A panel of Dartmouth undergraduates, just back from a term of teaching in Marshallese public schools, offered personal accounts of their trip last night, along with Marshall Islands Ambassador to the U.S.
A self-described "rebel with a conscience," Dr. Russell Peterson, the 83-year-old former Governor of Delaware and President Emeritus of the National Audubon Society, delivered a speech Thursday titled "Together We Can Save the Earth." In front of a sparsely filled room, Peterson attempted to describe ways "to save the natural resources that grace our lovely planet." "Our world is heading for disaster," he warned.
Dartmouth has become home to a high-tech antiterrorism initiative, and the timing couldn't be better. One of only two in the country, the Institute for Security Technology Studies opened in Hanover this past December, with its main mission being to combat cyber-terrorism. This week's official announcement of the Institute's opening comes as the world still is reeling from the Love Virus, the most disabling attack ever by a computer hacker.