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April 11, 2026
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Some claim that cutting classes with low enrollment fuels grade inflation.
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Enrollment minimums a potential source of grade inflation

By Carter Brace | April 13, 2016

Last May, the five faculty members on the ad-hoc committee on grading practices and grade inflation proposed eliminating the Registrar’s minimum five-student enrollment for courses in order to counteract the College’s swelling course medians. The consequences of having a course cancelled and being forced to teach in a later term, they argued, motivated faculty to lower rigor to make sure enrollments are sufficient.

Professor McMahon is one of the recepients of the 2016 Guggenhiem Fellowship Award.
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McMahon discusses current and future research

By Tianhang Dong | April 13, 2016

Last week, history professor Darrin McMahon was awarded a 2016 Guggenheim Fellowship Award. A Guggenheim Fellowship is an award for scholars in the middle of their careers who have demonstrated exceptional capability in their field. This year, McMahon was selected from a pool of over 3,000 candidates to be one of 178 fellows.

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College announces Leymah Gbowee as 2016 commencement speaker

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | April 13, 2016

Gbowee was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize alongside Ellen Sirleaf and Tawakkol Karman in 2011 for her work in leading a women’s peace movement that helped end the Second Liberian War in 2003. She is the founder of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa, which provides educational and leadership opportunities in female empowerment to women in West Africa.

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Student Assembly candidates discuss platforms

By Samantha Stern | April 11, 2016

Seven students announced their candidacy for 2016 Student Assembly president early Saturday afternoon. Joby Bernstein ’17, Sean Cann ’17, Aaron Cheese ’18, Nick Harrington ’17, Ben Packer ’17 and Shiv Sethi ’17 are vying for the role in an unusually crowded field.

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Palaeopitus Senior Society hosts ‘Reflections on Race’

By Savannah Maher | April 11, 2016

Identity, campus racism and Dartmouth’s legacy of slavery were all up for discussion at “Reflections on Race,” a student panel and dinner discussion held Monday night in Dartmouth Hall. The event, organized by Palaeopitus Senior Society and a number of co-sponsoring academic departments and student groups, was attended by over 100 students.

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Science Day exposes high school students to science

By Daniel Kim | April 10, 2016

Local middle and high school students isolated DNA from strawberries, explored brain cells and made clouds inside cups this past Saturday at the fourth annual Science Day. Approximately 120 local students and close to 80 graduate student volunteers attended the event.

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Office of Greek Life launches ‘Greek 101’

By Estephanie Aquino | April 7, 2016

The Office of Greek Life, formerly known as Greek Letter Organizations and Societies, launched “Greek 101” last Monday, a two-week-long series of workshops with titles including “Discipline and Dunkins,” “Fried Rice and Fiscal Responsibility” and “DBI and Dumplings.” The programming that included presentations by the Alcohol Management Program, representatives from the Office of Pluralism and Leadership and undergraduate deans, among many other College staff members. Greek executives, who began their tenure this term, were encouraged to attend the workshops in an effort to familiarize the students with college resources available.

Greens Week highlights plant-based diets and healthy eating.
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Greens Week brings plant-based cooking to the College

By Noah Goldstein | April 7, 2016

New York Times best-selling cookbook author Jane Esselstyn describes her cooking style as “plant-based, baby!” Esselstyn came to Dartmouth this week to discuss this style for what Dartmouth Dining Services has dubbed “Greens Week,” showcasing plant-based diets around the College.

KDE will change the theme of its spring party to Woodstock instead of Derby.
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KDE Derby theme changes after last year’s protest

By Sonia Qin | April 6, 2016

Members of Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority voted almost unanimously to change the theme of its annual invite-only party from Derby to Woodstock on Tuesday evening. This change comes roughly a year after the protest at both Derby and Alpha Chi Alpha’s annual Pigstick party last May, at which around 20 Dartmouth students demonstrated against police brutality toward people of color.

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Kinne warns of extortion scam

By Sungil Ahn | April 6, 2016

Safety and Security director Harry Kinne sent out a campus-wide e-mail this past Saturday warning students about “criminal attempts to extort money from Dartmouth College students.” The scam involved phone calls in which the caller claims to be an FBI agent and threatens to arrest the student immediately if they hang up, Kinne said.

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