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The Dartmouth
June 5, 2026
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Robert Oelman '31, former chairman of Ford Motor's finance committee and chief executive of the technology company NCR Corporation, died at the age of 97 in Delray Beach, Fla., last Thursday, according to an obituary in Wednesday's New York Times.




Susanah Heohn '10 donates blood for the first time, inspired to give by the blood shortage in national and regional blood banks.
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Blood drive aims to ease shortage

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Maggie Goldstein / The Dartmouth Staff Wednesday marked the first day of a two-day American Red Cross Blood Drive that occurs once a term in Alumni Hall, a drive that comes at a time when the Northeast is experiencing a critical blood shortage. A decline in blood donations that began at the beginning of May has resulted in a current shortage of approximately 1,600 units of blood, according to American Red Cross spokeswoman Carol Dembeck.


Dean Maria Laskaris '84
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College hires new dean of admissions internally

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Courtesy of Joseph Mehling / The Dartmouth Staff Maria Laskaris '84, the current Director of Admissions for the College, has been appointed Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, College President James Wright and College Provost Barry Scherr announced in a campus-wide e-mail notice released Wednesday. Beginning July 1, Laskaris will replace outgoing Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Karl Furstenberg, who announced his plans to retire last fall and will be leaving the College after spending 17 years working for the Dartmouth admissions office and 13 years managing admissions at Wesleyan University prior to his time at Dartmouth. Laskaris has worked in Dartmouth's admissions office since 1987 and became the Director of Admissions in 1996.



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Police Blotter

May 8, 9:59 a.m., South Park Street An employee of the Co-op Service Station contacted Hanover Police about a matter stemming from an April 27 incident when a middle-aged man pumped a tank of gas and attempted to pay for it with a check bearing a name that wasn't his.



Construction of Tuck Drive will continue this spring as one of three ongoing building projects on the street.
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Tuck Mall sidewalk project in the works

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Ryan Yuk / The Dartmouth Staff Tuck Mall residents should expect to rise to additional early-morning construction noise through late spring as a new sidewalk is installed on the north side of the street.



Student Government Review Task Force head Kapil Kale '07 presents the group's findings at Tuesday night's Student Assembly meeting.
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Task force presents final report

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Kawakahi Amina / The Dartmouth Staff After two terms of controversy over student government efficacy, the Student Government Review Task Force presented its final report at Tuesday night's Student Assembly meeting.


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Daily Debriefing

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The Inter-Community Council, La Unidad Latina and Lambda Upsilon Lambda fraternity hosted the second annual Free Speech Forum in Tindle Lounge Monday night.


Ryan McCannally-Linz '06
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Award-winning thesis writer presents his theory of genocide

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Asafu Suzuki / The Dartmouth Ryan McAnnally-Linz '06, the 2006 Chase Peace Prize Senior Thesis Recipient, presented his thesis about mass murder and genocide as part of a panel in Filene Auditorium on Monday night. Each year, the Chase Peace Prize is awarded to the senior who writes the best senior thesis involving the subjects of war, conflict resolution, the problems of maintaining peace or other related topics.





Manchester-based criminal defense lawyer John Kacavas teaches students at Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity about their rights on Monday evening.
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Defense lawyer: know your rights

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ADRIAN MUNTEANU / The Dartmouth Less than a week before Green Key weekend, Manchester-based criminal defense lawyer John Kacavas educated students about their constitutional rights at Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity on Monday.