Daily Debriefing
Dartmouth will award honorary degrees to seven individuals at Commencement on June 13, according to a College press release.
Dartmouth will award honorary degrees to seven individuals at Commencement on June 13, according to a College press release.
New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney announced on Friday his opposition to the planned affiliation between Catholic Medical Center and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, according to the report released by the attorney general's office outlining his objections to the proposed affiliation.
*Editor's note: This is the third installation in a weekly series profiling professors' approaches to teaching and academics at Dartmouth.**## Despite the prevalence of online universities, professor of Chinese Justin Rudelson '83 is designing a new type of virtual university in which students and professors from around the world use enhanced video communication programs to interact with each other from their own homes.
Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Although the Inter-Fraternity Council supports the majority of the recommendations presented last Wednesday by the Student and Presidential Alcohol Harm Reduction Committee, members of the IFC have said the proposed keg policy fails to address the dangers of "pre-gaming" and may increase them, according to IFC President Tyler Brace '11. "The vast majority of the recommendations are great," Brace said.
Correction Appended Describing her frustration being labeled as a victim of sexual assault, Alicia '11 implored students to change the way they view sexual assault and to understand the realities of sexual assault on campus during a sexual assault forum at Alpha Delta fraternity on Friday.
New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney announced on Friday his objection to the planned association between Catholic Medical Center and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, the Associated Press reported. Executives at both Dartmouth-Hitchcock and CMC were "surprised and disappointed" by the decision, and plan to follow through with their affiliation despite Delaney's opposition, the Associated Press reported. Delaney said that what both organizations are calling an affiliation actually constitutes an acquisition of CMC, which is prohibited by state laws, according to a press release from the attorney general's office.
A student who reported drug use by two members of his fraternity to College Safety and Security was allegedly subjected to repeated harassment by one of the students charged with the offense and another fraternity member, the Valley News reported Friday. In an affidavit filed with the Lebanon District Court, Hanover Police reported that Philip Aubart '10 called Safety and Security after observing four students with a small amount of cocaine in the pool room of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, according to the Valley News. Brian Shea '10 and Andrew Lohse '12 were subsequently charged with cocaine possession. Aubart, formerly the house manager for SAE, said in the affidavit that he had previously warned fraternity members against using drugs in the physical plant's common rooms, the Valley news reported. After reporting the incident to Safety and Security, who subsequently turned the case over to Hanover Police, Aubart was allegedly subject to harassment by Lohse and Clark Warthen '10, according to the Valley news.
Officially limiting use of beer cans at Greek organizations may drive student drinking underground and increase consumption of hard alcohol, according to students interviewed on Thursday.
High-risk investment strategies pursued by Dartmouth and other institutes of higher education, including Harvard University contributed to the recent financial crisis by increasing risk in the capital markets, according to a report conducted by Tellus Institute and the Center for Social Philanthropy.
Soo Jee Lee / The Dartmouth Soo Jee Lee / The Dartmouth Primates' facial expressions, the potential of exercise to raise academic achievement and the biochemistry of cancer cells have been among the topics tackled by undergraduate researchers at the College over the past year.
Mexican university presidents met at a conference this week to ask Mexican President Felipe Calderon to adopt stricter security measures to protect students and professors from the violence of Mexico's ongoing drug war, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported Wednesday.
Three students were arrested on Wednesday for felony charges related to a May 13 incident allegedly involving cocaine use and subsequent witness tampering, according to a Hanover Police Department press release.
Officials at Virginia Polytechnic Institute failed to promptly alert the college community of two shooting deaths that preceded the school's 2007 shooting massacre, according to findings released by the Department of Education this week, Inside Higher Ed reported Wednesday.
Principal Deputy Solicitor General Neal Katyal '91 has replaced Elena Kagan, President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, as U.S.
Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff During its presentation on Wednesday, the Student and Presidential Alcohol Harm Reduction Committee recommended the formation of a student monitoring initiative to ensure Greek houses comply with College alcohol policies, the creation of an alcohol coordinator position and the limitation of beer cans through a more liberal keg policy as part of a slate of proposed policy changes.
Alina Politzer / The Dartmouth Staff Alina Politzer / The Dartmouth Staff While many students spend their weekends drinking in fraternity basements and dorm rooms, a small team of trained students works to protect their peers by responding to Good Samaritan calls and treating medical emergencies.
Former College President James Wright may no longer be at the helm of the College, but his support of the community of veterans at Dartmouth and across the nation continues to serve as an inspiration for student veterans on campus, according to Craig Fitzgerald '11, president of the Dartmouth Undergraduate Veterans Association. While Wright a former Marine and his leadership have been missed, DUVA is "confident" that College President Jim Yong Kim will continue to listen to veterans' concerns, Fitzgerald said. "Kim told us that coming from Korea, he understands the importance of what military members do for their country and that he plans to continue in Wright's footsteps in order to ensure there's a veteran presence on campus and that their needs are being met," he said. Since Wright's departure, DUVA has continued to serve as a support network for student veterans who may face unique challenges while adjusting to college life, Fitzgerald said.
Christopher Rhoades / The Dartmouth Staff Christopher Rhoades / The Dartmouth Staff Economics professor Meir Kohn described his journey from active socialist to libertarian and suggested that the role of government should be limited in a talk, "How I Became a Libertarian," on Tuesday in Silsby Hall. Kohn explained that his libertarianism is "empirical" and is based on his life experiences, not on ideology. Kohn described his early life in the United Kingdom, where he joined a Zionist socialist movement in London at age 16.
Organizers of Congo Awareness Week are hoping to raise students' awareness of how the electronics industry, and specifically the cellular phone industry, is stimulating violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to Christy Lazicky '11, co-founder of the genocide awareness group STAND at the College.
By a vote of 17 to three, Student Assembly's General Assembly passed constitutional bylaw changes that allow for the establishment of six issue-based committees to replace the current committee system.