Downtown ponders empty storefronts

Maggie Goldstein / The Dartmouth Staff Spaces vacated by the stores NV and Lyme Angler have left two empty spots open on Hanover's Main Street, opportunities that raise the question of whether Hanover will continue to rent primarily to independent retailers or will open its doors to more national chains. NV, which opened in September 2005, occupied one of these spaces.

After brief debate, town tables pot bill

Jennie Post / The Dartmouth Staff Hanover residents tabled medicinal marijuana legislation after 10 minutes of discussion on the topic at the annual town meeting held Tuesday night in the Richmond Middle School gymnasium.

Pride week nets $27,000 in donations

Nat Smith / The Dartmouth Staff In just four months, Jamal Brown '08 and other members of the PRIDE 2007 planning committee have raised $27,830.20 for Dartmouth's first ever Pride week, which began on Monday.

Class of 2011 sees higher yield, greater diversity

Tilman Dette and Sarah Shaw / The Dartmouth Staff A successful Dimensions weekend is credited with contributing to an unusually high yield for the Class of 2011, the Office of Admissions said.

Green elected student president

Tilman Dette and Thomas Bukowski / The Dartmouth Staff Travis Green '08 won a close but decisive victory in the race for Student Body President on Tuesday night, defeating the four other candidates throughout eleven rounds of instant runoff voting.

Historian connects modern-day torture to ancient times

Danny Gobaud / The Dartmouth Staff Kenneth Pennington, a history professor at the Catholic University of America, drew connections between historical and modern-day incidences of torture in his Monday lecture "Torture Past and Present," sponsored by the Rockefeller Center. Using evidence from ancient Greece, ancient Rome and medieval and early modern Europe, Pennington argued that recent United States practices in Afghanistan and Iraq fall under the category of torture, despite the government's hedging the exact definition of the term. Pennington stated that the lack of clarity in the Geneva Convention can be partially blamed for the United States' current situation.

Veterans look back on service, prof suggests universal draft

Waiting in exile, Beta strives for re-recognition

Dean gives class political pep talk

Kawakahi Amina / The Dartmouth Staff Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, assured students of the New Hampshire primary's continued importance Monday as a guest lecturer in government professor Lisa Baldez's comparative politics class.

Institute develops a robot that learns

Courtesy of Rick Granger At first glance, Brainbot may look like your simple toy robot.

Ex-FEC chair talks campaign finance

ADRIAN MUNTEANU / The Dartmouth Former Chairman of the Federal Election Commission Bradley A.