Furstenberg looks back on his 17 years

Ryan Yuk / The Dartmouth Staff This July marks the end of the 17-year tenure of Dartmouth's current Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Karl Furstenberg.

Asch pitches editing program to help minority writing

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.

Promoted admissions dean, choreographer praised for job

Ryan Yuk / The Dartmouth Staff As the middle of May approached and still no new dean of admissions and financial aid had been named to replace the retiring Karl Furstenberg, staff at the admissions office awaited the appointment with the rest of campus.

For those who jog at night, a ray of light

Ryan Yuk / The Dartmouth Staff Runners who prefer to jog at night no longer need to worry about the dangers of limited visibility thanks to a group of four Dartmouth students who have created a product they call the Nightrunner.

Dean search committee to decide within weeks

Lauren Wool / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The Dean of the College search committee plans to make a final recommendation to College President James Wright within the next few weeks, pending a series of on-campus interviews with candidate Carmen Twilie Ambar, whose visit was delayed.

Thousands flock to Obama rally

Relay for Life hosts weekend fundraiser

Larkin Elderon / The Dartmouth Staff Organizers of Relay for Life, an annual fundraising event for the American Cancer Society, say they expect to raise $100,000 this weekend, an increase from last year's $79,000.

Church rakes in $76,000 from cellular companies

Ryan Yuk / The Dartmouth Staff At a rental cost of $25,200 per year, Cingular Wireless secured space for one of its antennae in the steeple of the Church of Christ at Dartmouth College, which is located next to Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and not affiliated with the College. This contract, the fourth between cell-phone carriers with the church, is estimated to raise the church's total income from cellular companies to $76,600 annually -- more than 13 percent of its annual $564,000 operating budget, according to Carla Bailey, a senior pastor at the church. "The money that we receive from them helps us to carry out our ministry," she said. In an interview, Bailey spoke of the Bible story of Jesus overturning the tables of money-changers in the temple, a parable which confronts the intersection of commercial enterprise and religion, but said this does not apply in this situation. "Churches engage in all kinds of fundraising activities so that they can carry out their ministry," she said.

Alum chef switches from comps to cuisine

Courtesy of Bruce MacLeod When Bruce MacLeod '84 was in the seventh grade, he knew that he wanted to graduate from Dartmouth College with a degree in computer science.

Lord looks to revive Diversity Council

Courtesy of the Tucker Foundation As one of his major goals as interim vice president of Institutional Diversity and Equity, Stuart Lord is attempting to reinvigorate the College's six-year-old Diversity Council through a series of Campus Climate lunches. The Diversity Council, which is currently rewriting its mission statement, was established in 2001 at about the same time as the Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity.