Monday, March 06, 2006

Board raises tuition by 4.8 percent

By Gus Lûbin, The Dartmouth Staff

The Dartmouth Board of Trustees approved a 4.8 percent tuition increase for the coming year at its winter meeting this weekend. The tuition hike, which amounts to $1,536, will bring the overall undergraduate expenses to $43,341, including room, board and mandatory fees. More »

Alpha Phi selected as next sorority

By Jennifer Garfinkel, The Dartmouth Staff

Alpha Phi sorority will come to Dartmouth as the campus’s seventh all-female Greek house, the College announced Friday afternoon. Alpha Phi’s introduction makes it the first new Greek organization to start up at the College since the Board of Trustees lifted its 1999 moratorium on new Greek organizations last June. The announcement came after College President James Wright approved a student interest group’s decision and Alpha Phi officially accepted Dartmouth’s request to form a chapter. More »

Year later, sustainability still in planning stages

By Astrid Bradley, The Dartmouth Staff

After collecting information about Dartmouth for two terms, Sustainability Director Jim Merkel said he has started to draft plans for environmentally-friendly changes at the College, like converting Homeplate into a waste-free dining facility and reducing Dartmouth’s dependence on fossil fuels. More »

New dorms match campus aesthetics

By Elliot Mattingly, The Dartmouth Staff

If the architects of the Tuck Mall and McLaughlin residence clusters succeed, the Fall term’s unveiling of the new dorms will not have the same jarring effect on campus aesthetics as the rollout of more controversial buildings did in the 20th century. More »