Sororities consider localization
The College’s Panhellenic Council has drafted a document this term outlining the localization process that they have forwarded to sorority leaders to support those organizations considering localization.
The College’s Panhellenic Council has drafted a document this term outlining the localization process that they have forwarded to sorority leaders to support those organizations considering localization.
For this year’s Green Key weekend, students can expect an array of live music, parties, free Ben and Jerry’s ice cream and even a hot air balloon. Highlights include a number of concerts and parties, mainly hosted by Programming Board, Collis Governing Board and various Greek houses.
Following the positive tests for Coliform and E. coli bacteria, the City of Lebanon issued a boil water order for potable water, effective until further notice, Safety and Security director Harry Kinne wrote in an email to campus. He said in an interview, however, that these findings will not affect Hanover and that authorities in Lebanon and West Lebanon are handling the situation.
Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce released a study last week that shows that students who major in health, STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — and business fields end up with higher average annual wages at the entry level and over the course of a person’s career.
Following increased complaints from Hanover residents about Dartmouth cyclists and dangerous riding practices, the Hanover Bike and Pedestrian Committee has recently teamed up with Hanover Police, Dartmouth Safety and Security and the Dartmouth Wellness Committee to put on a series of events to raise awareness about bike safety, committee chairman Bill Young said.
Harvard history professor Walter Johnson gave a lecture yesterday about American slavery and what Johnson believed were common misconceptions about the labeling of slaves and slave owners in the pre-Civil War American South.
This past Friday, Dean of the faculty Michael Mastanduno announced the appointment of three new associate deans of the arts and sciences. English professor Barbara Will, psychology professor Jay Hull and biology professor Elizabeth Smith will become the associate deans for the arts and humanities, social science and science divisions, respectively, effective July 1.
Last week the National Science Foundation awarded 16 alumni and students Graduate Research Fellowships for 2015 out of 2,000 recipients from a pool of 16,500 applicants nationwide. An additional 16 Dartmouth-affiliated students were awarded honorable mentions.
In 1950s Germany the sixth most popular pastime was looking out of windows, according to German sociological studies that Harvard University Society of Fellows junior fellow Daniel Jütte said inspired his interested in windows and window-gazing.
The vice provost of student affairs position, which current interim Dean of the College Inge-Lise Ameer will assume in July, was created to produce increased oversight of student life on campus and streamline administrative positions, Provost Carolyn Dever said. Similar positions exist at other institutions, both Dever and president of Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Kevin Kruger said.
The Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations model, which focuses on value-based rather than fee-for-service care, is performing as well as or better than anticipated at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, director of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and one of the ACO model creators, Elliott Fisher said.
Though LED lights installed in Leverone Field House last summer have not yet reached their target of reducing energy levels by 70 to 85 percent, levels have decreased significantly since installation, energy program manager Stephen Shadford said. The lights come as part of a larger ongoing effort to reduce energy consumption at the College, he said.
The College has denied Alpha Delta fraternity’s appeal of its derecognition, College spokesperson Diana Lawrence wrote in email on Friday.
In the early hours of Saturday morning, the Green transformed into a bustling, communal space for Native Americans students at Dartmouth to celebrate the 43rd annual powwow. With the scent of frybread and bison burgers wafting across the Green, vendors showcased their handcrafted artistry, performers danced in traditional regalia and flags hung to honor Native tribes.
Most Hanover businesses report little to no change in revenue since the College’s hard alcohol ban went into effect on March 28.
Alpha Delta fraternity’s appeal following its derecognition last month has been denied, College spokesperson Diana Lawrence wrote in an email.
Security officials and event organizers have formed a central safety and planning committee for Greek Key weekend after an unusually high number of medical issues resulted in overstretched resources during last year’s festivities.
Students who were welcomed to campus at the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge during First-Year Trips will find a new building if they return to visit the 77-year-old structure since the Board of Trustees approved a complete rebuilding of the facility to be completed over the next few years.
Improve Dartmouth, an online forum for members of the Dartmouth community to post suggestions, has altered the structure of its leadership team, moving from six moderators to 14 members on four committees.
A petition calling for the resignation of Student Assembly president-elect Frank Cunningham ’16 following what it called “uncouth, unjustified” behavior at a student protest Saturday afternoon has garnered 359 signatures as of press time. Cunningham sent an email to campus Wednesday morning, in which he apologized and wrote that he “had no business approaching a female member of our community in that way” and acknowledged that his actions appeared “threatening.”