Programming Board announces Green Key concert line-up
T-Pain, the Far East Movement and MisterWives will perform at this year’s Green Key concert, Programming Board president Chelsea Mandel ’15 confirmed yesterday.
T-Pain, the Far East Movement and MisterWives will perform at this year’s Green Key concert, Programming Board president Chelsea Mandel ’15 confirmed yesterday.
Renovations of the Hood Museum of Art, the Hopkins Center and the stands at Memorial Field are currently underway or in the early stages of planning, vice president for campus planning and facilities Lisa Hogarty said.
Students entering co-sponsored Greek events like tails will be greeted by one person from each house at the door, if a policy being developed by the Interfraternity Council and the Panhellenic Council is adopted.
The Thayer School of Engineering and Technical University of Denmark are finalizing a proposal to create an exchange program between the two schools, Thayer assistant dean of academic and student affairs Holly Wilkinson said.
Programming Board is bringing T-Pain, the Far East Movement and Misterwives for this year’s Green Key concert on Friday, May 15 on the Gold Coast lawn.
Fewer students than last year ran on the official ballot to fill seats on the Organizational Adjudication Committee and the Committee on Standards, two bodies that carry out the bulk of student judiciary proceedings at the College.
Conservative political and social critic David Brooks, who pens a regular column for the New York Times, will serve as this year’s commencement speaker in June.
With several relocations and closings, the storefronts along Main Street are changing. The Indigo and Lemon Tree Gifts have moved onto Main Street, wood planks block the entrances to what once was Metro Bakery and Cafe and 3 Guys Basement Barbeque and brown paper covers the windows of Indigo’s previous home.
David Brooks, conservative political and social commentator known for his regular op-ed column in The New York Times, will deliver the College's commencement address this year on Sunday, June 14.
Lower voter turnout, fewer candidates, student apathy and an active social media presence, particularly on the app Yik Yak, were distinctive features of this year’s Student Assembly and Class Council elections, students and student representatives observed.
Since its implementation this winter, nine varsity teams have gone through the Gameplan 2.0 program, a bystander intervention workshop designed with athletes in mind, survivor advocate and program director Benjamin Bradley said. The remaining teams will have their workshops this spring, Bradley said, with the possibility of holding a few during summer term.
Though most College employees will receive a 1.5 percent increase in base pay for the next fiscal year, Geisel Medical School faculty and staff will only receive a one-time bonus, executive vice president and chief financial officer Rick Mills said. Geisel’s deficit, which is estimated to be about $20 million per year for the next five years, has put a strain on the medical school’s finances, chair of the faculty council and Geisel professor Harold Swartz said.
Frank Cunningham ’16 has been elected Student Assembly president with 966 votes, and Julia Dressel ’17 has been elected vice president with 1,149 votes. This reflects 59 percent and 70 percent of voters, respectively.
The College Republicans attended the “First In The Nation Republican Leadership Summit” for the first time this past weekend. The State Committee hosted the summit in Nashua, New Hampshire, and it included speeches by prominent members of the GOP, including Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX; Sen. Marco Rubio, R-FL; Sen. Rand Paul, R-KY; Gov. Chris Christie, R-NJ and former governor of Florida Jeb Bush.
When students imagine the lawns of Greek houses, they likely picture unkempt, weedy patches of grass dotted by the occasional runaway beer can. But imagine instead a permaculture garden thriving with fresh blueberries, plums, kiwis and more. In other words, envision a possibility that Malcolm Salovaara ’17 has helped actualize by implementing self-sustaining gardens on the properties of 10 different Greek houses.
Frank Cunningham '16 has been elected Student Assembly president with 966 votes, and Julia Dressel '17 has been elected vice president with 1,149 votes.
At Fridays’s debate, Student Assembly presidential candidates Frank Cunningham ’16 and Jake Gaba ’16 and vice presidential candidates Julia Dressel ’17 and Penelope Williams ’16 discussed key points of their campaign platforms, their qualifications and issues ranging from diversity and inclusivity on campus to the role of Student Assembly.
Greek houses are in the process of searching for one male and one female faculty advisor, as required by College President Phil Hanlon’s “Moving Dartmouth Forward” policy initiative. Greek Letter Organizations and Societies director Wes Schaub said the goal is to have the advisors in place by this fall, though there is no official deadline.
Panhellenic Council is launching a “Big Sister” program, its pilot mentorship initiative that will match first-year female students with affiliated upperclasswomen. The program aims to give freshmen women more personal opportunities to learn about the Greek experience and recruitment process, as well as generate inter-class connections and relationships.
Students can take part in Dartmouth’s fifth-annual celebration of Earth Week by tasting food at “Farm Fresh Friday,” becoming aware of their waste production via the Dartmouth Dining Services food waste display and engaging in discussion at the social justice and sustainability dinner.