Applications reach record numbers

Deidra Willis / The Dartmouth Staff Deidra Willis / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth has received a record 18,500 applications for the Class of 2014 so far this year, an increase of 4 percent from this time last year, according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris. College administrators are currently deciding whether to increase the size of the incoming first-year class, which will ultimately determine the overall acceptance rate, Laskaris said. "Right now, we're looking at an 11-to-12 percent rate of admission," she said.

Stevenson '10 plans state Senate run

Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff Tay Stevenson '10, College Democrat and former student body vice presidential candidate, will officially announce his intention to run for a seat in the Minnesota state senate this week, Stevenson said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

Arts Center approaches construction as planned

Courtesy of www.dartmouth.edu Courtesy of www.dartmouth.edu Construction for the College's Visual Arts Center is proceeding towards its scheduled completion in spring 2012, according to Chief Facilities Officer Linda Snyder. Site work on the Center began shortly after Commencement in June 2009, according to Snyder. The building will take approximately 22 months to complete, and should be open and ready for use during Fall term 2012, she said. "We will have plenty of time to move the film and media studies and studio art departments into their new home," she said. A series of site-enabling projects have to be completed before actual construction of the Center can begin, Snyder said.

Personal trainers test fitness at gym

Sarah Irving / The Dartmouth Staff Sarah Irving / The Dartmouth Staff Correction Appended### Students, College employees and members of the general public can now receive hour-long physical fitness assessments from personal trainers at the Fitness Center, according to Fitness Center director Hugh Mellert.

AoA petition candidates named

Christ metaphor united followers, professor says

CURIE KIM / The Dartmouth Staff CURIE KIM / The Dartmouth Staff In order to fully understand the Middle Ages, it is necessary to study the prevailing religious doctrine of the time, University of Vermont history professor Charles Briggs said in a speech discussing his book, "Christ's Broken Body: A Unifying Myth and Narrating the End of the Middle Ages." The lecture, which took place Monday afternoon at the Haldeman Center, was hosted by the Leslie Center for The Humanities. Briggs' book, which is scheduled to be released this May, discusses the later years of the Middle Ages, specifically the 14th century, using the metaphor of the "body of Christ." According to Briggs, the body of Christ metaphor, incorporating imagery of the Crucifixion and the Last Supper, was used to imply a single, unified Christian community in Medieval Europe, and was commonly seen in the artwork and pageantry of the era. Briggs cited the Catholic ritual of the Eucharist and the Medieval Feast of Corpus Christi as examples of this phenomenon.

Morning fire damages Phi Delt

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Courtesy of Phi Delta Alpha fraternity Courtesy of Phi Delta Alpha fraternity Courtesy of Phi Delta Alpha fraternity Courtesy of Phi Delta Alpha fraternity Courtesy of Phi Delta Alpha fraternity / The Dartmouth Staff Courtesy of Phi Delta Alpha fraternity / The Dartmouth Staff Courtesy of Phi Delta Alpha fraternity Courtesy of Phi Delta Alpha fraternity Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Phi Delta Alpha fraternity suffered significant fire and water damage early Sunday morning when a fire in the physical plant's attic caused the building's fire suppression system to initiate, flooding much of the building.

Prof. links glaciers with speciation

Akikazu Onda / The Dartmouth Staff Akikazu Onda / The Dartmouth Staff Glacial development and geographic change could be one piece of the puzzle explaining the staggering number of species in a single ecosystem, biology professor Mark McPeek argued in a lecture to the biology department in Gilman Hall on Friday.

A ‘shining star,' Lee '07 dies at 24

Courtesy of Kenneth Lee Courtesy of Kenneth Lee Alexandra Lee '07, a history major and former Presidential Scholar at the College, died Jan.

Phi Delt suffers fire, water damage in early morning incident

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Phi Delta Alpha fraternity suffered significant damage early Sunday morning when a fire in the attic of the physical plant caused the building's fire suppression system to initiate.

Dartmouth completes $1.3 billion campaign

Zach Kuster / The Dartmouth Staff Zach Kuster / The Dartmouth Staff After a seven-year fund-raising effort, the College reached its $1.3 billion target for the Campaign for the Dartmouth Experience by the Dec.