CNN's Tapper '91 to give talk on Tuesday

Courtesy of Dartmouth Alumni In October 2009, in a low-lying valley of northeast Afghanistan, 53 American troops stationed at Combat Outpost Keating were ambushed by 350 Taliban insurgents descending from higher mountainous terrain. Over the next 12 hours, the troops fought off insurgents armed with mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and other high-powered weaponry. CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper '91 remembers hearing the news of the battle while at the hospital for the birth of his first son.

Deans hold first xTalks in Biscoh

Big Green captains emphasize leadership and communication

Mulin Xiong / The Dartmouth While each Big Green team has a unique policy for electing its leadership and dictating responsibilities, many captains have similar experiences in their roles. Whether they are juniors or seniors, co-captains or tri-captains, Big Green captains take pride in their position, are honored to be elected and work hard to help the team succeed. Typically, the entire team votes for the following year's captains when the season ends.

Women's basketball falls on road

Men's basketball drops two during weekend homestand

Zonia Moore / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth men's basketball team suffered a tough loss to Ivy League powerhouse Princeton University 73-55 on Friday night at Leede Arena, and while it seemed that Dartmouth would put the University of Pennsylvania in its place on Saturday, the Big Green struggled to overtake the Quakers at home. The Tigers (12-9, 5-2 Ivy) trampled the Big Green on Friday night, grabbing 14 more rebounds and 18 more points by the end of the game.

Students create documentary

Although Dartmouth students pride themselves in tackling challenges of many forms, from academic to athletic to artistic, few can say they have faced live bears and lived to tell about it. Students in film and media studies professor Jeffrey Ruoff's introductory videomaking class spent the winter producing a documentary about Ben Kilham, a local scientist and farmer from Lyme who is raising and studying 27 orphaned black bear cubs.

Men's hockey defeats Colgate after falling to Cornell

Natalie Cantave / The Dartmouth Staff Despite missing several key upperclassmen, the No.

Case competition proposes solutions to health and development challenges in the Mala Valley

Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Seven teams of undergraduate and graduate students from various disciplines sought to identify innovative solutions to health and developmental problems in Peru's Mala Valley during the Dartmouth Global Health and Development case competition on Saturday. The winning team Fed Ghali Med'16, master's in public health student at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice Faseeha Altaf GR'13, Thayer School of Engineering PhD student Jennifer Tate GR'13, Hatty Pearson '14, Victoria Trump Redd '14, Brenna Liponis '14 and Emily Fletcher '13 highlighted the importance of establishing baseline and ongoing health and environmental measures in the region. The runner-up team, which included Rachel LaRocca Med'16, Liqiong He Tu'13, Michael Seitz '14, Kate Bradshaw '14, Garrett Wymore '13 and Troy Dildine '13, advocated promoting public health principles and taking better advantage of the region's existing water distribution system. The winning team earned an $1000 prize while the runner-up team won $500.