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Jul 15 12:25 a.m. West Wheelock StreetSafety and Security received a call from Hanover Police requesting officers to go to Theta Delta Chi fraternity, where Hanover Police officers had reported fireworks being shot from the balcony.
Jul 15 12:25 a.m. West Wheelock StreetSafety and Security received a call from Hanover Police requesting officers to go to Theta Delta Chi fraternity, where Hanover Police officers had reported fireworks being shot from the balcony.
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Harvard University's Interim Director of Advising Programs Inge-Lise Ameer has been appointed the first Associate Dean of the College for Student Support Services, according to Acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears.
Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Correction Appended### A student committee is in the process of drafting renovation proposals for the Ledyard Canoe Club that aim to physically separate the residential, rental and instructional programs within the facility, according to Brian Kunz, deputy director of the Outdoor Programs Office.
The College has decided to sell the Minary Conference Center, a waterfront property on Squam Lake in Holderness, N.H., according to Paul Olsen, Dartmouth's director of real estate.
The College rejected a proposal from the group of seven alumni who are currently suing the Board of Trustees to end all legal action against the College if parity is restored on the Board, according to a letter from the College's attorneys.
Correction Appended Dartmouth-Hitchock Medical Center has adopted cost-saving measures to reduce the projected budget shortfall of between $6 and $13 million on its 2010 fiscal year, according to DHMC media relations manager Rick Adams. The operating margin the budget remaining after expected expenses are subtracted from the hospital's revenue was found to be smaller than projected during the 2010 fiscal year budget, which ends Sept.
Instead of committing additional resources to the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. government should seriously consider a timely withdrawal from the country, according to Peter Galbraith, former U.S.
The Hood Museum of Art received a $1.25 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the further incorporation of the Hood's resources into the College's curriculum, according to Kathy Hart, associate director of the Hood and curator of academic programming.
SUJIN LIM / The Dartmouth Staff SUJIN LIM / The Dartmouth Staff Narratives allow writers to present honest voices that are "often lost in the cacophonous noise of ideologues and rhetorical roughians," Montgomery Fellow Alex Kotlowitz said in his lecture, "The House of Secrets: Storytelling and Human Rights," which was held in Filene Auditorium on Thursday afternoon.
The administration and Student Assembly will create a task force to evaluate long-term options for use of the College-controlled land along the Connecticut River, according to an e-mail the Dean of the College on July 16, which was signed by Acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears, Associate Dean of the College for Campus Life April Thompson, and three members of Student Assembly.
Dartmouth's total projected budget for the 2010 fiscal year shows a $5.6 million surplus despite original projections of a $2.5 million deficit, according to Senior Vice President Steven Kadish.
The Hood Museum of Art received a $1.25 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund the further incorporation of the Hood's resources with the College's curriculum, according to a College press release.
Correction Appended Brian Shea '10 pled no contest at the Lebanon District Court on Monday during his hearing for charges related to an incident involving alleged cocaine use at Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity on May 13.
Jon Odland / The Dartmouth Staff Jon Odland / The Dartmouth Staff Prior to the Jan.
Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff In order to confront the most important issues facing society today, students must be independent, innovative, generous and prepared, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said during the inaugural installment of the Presidential Lecture series on Friday morning.
The Dean of the College's Office is set to begin the search for a replacement for Pre-Health Advisor Stacy Barton, who is scheduled to leave the College at the end of July, according to Lee Witters, pre-health advisor and Dartmouth Medical School professor.
When Michael Mastanduno, associate dean of the faculty for the social sciences and government professor, assumes his role as dean of the faculty on August 1, he will be tasked with overseeing faculty from all 40 academic departments of the College.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center was recognized as one of the nation's premier hospitals, according to the U.S.