Q&A with College President Sian Leah Beilock
By Charlotte Hampton | June 15, 2025The Dartmouth sat down with the president to talk about Dartmouth, national issues and the Class of 2025.
Charlotte Hampton is the editor-in-chief of The Dartmouth. She hails from New York, N.Y., and is studying government and philosophy at the College.
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The Dartmouth sat down with the president to talk about Dartmouth, national issues and the Class of 2025.
In an email sent to senior administrators, the six house professors said that the protesters were not violent or threatening.
In a Zoom webinar last week, College President Sian Leah Beilock said that the government cannot dictate “what we can or cannot teach.”
Editor-in-Chief Charlotte Hampton ’26 writes about being arrested last year on May 1, while reporting for The Dartmouth.
“Let the blood that drips from Dartmouth Hall remind you of the price of silence,” a protester said.
For about an hour, businesses closed and some employees went home.
On April 17, Dartmouth community members also protested humanitarian violations in Gaza and mass deportations under the Trump administration, among other issues, as part of the National Day of Action for Higher Ed.
In an email to campus this evening, College President Sian Leah Beilock defended her decision not to sign an open letter against federal funding cuts.
A College spokesperson said that the President “does not believe that signing open form letters like this one is an effective way to defend Dartmouth’s mission.”
You should make the trip to upstate New York, too.