Dartmouth Community Services, the local service outreach and education arm of Dartmouth's Tucker Foundation, received the 2006 Spirit of New Hampshire Award from New Hampshire Gov.
Today is the second and final day of the American Red Cross' once-a-term blood drive in Alumni Hall in the Hopkins Center.
Fifteen sophomores from Charlestown High School in Boston participated in Dartmouth's North Country Weekend, a program that exposes urban youth to the outdoors and a rural environment this weekend. This year, 11 Dartmouth student volunteers and four teachers from Charlestown were involved in the program, which is designed to target sophomores in high school who show academic potential. "The main mission of the program is to inspire and encourage the students to look into higher education, even though Dartmouth is not necessarily a reality for them," Kyle Polite, community programs adviser for the Tucker Foundation, said.
The Kemeny Hall and Haldeman Center buildings, begun in November 2004, will be fully occupied by their Nov. 4 deadline, according to the Office of Planning, Design & Construction. This project signifies the completion of the next phase in the master plan for the area north of Baker-Berry Library. "The ...
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.
The inCircle network, a social and business networking tool available to Dartmouth alumni and students, recently announced that its services had expanded to include 56 alumni and student organizations from universities around the country. The network, which was first introduced to Dartmouth in February 2005 by the Office of Alumni Relations, allows members of affiliated institutions to build and maintain personal and professional connections in a secure online community. Among the organizations and universities now affiliated with inCircle are Wharton Graduate Association, University of Michigan, University of Texas, Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, Delta Delta Delta sorority, Northwestern University and American University. "We wanted to address a need expressed by young alumni to have a way to network with each other on a daily basis on shared interests, common acquaintances, professions and locations," Director of Alumni Information Resources Jan Bent said. Companies using inCircle can either post jobs specifically to Dartmouth or to other inCircle networks. The "relationship-mapping" feature allows Dartmouth job seekers to reach out to their peers who work within a company or who have worked for a com pany for guidance and referrals. The inCircle platform also includes a searchable groups feature that allows students and alumni to communicate to friends within specific organizations, clubs, classes and interest groups.
Lauren Wool / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Students who wish to avoid the hassle of buying, moving and storing their belongings when they move in and out of dorms can now turn to Evolving Vox LLC, a temporary ownership business started by Jack Groetzinger '07 and Russell D'Souza '07 that rents furniture and electronics. D'Souza and Groetzinger developed the business after they realized the impracticality of investing in quality furniture that would only be used for their senior year. "Fundamentally, we think the market for furniture and electronics at Dartmouth is inefficient -- at the end of the school year, students are often unable to find anyone willing to buy their used furniture for a decent price," Groetzinger said. Students can furnish their dorm rooms by selecting items such as futons, lamps, telephones, televisions and refrigerators on the company's website. Evolving Vox will then deliver all items at the beginning of the term and pick them up at the end of the term when students move out. Those renting from Vox list the condition of the rentals and the low cost as their primary reasons for renting. "Their prices were great," Azi Tzfadya '07 said.
This fall, the student-led coalition Sustainable Dartmouth will continue its campaign to reduce the amount of waste generated by the College with Sustainable Move-In.
Taking a cue from Ben-Hur, Saturday's Fieldstock event will revive chariot races, a College tradition begun in 1966 that was eliminated in 1984 due to safety concerns. The chariot races began as a replacement for the Wetdown Ceremonies, in which the newly elected members of student government were pelted with various food items and beverages as they ran across the Green.
Mark Rosenberg, chancellor for the Florida public university system, is encouraging the state's public universities to offer a full curriculum throughout the entire calendar year, arguing that the switch to year-round education would enable students to graduate faster, increase graduation and retention rates and more efficiently utilize state facilities. Rosenberg has looked to Dartmouth as well as at other schools that have attempted year-round operation in planning the logistics of a year-round curriculum model, but notes that Florida is not looking to adopt a quarter system like Dartmouth's academic calendar. By 2011, Florida's public universities are expected to enroll an additional 65,000 students each year.