The Committee on Standards Task Force, of which I am a member, and which has supported this op-ed, welcomes the news that Acting Dean of the College Dan Nelson has decided to reverse his past decision to delay consideration of the task force's proposals until a permanent dean assumes office in January ("Nelson to Convene New COS Committee," Oct.
As recent reports in The Dartmouth and elsewhere have made clear, I am a member of a growing movement within the student body which seeks to substantially overhaul our student government in order to better advocate student interests.
The number of disciplinary conduct sanctions levied against students at Dartmouth has increased every year for four of the last five years.
A multi-agency police investigation culminated in the arrest of three suspects yesterday in connection with a string of armed robberies of pizza delivery drivers in the Upper Valley last month. Angela Bakaitis, 19, from West Lebanon, and Steven Kitchen, 18, from Springfield, Mass., were apprehended in Croyden, N.H.
Common stereotypes portray university faculties as "vast left-wing conspiracies," a sentiment most recently articulated by New York Times columnist David Brooks in an attention-getting op-ed piece last month.
At this rate, Dartmouth students may be going nowhere fast. Within the past two years, Dartmouth has created only one new foreign study program "" the anthropology and linguistics FSP to Auckland, New Zealand. This newest FSP is also one of only 13 out of 36 programs that Dartmouth offers outside of Europe and the United States -- despite what may be rising student interest in traveling to non-Western countries Executive Director of Off-Campus programs John Tansey attributed the lower number of non-Western FSPs to a lack of interest from Dartmouth's faculty and students.
Blaze struck local shopping plaza
It was free, it was easy, and its name made students feel helpful. But in an era of tightening budgets and rapidly increasing usage, College administrators say Greenprint is no longer green, and, effective this term, it's also not entirely free. Under a new plan aimed at cutting costs and waste, each student receives a $30 credit for use at GreenPrint.