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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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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.

After a trial that spanned nearly two weeks, jurors acquit Gilbert of all charges.
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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.

Dartmouth’s acceptance rate was the second-highest among Ivy League institutions this year, rising from 10 percent last year and 9.4 percent the year before.
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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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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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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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Danos announces retirement, will leave Tuck in 2015

By Michael Qian | March 25, 2014

Tuck School of Business Dean Paul Danos stated yesterday that he would not seek reappointment for a sixth term and will step down at the end of his current term in June 2015. His announcement, which follows 19 years of deanship, was relayed by a campus-wide email from College President Phil Hanlon.

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Students, faculty support Thayer expansion

By Victoria Nelsen | March 25, 2014

Thayer School of Engineering’s proposed expansion is expected to accommodate a growing number of students interested in the field and increase majors’ course schedule flexibility. Students and faculty interviewed said they support the expansion, announced by College President Phil Hanlon last November.

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Danos to step down as Tuck dean in June 2015

By The Dartmouth Staff | March 25, 2014

Tuck School of Business Dean Paul Danos will step down in June 2015 at the conclusion of his current term. Danos, who has served in his position since 1995, has decided not to seek reappointment for a sixth term, College President Phil Hanlon announced in a campus-wide email Tuesday afternoon.

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