Judge commends new hate crime legislation

Haldeman describes experiences as CEO

Courtesy of Dartmouth.edu Courtesy of Dartmouth.edu The hardest part about being the chief executive officer of Freddie Mac was originally deciding to accept the position, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Ed Haldeman '70 told audience members in a lecture titled "Leading Through Adversity: Working for Our Nation's Housing Recovery" held at the Tuck School of Business on Tuesday. When Haldeman was offered the CEO position last June, he was hesitant about assuming command of the beleaguered government-sponsored loan organization, he said. Freddie Mac, which borrowed approximately $50 billion from the government at a 10 percent interest rate to stay afloat, has had six CEOs in six years.

PRIDE talk spotlights LGBT public officials

Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff Correction Appended### Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals should be open about their sexuality in order to debunk the "notion that we are other," Denis Dison, the vice president of the Victory Fund, said in the PRIDE Week keynote speech on Tuesday.

‘Lost boy' urges local social action

Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Individuals have the responsibility to address social issues in their communities, Gabriel Bol Deng, founder of the nonprofit humanitarian organization Hope for Ariang, said Tuesday night, following a screening of the documentary "Rebuilding Hope." The documentary tells the story of Deng, Koor Garang and Garang Mayuol, who were all forced to flee southern Sudan as children at the outbreak of war.

DOC Trips appoint 276 trip leaders, 46 for Croo

Jennifer Argote / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Jennifer Argote / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The Dartmouth Outing Club First-Year Trips program focused this year on recruiting and selecting applicants with a wide variety of interests, experiences and backgrounds as they finalized selections for Croos the groups of students who serve as support teams for the Trips program and trip leaders, according to Trips assistant director Maisie Breit '10.

Speaker details prison art projects

Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff Creative workshops must be launched in prisons to help inmates to develop emotionally and cultivate communication skills, according to William "Buzz" Alexander, an English professor at the University of Michigan and speaker at a lecture on Monday in Carpenter Hall.

Conference probes careers and faith

Courtesy of Opportunity International Courtesy of Opportunity International Students, alumni, faculty and visitors from around New England gathered on Saturday for The Wheelock Conference, a daylong event focused on uniting faith and reason in the academic and the professional world, according to event organizers.