Campuses tie in voter competition

Jennifer Argote / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Neither Darmouth nor the University of Pennsylvania claimed a decisive victory in last week's voting competition, which sought to determine which swing-state school had the highest student turnout for the 2008 election.

Assembly meeting focuses on AMP, DartAlert system

Grey Cusack / The Dartmouth Staff Student Assembly revisited the College's Alcohol Management Program in its Tuesday meeting, as Assembly President Molly Bode '09 read a letter she drafted addressing students' concerns with the policy proposal.

Goodall visits College for MDG

JON ERDMAN / The Dartmouth Despite widespread suffering in both the animal kingdom and the civilized world, the ice in the human heart is beginning to melt and the indomitable human spirit provides a reason for hope, Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist and United Nations Messenger of Peace said to an overflowing audience in Alumni Hall Tuesday. Goodall's speech, part of the Dickey Center for International Understanding's Great Issues lecture series and the College's Millennium Development Goals Week, was projected to audiences in four overflow rooms across campus. Goodall -- who has seen the population of wild chimpanzees decrease from over one million in 1960, when she first went to work in Africa, to approximately 300,000 now -- told the story of a man who jumped over a barrier to save a drowning chimpanzee at the Detroit Zoo despite the risk of attack by the other chimps.

Warren '91 explores U.S., Native relations

Wright leads panel on 2008 election

Students celebrate Obama's victory

Sarah Irving / The Dartmouth Staff Five days after hundreds of students staged a spontaneous celebration across campus following the victory of President-elect Barack Obama, approximately 70 members of the Dartmouth community gathered together for a second Obama celebration in Collis Common Ground on Sunday night.

Committee meets with potential presidents

JENNIFER ARGOTE/The Dartmouth Staff / The Dartmouth Staff The presidential search committee to find a successor for retiring College President James Wright has met with potential candidates and experts who specialize in higher education leadership searches, and is on target to begin interviewing candidates in January, Al Mulley '70, a member of the Board of Trustees and chairman of the committee, said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

Ardizzone explores life of influential

Larkin Elderon / The Dartmouth Staff When French artist Paul Helleu attempted to sketch Belle da Costa Greene in 1912, he was frustrated by the enormous size of her hat.