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College suspends Tabard for three terms

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | February 4, 2016

Effective immediately, the Tabard will be suspended for three terms, according to a statement to The Dartmouth from college spokesperson Diana Lawrence. Following the suspension, the Tabard will be subject to social and College probation until the end of 2017.

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GLC bans Indian head imagery

By Zachary Benjamin | February 3, 2016

On Monday night, the Greek Leadership Council passed two changes to their code of standards and greater bylaws, banning Greek houses from displaying the Dartmouth Indian head. While the council’s code of standards had previously forbidden houses from engaging in acts of cultural appropriation, the new rule explicitly mentions displaying the Dartmouth Indian head as a violation.

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New schedule in effect 16X

By Erin Lee | February 3, 2016

A new class schedule will be implemented starting in the summer of 2016 as part of a series of recommendations made by the Curricular Review Committee in April 2015. The measure was voted on and approved at the June 1 faculty meeting.

Jeb Bush spoke to a crowd of students and community memebers on a local campaign stop.
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Jeb Bush speaks to 150 in Hanover

By Sungil Ahn | February 2, 2016

A crowd of about 150 people flocked to the Hanover Inn to see Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush speak about his experience as a leader and his goals of cutting back the government, reducing the national debt and his position within the Republican Party.

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New student app to offer food delivery

By Megan Clyne | February 2, 2016

FluxExpress — a new online food ordering pilot program founded by Thomas Cecil ’17 and Ian Bateman ’18 — will launch in the next ten days. Currently, the site will allow students to order online from nine restaurants. In the spring, the two hope to allow students to use DBA to purchase food from off-campus restaurants, Cecil and Bateman said.

Yorke Browne, physics professor, has been teaching here since 2003.
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Q&A with physics professor Yorke Brown

By Samantha Stern | February 2, 2016

Visiting associate professor Yorke Brown, who teaches two physics classes taken predominantly by pre-health students, has a different style of teaching than most other professors. Brown, who moved to Hanover in 1993, began teaching Physics 3 in the summer of 2003. The Dartmouth sat down with Brown to talk about his unique classroom methods and philosophy on education.

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GLC explicitly bans display of Indian head imagery in Greek houses

By Zachary Benjamin | February 2, 2016

On Monday night, the Greek Leadership Council passed two changes to their code of standards and greater bylaws, explicitly banning Greek houses from displaying the Dartmouth Indian head. While the council’s code of standards had previously forbidden houses from engaging in acts of cultural appropriation, the new rule explicitly mentions displaying the Dartmouth Indian head as a violation.

KDE will be suspended until the end of term, followed by probation until Jan. 3, 2017.
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College suspends KDE

By Daniel Kim | February 1, 2016

The College’s Organizational Adjudication Committee suspended Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority for one term starting Jan. 26 for violations of the College alcohol policy, disorderly conduct and property damage, according to an official statement released by College spokesperson Diana Lawrence. After the suspension is lifted, KDE will be under social and then College probation until Jan. 3, 2017. The sanctions are related to a social event held in November 2015 at the KDE house and a venue in the Upper Valley.

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Thayer searches for new professors

By Noah Goldstein | February 1, 2016

The Thayer School of Engineering is conducting three distinct searches for faculty members. At the end of the searches, the school will hire three new faculty members — one specializing in engineering in translational medicine, one in the intersection of energy and design and one in computational material science.

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Rajput ’14 and Carlin ’15 design award winning app

By Alyssa Mehra | February 1, 2016

One year and two days ago, Salman Rajput ’14, Carly Carlin ’15 and software engineer Annie Tuan founded the fitness app Simple Steps. Recently named the “Best Health App of 2015” by Men’s Fitness, Rajput said that thousands of people are now using it to track their health.

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Gloria Steinem talks gender and politics

By Joyce Lee | January 31, 2016

Feminist activist and journalist Gloria Steinem visited a crowded Morano Gelato on Friday to speak to a crowd of 50 College students and community members on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. The audience was mostly comprised of women — from high school students to older residents from the Upper Valley.

Rick Perry, speaking in 2014 at the College, is one of many conservatives who have come to campus.
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A conservative voice on campus

By Carter Brace | January 31, 2016

With the presidential primaries only eight days away, there has been no shortage of political involvement on campus. Among the tables for Bernie Sanders and the canvassing for Hillary Clinton, where do conservative voices find a space on campus?

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Annual symposium discusses refugee health

By Daniel Kim | January 31, 2016

The free public symposium “A Place for the Displaced” — hosted by the Geisel School of Medicine chapter of Physicians for Human Rights, Nathan Smith Society and the Dartmouth Coalition for Global Health — focused on refugee health and other aspects of refugee life including settlement, mental health and education in light of the recent global refugee crisis.

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Trustees approve new graduate school

By Noah Goldstein | January 28, 2016

The College’s Board of Trustees approved a motion to establish the School of Graduate and Advanced Studies at a meeting in New York City on Wednesday. The motion was approved by the faculty in a November vote after it was raised in a town hall event in October.

Attendants mingle outside the awards at the following reception.
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MLK Awards honor social justice

By Alexa Green | January 28, 2016

On May 23, 1962, Martin Luther King Jr. lectured to an overflowing audience in the basement of Dartmouth Hall on the state of social justice in America and the ongoing civil rights movement. Thursday evening, Dartmouth’s Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Awards aimed to echo his message 54 years later.

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Sonic Landscapes course transforms Rollins Chapel

By Alyssa Mehra | January 28, 2016

On Wednesdays, the “Sonic Landscapes” class transforms Rollins Chapel into exotic places through sound — a rainforest, an Antarctic shore, a Siberian tundra. The interdisciplinary course, taught by music professor Theodore Levin and film and media studies professor Carlos Casas, explores the intersection of music and media studies.

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Gilmour lectures on the Middle East

By Samantha Stern | January 27, 2016

Andrew Gilmour opened his lecture yesterday by joking that he had never before had the honor of speaking to a standing audience throughout his career in government. Students, faculty and Hanover residents crowded into the aisles and rear of Haldeman 041 yesterday afternoon to hear Gilmour, a senior analyst in the CIA’s directorate of analysis, provide a strategic perspective on the Middle East.

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