News

Preparations underway for bonfire, other Homecoming events

By Amber Bhutta | October 10, 2019

As Homecoming weekend approaches, preparations and precautions alike are underway. Departments across campus have coordinated with each other and the town of Hanover to bring back previous traditions, introduce new ones and conform to safety standards.

---

News

Sorority rush this fall sees 237 bids extended

By Marco Allen | October 10, 2019

The number of bids extended this fall during sorority recruitment remained fairly consistent with the number of bids extended last year. This fall, 237 total bids were extended to the rushing class, compared to 239 bids from 2018, which in turn represented a significant drop from the 277 bids extended in 2017 and 2016.

---

News

Presidential candidate Michael Bennet talks health care, education at Dartmouth

By Eliza Gallant | October 10, 2019

Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bennet visited Dartmouth on Tuesday night for a campaign event at the Hopkins Center.

---

News

Phishing emails sent to students accounts promise high-paying jobs

By Emily Lu | October 8, 2019

Since the beginning of the term, students have reported receiving job offers via phishing emails to their Dartmouth accounts.

---

News

Lawsuit alleging 2005 sexual assault at College moves to settlement conference

By Reilly Olinger | October 8, 2019

A settlement conference for two Dartmouth alumni embroiled in a legal dispute over an alleged sexual assault in 2005 has been scheduled for Oct. 18.

---

News

Documentary co-produced by NAS professor wins Emmy

By Emily Zhang | October 8, 2019

“Dawnland,” a documentary co-produced by Native American studies professor N. Bruce Duthu, recently won the News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Research. 

---

News

Library permanently moves pickup location for reserve books

By Lauren Adler | October 8, 2019

Starting this term, Baker-Berry Library has permanently relocated reserve books and microfilm machines from the Orozco Room to behind the circulation desk in Berry Library.

---

News

Tuck receives $25 million gift, largest ever in school's history

By Marco Allen | October 4, 2019

The Tuck School of Business recently received a $25 million donation from the Bakala Foundation — the largest donation in the graduate school’s history.

---

News

College reconsiders biomass plant, continues work on heating system

By Maya Kempf-Harris | October 4, 2019

Following concerns raised by a group of scientists, the College is reconsidering its plan to construct a biomass heating plant as a replacement for its current oil-powered plant. 

---

News

Hanlon hosts weekly "Ask Me Anything" sessions at dining hall

By Caitlin McCarthy | October 4, 2019

This fall, College President Phil Hanlon is trying out a new tactic to form a closer relationship between students and the administration: lunches at the Class of 1953 Commons.

---

News

DDS disallows use of meal swipes at snack bars

By Claire Kardesch | October 4, 2019

Starting this term, Dartmouth Dining Services has introduced new hours and Starbucks products at Novack Café and has disallowed the use of meal swipes at the College’s snack bars. 

---

News

Study abroad programs see higher grades, per College report

By Pierce Wilson | October 3, 2019

For the past decade, the average GPA in classes taken on language study abroad programs, language study abroad plus programs and foreign study programs has been significantly higher than the average GPA in classes taken on campus, according to an internal College report obtained by The Dartmouth. 

---

News

Government department to offer PPE major

By Ioana Andrada Pantelimon | October 3, 2019

Starting this fall, Dartmouth’s government department will offer three new modified majors, collectively called politics, philosophy and economics.

---

News

West House offers snack bar currency at community events

By Amber Bhutta | October 3, 2019

The West House executive board recently reintroduced “West Bucks,” a form of currency that West House residents may receive at select house community events that can be exchanged for food at the student-run “Snack Shack.” As a continuation of an initiative that began last spring, West Bucks has seen a number of improvements since its inception.

---

News

'Bernie in the pines': Sanders rally draws large crowd to Bema

By Soleil Gaylord and Pierce Wilson | October 1, 2019

A crowd of over 1,000 students and community members flocked to the Bema on Sunday evening to watch Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speak about issues including climate change, gun control, healthcare, taxes and wages.

---

News

GLC cuts funding to houses for student group performances

By Joey Chong | October 1, 2019

The Greek Leadership Council will no longer allocate funds for Greek organizations to host student performance groups, according to GLC president James Park ’20. The now-terminated funding policy used to provide $150 to Greek houses to host student performance groups, Park said. 

---

News

College issues cease and desist letter to apparel company

By Ioana Andrada Pantelimon | October 1, 2019

The College issued a cease and desist letter on Sept. 25 to Vintage Brand, a company which sells vintage-style college clothing and objects — including some with Dartmouth’s former Indian mascot. 

---

News

Dartmouth's endowment growth in line with peer institutions

By Jacob Strier | October 1, 2019

A diverse class of assets and positive private equity returns were key factors in the growth of the College’s endowment to an all-time high of $5.7 billion in the 2019 fiscal year. The endowment returned a net 7.5 percent, marking a small decrease from last fiscal year’s return of 12.2 percent.

---

News

New sexual assault prevention program unveiled for first-years

By Amar Scherzer | September 27, 2019

The campus group Movement Against Violence announced on Wednesday that its programming is being absorbed into the Sexual Violence Prevention Project, with MAV no longer “existing in name.” Starting this fall, SVPP will take over all sexual violence prevention programming for undergraduate students, including MAV’s facilitated discussions and first-year programming

---

News

Oh rats! Residents of French Hall face daily battle with local rodents

By Lauren Adler | September 27, 2019

As students moved in for the fall term, many living on the first and basement floors of French Hall were dismayed to find that they would be sharing their building with a few extra residents: mice.

---