Skip to Content, Navigation, or Footer.
Support independent student journalism. Support independent student journalism. Support independent student journalism.
SUPPORT THE DARTMOUTH
The Dartmouth
August 15, 2026
The Dartmouth
News
News

Reactions on campus favorable to Wright

By Deborah Bernstein | September 25, 1998

Students and faculty reacted more positively to College President James Wright's comments about Dartmouth's research commitment in his inaugural address Wednesday than they had when he called the College a "research university" at the April campus-wide meeting to announce his presidency. Wright devoted much of his address this week to reiterating and clarifying his definition of the terms "college" and "research university." Wright said Wednesday that while Dartmouth is a college, it has qualities of a research university.

News

Scholars of presidency will visit

By Lou Scerra | September 25, 1998

Seven presidential biographers will visit the College as Montgomery Fellows next winter and spring as part of a series about presidential character in the 20th century. David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Edmund Morris and others will talk about the impact of presidential character on leadership. Before the presidential discussions in 1999, Li Xueqin, one of the foremost Chinese historians, is visiting for the entire Fall term.

News

Dartmouth drops in college rankings

By Brad Russo | September 25, 1998

Dartmouth dropped three spots in the latest U.S. News and World Report ranking of undergraduate institutions, putting it in a four-way tie for 10th place in the national university category. The drop -- to a three-way tie for last in the Ivy League -- comes after three consecutive years of Dartmouth being ranked seventh in the magazine's "America's Best Colleges" issue. Harvard, Princeton and Yale Universities tied for the top spot in the annual survey of universities.

News

Wright plans on best of college and university

By Eun Lee Koh | September 24, 1998

A new chapter in Dartmouth history opened with he inauguration of James Wright as the 16th president of the College, but what the chapter will be and how historians will read it are still left for Wright to define. The College's 15th President James O.

News

Wright Chapter Begins

By Sarah Rubenstein | September 24, 1998

James Wright ceremoniously took over the office of College president yesterday before a crowd of approximately 5,000 people at a combined Inauguration and Convocation on Baker Lawn. Wright, the 16th president of Dartmouth, was greeted by a standing ovation after receiving the Charter of the College from chairman of the Board of Trustees Stephen Bosworth and the Wentworth Bowl from former President James O.

News

ORL puts students in lounges, off campus

By Kathrin Westo | September 23, 1998

A shortage of on-campus housing this term forced the Office of Residential Life to place 11 freshmen in converted study lounges, storage spaces and area coordinator offices as one of several measures to provide sufficient housing. Director of Housing Services Lynn Rosenblum said several factors caused this year's housing crunch, including the exceptionally large size of the freshman class, which has more than 1,100 members. A drop in available off-campus programs this year also contributed to the tight situation, Rosenblum said.

News

Wright to be inaugurated today

By Brad Russo | September 23, 1998

Sixteenth College President James Wright will ceremoniously take over the office he has been serving since August 1 of this year at today's Inauguration ceremony. The event, nearly five months in the planning, will coincide with the Convocation of the 229th year of the College and will include aspects traditional to both celebrations. The inauguration will occur on the front lawn of Baker Library beginning at 2:00 p.m.

Trending
The Dartmouth