Friday, May 5, 2006

On second vote, IFC denies AEPi support

By JOHN FINE

The Interfraternity Council voted Thursday night for the second time not to grant the national Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi official sponsorship. The IFC had previously rejected AEPi sponsorship during Winter term, but decided to give AEPi another chance at sponsorship because "they had been doing a pretty good job towards satisfying the criteria for us to recognize them," IFC President Alex Lentz '07 said. More »

N.H. passes voting bill affecting undergrads

By Hannah Plotkin, The Dartmouth Staff

The New Hampshire State Senate voted Thursday to pass House Bill 1566, an act that would make it more difficult for out-of-state college students to vote in New Hampshire. More »

Dean of upperclassmen search yields no results

By Rebekah Rombom, The Dartmouth Staff

The search for a permanent dean for upperclass students has thus far been unsuccessful, Senior Associate Dean of the College Dan Nelson '75 announced Tuesday. The search committee charged with finding a new dean interviewed six candidates for the job, but did not extend any offers. More »

Students volunteer for Summer Special Olympics

By Astrid Bradley, The Dartmouth Staff

For the second year in a row, Dartmouth students will volunteer at the Upper Valley Special Olympic Summer Games, a swimming and track and field competition for mentally-challenged athletes that begins May 7. More »

Econ majors attend D.C. conference

By John Zaleski

Three Dartmouth economics majors attended the Carroll Round last weekend, a conference on international economics held at Georgetown University. At the conference, Evgeniya Petrova '06, Austin Vedder '06 and Dan Kurland '06 presented papers they had written in their international economics seminar taught by professor Nancy Marion. More »

Undergrads build hybrid race car

By AJ Fox, The Dartmouth Staff

A team of students at the Thayer School of Engineering hosted Formula Hybrid, the first collegiate car race to use only hybrid and electric vehicles, at the New Hampshire International Speedway on Thursday. The event was accompanied by a conference held Wednesday on the development of hybrid cars. More »

SA's 'town meeting' draws few undergrads

By Katy O'Donnell, The Dartmouth Staff

A group of 15 students, only three of whom were not Student Assembly members, attended the Student Assembly Dartmouth Town Meeting Thursday night in Collis Commonground. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Compiled by Mary Katherine Flanigan, The Dartmouth Staff
  • The 28th annual Festival of New Music will take place at Dartmouth beginning this Saturday. More »
  • "The festival began in part as a reaction to student requests to include more courses devoted to music composition and performance as opposed to music appreciation and analysis," festival co-director Ryan Berger '04 said. More »
  • This year the festival's theme is "Orchestras of Sameness." The theme was inspired by the Princeton Laptop Orchestra, PLOrk, which is a group of 15 Princeton University students who sit on pillows and perform using laptop computers surrounded by hemispherical speakers and control devices. More »
  • In keeping with the theme, the festival organizers tried to invite other performers who would also combine similar instruments to create unique music. More »
  • "In the festival you will hear this idea of sameness through string quartets, violin duets and even in ensembles that bring together instruments from the farthest ends of the orchestra," coordinator Katey Blumenthal '06 said. More »
  • A heath advisory for pinkeye and whooping cough was issued yesterday by Dr. More »
  • The Dartmouth Asian Organization is sponsoring a Korean Culture night in Collis Common Ground on Saturday May 6. More »