Most classes in session despite Friday's holiday status
The Dartmouth Thursday night festivities mark the unofficial commencement of Homecoming weekend for many students.
The Dartmouth Thursday night festivities mark the unofficial commencement of Homecoming weekend for many students.
Courtesy of Rauner Special Collections Library As freshmen jog around the bonfire on Friday night they will be participating in a Homecoming tradition whose history is a tale wrought with comedy, perseverance, and tragedy.
Despite threats of three terms of probation, arrest by the Hanover police and a fine of up to $500, daring freshmen continue the Homecoming football game tradition of running down from the home stands, rushing across the football field and storming the opposing side's bleachers during halftime. Last year, at least nine members of the Class of 2009 rushed the football field. Of these students, four were arrested on site and five were subsequently implicated due to an affiliation with the Facebook groups "I Rushed the 2005 Homecoming Game" and "I Rushed the '05 Homecoming Game and Got Arrested." All of the students arrested were placed on disciplinary probation by the College for at least three terms, were required to meet with their Class Dean and were fined $100 by the College. According to College policy, a first violation can be permanently erased from their record as long as no further violations are incurred within one year after their arrest. In court, the students were further charged with criminal trespassing, a violation under New Hampshire law and some with resisting arrest, a class B misdemeanor.
Homecoming weekend arrived more quickly than we could have thought. In no time, the first weeks of class passed by, Greek rush hit and we barely had time to blink before Homecoming fell upon us.
/ The Dartmouth Known to students from the start as the main celebratory weekend of the year, Homecoming draws many former students back to Dartmouth to enjoy the festivities.
Even as the flames of the Homecoming bonfire die out and the shouts of "touch the fire" fade away, the parties on Dartmouth campus have just begun. Historically, Homecoming has been marked not just by school spirit and time-honored traditions, but also by fraternity theme parties attended by hundreds of students. According to Justin Zalkin '07, the social chair of Sigma Nu fraternity, the house will be hosting their '80s themed party tonight, which always promises to be a good time for students. "We just have really good music and it's sort of like a campus tradition," Zalkin said.
/ The Dartmouth With the start of a new academic year, Dean of the Faculty Carol Folt said she looks to maintain high standards within the faculty of arts and sciences. Among her other goals for the year are reducing class sizes, promoting an interdisciplinary spirit, and keeping Dartmouth on the cutting edge of emerging academic fields. Despite recently hiring more faculty, Folt said that her administrative work largely focuses on this issue every year.
After looking at photos of Dartmouth as part of his job at the University of Illinois, Vaughn Blankenship and his wife Irene decided to make the trek to Hanover this fall to watch the leaves change colors. The Blankenships are among the thousands of "leaf peepers" who flock to Vermont and New Hampshire every fall to view the colorful foliage.
A strong showing by a country's national soccer team can result in an improved economy, according to a recent study by the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London.
With public transportation restored and Reggie Bush running around a packed Superdome, life is slowly returning to normal for the 32 students who attended Dartmouth after Katrina displaced them from universities along the Gulf Coast.
Oct. 3, 9:40 p.m. Hanover Police was called to the scene of a landlord-tenant dispute when a former tenant showed up at a Lebanon Street rental property and refused to leave upon the landlord's request.
A search committee to find a replacement dean of admissions and financial aid announced its membership Wednesday.
Students uncertain about their postgraduate futures often see fellowships and scholarships as out of the question, but every year Dartmouth sees a steady flow of applications. Dartmouth scholarship adviser Kristin O'Rourke said she finds that her primary obstacle is getting students energized when it comes to thinking about and applying for scholarships ahead of time. "Some people don't realize that these grants are done a year in advance.
Editor's Note: This is the second in a two-part series that examines credit cards and student debt at both a national level and at Dartmouth. As more and more college students across the country take out credit cards each year, some colleges have tried to cash in on this trend by striking deals with card issuers.
Enfield Police arrested 11 intoxicated underage members of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and sent three of them to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center late Monday night after a new members' event held at a roller rink in nearby Enfield, N.H. Police arrived shortly before 11 p.m.
Student Assembly approved legislation endorsing the Committee on Standards Task Force Report at Tuesday night's meeting over the objection of some members who worry that the report's recommendations create barriers for victims of sexual assault. The report, which was sponsored by Adam Shpeen '07 and the Academic Affairs Committee, sets forth eight recommendations to the Dean of the College based on the research of a task force that was created last spring. Among the report's recommendations, two sparked debate among Assembly members -- one allowing direct questioning and one raising COS' burden of proof. The report recommends that the College institute procedures that allow the accused party to ask witnesses and their accusers questions during COS hearings.
Montgomery Fellow and ancient India historian Romila Thapar scrutinized India's colonial past and the politicization of religion in a lecture on Tuesday in Filene Auditorium. "As a colonial society, we have to confront colonial explanations of our past," Thapar said.
Dartmouth will celebrate the 18th Annual National Coming Out Day today with a community dinner and speech by Joanne Herman '75, a transgendered alumna. "National Coming Out Day is a day to encourage people to come out of the closet," said Jamal Brown '08, co-chair of Dartmouth's Gay-Straight Alliance.
WEB UPDATE, October 10, 4:55 p.m. Enfield Police sent three members of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center late last night after finding them to be highly intoxicated.
Editor's Note: This is the first in a two-part series that examines credit cards and student debt at both a national level and at Dartmouth. For many college students, obtaining credit is as easy as accepting a free T-shirt or slice of pizza.