cornell on Senior Day
In her last game in Big Green uniform, co-captain Kelsey Quick '10's strong play propelled the Dartmouth women's soccer team to a 2-0 victory over Cornell in the season finale on Saturday.
Men's hockey falls to league foes Cornell, Colgate
AKIKAZU ONDA / The Dartmouth Staff The Big Green men's hockey team remains winless in the 2009-2010 season as the team scored just one goal during 14 power-play opportunities while giving up five penalty-kill goals in a pair of road games against No.
Don't Text and Drive
A recent New York Times article reported the case of a young British woman killed in a traffic accident.