Bailey Massey / The Dartmouth Staff Dell Inc., a major computer supplier for the College, announced Tuesday that it is recalling 4.1 million laptop batteries because they could burst into flames.
The battle over file sharing on campus networks continues to rage, as the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America have sent letters expressing concern about illegal file sharing to College President James Wright. The letters, received mid-April, do not signal a new wave of lawsuits, but contained internet protocol addresses of 21 network users suspected of illegal file sharing, and requested that users cease such activity. While the College typically receives approximately 25 so-called takedown notices each month containing the IP addresses of suspected file sharers, the two latest letters differ in several key ways, most importantly that they were sent directly to Wright, rather than the usual recipient, Ellen Young, the College's Digital Millennium Copyright holder. RIAA President Cary Sherman and MPAA President Dan Glickman additionally both personally expressed concerns about file sharing over the College network to Wright in their respective letters.
Vigil sponsored by GHC, to take place in front of Dartmouth Hall
As Columbia University considers allowing the Reserve Officer Training Corps to finally return to campus after being banned during the Vietnam War, Dartmouth's Army ROTC program continues to struggle for scholarship funds, resources and support.
Like a boxer on the ropes bouncing back to win, the College's education department has escaped potential termination and modernized itself by increasing its focus on scientific fields such as neuroscience.
Despite the storm of controversy swirling over the State Department's proposal to integrate radio identification technology into passports, Dartmouth has continued to use a simpler version of the technology for building access since 2001.
The College's Hood Museum of Art, which will celebrate its twentieth anniversary this year, is welcoming a new director to lead the museum into the next decade. Brian P.
Students used to relying on the Old Tuck Drive shortcut to arrive at class on time will have to find an alternate route, as construction on a new residential dormitory begins Tuesday.
Information technology companies, industry bigwigs and privacy experts descended on Dartmouth Wednesday to discuss personalized products and privacy issues for "Tech@Tuck," an event sponsored by the Tuck School of Business' Center for Digital Strategies. The event began with demonstrations of personalized devices and products from companies including Alpine, Apple, Bose, Dell, Delphi, Garmin, Honda, Palm, Samsung and Sony.
Despite the build up and enthusiasm that surrounds Winter Carnival weekend, the Winter term holiday seems best characterized by what one makes of it.