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With the Green showing more green than usual, the snow sculpture will not be built for carnival this year.
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No snow sculpture this year

By Daniel Kim | February 7, 2016

A College tradition since 1925, the snow sculpture will not return to the Green for this year’s Winter Carnival, director of the Collis Center, which oversees the Winter Carnival committee, Anna Hall said. The decision was reached right after the winter interim. She added that events such as the dogsled race and polar bear plunge are dependent on next week’s weather.

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DBI panel presents new findings

By Amanda Zhou | February 7, 2016

At a presentation last Thursday afternoon, the Dartmouth Bystander Initiative team reported results from their new pre-recruitment workshop. The event was advertised to Greek presidents, and nearly all of the Greek Leadership council was present.

Jake Tapper ’91 filmed a segment focused on the election for his show, “The Lead,” on the Green on Friday afternoon.
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Q&A with CNN correspondent Jake Tapper ’91

By Alexa Green | February 7, 2016

Jake Tapper ’91, a CNN correspondent, broadcast his show “The Lead” from the Green last Friday afternoon, focusing on student voices in the election and in particular, Tuesday’s upcoming New Hampshire primary. The program, which airs every day at 4 p.m. on CNN, covers top news stories ranging from politics, money, sports and popular culture. The Dartmouth sat down with Tapper before his broadcast to talk about his reporting the role of the media.

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Alumni petition for Asian-American studies department

By Sonia Qin | February 4, 2016

On Monday, Alice Liou ’13 started a petition on Change.org pushing for the immediate creation of an Asian-American studies department. As of press time, 316 people have signed the petition, which has been widely circulated on social media sites such as Facebook.

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Free State project reaches goal

By Joyce Lee | February 4, 2016

A mass migration across the United States in pursuit of political freedom sounds more like a description of historical events such as the 1847 Mormon migration to Utah, not a modern movement. However, the Free State Project is a modern political migration organization seeking to relocate liberty-minded individuals to New Hampshire. On Tuesday, the project reached its goal of gathering 20,000 signers pledging to move to the Granite State within the next five years.

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Cushing proposes bill on land grant

By Joe Regan | February 4, 2016

In January and October, New Hampshire state representative Robert Cushing introduced two bills to the legislature, which would prohibit the College from selling land granted by the 1807 Second College Land Grant and hold the College accountable for a $10,000 fund set up in 1883.

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SAE suspended by national, derecognized by College

By Priya Ramaiah | February 4, 2016

Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity has been suspended by its national organization for no less than five years for violations of health and safety regulations as well as a failure to comply with the national organization’s standards, according to a statement released by SAE national executive director of communications Brandon Weghorst.

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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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