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Dean of College search likely to proceed in 2015

By Sara McGahan | September 9, 2014

The College is waiting to begin searching for a new Dean of the College until after the presidential steering and residential redesign committees present recommendations on improving student life, making it unlikely the search will begin until early 2015.

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Faculty committee to talk publishing course reviews

By Michael Qian | September 9, 2014

A faculty committee will convene this fall to consider opening course reviews to students, following a proposal that was tabled at a meeting in May. The issue will then be decided in a general faculty vote, according to the Dean of the Faculty office.

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New GLC board to oversee freshman ban

By Hannah Hye Min Chung | September 9, 2014

Like last year, freshmen cannot attend Greek events serving alcohol for the first six weeks of fall term. The Greek Leadership Council launched this policy in May 2013 and is making changes in its second implementation, clarifying disciplinary procedures and planning to host more non-alcoholic social events.

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Computational science faculty recruitment begins

By Amelia Rosch | September 9, 2014

Recruitment for the College’s first faculty cluster begins this week, as a committee led by engineering professor Laura Ray launches the search for the Thomas Kurtz chair in computational science. In addition to the Kurtz chair, search committees will select two other professors to join the cluster this year.

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Lohse '12 releases tell-all book detailing fraternity hazing

By Priya Ramaiah | August 25, 2014

In about 300 pages, Lohse describes SAE as fascinating and repulsive, detailing frequent cocaine usage and pledge activities like vomiting competitions. New members, he alleges, were forced to swim in kiddie pools filled with bodily fluids, chug vinegar and consume omelets made of vomit.

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Coed Council members endorse new constitution

By Charlie Rafkin | August 18, 2014

Membership of the College’s coed houses endorsed a new constitution on August 13 that would implement a robust nondiscrimination policy among member institutions and ensure full financial aid is available for all members of Coed Council bodies, in addition to establishing Amarna Undergraduate Society as an affiliate member of the Council. Debate over the constitution will resume this fall when full membership returns to campus.

Applications for the two-term humanities program soared for fall term.
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Humanities 1-2 overflows with apps

By Jasmine Sachar | August 18, 2014

Applications for the Humanities 1-2 class sequence, a program offered to incoming freshmen to fulfill the writing and first-year seminar requirement, soared this year among members of the Class of 2018. The program received 135 applications for 48 spots, while applicant pools have been closer to 75 students in past years, program administrator Wadeane Kunz wrote in an email.

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2012 first-year survey released

By Annie Smith | August 18, 2014

More than 95 percent of students in the Class of 2016 identified getting good grades as “very important” to them upon arriving at the College, according to the 2012 New Student survey, released last week by the Office of Institutional Research.

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Grant provides money for education study

By Brian Chalif | August 14, 2014

A $340,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will allow researchers to investigate the correlation between reading performance and neurological changes from intense reading instruction in third grade students in the Lebanon school district.

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