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April 10, 2026
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Committee releases tips to combat assault

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The Student and Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault founded two years ago to combat sexual violence on campus and assist victims of sexual assault released three lists of recommendations on Monday to create a safer environment at the College, according to SPCSA chair Elizabeth Hoffman '13 and vice-chair Anneliese Sendax '13. The three lists separately address students, faculty and administrators and were compiled from discussion notes written during the SPCSA's Winter Symposium, which was attended by the College's Sexual Assault Awareness Program coordinators, Sexual Assault Peer Advisors, Mentors Against Violence, Sexperts and members of Green Team and Gender Sexuality XYZ, Hoffman said. The SPCSA reviewed the respective organizations' notes after the symposium's close.


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Research quantifies literary trends

Math department chair and computer science professor Daniel Rockmore and a team of researchers, including James Hughes Adv '12 and Nicholas Foti Adv '12, studied the evolution of literary styles using mathematical and statistical analysis of English-language literature to explore a "rich area of collaboration," Rockmore said. In a published report of their findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers concluded that the literary styles of modern authors vary from their predecessors more than authors of previous eras.


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Nine receive Fulbright grant offers

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Nine Dartmouth students and alumni have been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Grants by the U.S. State Department to conduct research or teach abroad, according to the College's Scholarship Advising Office.


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Daily Debriefing

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The U.S. Senate voted 52 to 45 on Tuesday to block a bill that would have prevented a doubling of student loan interest rates to 6.8 percent from 3.4 percent, The New York Times reported.



The Undergraduate Judicial Affairs Office hosted a mock sexual assault hearing to improve understanding of the Committee on Standards process.
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Mock COS trial elucidates process

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CHELSEA ESTEVEZ / The Dartmouth In an attempt to increase transparency in an inherently private process, the Undergraduate Judicial Affairs Office held a Committee on Standards mock hearing of a sexual misconduct case on Tuesday evening in Silsby Hall in front of a full audience. While the COS committee that presided over the hearing consisted of actual COS members, all other participants in the hearing were actors.


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Additional counseling staff to begin in August

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Following widespread student complaints of long wait times for counseling, Dick's House has selected two additional psychologists and a psychiatrist to join its Counseling and Human Development staff in August, according to CHD Director Mark Reed. Dick's House will also replace two psychologists who left the College in the fall and whose positions have been filled by temporary staff members since their departure, Reed said. The new staff additions are part of Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson's Wellness Initiative, which seeks to "focus on wellness as a holistic concept," she said. "We need to decrease wait times for students who need to see psychologists and counselors," Johnson said.




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Pre-coeducation class ‘adopts' female students

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Female students did not matriculate at Dartmouth until Fall term 1972, but the College brought a small number of women to campus for one-year exchanges between 1969 and 1973, according to Patricia Fisher '81, director of class activities for the Office of Alumni Relations.


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Project Z event hosts motivational speakers

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In its inaugural year, the Project Z conference aimed to "excite, innovate and evolve" on Saturday, featuring speakers that included multi-millionaires, professors, ex-marines and professional athletes, according to Project Z social media coordinator Kyle Dennis '15.


Former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal '91 discussed the historical role of the solicitor general in federal court cases in a Monday lecture.
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Katyal talks history of solicitor gen.

Richard Yu / The Dartmouth Staff Former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal '91 addressed the historical role of the solicitor general within the court system at a lecture titled "The Solicitor General: From the Japanese-American Internment to Health Care" on Monday.



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Gender-specific forums see success

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Men's Forum and Women's Forum, founded in fall 2010 and this term, respectively, supplement other single-sex spaces on campus by providing a support network for both freshmen and upperclassmen.



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College forms safety committee

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The College has chosen the 12 members of the Committee on Student Safety and Accountability, which is chaired by Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson and dedicated to "improving student safety and well-being" by combating the issues of hazing, sexual assault and binge drinking, College President Jim Yong Kim said in a College press release.


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Daily Debriefing

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The Dartmouth women's rugby team held the fourth annual Cully's Run, a 5K race that benefits the National Eating Disorders Association and Headrest, on Sunday afternoon.


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College withdraws its investments from HEI

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The College announced Wednesday that it will stop investing in HEI Hotels and Resorts, a company accused of unfair labor practices and discouraging worker unionization, according to Director of Media Relations for the College Justin Anderson. "For investment strategy and portfolio-specific reasons, Dartmouth has no plans to make future investments in HEI-sponsored funds," Anderson said in a statement to The Dartmouth. Dartmouth is the last Ivy League institution and latest school to join universities across the country in publicly renouncing future investments in HEI, according to Nathan Gusdorf '12, leader of Occupy Dartmouth and campus efforts to protest investments in HEI.



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1,080 accept offers of admission

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A total of 1,080 students accepted Dartmouth's offer of admission to the Class of 2016 as of the College's May 1 deadline, representing 49.5 percent of the 2,180 students who were accepted in this year's admissions cycle, according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris.