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April 3, 2026
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The all-male Class of 1963 is one of hundreds to have heard words of wisdom during Commencement.
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Protest, drinks and Latin marked Commencements of old

By Michael Coburn | June 9, 2007

Courtesy of Dartmouth College Library While current graduates reach into their own pockets, or those of their Greek organizations, to pay for celebratory spirits, for students at Dartmouth's first Commencement, the alcohol was courtesy of the governor of New Hampshire. Dartmouth's first graduation in 1771 adorned only four graduates, all transfer students from Yale University who received unsigned diplomas because the Board of Trustees had not yet been established.

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Classes reunite to remember, donate and play pong

By JR Santo | June 9, 2007

During reunion season, 2,500 alumni and 1,500 guests descend upon Hanover -- many staying in residence halls recently and hastily vacated by current undergraduates. This year's attendees will benefit from the introduction of continuing education activities, according to Corena Dungey from the Alumni Events office. The Office of Alumni Continuing Education organized a series of seminars and classes where alumni can learn from and interact with current Dartmouth professors. In one such seminar, French professor John Rassias discusses his internationally renowned language study method, and in another the nationally recognized Shakespeare professor Peter Saccio, who is retiring after this term, analyzes the intricacies of Shakespeare's writing. "They're definitely out of the ordinary," Dungey said.

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Admissions dean and four profs retire in 2007

By Victoria Boggiano | June 9, 2007

Dartmouth seniors are not the only ones to say goodbye to Hanover after this year's Commencement, as four professors are retiring and others are moving to new settings. Karl Furstenberg is retiring after spending 17 years as the College's dean of admissions and financial aid.

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College to say 'hey' to seven honorary degree recipients

By Astrid Bradley | June 9, 2007

Courtesy of the University of Pennsylavia When members of this year's graduating class look onto the Commencement stage, they will find a philanthropist, a Hall of Fame baseball star and a historic conductor, each of whom is among the seven receiving honorary degrees from the College. Judith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, will receive a Doctor of Science at the ceremony.

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Board to reevaluate its makeup; Haldeman appointed chairman

By William Schpero | June 9, 2007

In a response to what a committee of Dartmouth trustees says has become "a highly politicized process for trustee selection," the Board of Trustees decided Friday to begin an exploration of "the size and composition of the Board and the method of Trustee selection." The decision, made at the Board's annual June meeting, coincided with the election of Charles Haldeman, Jr.

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Daily Debriefing

By Ben Nunnery and Allie Lowe | May 30, 2007

The 2007-2008 Student Assembly passed a resolution Tuesday night which will allow the body to operate under a modified structure throughout the Summer term, as a result of delays in the Assembly's new constitution.

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Police Blotter

By Jesse Silberberg | May 30, 2007

May 22, 2:18 p.m., South Park Street Two male subjects, described as in their late teens or early twenties, acquired $35 worth of gas from the Coop Mobile station and drove away without paying.

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N.H. senate ponders abortion bill

By JR Santo | May 30, 2007

The New Hampshire Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony on H.B. 184, a bill that would repeal the parental notification law regarding abortion Tuesday afternoon.

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UFC creates new group to fund large-scale events

By Allie Lowe | May 30, 2007

In its 2007-2008 report released this past weekend, the Undergraduate Finance Committee, which distributes $866,000 in student activities fees each year, created a new group to fund large campus events and for the first time allocated money to three other previously unfunded groups.

Leadership of the Afro-American Society resisted Joe Asch '79's attempt to bring editors to Cutter-Shabazz Hall.
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Asch pitches editing program to help minority writing

By Jesse Silberberg | May 30, 2007

Philip Woram / The Dartmouth Staff A last ditch-effort made by Joe Asch '79 to save the Departmental Editing Program -- a program he funds out of his own pocket, and one that has faced the prospect of cancelation for the last two years -- has failed following a heated meeting and personal accusations. Asch proposed to certain members on the executive boards of the Afro-American Society and Native Americans at Dartmouth that the DEP editors be housed in Cutter-Shabazz Hall to serve as resources exclusively for black and Native American students.

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Daily Debriefing

College President James Wright was featured as "Person of The Week" Friday evening on ABC's "World News with Charles Gibson." In the three-and-a-half-minute segment highlighting his work with United States Marines, Wright said, "I often tell my students here that they're all privileged to be here and with privilege goes responsibility.

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Hikers staff Moosilauke in summer

By Luke Mann-O'Halloran | May 29, 2007

Foregoing typically laid back spring of seniors who spend their last term at Dartmouth off from classes, Sarah Markus '07 is instead using her senior spring to track down stray rodents, fix power outages and deal with downed telephone lines while working at the Dartmouth-owned Moosilauke Ravine Lodge, located about an hour north of campus. "Over the last week, we've had baby mice falling from the ceiling," she said.

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