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The Glove

By David Glovsky | April 17, 2008

While many see senior spring as another chance to get outside and enjoy the sunlight, for one group of seniors, Spring term offers opportunities to engage in activities that have heretofore been precluded by the all-encompassing commitment of a varsity sport.

Dartmouth will wrap up its season at the Ivy Championships this Saturday.
Sports

Freund leads equestrian at Zones

By Sarah Rohrbach | April 17, 2008

COURTESY OF THE DARTMOUTH AEGIS For the seven seniors on Dartmouth's equestrian team, the upcoming Ivy Championships will mark the last team competition in their collegiate careers. Co-captain Lily Macartney '08 summed up the attitude of the seniors. "People are pretty excited about this weekend, pumped to go out with a bang," Macartney said. For the whole team, the show will conclude a successful season. In regular season contests, the team never finished lower than fourth place, competing with eight to 10 other teams in each show. After the regular season, nine of the 15 riders qualified to participate in the Regional Championship, a competition for the best riders in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and parts of Massachusetts. Following the regional competition, four senior riders -- Macartney, co-captain Daisy Freund '08, Elizabeth Bissell '08 and Katherine Scovner '08 qualified to compete in the Zone Championship, a contest between the top finishers from several Regional competitions. The Zone competition is comprised of the best riders from all of New England, and winners continue to the national championship. At Zones, Freund finished in first place in the Open Flat competition and fourth in her Cacchione Challenge class.

Events to introduce prospective members of the Class of 2012 to Dartmouth will commence this evening.
News

College is twice as likely to admit legacy applicants

April 17, 2008

BEN GETTINGER Dartmouth admitted approximately 29.7 percent of legacy applicants to the Class of 2012, as compared to approximately 12.7 percent of non-legacies, calculations based on raw statistics provided by the Admissions Office.

The Hood Museum of Art's hip hop party, designed to attract students to its Black Womanhood exhibit, was met with some student opposition.
News

Students oppose hip hop party

By Turia Lahlou | April 17, 2008

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff A group of more than fifty concerned students is speaking out against the Hood Museum of Art's recent hip hop party given to introduce its new Black Womanhood exhibit.

The Qawwali Masters, a musical group from Pakistan, eat dinner with students after a show in Brace Commons.
Arts

Off the stage, international artists interact with students

April 16, 2008

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Visitors to Brace Commons in the East Wheelock Cluster on Monday night saw a merging of two worlds as the Pakistani Qawwali Masters met the Shaker Singers for an open demonstration to community members and students.

Opinion

D-Plan Dilemma

By Michael Belinsky | April 16, 2008

During my four years here, I have developed a love-hate relationship with Dartmouth. I love the outdoors, the professors and the students.

Opinion

The Death of the Dinner Date

By Zachary Gottlieb | April 16, 2008

In his column "In Search of Intellectualism," (Apr. 12, 2007), Tom Atwood '08 makes a provocative point: "I don't think Dartmouth students are particularly creative or innovative with their thinking, and, as a result, conversations become stale and intellectual apathy ensues." How is this possible in a culture of 30% valedictorians, 15% salutatorians and hundreds of other students who never drank in high school?

Opinion

Beyond Paying It Forward

By Alex Caron | April 16, 2008

In her column "Pay It Forward" (Apr. 9) Nina Maja Bergmar offers a misguided solution to a community service "problem" that she has invented by misreading the actions (or inactions) of her fellow students.

News

Daily Debriefing

April 16, 2008

Opening statements in the murder trial of Christopher Hollis for the 2005 death of Meleia Willis-Starbuck '07 began on Monday, The San Francisco Chronicle reported yesterday.

News

Le '98 speaks on global health care

By Aoife Duffy | April 16, 2008

In Lesotho, an African nation with a population of approximately 2 million, more than 700,000 citizens are infected with HIV, Phuoc Le '98, M.D., a resident in Global Health Equity, Pediatrics and Internal Medicine at Harvard Medical School, said in a speech on Tuesday.

Travis Green '08 resigns as Assembly president to allow Bode '09 to assume leadership on Tuesday.
News

Green '08 passes presidency to Bode '09

By Susan Matthews | April 16, 2008

Zachary Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Staff Outgoing Student Body President Travis Green '08 and Vice President Ian Tapu '08 resigned their positions Tuesday so that newly elected President Molly Bode '09 and Vice President Nafeesa Remtilla '09 could take office over a month earlier than in previous years. Tapu resigned first, which allowed the Assembly to elect Bode as the new vice president, which they did unanimously.

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