College motion to end lawsuit fails
The Association of Alumni's lawsuit against Dartmouth will go to trial following the failure of the College's motion to dismiss the case.
The Association of Alumni's lawsuit against Dartmouth will go to trial following the failure of the College's motion to dismiss the case.
Plans to re-establish the Dartmouth chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., an African-American organization, have raised questions about the impact the sorority will have on diversity in the Greek system and whether or not it will alter the balance between male and female social spaces on campus. The Xi Lambda chapter of AKA, established at the College in 1983 and active until 2003, will begin recruiting new members in spring or fall 2008.
As College President James Wright prepares to leave Dartmouth after 40 years at the College, he will be remembered for his attempts to expand social and residential life, as well as for his improvements to financial aid and campus infrastructure.
Wright, College's 16th president, will end 11-year tenure after completing capital campaign
College President James Wright will step down in June 2009, the College announced on Monday morning.
Peter Zhao '10 placed 4th of 1,600 students nationwide in an investment competition held by Updown.com in which students attempted to make the most money by each investing $1,000,000 of simulation money.
Depression is greatest amongst the middle-aged, according to a study conducted by Dartmouth economics professor David Blanchflower and his longtime friend Andrew Oswald, an economics professor at the University of Warwick.
Over a year after the 2006 release of Gardasil, the first vaccination for the four most dangerous types of human papillomavirus, many women at Dartmouth have received the shot cost-free since the College began administering it in the Fall of 2007.
Teresa Lattanzio / The Dartmouth Staff As Dartmouth students prepare for this year's Winter Carnival "20,000 Leagues Under The Snow," the snow sculpture committee is scrambling to complete this year's sculpture in time for Thursday's opening ceremonies.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., an African American sorority, will return to Dartmouth in the Spring or Fall of 2008, according to an e-mail sent by Fouad Saleet, associate director of Coed, Fraternities and Sororities Administration, to various campus organizations on Feb.
The South Carolina and Florida primaries this past week led to a winnowing of the Presidential contests for both Democrats and Republicans. In the South Carolina Democratic primary on Jan.
Forty-three Dartmouth students will join representatives from other Ivy League institutions to examine issues of effective leadership at an event held at the University of Pennsylvania this weekend.
With Citigroup and Merrill Lynch reporting losses in billions of dollars in losses and Morgan Stanley reporting its first quarterly loss in the company's history, the sub-prime mortgage crisis has hit many of the largest firms on Wall Street. At Dartmouth, however, students participating in corporate recruiting process seem largely unconcerned. Monica Wilson, assistant director of employer relations at Career Services, said she thought that the level of competition for corporate recruiting intern positions was as high as it has been during her tenure at the College.
ADRIAN MUNTEANU / The Dartmouth Staff Local band Gusano will bring Latin beats and New Orleans funk music to the former site of the Camera Shop of Hanover on Saturday night during a dance party organized by several local art enthusiasts.
Courtesy of Michael Blayney In the years following Sept.
College President James Wright will be honored for his efforts to aid injured veterans in securing higher education opportunities when he receives the Semper Fidelis Award from the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation this April.
Students asked alumni to explain the reasons behind Beta Theta Pi fraternity's 1996 derecognition and to clarify their plans for the organization's future at Dartmouth at the second informational session held by the trustees of Dartmouth's Beta chapter Thursday evening.
A committee of Hanover residents, including members of the Dresden School Board, reviewed a new honor code written by a group of Hanover High School students and teachers, the Valley News reported yesterday.
Jan. 20, 1:05 a.m., School Street Hanover Police responded to an ambulance call from the undergraduate society Panarchy where an underage male was reportedly vomiting and semi-conscious.
Kyle Betts / The Dartmouth After Newsday rejected an article by history professor Annelise Orleck on the difficulties facing the nation's poor following Hurricane Katrina, an employee at the newspaper told Orleck, "I'm really sorry, but we've just been too sympathetic to the poor lately," Orleck said in a panel discussion on Wednesday afternoon.