The Still North 2009-09-15

Daily Debriefing

Police are currently questioning a suspect who failed a lie detector test in their investigation of the murder of Annie Le, a Yale University pharmacology graduate student, according to CBS News.

Owl City's lyrics give ‘cute' pop a good name

I might never have heard of Owl City if my sister hadn't been obsessed with "cute" music this summer.

College officials prep for swine flu

Although fewer than 10 Dartmouth students have reported influenza-like illnesses amidst the resurgence of the H1N1 virus this fall, College officials expect that number will quickly rise as more students arrive for the beginning of the term, according to College Health Services Director John Turco. "It is not if we're going to get the outbreak, it's when and how effective we can be to keep it as limited as possible," Turco said. Several hundred students are currently on campus for Dartmouth Outing Club Trips, pre-season athletic training and other obligations. "I have not heard of any [students with swine flu]," head athletic trainer Jeffrey Frechette said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

Capuano '73 likely to announce Senate run later this week

Rep. Michael Capuano '73, D-Mass., will formally announce whether he will enter the race for the U.S.

Tuck, college partner to offer int'l loan program

Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, in conjunction with the undergraduate college, will offer a new institutional loan for international students attending the business school, Tuck announced last week.

Touch the Fire 2009-09-15

Photographer works to chronicle refugees' story

Laurie Levinger has found her training as a psychotherapist surprisingly helpful in her new passion photography as she works to uncover the untold stories of the Mayan people.

Suspect in Petit murder case seeks change of venue for trial

One of the suspects in the 2007 home invasion in which Hayley Petit, who was to be a member of the Class of 2011, was killed is now seeking a change of venue for the trial citing pretrial publicity, the Associated Press reported on Sept.

Welcome to College

Since your tortuous journey here at Dartmouth started with the Admissions Office, so will I. This summer, I worked full time in McNutt Hall, welcoming prospective students and their parents and answering questions about Dartmouth.

Rockefeller Center launches new leadership initiatives

Correction appended Dartmouth's Rockefeller Center will launch a series of leadership initiatives this fall after receiving a $5.6-million donation in June from Fritz Corrigan '64 and his family. The center will offer a new set of curricular and co-curricular programs designed to enhance students' leadership experience, centering on a management and leadership development program and the public policy minor, Rockefeller Center Director Andrew Samwick said in an interview with The Dartmouth. The minor, first developed during government professor Linda Fowler's tenure as the center's director, did not previously offer specific courses in leadership, Samwick said. "We had not, to date, made the study of leadership a part of the curriculum," Samwick said, adding that such study is not something that happens in an "intentional way in a liberal arts education." The new leadership sequence in the minor will include three pillars comprising a "foundations" class, a class in institutional leadership and a class on leadership in civil society. The classes will not be restricted by class year or have prerequisites, such that any student can enroll, according to Rockefeller Center Associate Director Ronald Shaiko, who is in charge of the center's curricular offerings. "We want to expose as many students as possible to this process," he said. The center plans to launch the civil society class during Spring term 2010 and the foundations class in Fall 2010, followed by the institutional leadership class in Winter 2011, Shaiko said. Other departments may also begin offering classes in leadership, Shaiko said. "It would be very rare in the other classes I've taught at Dartmouth, in my discipline, to pause and think about leadership," Samwick, who is also an economics professor, said.

Zywicki '88 files brief in alum. suit

Courtesy of GMU / The Dartmouth Staff Former Dartmouth Trustee Todd Zywicki '88 has submitted a brief in support of the ongoing alumni lawsuit against the College, just five months after the outspoken alumnus was denied reelection to a second term on the College's board a process which has historically been routine. The current lawsuit is the second legal challenge to the Board's September 2007 decision to increase its size by adding additional Board-appointed members.

Football shows signs of promise in scrimmage loss to Harvard

After last year's winless season, the team's first since 1883, the Dartmouth football team needed to make some changes. The bulk of these changes have come in the coaching staff, said head coach Buddy Teevens.

Dean of the College's Office loses second senior official in two months

Rovana Popoff, a senior administrator in the Dean of the College's Office, announced her departure from the College in an e-mail obtained by The Dartmouth on Monday.

Zywicki '88 files amicus brief in alumni lawsuit

Former Dartmouth Trustee Todd Zywicki '88 has submitted a brief in support of the ongoing alumni lawsuit against the College, just five months after the outspoken alumnus was denied reelection to a second term on the College's board a process which has historically been routine. The current lawsuit is the second legal challenge to the Board's September 2007 decision to increase its size by adding additional Board-appointed members.

Kim discusses health care reform on PBS

Although billed as a discussion of the health care reform effort, College President Jim Yong Kim's interview with PBS' Bill Moyers, which aired Friday night, was also a discourse on Kim's rise to the Dartmouth presidency and hopes for his coming tenure. Kim, who took office as College president July 1, will be officially inaugurated on Sept.

Suspect in Petit trial seeks change of venue

One of the suspects in the 2007 home invasion in which Hayley Petit, who was to be a member of the Class of 2011, was killed is now seeking a change of venue for the trial citing pretrial publicity, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday. An attorney for Joshua Komisarjevsky said in papers filed last week that William Petit Jr.