Greek organizations to decide on new assault policy

Zonia Moore / The Dartmouth Staff Correction appended### The Greek Leadership Council is spearheading a vote on Tuesday to enact a new policy that will provide guidelines for Greek organization sanctions addressing assault cases.

Carnival events benefit from weekend storm

Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Although this weekend's snowstorm left many New England residents huddled inside their homes, it failed to keep Dartmouth students from celebrating this year's Winter Carnival.

Graduate schools see flat app. rates

Cirrus Foroughi / The Dartmouth Applications to Dartmouth's graduate programs in medicine, engineering, business and arts and sciences have remained relatively flat over the last five years, despite a national trend of increasing applications to graduate schools. A few programs experienced modest increases in the number of applications, including the Geisel School of Medicine's master's program in public health, Thayer School of Engineering and Tuck School of Business's master's program in engineering and management and Thayer's master's of science and engineering and PhD programs.

Unaffiliated group offers events

Jin Lee / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth Social Affairs, a new, informal student group, will provide unaffiliated students with the chance to mingle with other students of any affiliation in a Greek setting, founder Sofiya Taskova '13 said. The new organization will host social events, such as "tails" and formals, for students who are unaffiliated or simply interested.

Dartmouth enjoys cozy relationship with town

Natalie Cantave / The Dartmouth Staff Thanks to its major role in town life, the College's relationship with the town is stronger than those of peer institutions such as Harvard University or the University of New Hampshire, Hanover town manager Julia Griffin said. There are very few complaints filed with the town regarding the actions of Dartmouth students, and Hanover does not maintain a special file for complaints against the College. "If there are a dozen serious complaints to the police or to the zoning department in a term, that's what we would consider to be a crazy term," Griffin said. The vast majority of complaints concern students who live off campus.

College considers residential changes

Dennis Ng / The Dartmouth Staff The College's residential education office is exploring new ways to promote diversity and community learning on campus through integrated learning environments, which would incorporate academic experiences into other facets of students' lives. Over the past year, residential education has examined ways to increase the number of integrated learning communities on campus. "Integrative learning is the ability to understand and connect meaning between all the experiences at college," residential education director Michael Wooten said.

Benjamin gives talk on US foreign policy

Rebecca Schantz / The Dartmouth While serving as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's top counterterrorism advisor, Daniel Benjamin investigated Iran's plot to assassinate Saudi ambassador Adel al-Jubeir in Washington, D.C., and gave foreign policy recommendations during the Arab Spring.

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Native alumni reflect on College experience

Gender center modifies name