Class of '53 Commons to feature new stations

Sujin Lim / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The brightly-painted mural that currently partitions the Food Court seating area will be taken down before Spring term to reveal new windows, improved insulation and renovated seating, according to Dartmouth Dining Services Director David Newlove.

Students defend right to vote

U.S. must reduce coal use, Luce says

Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff Society must make an effort to use cleaner energy sources while addressing environmental problems that might result from new technologies, according to Ben Luce, a physics professor in the sustainability department at Lyndon State College in Vermont.

Theologians discuss reconciliation

Dennis Ng / The Dartmouth To bring about peace between Christians and Muslims, the followers of both religions should realize that they worship the same God and that their greatest enemies are not each other, according to Miroslav Volf, a theology professor at Yale University Divinity School, and Ingrid Mattson, a professor of Islamic studies and Christian-Muslim relations at Hartford Seminary.

Athanasiadis presents photos, tales from Cairo

Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Staff Showing photographs of blood-stained Egyptian flags and violent attacks on demonstrators, British-Greek reporter and photographer Iason Athanasiadis brought his audience's attention to the realities of the Egyptian revolution on Wednesday afternoon.

New system revises class selection

Lotta Nygren / The Dartmouth With the registration period for Spring term undergraduate courses concluding on Thursday, students have expressed mixed reactions, ranging from frustration to appreciation, in response to the College's new online course registration system. The changes which debuted this term and are intended to increase efficiency include students' ability to add and drop all courses online and a new customized timetable based on class year, according to College Registrar Meredith Braz. Student response to the new system over the past week has seemed "mostly appreciative," Braz said. "Some students still come in with questions, but when we explain [the system] to them, they usually say that they like it and it's easy to use," she said. Hemayat Chowdhury '14 said that the new system makes selecting a specific class like a First-Year Seminar very simple. "It's actually a lot easier to use [than the previous system]," he said. In past terms, students were required to visit the Office of the Registrar in person to enroll in or drop courses that required instructor permission, according to Braz. Under the new system, which is still operated through BannerStudent, students can electronically select these courses after obtaining permission from their instructors via e-mail, she said. This policy will apply to situations in which instructor permission is needed to bypass prerequisite courses and closed courses that already contain the maximum number of students, according to Braz. "Instead of carrying cards back and forth, the students can now just do the whole process online," Braz said.