Burns looks at future foreign policy

Energy campaign aims to cut costs

Grey Cusack / The Dartmouth Staff The College is in the process of developing a new campaign to lower energy consumption and related costs, Kathy Lambert, the College's sustainability coordinator, announced at Tuesday's Student Assembly meeting.

Prof. discusses evolution of religion

Elisabeth Ericson / The Dartmouth Staff Religion owes its continued existence not to God, but to a form of evolution, Tufts University professor Daniel Dennett said at the Hardigg Family Fund Lecture held this Tuesday in Dartmouth Hall.

Students, staff gather throughout campus to watch Obama's inaugural address

SAM RAUCH / The Dartmouth Lectures and experiments were put on hold and homework was put aside as much of campus paused to watch the inauguration of Barack Obama as the nation's 44th president on Tuesday.

Business leaders discuss sustainability

Jared Bookman / The Dartmouth Staff Sustainability must be understood in the context of both economics and the environment, according to panelists at the seventh annual Business and Society Conference, held at Tuck School of Business on Thursday and Friday. The conference, "Is Capitalism Sustainable?," examined whether capitalism can be maintained as an economic system, particularly in light of the current economic crisis, and whether capitalism promotes environmentally friendly business practices.

MLK honored on inaugural eve

ANDREW FOUST / The Dartmouth Staff As President-elect Barack Obama is sworn into office as America's first black president, Dartmouth commemorates the birth of Martin Luther King, Jr.

On-campus jobs still available, Hazen says

VALENTIN YANVIN / The Dartmouth Despite an economic recession and the threat of impending budget cuts at the College, the number of on-campus jobs available to students exceeds the number of students seeking employment, according to Dartmouth financial aid director Virginia Hazen. "The last I knew, we have many more jobs than there are students wanting to work," Hazen said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

New Grafton County jail postponed

Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Staff Correction appended Local towns should write a joint letter opposing the construction of a $38-million Grafton County correctional facility, the Hanover Board of Selectman said on Monday, explaining that residents cannot afford the tax increase required to pay for the new facility during the current economic crisis.

Students and admin. discuss OPAL, budget

Elisabeth Ericson / The Dartmouth Although diversity-related programs were ranked low by students in a recent Student Assembly budget survey, Sylvia Spears, director of the Office of Pluralism and Leadership, said she believes OPAL and similar programs will not be disproportionately affected by the College's upcoming budget cuts.