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Squash is a highly strategic game that originated in the 1830s at Harrow School, an elite boarding school in England.
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Squash players explain the strategy behind their sport

By Sabena Allen | January 23, 2017

If chess were a sport, how would it be played? According to Annie Blasberg ’20, it might look a little like “tennis in a box” ­— or as it’s commonly known, squash. Squash originated at Harrow School, an elite English boarding school, in the 1830s as a faster, more varied version of racquetball.

According to Dartmouth financial statements, the College reported a $112 million net operating loss in the last fiscal year, partly due to the reorganization of Geisel in 2016.
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College reports $112 million operating loss

By Sunpreet Singh | January 20, 2017

Due to a combination of rising expenses and flat growth in revenues, in conjunction with the reorganization of the Geisel School of Medicine, the College suffered a financial operating loss of $112 million this last fiscal year, compared to a $15.2 million loss reported the prior year. In addition, the College’s endowment declined by $189.1 million, from roughly $4.7 billion to $4.5 billion. In an interview, chief financial officer of the College Mike Wagner cited sluggish investments and increasing expenses and decreasing tuition revenues as a few of the reasons for the operating losses.

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Student Assembly Senate sees reform

By Alex Fredman | January 20, 2017

When Student Assembly president Nick Harrington ’17 and vice president Sally Portman ’17 ran for election last spring, they campaigned on a promise to reform student government by democratizing the system. This fall, they created a Student Assembly Senate with 24 elected members representing their housing communities, Harrington and Portman say that the new system is working well, but there is much work to be done. The Senate conducts business through four committees: Student Affairs, Wellness, Communications and Finance, according to Harrington.

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Artist Eric Van Hove begins Montgomery Fellowship

By Joyce Lee | January 20, 2017

Last week, artist Eric Van Hove began his term as this winter’s Montgomery Fellow. His work as a conceptual artist was introduced to the College last year when the Hood Museum bought “V12 Laraki,” a sculpture that is a replica of Mercedes-Benz’s engine.

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House communities offer faculty-led seminars

By Frances Cohen | January 20, 2017

This week marks the beginning of a series of mini-seminars hosted by the house communities. Each house community will offer several seminars on various topics, such as climate change, emotional intelligence and exploring autobiography through comic books. Dean of the College and current initiative leader Rebecca Biron said the mini-seminars aim to provide opportunities for intellectual engagement outside the classroom. “The idea is that they will be informal, low-stakes and brief and will allow faculty, staff and students to think together through a topic that they may not have a chance to work on together in the formal classroom,” she said. South House professor Kathryn Lively said in an email statement that the mini-seminars offer a more casual way for students to interact with their peers and faculty. As the program is being offered by the residential housing system, participating faculty members were divided up by house.

After an unusually warm day, the majority of the snow melted on the Green.
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Students plan snow sculpture despite cancellation

By Sonia Qin | January 19, 2017

After learning that the Winter Carnival Council would not be building the traditional snow sculpture this year, Mercedes de Guardiola ’17 reached out to fellow students to build their own sculpture, saying that she wanted to keep the tradition alive.

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Effective altruism group raises awareness

By Vignesh Chockalingam | January 19, 2017

Dartmouth Effective Altruism has a simple premise, says founder James Drain ’17: “Do as much good as possible in the most effective way we can.” Midway through last fall, Drain founded Dartmouth Effective Altruism, a student-led initiative to spread awareness of the emerging philosophy of effective altruism. A social movement and philosophy that has gained popularity in recent years, effective altruism looks to optimize the ways in which individuals improve the world around them.

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Alumni sell popular dating app

By Racquel Lyn | January 19, 2017

The dating app BAE, co-founded by Jordan Kunzika ’16 in 2015, has been acquired by the technology company if(we), the parent company of popular dating website Tagged. Kunzika and Justin Gerrard Tu’16 both served important roles in the app’s creation — Kunzika was a co-founder and Gerrard was the chief marketing officer.

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