By Molly Turner In addition to receiving diplomas at the Commencement ceremony on Sunday June 13 alongside the undergraduate Class of 2010, graduates of Thayer School of Engineering, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth Medical School and The Dartmouth Institute participate in separate graduation procedures this weekend.
Student Assembly deliberated on the formation of six new policy committees for the coming year at its meeting Tuesday night.
Soo Jee Lee / The Dartmouth Soo Jee Lee / The Dartmouth James Reynolds made his career as a BBC foreign correspondent by reporting from bullet-strewn war zones and tear-gassed streets.
The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Justice Department has launched an investigation into National Collegiate Athletic Association rules, focusing on the NCAA's five-year limit on athletic scholarships and requirement that they be renewed annually based on "merit" qualifications, Inside Higher Ed reported on Friday.
Chris Parker / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Chris Parker / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Public conceptions of the construction costs of the Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center suffer from "misunderstandings and misinformation," professor Thomas Jack, chair of the department of biological sciences, said in a statement to The Dartmouth. A recent letter to the editor published in the Valley News questioned the necessity of the expenses of the ongoing construction of the LSC in light of recent budget cuts, according to biology professor Mark McPeek. Jack, who is away from Hanover and was not immediately available for comment, submitted the statement to clarify the project's costs, as well as its goal of incorporating sustainable building practices and providing a learning space for students. The LSC has been a public point of contention since February, when College President Jim Yong Kim discussed proposed budget cuts that included staff layoffs to a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Faculty members at the meeting questioned sacrificing staff while continuing construction of the Life Sciences Center and Visual Arts Center. The letter published in the Valley News exaggerated the costs of the construction, McPeek said. The costs are estimated at approximately $90 million, Jack wrote in the letter. The Class of 1978 contributed $40 million toward the construction of the LSC, The Dartmouth previously reported. The $9 million yearly cost to the College that has been publicly discussed "refers primarily to debt service associated with financing of the LSC, which must be paid whether or not we complete and occupy the LSC" Jack said in the letter. The College issued over $400 million in bonds in May 2008 in order to help pay for several construction projects, including the LSC, The Dartmouth previously reported. In addition to being energy efficient, the new space will "fill a serious need for classroom space on campus" and provide the lab space that will enable "the education of the next generation of scientists," Jack wrote. McPeek echoed Jack's assertions that the LSC is a worthwhile investment, even as cuts are being made in other departments of the College. While ceasing other construction projects "makes financial sense," leaving the LSC project unfinished does not, he said. "The College would lose an exorbitant amount of money if they stopped now," he added. McPeek also emphasized the long-term savings the College would gain from construction of the Life Sciences Center.
Curie Kim / The Dartmouth Staff Curie Kim / The Dartmouth Staff Having survived the horrors of genocide in his home country, a young man named Deogratias fled Burundi only to live as a homeless refugee in New York City, spending his nights sleeping in Central Park.
Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff Correction Appended### Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals should be open about their sexuality in order to debunk the "notion that we are other," Denis Dison, the vice president of the Victory Fund, said in the PRIDE Week keynote speech on Tuesday.
Courtesy of Opportunity International Courtesy of Opportunity International Students, alumni, faculty and visitors from around New England gathered on Saturday for The Wheelock Conference, a daylong event focused on uniting faith and reason in the academic and the professional world, according to event organizers.
Project RightChoice a recently created student-run nonprofit organization that fundraises for a different charity each year hopes to raise $150,000 for the Fisher House Foundation, an organization that provides free housing near army medical facilities for families of injured and recovering service men and women.
Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Researcher and author Broughton Coburn spent August 2008 leading a "rag-tag expedition" through the mountains of Nepal, a journey that was "reminiscent of the Indiana Jones series of movies," he said in a lecture to Hanover residents and Dartmouth students Wednesday evening in the Howe Library. In his lecture, "The Secrets of Shangri-La," Coburn described how he and his team discovered many ancient artifacts in man-made complexes in the Mustang region of Nepal, he said. Coburn described his research and film expedition as a "scientific, cultural, spiritual, artistic mission." Coburn and his team discovered pre-Buddhist illuminated manuscripts, ancient shrines and murals depicting mystical yogis, which Coburn showed in a slide show during his talk.