Stockton '76 tapped for DoD post

President Barack Obama announced Monday that he will nominate Paul Stockton '76 to be the assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and Americas security affairs.

College to evacuate students from Mexico

Dartmouth will evacuate students participating in the College's Language Study Abroad program in Cholula, Mexico, amid concern over the swine flu outbreak that is believed to have originated in the country, College spokesman Roland Adams said on Tuesday.

Dartmouth Library establishes new digital sound archive

The Dartmouth Library launched its first digital sound archive on April 13 with the digitization of former professor Jon Appleton's collected body of work since 1948.

$4 Coffee 2009-04-29

The Still North 2009-04-29

$4 Coffee 2009-04-29

VOCES CLAMANTIUM: Zywicki's Perspectives

To the Editor: Although I consider the trustee oath a terrible idea -- the College would be a lot better served, I'm convinced, if the Board threw open the windows, letting in some sunshine and fresh air, instead of shuttering itself away -- I recognize that the oath requires me to keep my mouth shut about Board deliberations.

Room for Debate

In a recent opinion piece, Jasper Hicks '12 laid out his case against the organizations that he believes are destroying the health of political dialogue on this campus ("Political Hangover," April 24). Chief among these groups were the College Democrats, College Republicans and College Libertarians; but unique to his list of wrongdoers was the newly formed Dartmouth Political Union, whose mission is, as our web site states, to promote the free exchange of ideas on campus by providing a forum for students to debate important issues.

Tutorial Me This

Although classroom discussion has been one of the most interesting and rewarding experiences I've had since coming to Dartmouth, as of this term my favorite class only has one student to debate -- myself.

KARR'S CHRONICLES: Toe to Teeth

In case you haven't noticed yet, the weather has been gorgeous in Hanover lately. Sure, we got a little rain the other day, but that is behind us, and spring is in full bloom -- even feeling like summer at times. My colleagues, Jordan Rose '09 and Michael Knapp '09, stumbled through a vain attempt at giving a few trite suggestions as to what to do when when the weather is warm in the "Toe to Toe" column on Sunday, but I think I can do better.

Dartmouth to evacuate students on Mexico LSA because of swine flu

Dartmouth will evacuate students participating in the College's Language Study Abroad program in Cholula, Mexico, amid concern over the swine flu outbreak that is believed to have originated in the country, College spokesman Roland Adams said on Tuesday.

Daily Debriefing

Gabrielle Ramaiah '10, a native of Houston, Texas, was one of 21 college juniors to win the a Beinecke Scholarship, according to a Dartmouth press release.

FYSEP to ease College transition

The Inter-Community Council will launch an initiative to assist students in their transition from high school to the College in fall 2009.

Native Am. author laments state of Occom's gravesite

When a friend of Doug George-Kanentiio, a Native American author and historian, said he was taking him to visit the grave of an influential Native American leader, George-Kanentiio said he was surprised to be led around barbed wire fences and into the woods before coming upon faded stone graves with illegible inscriptions.

AD fire considered to be suspicious

A fire in the basement of Alpha Delta fraternity early Monday morning is "suspicious in nature," although investigators do not currently know the exact cause of the fire, according to Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone. The building's fire alarms went off at around 4:30 a.m., according to AD President Michael Shrubb '10, who was not in the fraternity at the time. The fire started in the fraternity's basement, Giaccone said, and grew hot enough to set off the sprinkler system as well as an automated alarm. The fire's location makes it appear suspicious, Giaccone said, although investigators currently have no way to determine whether the fire was accidental or intentional. Shrubb said the sprinklers flooded part of the basement and that the fire appears to have been intentionally set.

College takes steps to prepare for swine flu

Dartmouth administrators are working with officials at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center as well as county and state health departments to stay informed of any developments in the swine flu outbreak, director of College Health Services John Turco said Monday in a campus-wide e-mail.

Touch the Fire 2009-04-28