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Students to debate ending Greek system

By Sera Kwon | April 20, 2014

Comparing the benefits of friendship with the dangers of hazing, the value of community with the prevalence of sexual assault and rich tradition with hurtful stereotypes, students will convene at 6:30 p.m. tonight in Dartmouth Hall to debate the potential abolition of the College’s Greek system. Mathematics professor Alex Barnett and economics and public policy professor Charles Wheelan ’88 will give opening statements, and four students will then debate, answering students’ questions submitted beforehand.

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Applicants named to national scholarships

By Michael Qian | April 20, 2014

In the past two months, several Dartmouth students have received prestigious scholarships and fellowships, all of which will help fund graduate education or higher-level research. Ben Randolph ’15 was named a Beinecke Scholar, Shoshana Silverstein ’15 was selected as a 2014 Harry S. Truman Scholar, Sarah Hammer ’15 and Hongyu Chen ’15 were named 2014 Goldwater Scholars and Ala’ Alrababa’h ’14 was named a Junior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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River Rumble race a highlight of weekend Ledyard event

By Rebecca Asoulin | April 20, 2014

Braving the still-frigid Connecticut River on Saturday morning, 25 people eagerly took to the water for the Wells River Rumble race. ?Over the weekend, Dartmouth students and whitewater paddlers from across New England came together for the Ledyard Canoe Club’s sixth annual River Festival.

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Faculty vote could open course reviews

By Nancy Wu | April 17, 2014

Pending approval from College faculty, undergraduate students may be able to view their peers’ online course evaluations dating back to 2006, starting next year. Spearheaded by the Student Assembly’s academic affairs committee, this proposal has attracted support from both students and faculty.

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Tuck to launch winter Bridge

By Roshan Dutta | April 17, 2014

For the first time, The Tuck School of Business will offer a three-week version of its Business Bridge program over winter interim in addition to the popular monthlong summer program established in 1997. Coined December Bridge, the new program will teach business and financial fundamentals, targeting Dartmouth sophomores, juniors and seniors.

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Powwow preparations near finish

By Apoorva Dixit | April 17, 2014

With less than a month left until the 42nd annual powwow, the 11 students on this year’s planning committee are wrapping up preparations for the program, which celebrates various Native American cultures through food, song, dance and drum. Based on previous attendance, around 1,500 people are expected to participate, making it the one of the largest student-run powwows in the Northeast.

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Q&A with Robert Ceplikas '78: Northwestern athletes unionize

By Josh Schiefelbein | April 17, 2014

After football players at Northwestern University, with assistance from the National College Players Association advocacy group, moved in January to unionize, the university’s administration fought their efforts with legal action. This week, the Dartmouth sat down with the deputy athletics director Robert Ceplikas ’78 to discuss the Northwestern unionization case and its relation to Dartmouth athletics.

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‘Enough is enough’: Hanlon talks social scene at summit

By Amelia Rosch | April 16, 2014

Over 120 community leaders gathered in Dartmouth Hall for an invitation-only summit last night to discuss ways to end harmful behavior, including sexual violence, high-risk drinking and exclusion in campus social spaces. The summit, which College President Phil Hanlon announced in a campus-wide email Wednesday afternoon, included speeches and breakout sessions for discussion and brainstorming.

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Events to raise awareness of sexual violence

By Erica Buonanno | April 16, 2014

Sexual Assault Awareness Month, dedicated to raising awareness of sexual violence and its effect on the community, will hold new and regular programming throughout next week. Movement Against Violence, formerly known as Mentors Against Violence, will facilitate student discussions about what campus sexual violence prevention could look like.

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Three seniors finish yearlong independent study program

By Marina Shkuratov | April 16, 2014

This year’s senior fellows, Rena Sapon-White ’14, Aaron Colston ’14 and Miriam Kilimo ’14, are currently finishing their projects and preparing to present them publicly on May 6. Instead of taking classes, these students have spent the past year conducting in-depth research in destinations from Poland to Kenya.

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Theta cuts formal rush to use shake-out system

By Victoria Nelsen | April 15, 2014

Epsilon Kappa Theta sorority will not participate in the formal recruitment process this fall, instead opting for a more casual “shake-out” process, Theta executives said in a campus-wide email Tuesday morning. They referenced lowering exclusivity and superficiality in the sorority recruitment process and making the Greek system more accessible for female students and members of minority groups as reasons for the change.

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With new tactics, senior class gift campaign kicks off

By Emily Brigstocke | April 15, 2014

Organizers of this year’s senior class gift aim to lessen socioeconomic pressure by de-emphasizing the goal of having all members of the Class of 2014 donate. The Class of 1964, which has pledged to match donations two-to-one, will donate three times the total amount raised if the Class of 2014 campaign can break $25,000 on its own. Last year, the Class of 2013 raised $24,785.

2,376 people cast ballots in this year's election, an increase of 531 from last year.
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Dennis, Cunningham to lead Assembly

By Sara McGahan | April 14, 2014

Casey Dennis ’15 and Frank Cunnningham ’16 were elected Student Assembly president and vice president on Monday. A total of 2,376 people cast ballots in this year’s election, an increase of 531 from last year.

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Alumnus charged with assault following Parkhurst disturbance

By Taylor Malmsheimer | April 14, 2014

David Vincelette ’84, 57, was arrested by Hanover Police Monday afternoon after causing a disturbance in the reception area of College President Phil Hanlon’s office and assaulting Safety and Security director Harry Kinne, Hanover Police chief Frank Moran said. After his arrival, Parkhurst Hall was locked down, College media relations officer Shea Drefs said in an emailed statement.

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Sexual assault policy comment period closes

By Josh Schiefelbein | April 14, 2014

Monday marked the deadline for community members to submit comments on the College’s newly proposed sexual assault policy, which was released a month ago. By Monday, four comments — including two by alumni, one by a professor and one by a graduate student, all in general support of the changes — had been posted in a featured discussion about the proposed policy on Improve Dartmouth. No undergraduates had submitted public comments.

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Computing works to patch Heartbleed vulnerabilities

By Roshan Dutta | April 14, 2014

Though the Heartbleed bug, a vulnerability in a popular encryption software known as OpenSSL, has had little impact on the College, computing services has worked urgently to patch its servers since last week. The College will inform campus once computing staff secures its servers, and community members should not change their Dartmouth passwords until after the systems affected by Heartbleed have been fixed.

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