Kim's first year features budget cuts, administrative changes

Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff After assuming office in July 2009 as the 17th College president in the Wheelock succession, College President Jim Yong Kim has worked through a series of budget cuts, restructured the administration and navigated a contentious Board of Trustees election while also working with students to address alcohol issues on campus and provide relief to Haiti after the January earthquake. Kim had to dedicate "all his time and energy" to tackling the College's budget deficit after the endowment dropped 23 percent a total loss of $835 million in the 2009 fiscal year, acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears previously told The Dartmouth. Over the last year, Kim remained committed to academics, introduced changes to the financial aid program and announced a series of staff layoffs.

Editor's Note

Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Congratulations, Class of 2010, you finally made it.

Four seniors named valedictorian

College reevaluates alcohol policy

Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Hanover Police Department's February announcement that it would conduct compliance checks at Greek organizations' physical plants spurred Dartmouth students and administrators to reevaluate alcohol use on campus, a process that included the formation of the Student and Presidential Alcohol Harm Reduction Committee. Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone announced in a Feb.

Seniors Welch, Hart, Sokol, Guthrie stand out at College

Courtesy of Dartmouth Now Courtesy of Dartmouth Now Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff It's no secret that Dartmouth students are passionate, gifted, unique individuals, and it would therefore be impossible to detail the myriad of accomplishments of every senior in the pages of The Dartmouth.

Lewis to speak at Commencement

Courtesy of Dartmouth.edu Courtesy of Dartmouth.edu In his commencement address to the Class of 2010, Stephen Henry Lewis who served as the former Canadian ambassador to the United Nations and former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS to Africa will draw on personal anecdotes and professional experiences to persuade students to apply their Dartmouth educations to the pursuit of social justice, Lewis said in an interview with The Dartmouth. "I was thrilled to have been selected," Lewis said.

India Queen owner files to open case

Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Bhavnesh Kaushik, former owner of the now-defunct Hanover restaurant India Queen, has filed to reopen the case concerning his November eviction from the property after identifying "new evidence" against Jaymark Properties Ltd.