Poverty specialist: language does matter
Members of different classes should not make assumptions about each other, Jodi Pfarr, a consultant for Aha!
Members of different classes should not make assumptions about each other, Jodi Pfarr, a consultant for Aha!
Jessica Griffen / The Dartmouth Staff Alpha Xi Delta sorority welcomed John Edwards representatives Kate Michelman and Cate Edwards, the politician's daughter, to its house on Friday for an informal meet-and-greet cosponsored by Women in Leadership and Dartmouth Students for John Edwards.
The Dartmouth Alumni Council filed a brief Thursday calling on the Grafton County Superior Court to dismiss the Association of Alumni's lawsuit against the College.
Grey Cusack / The Dartmouth Despite public differences among members of the Board of Trustees on recent governance issues, the board spoke with one voice in addressing concerns of class size, financial aid and facilities in the first student-trustee open forum in College history, held Friday night in Filene Auditorium.
Over 350 alumnae returned to Hanover this weekend for a three-day program commemorating the 35th anniversary of coeducation at the College.
Addressing the pressing foreign-policy questions of Iraq, Iran and Darfur, Samantha Power, a professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and advisor to presidential hopeful Sen.
Andy Faust / The Dartmouth Calling for an American healthcare system based on active prevention as opposed to reaction, presidential hopeful and former governor Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., addressed residents, doctors and staff of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Friday afternoon. Huckabee chose to focus on his personal political experiences rather than his current platform, highlighting the successes of his health programs as governor.
No petition candidates in leadership positions
Big Green soccer has long been one of the most exciting sports to watch each fall. But the question for far too long among spectators has been, "Where the heck do I sit?" Up until this season, the home of Dartmouth men's and women's soccer was the un-glorious Chase Field, a low-tech, oft-overgrown playing surface that seemed little more than a natural clearing in the New Hampshire woods.
BCS Redux
Jennie Post / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth men's soccer lost its first Ivy League game, 1-0, to the nationally-ranked #5 Brown Bears on Saturday evening.
The Dartmouth men's basketball team tipped off its season this past weekend at the inaugural Air Force Classic tournament in Colorado.
Jennie Post / The Dartmouth Staff Head Coach Buddy Teevens '79 called Saturday's football contest a "track meet." Brown and Dartmouth traded score after score until the final whistle, as Brown came out on top 56-35. The Bears' (4-5, 3-3 Ivy) offense was led almost single-handedly by WR Bobby Sewall.
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Alex Barnett '09 Basketball Barnett was an offensive juggernaut in the Big Green's win over VMI Saturday night.
I read the article on Nov. 8 about professors being able to monitor students' Blackboard use ("Profs monitor student Blackboard use"). Why on earth has the feature been included in the Blackboard software?
Several weeks ago, along with about 200 alumni, I attended a briefing in the San Francisco Bay Area about affairs related to the expansion of the Board of Trustees.
Quick, what's the opposite of a "jock?" If you said "nerd" (like I did), you're probably not alone.
Although Veterans Day was Sunday, Monday is the official day of observance. What's this? Yet another national holiday which Dartmouth does not observe, but which prevents you from going to the bank?