Kim looks to lead new initiatives

Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff *Editor's note: This is the final installment in a series of articles reflecting on College President Jim Yong Kim's first year in office.**## Beginning next year, College President Jim Yong Kim will focus on a new "strategic planning process" to shape a long-term vision for the College, according to College officials.

Crewe to direct search for next dean of faculty

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The search for the Dean of the Faculty is underway, led by English professor Jonathan Crewe, head of a six-person committee that will select a new dean of the faculty, Crewe told The Dartmouth in an interview.

Tabard faces two alcohol charges

Students lead local theater project

Chloe Teeter / The Dartmouth Chloe Teeter / The Dartmouth This June, theater professor James Rice, along with 12 Dartmouth student directors, will help fifth and sixth graders "come out of their shells and find their voices as actors" as they assume the roles of the confused lovers and fairies of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," according to class member Jay Ben Markson '10.

Lessig warns of lobbyists' influence

Galen Pospisil / The Dartmouth Galen Pospisil / The Dartmouth Wealthy campaign donors and lobbyists continue to exercise a disproportionate amount of influence on lawmakers, Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig said Thursday evening in the lecture "Rebooting Democracy." Lessig said the influence is part of a set of "completely predictable, understandable results" of a democracy centered on a flawed system of electoral campaign finance. The United States has experienced a "radical change in the industry of lobbying" in recent decades, Lessig said, explaining that members of Congress have become "increasingly dependent on campaign cash" as the costs of campaigning increase.

Foster links pro-life views, abortion

Anna Gaissert / The Dartmouth Anna Gaissert / The Dartmouth Pro-life and pro-choice advocates crowded into the Rockefeller Center Wednesday to see Serrin Foster, president of the pro-life group Feminists for Life, discussed the connection between feminism and the pro-life position.

Lewin details Supreme Court cases

Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff A fierce defender of the First Amendment, attorney Nathan Lewin has advocated for freedom of religious expression in several cases before the Supreme Court.

Irwin: Smith's views explain poverty

John Odland / The Dartmouth John Odland / The Dartmouth Modern attempts to confront global poverty overlook many of the basic economic tenets of 18th century philosopher and economist Adam Smith, according to economics professor Douglas Irwin.