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Students enter Parkhurst, demand point-by-point response to 'Freedom Budget'

By The Dartmouth Staff | April 1, 2014

A group of about 35 students have entered College President Phil Hanlon’s office, demanding a point-by-point response to the “Freedom Budget.”

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‘Drop the I-Word’ event highlights students’ stories

By Michael Qian | March 31, 2014

CoFIRED’s event, titled “Drop the I-Word,” addressed the use of the word “illegal” to refer to undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. Speaking to an audience of over 50 students and other community members in Collis Common Ground, CoFIRED leaders and supporters said they seek to eliminate the use of the word both at the College and nationwide.

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Greek leaders support Assembly policy

By Victoria Nelsen | March 31, 2014

Greek organization leaders responded positively to a Student Assembly resolution that will provide dues-assistance funds to the governing council of Greek organizations in which a certain number of members complete Dartmouth Bystander Initiative training, pending undergraduate finance committee approval.

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College releases details on revamped housing

By Sara McGahan | March 31, 2014

The Class of 2019 will be the first to experience a “neighborhoods” system, which will give upperclassmen housing in the same residential cluster for three years, residential education director Mike Wooten said.

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College launches redesigned Miniversity programming

By Elizabeth Smith | March 31, 2014

Facing low enrollment and declining interest in teaching courses, the Collis Center for Student Involvement cancelled the majority of its spring Collis Miniversity course offerings. Instead of ending the program outright, however, the Center is launching a redesigned Miniversity, including events under the banner “Not Another Lecture Series.”

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Admissions to visit city alumni clubs

By Jorge Bonilla | March 31, 2014

Admissions officers will attend more admitted student receptions in metropolitan areas this spring as well as work to standardize the resources and materials given to smaller Dartmouth clubs for their events, dean of admissions and financial aid Maria Laskaris said.

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'Never rested': Undocumented life at Dartmouth

By Heather Szilagyi | March 30, 2014

Posters urging students to “drop the I-word” have appeared around campus. And for some undocumented students, threads of activism are weaving together at exactly the right time.

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SA policy to incentivize bystander training

By Chris Leech | March 30, 2014

Through a Student Assembly resolution passed Tuesday, councils will receive $2,000 in funding for each fraternity or sorority in which either 25 members or 50 percent of sophomore and junior members complete training.

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Gilbert trial prompts campus discussion

By Marina Shkuratov | March 30, 2014

Though the extent of its impact cannot be concretely measured, the acquittal of Parker Gilbert ’16 will likely further campus discussion of sexual assault, said College administrators and members of organizations that seek to address sexual violence. The trial and verdict, they said, may also discourage future victims from reporting and perpetuate false conceptions of assault.

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Black alumni, students discuss College history

By Amelia Rosch | March 30, 2014

Launching an oral history exhibit about black alumni and collaborating to increase diversity at the College are among the Black Alumni at Dartmouth Association’s current projects. At a conference this weekend about the experience of black students at Dartmouth, about 70 alumni, faculty and students examined ways to strengthen connections among students and alumni through presentations and group discussions.

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Parker Gilbert ’16 found not guilty of rape

By Felicia Schwartz | March 27, 2014

Parker Gilbert ’16 was found not guilty of rape Thursday afternoon. After a trial that spanned nearly two weeks, jurors acquitted Gilbert, 21, of all charges: five counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault and one misdemeanor count of criminal trespass.

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College accepts 11.5 percent of applicants

By Zac Hardwick | March 27, 2014

Following a 14 percent decline in regular decision applications, the College admitted 2,220 of 19,296 applicants to the Class of 2018, an acceptance rate of 11.5 percent, including the 469 students admitted in December through the early decision process.

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Marshall Islands teaching program terminated

By Nancy Wu | March 27, 2014

Students will no longer be able to travel to the Republic of the Marshall Islands to teach English in primary and secondary schools, due to the cancellation of the Dartmouth Volunteer Teaching Program. For the past 15 years, the program has sent about eight student interns to the Islands each winter term.

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Alumni Office organizes luxury trips

By Charlie Rafkin | March 27, 2014

The Alumni Office plans vacations each year to locations like the Galapagos Islands, Cuba, Tanzania and the Baltic, and each trip incorporates a different educational component. Eric Sailer’s trip to Costa Rica, led by biology graduate student Thomas Kraft, emphasized ecotourism. A cruise along the Danube River this September will focus on the central European locales that once gave rise to the classical music of Beethoven, Chopin and Mozart.

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College admits 11.5 percent of applicants to Class of 2018

By Zac Hardwick | March 27, 2014

Dartmouth offered admission to 2,220 of 19,296 applicants to the Class of 2018, an admission rate of 11.5 percent. This includes 469 students who were admitted in December through the early decision process.

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Gilbert '16 acquitted of all charges

By Felicia Schwartz | March 27, 2014

Parker Gilbert ’16 was found not guilty of rape Thursday afternoon. The jurors acquitted Gilbert, 21, of all charges: five counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault and one count of criminal trespass.

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Jury deliberations begin in rape case of Parker Gilbert ’16

By Jenny Che | March 26, 2014

In his closing statement for the defense on Wednesday, attorney Robert Cary ’86 said that his client, Parker Gilbert ’16, was not guilty of rape, and that the complainant’s claims were inconsistent with testimony from her former roommate.

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Experts peg 2.9 percent tuition rise to image concerns

By Michael Qian | March 26, 2014

Following the Board of Trustees’ March 8 vote to raise tuition, room, board and mandatory fees by the lowest percentage increase since 1977, education policy experts pointed to both national tuition trends and Dartmouth’s 14 percent drop in application numbers as possible reasons for the reduced growth in price.

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Five years in, Tuck undergraduate classes see broad popularity

By Claire Daly | March 26, 2014

As students finalize spring term course schedules, over 120 upperclassmen have enrolled in one of the Tuck School of Business’s termly undergraduate classes. Since the program was established five years ago, the three available courses have taught undergraduates practical business skills. As the courses grow in popularity, however, some interested students find themselves shut out due to course limits.

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Gilbert '16 trial: Two charges dropped, defense rests

By Marina Shkuratov and Madison Pauly | March 25, 2014

The defense in the trial of Parker Gilbert ’16, charged with rape, began and rested its case Tuesday without calling Gilbert to the stand. On the seventh day of the trial, the prosecution rested and Judge Peter Bornstein ruled to dismiss two of the prosecution’s eight charges against Gilbert.

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