Women share personal experiences

Correction appended A panel of seven senior women shared personal stories of sickness, loss, abuse and healing during the 23rd annual Women of Dartmouth panel on Wednesday evening.

Board to launch wiki for off-campus options

The Off-Campus Student Advisory Board, a committee designed to improve study abroad programs, plans to improve student knowledge about off-campus programs by launching a website next week detailing academic, cultural and internship opportunities, as well as basic safety and accommodation information for each off-campus program.

Ex Libris 2012-05-10

Peter Williamson '12 wins third career Ivy Player of the Year

The Dartmouth men's golf team narrowly missed out on a prime opportunity to claim the Ivy League title last week at Galloway National Golf Club, as the Big Green fell to the University of Pennsylvania in the third sudden-death playoff hole.

Committee releases tips to combat assault

The Student and Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault founded two years ago to combat sexual violence on campus and assist victims of sexual assault released three lists of recommendations on Monday to create a safer environment at the College, according to SPCSA chair Elizabeth Hoffman '13 and vice-chair Anneliese Sendax '13. The three lists separately address students, faculty and administrators and were compiled from discussion notes written during the SPCSA's Winter Symposium, which was attended by the College's Sexual Assault Awareness Program coordinators, Sexual Assault Peer Advisors, Mentors Against Violence, Sexperts and members of Green Team and Gender Sexuality XYZ, Hoffman said. The SPCSA reviewed the respective organizations' notes after the symposium's close.

Kim: A Patented Solution

As I crossed paths with many of my fellow '15s and their families this past weekend, I fondly recalled that moment when I first showed my parents my acceptance letter to Dartmouth last year.

Sociology prof. outlines threats to U.S. higher ed.

The biggest threats to American universities come not from foreign competition, but instead from the U.S.

Blair: Modern Malaise

On the whole, if we know what a person thinks about any one given political issue, we can usually guess where he or she stands on most other issues.

Additional counseling staff to begin in August

Following widespread student complaints of long wait times for counseling, Dick's House has selected two additional psychologists and a psychiatrist to join its Counseling and Human Development staff in August, according to CHD Director Mark Reed. Dick's House will also replace two psychologists who left the College in the fall and whose positions have been filled by temporary staff members since their departure, Reed said. The new staff additions are part of Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson's Wellness Initiative, which seeks to "focus on wellness as a holistic concept," she said. "We need to decrease wait times for students who need to see psychologists and counselors," Johnson said.

Helman calls on Student Assembly for opinions

Correction appended Student Assembly members discussed what they hope to see in the next College president with Chair of the Presidential Search Committee Bill Helman '80 at Tuesday's meeting.

‘Don't Trust' pushes the envelope on crass, cruel quirkiness

If I were to judge ABC's new comedy "Don't Trust the B---- in Apt. 23," which premiered this April, by its title, I would immediately discount it for several reasons: it rhymes, it is too long and am I supposed to replace the "B----" with what I think?

Daily Debriefing

The U.S. Senate voted 52 to 45 on Tuesday to block a bill that would have prevented a doubling of student loan interest rates to 6.8 percent from 3.4 percent, The New York Times reported.

Nine receive Fulbright grant offers

Nine Dartmouth students and alumni have been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Grants by the U.S. State Department to conduct research or teach abroad, according to the College's Scholarship Advising Office.

Couture: Perpetuating Partisan Rhetoric

In his recent column comparing President Barack Obama's slogans "Change" and "Forward" to Mitt Romney's "pathetic" catchphrase "Believe in America," Benjamin Schwartz uses overtly biased language and damaging assumptions to incorrectly characterize Romney's campaign and personal character ("What's in a Slogan?" May 7). Schwartz relates Romney's motto to the "birther movement," arguing that it taps into some of his supporters' racist and xenophobic sentiments as part of a larger intentional strategy calling on voters to "fear Obama's foreignness." By doing so, Schwartz contributes to the exact extremism he refutes, perpetuating the partisan rhetoric that runs rampant in our increasingly superficial political culture. It is outlandish to deduce such a hostile meaning from a phrase as generic as "Believe in America." Schwartz may be right to argue that Romney's slogan is unoriginal or mundane.