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June 8, 2026
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Tubestock festivities pass without incident

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Although hundreds of undergraduates descended upon the Connecticut River Saturday for Tubestock, the annual Summer term festivity concluded without major incident. According to College Proctor Harry Kinne, several students suffered minor injuries but no Dartmouth students were arrested or picked up by Safety and Security. Because the College does not sponsor the off-campus event, only four Safety and Security officers were assigned special duties -- two on a rescue boat and two controlling access to parking by the Ledyard Canoe Club. "It's not a college event but our main concerns are student safety," Senior Associate Dean of the College Daniel Nelson said.



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Friendly 'Food Court Larry' leads adventurous life

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Editor's Note: This is the first of a multi-part series profiling essential members of the College community who make Dartmouth operate smoothly every day. Food Court manager Larry James may be a familiar face to just about every student at Dartmouth, but it turns out he's more of an enigma than anyone could guess. Famous for his friendly inquisitiveness and country-fried-chicken Mondays, James also has some incredible stories to tell.


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Berkeley police identify two suspects in Willis-Starbuck shooting

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WEB UPDATE, July 21, 9:14 p.m. Berkeley police announced further progression in their investigation into the murder of Meleia Willis-Starbuck '07, releasing names of two suspects on Wednesday. The city's homicide detectives used leads they had gathered from the investigation to serve search warrants for Christopher Larry Wilson Jr.


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Professor advises Senate on stem cells

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Political discussions over the various ethical, legal and scientific dilemmas posed by stem cell research continued last Tuesday in Washington D.C., as religion professor and director of Dartmouth's Ethics Institute Ronald Green testified before a Senate subcommittee. Green expressed his support for a House bill, H.R.




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Members of Class of '57 participate in panel discussion

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This past weekend, the 2007 Class Council hosted some 25 alumni from the Class of 1957 for dinner Friday and a panel discussion Saturday morning, enabling a small crowd of students and alumni to mutually exchange perspectives on the Dartmouth experience. The event was organized as a part of ongoing efforts by the Class Council to engage with their parent class.



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Sophomore summer falls short of expectations, study claims

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Shattering the myth of "Camp Dartmouth" and the rumors of graduated sophomores, an internal Dartmouth study reveals that sophomores returning to Hanover for their sophomore summer often encounter disappointment. The Office of Undergraduate Evaluation and Research, led by John Pryor '84, collected data over the 2001, 2002, and 2003 Summer terms.




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Willis-Starbuck killed early Sunday

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WEB UPDATE, July 18, 12:06 a.m. Meleia Willis-Starbuck '07 was gunned down early Sunday morning in Berkeley, Ca., outside her apartment. Willis-Starbuck was shot by an unidentified man who exited a vehicle, fired multiple gunshots at Willis-Starbuck and a group of friends and then drove away, Berkeley police said.



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'Harry Potter' hits Hanover stores

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While most Dartmouth students may spend this Friday evening like any other, a group of 100 enthusiasts will pull an all-nighter at the Top of the Hop in anticipation of the release of J.K.


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Popular swimming site not toxic to humans

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At the Elizabeth Mine in Stafford, Vt., Ed Hathaway and his team of EPA-sponsored specialists have been seeing signs of college activities, lingering beer cans and lost sandals for quite some time. In June 2001, "the copper mines," as Dartmouth students refer to the area, were designated an EPA Superfund site, approximately forty years after Vermont recognized the site as a water pollutant. The EPA's Superfund program was established in 1980 to locate, investigate and clean up hazardous waste sites throughout the United States. Ed Hathaway is an EPA project manager for 11 sites in the Vermont and Connecticut Superfund section, which includes Elizabeth Mine. While the site exhibits alarming and hazardous chemical levels, the area that concerns most students -- where the bedrock cut meets the turquoise water -- "is one of the lower contaminated areas," Hathaway said. "That water will not hurt them; concentrations are high enough to affect fish and other aquatic organisms, but not humans," he added. While Hathaway does not advocate activity on the Superfund site, he said it does not appear to be a chemical hazard.



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College invests millions to tighten digital security

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Hoping to stay one step ahead of hackers and other threats to its computer network, the College's Computing Services department is investing millions of dollars in new security mechanisms to combat increased vulnerability. Over the course of the next 12 months, Peter Kiewit Computing Services will phase in new security procedures requiring students to use a physical USB device, together with new security software, in order to access information on the Dartmouth intranet including student grades, administrative files and personal data. Members of the Class of 2008 began using an Aladdin eToken upon issuance of their computer hardware last fall.


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Low turnout hampers annual sophomore trips

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For the past seven years, the Dartmouth Outing Club's sophomore trips have been an integral part of the sophomore summer experience, giving students the chance to wander the outdoors and relive freshman year DOC trips.