Alumni file new brief in suit against the College

A group of alumni on Wednesday filed its response to a July 17 motion by the College, the latest step in the continuing legal saga surrounding the Dartmouth Board of Trustees' September 2007 decision to increase its size by adding Board-appointed members. The filing was a response to the College's motion for summary judgment, effectively a request for the suit to be dismissed.

The Gospel of Eros

This weekend, as I was buzzing through the work of the esteemed literary critic Harold Bloom, a sentence jumped out at me: "[Our] erotic livesare quite simply now our spiritual lives." It is startling to see something you felt you knew but couldn't express reflected back at you.

Rollin' with Dolan: Brett Favre

Admit it, when you first saw the title of this article you were slightly disappointed. We've all heard so many stories about Brett Favre's flip-flopping over retirement that, at this point, I don't think any of us care anymore.

Touch the Fire 2009-08-25

College plans response to possible H1N1 cases

As cold weather and new students arrive on campus this fall, College officials are taking additional steps to deal with the potential spread of the H1N1 virus, more commonly known as swine flu.

Fear for Your Health

For all the evils that the television may bring, there are some events that cannot be expressed in writing alone.

Daily Debriefing

Jennifer Matos, a former adviser to Latina students at Smith College and a current doctoral student who is working to complete a dissertation about the factors that affect the educational success of Latino students, began her new position as an adviser to Latino students in the OPAL office on Monday, according to Acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears.

AMP review will fall to Spears

Newly appointed acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears will spend the coming weeks reviewing and addressing the Alcohol Management Procedure report, welcoming members of the Class of 2013 and reaching out to students campus-wide, she said Monday in an interview with The Dartmouth. Spears assumed control of the office in the wake of former Dean Tom Crady's abrupt departure last week, and will fill the position for the next two years, during which time the College will review the structure of the Dean of the College's office, The Dartmouth reported last week.

Dartheart set to expand to campuses nationwide

Courtesy of dartheart.com Dartheart, a non-profit organization founded in the winter of 2008 as a peer support network for Dartmouth students recovering from post traumatic stress disorder, will expand nationwide this fall with chapters at Columbia University, Brown University, Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania, according to Jessica Olson '07, Dartheart's founder. "We felt like Dartheart had gotten to a point where the system could be adapted to support survivors at other colleges," Olson said.

College plans sustainability minor

Faculty members from the environmental studies program are working to develop a minor in "sustainability studies" over the course of the next academic year, which would aim to connect campus sustainability initiatives from the Organic Farm to the Sustainable Living Center under a common "umbrella," according to professor and environmental studies department chair Andrew Friedland. "I know a lot of undergraduates are extremely interested and excited to see a sustainability minor and a sustainability program happen at Dartmouth, and that's our intention," he said. A large number of faculty, staff, students and administrators have identified sustainability as an important subject to address academically, according to Friedland. "The word and the actual idea of sustainability' are appearing more and more often in this country and in the world when people have discussions about environmental issues," he said. Friedland said he expects one of the driving forces behind the development of a sustainability minor to be Anne Kapuscinski, who was recently hired as the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of Sustainability Science. "One of her goals in her first year is to work on this sustainability science minor," Friedland said. Kapuscinski could not be reached for comment by press time. Although faculty members in the environmental studies program said it would be wonderful to implement the minor by the end of this year, they said they have not yet started the concrete planning stages of the project. "The environmental studies program is in the information-gathering phase," Friedland said.

Boston ‘Idol' concert delights fans

For the past eight years, the producers behind the "American Idol" summer tour have perfected the art of putting on an entertaining concert this year's tour is no exception.

Sound Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself

Relationships take work. That's a fairly standard truism that people tend to forget all too easily.

Mastering the Politics of Play

Considering how ardently the Greek system loves pong, it's odd that there is no formal tournament where the houses could compete against each other.

Overheards

First '11 Female: I always think about sex in the library. The second I'm there, bam, I'm thinking about it.

Touch the Fire 2009-08-21