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August 9, 2026
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Former ambassadors recruit students

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Alumni who served as United States ambassadors, United Nations advisors and members of multiple presidential cabinets gathered to call students into public service in Filene Auditorium on Wednesday evening during an event hosted by the John Sloan Dickey Center. The Dickey Center also sponsored a student dinner discussion and subsequent panel titled "Answering President John Sloan Dickey's Call: In the Service of the Nation," to provide inspiration for America's next generation of leaders. Jonathan Moore '54, U.S.




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Police Blotter

Feb. 3, 8:03 p.m., East Wheelock Street Hanover Police received a complaint from a Dartmouth graduate student after a 35-year-old male propositioned him in the basement bathroom of the Hopkins Center.



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N.H. Senate committee rejects anti-abortion bill

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All five members from the New Hampshire Senate Health and Human Services Committee turned down a state senate bill Thursday that would prevent the Department of Health and Human Services from funding Planned Parenthood and other centers providing abortion services. Although the U.S.


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Published alum shares studying tips

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Author of "How to Win at College" and "How to Become a Straight-A Student," Cal Newport '04 shared the insights presented in his books at a lecture in Moore Hall Tuesday evening. Newport, who began his quest for academic success during his sophomore year at Dartmouth, compiled his most valuable findings into the two books after graduating. "Maybe brilliant success is not necessarily the result of being a brilliant person, maybe it's an emergent property from a lot of small changes, a lot of small habits," Newport said of the inspiration for researching his first book. Newport's research proved successful during that academic year, when he achieved a flawless grade point average, which continued through sophomore summer, despite factors that seemed to make academic success during that term unlikely -- including a house off campus with friends and a backyard pong table, a constant stream of beer he said Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity unknowingly supplied and an ongoing battle with mononucleosis. During his second year of college, Newport began taking note of his study habits and experimented with them to learn what was successful.






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Senior may become America's Next Top Model

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Unlike most Dartmouth students who travel abroad or work at lucrative internships during their off terms, Whitney Cunningham '07 spent her fall in Los Angeles as one of the 13 contestants on Cycle Eight of America's Next Top Model, Tyra Banks's hit reality television show that pits wannabe models against each other for a $100,000 CoverGirl contract. Cunningham first auditioned for the show last February hoping to be a contestant on Cycle Seven, but was called back this year for Cycle Eight. "I decided to audition on a total whim," Cunningham said.


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Underage, Hanover High partygoers hit up frat row

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Nate Mathis '10 was walking with his friend towards Webster Ave. one weekday around 5 p.m. when he was approached by two 16-year-olds who "asked if they could score some weed," he explained. "I laughed it off and said 'Sorry, no.'" Such frat row encounters with teenagers are rare, but a portion of Hanover High School students defy curfew, brave fraternity parties, and risk possible rejection from fraternity houses and punishment from their parents. And it's no wonder fraternities try to keep high school students outside; College and town officials stated that Dartmouth fraternities expose themselves to legal liabilities by admitting them. Several current high school students -- who did not want to be named because of the sensitive nature of this subject -- estimated that approximately one-third of Hanover High's current senior class has visited a fraternity.




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Ousted, Zeta Psi laments closure

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Although current members of Zeta Psi fraternity have remained relatively silent since their house was officially closed early this winter, as per a re-recognition plan, they are not necessarily pleased with the decision in which they had no say. During the six-year period of de-recognition, Zeta Psi remained on campus as a fraternity independent of the College.




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Order of Omega hosts leadership confere nce

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The Order of Omega held its annual Emerging Leaders Institute, a program organizers hope will serve as a forum for building relationships and frankly discussing the fraternity and sorority experience at Dartmouth, on Saturday in 105 Dartmouth Hall. The event, organized by David Zubricki '07 and Meghan Feely '08, emphasized cultivating relationships with administrators and Greek houses.


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Water pong banned, risks of overhydrating cited

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Community Director Kristin Deal has banned water pong in residence halls, arguing that the beer-pong substitute violates Office of Residential Life policies and poses a health danger. In an e-mail sent to residents, Deal, the community director for the Choates and North Hall, cited three residential policies that water pong violates, including a policy prohibiting endangering behavior. In the same e-mail, Deal also included a link to a CNN article titled, "Women drinks so much water she dies," which reported on a California women who died after participating in the "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" radio contest.