Flickr co-founder gives lecture
Ricky Melgares / The Dartmouth Staff A close look at the crowd in a photograph taken from behind the back of then-Sen.
Ricky Melgares / The Dartmouth Staff A close look at the crowd in a photograph taken from behind the back of then-Sen.
Financial aid may play a larger role in students' college decisions this year in light of the global economic crisis, which could increase the College's yield, according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris.
The Undergraduate Finance Committee, which provides funding for eight organizations that support many of the student groups and events on campus, may face new financial challenges in light of Dartmouth's budget cuts, several people involved with the UFC said.
Dan Nelson, currently the senior assistant to College President James Wright, will be the next director of the Outdoor Programs Office, the College announced on Wednesday.
SUJIN LIM / The Dartmouth Staff Greek governance, the College's alcohol policy and leadership experience were among the topics debated by student body presidential candidates Boyd Lever '10, John Nolan '10 and Frances Vernon '10 in a Wednesday forum focusing on Greek issues.
Incoming Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim gave a lecture on global health and human rights at Brown University on Tuesday, according to The Boston Globe.
Ada Deer, this term's Montgomery fellow, explained that it was her mother's influence that led her to become an advocate for Native Americans in her Tuesday lecture, "Seeking Social Justice: Indians, Women and the Politics of Change." Deer, a feminist and a Native American activist, championed social change as chair of the Menominee tribe from 1974 to 1976, and later as head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs under former President Bill Clinton. Deer, now 73, grew up on a reservation in Keshena, Wisconsin ,where she lived with her parents and four siblings in a log cabin with no indoor plumbing or electricity, she said. After she received a scholarship to attend college from her tribe in Wisconsin, Deer became the first Native American woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She later became the first Menominee to receive a master's degree when she graduated from the School of Social Work at Columbia University. "I decided I didn't want to be poor," she said in an interview with The Dartmouth.
Zeke Turner / The Dartmouth Senior Staff William Dartmouth, the 10th Earl of Dartmouth, said he remembers regularly seeing the College's alumni magazine arriving through his family's mail-slot when he was growing up.
Elisabeth Ericson / The Dartmouth Staff Correction appended The Student Assembly presidential candidates exchanged eye rolls, congratulatory whispers and heated retorts during the Student Assembly's annual candidate debate, held in a crowded Carson L02 on Tuesday.
Trustee Todd Zywicki '88 questioned the College's Board of Trustees' dedication to freedom of speech in an open letter to the Dartmouth community released on Tuesday, one week after the announcement that the Board had moved not to reelect him for a second term.
A rally will be held at the University of California, Los Angeles on April 22 in support of the use of animals in biomedical experiments, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Ricky Melgares / The Dartmouth The distinction between gamers and designers will become less clear in the future, Eric Zimmerman, co-founder and chief design officer of Gamelab, a primarily online game development company, said in a lecture held in Carson Hall on Monday.
Anthropology professor Hoyt Alverson criticized Dartmouth's spending on projects that he believes are peripheral to the College's academic mission in an open letter to the Board of Trustees, College administrators and all faculty members last Thursday.
JAMIE MCCOY / The Dartmouth Correction appended Budgetary concerns and alumni governance issues were among the topics discussed Monday night at the first student body presidential debate.
Dartmouth Medical School officials have outlined a plan to implement the $25 million budget cut announced in February, DMS Dean William Green told The Dartmouth.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine will limit relations between doctors and the makers of drugs and medical devices beginning July 1, according to a Wednesday press release.
/ The Dartmouth When Russ D'souza '07 and Jack Groetzinger '07 landed consulting jobs after months of competitive recruiting, they did not expect to leave their positions after less than a year to start a business.
Alice Zhao / The Dartmouth Staff Correction appended Students hailing from as far as Canada and California came together to answer the question, "What is the role of philosophy in religion?" at the Second Annual Dartmouth Undergraduate Philosophy Conference this weekend hosted by Aporia, the College's undergraduate journal of philosophy. Citing the controversy between science and religion that resurfaced with Darwin's 200th birthday this year, Aporia editor-in-chief Jenny Strakovsky '09 wrote in the journal's latest issue that one goal of the conference was to "explore the connection between philosophy and religion and learn how they could potentially work together." "Religion is a part of many people's lives, although it is not studied widely," Strakovsky said in an interview with The Dartmouth. The journal's Spring 2009 issue emphasized the strained relationship between science and religion and the need for interdisciplinary discussions.
Sixty African students studying at some of the world's most prestigious universities converged in New Hampshire this weekend for the Harambe Endeavor's second annual Bretton Woods symposium, which focused on facilitating innovation and collaboration to address the issues faced by nations in sub-Saharan Africa. The symposium centered on developing Harambe's "Virtual Platform," according to Amma Serwaah-Panin '10, a native of Swaziland and one of three Dartmouth students who helped organize the event.
/ The Dartmouth Correction appended After a series of last-minute additions and withdrawals before the nomination deadline on Friday, the race for Student Body President officially takes off today as candidates Boyd Lever '10, John Nolan '10 and Frances Vernon '10 begin their campaigns. Vice-presidential hopefuls include Philip Aubart '10, Cory Cunningham '10 and Robert Hoffman '10.