Hanover prepares for N.H. primary
As New Hampshire's primary, the first in the nation, approaches on Tuesday, the Dartmouth community is gearing up for the election, with last-minute rallies, street corner stumping and an overall political frenzy.
As New Hampshire's primary, the first in the nation, approaches on Tuesday, the Dartmouth community is gearing up for the election, with last-minute rallies, street corner stumping and an overall political frenzy.
Dartmouth's Board of Trustees voted to reprimand fellow Trustee Todd Zywicki '88 in response to his Oct.
Thomas Crady, former vice president of student services at Grinnell College, began his tenure as dean of the College today. Crady said he plans to spend his first ten weeks on campus familiarizing himself with the College rather than attempting to institute immediate changes. In an interview with The Dartmouth, Crady said he and Senior Associate Dean Dan Nelson, former acting dean of the College, met to discuss ongoing issues at Dartmouth, such as the current review of the Committee on Standards.
Teresa Lattanzio / The Dartmouth Staff It was a night of strategic alliances, as leading Republican and Democratic candidates aimed to solidify their positions coming out of the Iowa caucuses, in the last presidential debates before Tuesday's New Hampshire primary at St.
Sheila Culbert, top adviser to College President James Wright, will leave Dartmouth to become headmaster at the Connecticut boarding school Loomis Chaffee at the end of this year.
Over the last several years, the court of public opinion has been the petition trustees' choice forum in which to oppose decisions made by Dartmouth's leadership, but now they have moved their cause to a court of law. Last week, T.J.
Former President Bill Clinton told a crowd of 300 at West Lebanon High School Tuesday night that the experience and competence his wife, Sen.
Mohammad Usman '10 was recently featured in the Boston Globe for currently being the only male enrolled at Wellesley College, an all female institution in Massachusetts.
Lauren Wool / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The first snow of the season has fallen, and as the merry snowball-fighting sons and daughters of Dartmouth start their winter-long shuffles across the frozen campus, at least one cohort of students may be able to preserve their high spirits as the temperatures plunge: Those who take to the mountains on skis and snowboards. Skis and snowboards do not grow on trees, however.
Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Attempting to address perceived issues of socioeconomic class on campus while focusing on initiatives related to students' day-to-day needs, Student Assembly sought to establish itself this fall as a "cohesive, tenable group," according to its spokesperson.
The Panhellenic Council voted unanimously to institute a mandatory sexual assault awareness program for all sorority pledge classes come winter at its last Fall term meeting.
Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth After a tenure marked by debates about campus discrimination and student efforts to reform the undergraduate judicial system, acting Dean of the College Dan Nelson '75 will step down as scheduled during the first week of January.
As a result of a recent court challenge by the Occom Pond Neighborhood Association, construction on the Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center will be on hold until March. The filing in Grafton Superior Court is an appeal of the Hanover Planning Board's unanimous Nov.
Former Connecticut Democratic senatorial candidate Ned Lamont visited Dartmouth on Nov. 30 to endorse presidential candidate Sen.
Students decked out in Teletubby suits and Santa costumes came together for the Lose the Shoes soccer tournament on Saturday, marking the end of a term's worth of fundraising for Grassroots Soccer.
Corporate polluters may have a more difficult time hiding from the public, thanks to Mapecos.org, a website created by a motley crew of Dartmouth students, a Tuck School of Business professor, and professors from Harvard and Duke, which shows every facility in the United states and the amount of toxins they emit. The site, which incorporates the technology of Google Maps, is meant to be user friendly.
Jennie Post / The Dartmouth Staff As part of a "National World AIDS Day Conference" held at Dartmouth this weekend, Sen.
This Fall term marked the beginning of the required sexual assault awareness training program for all fraternity pledge classes, a program designed in collaboration with the Inter-fraternity Council, Mentors Against Violence and Sexual Assault Peer Advisors last spring. While only seven of the 13 fraternities on campus held training sessions this term due to scheduling difficulties, the program has received a generally positive response from several members of the Greek community.
Thirty-five attendees issued citations for underage drinking
Sarah Laeuchli / The Dartmouth Controversy over Trustee Todd Zywicki '88's public October criticisms of the College administration has taken a new turn, as the Alumni Council voted to condemn Zywicki's statements in a resolution passed this weekend at the council's 195th meeting.