Friday, May 12, 2006

Despite ORL waitlist, affinities have vacancies

By Astrid Bradley, The Dartmouth Staff

Cutter-Shabazz and La Casa, among several other affinity houses, are continuing to deal with Fall term housing vacancies, despite the approximately 120 to 140 members of the sophomore class placed on the housing waitlist Wednesday after the final night of room draw. More »

NSF awards biology graduate student

The National Science Foundation awarded Crystal Piffath, a Dartmouth graduate student in molecular and cell biology, a prestigious three-year fellowship funded by its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Five other current graduate students, Ian Holloway, Kara Podkaminer, Rachel Ramirez and Annalies Vuong, received honorable mentions. More »

Eating disorders can exist on seemingly healthy campus

By Linzi Sheldon, The Dartmouth Staff

Editor’s Note: This if the first of a two-part series examining eating disorders at Dartmouth. The first part discusses the problem as it pertains to the College and the second part will evaluate how students and administrators are working to alleviate the problem. More »

Sennott describes fundamentalism

By Zach Swiss, The Dartmouth Staff

Charles Sennott, a former bureau chief for Europe and the Middle East at the Boston Globe, mixed personal experiences with political insights to address religious fundamentalism, the war on terror and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in his speech Thursday night. More »

Police Blotter

May 4, South Main Street, 7:48 p.m. During a meeting of the Hanover Planning Board, an outspoken man began making comments that interrupted the Board’s deliberations. After explaining to the man that the Board does not accept comments during its deliberations, the man still continued to make comments about the Board, growing more and more belligerent. Eventually, Planning Board Chair Nancy Collier called Hanover Police to keep the peace, and officers succeeded in calming the man. More »

‘Women in Business’ sends undergraduates to golf course

By Christine Huggins, The Dartmouth Staff

Women in Business will host its second annual golf outing this Saturday to introduce women to the game of golf, considered to be an excellent networking tool in the business world. More »

Daily Debriefing

  • A series of debates, interactive discussions and formal presentations entitled “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A Series on the Alcohol Culture at Dartmouth,” were held throughout the week to stimulate discussion about the positive and negative issues of drinking. More »
  • Rauner Special Collections Library has acquired an ancient manuscript known as The Brut Chronicle, thought to be the earliest prose account of England’s history, which was transcribed by hand in approximately A. More »
  • The Rockefeller Center will host two events this weekend to address issues of educational inequality in America. More »