Greeks gear up for rush opening

Scholar describes why small colleges succeed

Andy Foust / The Dartmouth Staff Andy Foust / The Dartmouth Staff Dialogue about the value and purpose of a college education has increased in light of the rising price of higher education, according to Columbia University humanities professor Andrew Delbanco.

Good Samaritan call prompts SAE charge

/ The Dartmouth Staff / The Dartmouth Staff In an unprecedented move that Greek leaders said could affect the future success of the Good Samaritan policy, Hanover Police announced on Wednesday that Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity had been charged with one felony count of providing alcohol to a minor as a result of an Oct.

Bass '74 visits campus to convey policy views

Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The last time Charlie Bass '74 the Republican nominee for New Hampshire's Congressional 2nd District visited the College was in 2006, when he had to enter through a back door of the Rockefeller Center to avoid protests.

Speaker calls for more secure games

Chloe Teeter / The Dartmouth Chloe Teeter / The Dartmouth To prevent cheating in video games, industry firms must implement multi-layered security measures to deter cheating, even though they may not immediately recognize the financial incentives for doing so, according to Steven Davis, an author on computer security and chief executive officer of the computer consulting company GlobalSecure Incorporated. Davis discussed video game cheating and how it affects the multi-billion dollar interactive entertainment industry in a lecture, "Protecting Computer Games and Entertainment Security," on Wednesday in the Haldeman Center. Davis, the author of the 2009 book "Protecting Games," explained many forms of video game cheating in the lecture, from "gold farming" a widespread practice in multiplayer online games where players sell in-game resources for real-world currency to individuals utilizing security flaws in casinos to rig slot machines. Although simple systems to prevent cheating could save the industry money and even potentially generate profits overall, video game companies are reluctant to spend money on security measures because they think that they will not generate high profit margins, according to Davis. "Security, after all, doesn't really exist in the abstract," he said.

Comic artist strikes balance in talk

NiCk Medrano / The Dartmouth NiCk Medrano / The Dartmouth Acclaimed graphic novelist Alison Bechdel discussed how community has been both a source of inspiration and a challenge to creativity in the 11th annual Stonewall Lecture, "Creativity and (or?) Community," held Tuesday in Filene Auditorium. Community serves as a major theme in Bechdel's work, she said.

Experts debate how to solve state budget issue

Alice Zhao / The Dartmouth Staff Alice Zhao / The Dartmouth Staff Choices must be made regarding New Hampshire's taxation and spending priorities to combat rising state deficits, according to a panel of experts and community leaders who spoke in a discussion called "Putting Our Money Where Our Mouth Is: New Hampshire's Priorities and Budget," held in the Rockefeller Center on Tuesday. Economist and executive director of the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies Steve Norton indicated that the state is suffering from a structural deficit, and that current sources of revenue were insufficient to adequately fund state services. "The revenue structure we have established does not keep up with the social contract that we keep with the citizens of New Hampshire," he said. Cathy Silber, executive director of the Granite State Fair Tax Coalition, offered four possible remedies for the state's budget woes. "We can cut back on services when the need goes up or costs rise, we can raise revenue sources, we can combine these two options, or we can do nothing," she said. Brian Walsh, chairman of the Hanover Board of Selectman, described his concerns, which he said he believes are shared by local governments across the state. "In the past two years, the Town of Hanover tax rate has gone up 2 percent a year," he said. He linked this to a marked decrease in payments from the state government to the local governments.

Flood sweeps pumpkins into river

Courtesy of Amelia Raether Courtesy of Amelia Raether Ellen Anderson, a first-year MALS student, said she was a little bewildered when her roommates returned from their Saturday morning boat trip with armloads of pumpkins.