Prof. discusses causes of glacial melt

Samantha Oh / The Dartmouth Samantha Oh / The Dartmouth Portland State University professor Andrew Fountain was aware that Washington state's South Cascade glacier was retreating when he studied it in 1986, but he never expected his study subject would disappear entirely. "Maybe for you, this is an academic interest; but for us in the West, glaciers are where we get our water from," Fountain told the audience. Fountain addressed rapidly shrinking glaciers and their effect on the rest of the world's ecosystems in a lecture Monday afternoon at the Haldeman Center, "The History of Glacier Discovery in the U.S., and their Role in Global Sea Level Change." Contrary to conventional wisdom, glacial recession is not caused by warmer air temperatures, Fountain said.

Kim lauds College's focus on liberal arts

Aki Onda / The Dartmouth Staff Aki Onda / The Dartmouth Staff The liberal arts which face cutbacks across the country due to lack of funding and increasing emphasis on research over teaching are essential to Dartmouth's identity and deserve financial support, College President Jim Yong Kim said in a speech on Saturday. Kim's speech punctuated by frequent applause from an audience composed mostly of alumni was part of the Faculty Chalk Talk Series, in which faculty members lecture on topics in their fields of study on the mornings of home football games.

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.