Packer condemns Iraq war apathy
Journalist George Packer delivered his lecture, "Iraq: The Remote War," to a standing-room only crowd at Filene Auditorium on Monday evening.
Journalist George Packer delivered his lecture, "Iraq: The Remote War," to a standing-room only crowd at Filene Auditorium on Monday evening.
Seinfeld co-creator and star of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm Larry David stumped for Democratic presidential candidate Sen.
Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff In support of his wife, presidential candidate Sen.
Andy Foust / The Dartmouth Lauding himself as the most truthful of the Republican presidential candidates, Sen.
Columbia University won approval for a seven billion dollar expansion of its campus into West Harlem last month, according to The New York Times.
Dartmouth was recently recognized as a top academic workplace by the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education.
Alumnus James Boen '53, one of the oldest living quadriplegics in the United States, died on Dec.
With an 11 percent increase in applications, Dartmouth awarded early admission to 400 students. Dean of Admissions Maria Laskaris '84said this year's early decision was "more selective than it's ever been." Out of the 1,428 early decision applicants, the 201 men and 199 women admitted -- 28 percent of all applicants-- comprise what Laskaris called "an academically accomplished, diverse and multitalented group of students." Early admitted students represent 37 percent of the expected Class of 2012, with the rest of the class admitted through regular decision in April. In a memorandum sent to the applicants' guidance counselors, Laskaris said that of the 1,428 early applicants, 526 were deferred and 471 were denied admission.
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.