Friday, May 26, 2006

Proposed changes to COS denied support

By Elliot Mattingly, The Dartmouth Staff

April Thompson, director of Undergraduate Judicial Affairs, recently denied support to a draft of proposed Committee on Standards procedural changes issued by the COS Task Force. More »

DDS workers have mixed reviews

By Joanna Patterson

Editor's Note: This is the second in a three-part series examining the Dartmouth Dining Services' cost and management structure, and employee experience at DDS. More »

DMS student speaks on global health

By Zach Swiss, The Dartmouth Staff

Drawing on his own experiences in Burundi and Rwanda, a student at Dartmouth Medical School described the obstacles of providing healthcare to some of the world's poorest and most disease-ridden areas in a speech Thursday evening. The student, whose name is Deogratias, works in coordination with Paul Farmer's global healthcare organization, Partners in Health. More »

Forum promotes open debate of issues

By Alex Belser, The Dartmouth Staff

A Free Speech Forum held Thursday night to talk about controversial minority issues drew 32 students to Alumni Hall, but those in attendance said they wished there had been a bigger and more ideologically diverse turnout. More »

Police Blotter

By Compiled by Dan Duray, courtesy Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone

May 14, South Main Street, 6:38 a.m. Safety and Security called Hanover Police because a man was passed out in the second floor hallway of the Hanover Inn. When officers roused the 25-year-old, he claimed that he was in town for the Dartmouth Pow-Wow. Police took the man into protective custody. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Compiled by Andrew Lebovich
  • Kirk Arnold '81 spoke at Alpha Xi Delta sorority Thursday as part of the Panhellenic Council's "Dartmouth's Distinguished" lecture series. More »
  • Arnold, who served as president of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, is now the Executive Vice President of Product Development for Fidelity Human Resources Services. More »
  • Before coming to Fidelity, Arnold worked for IBM and served as Chief Executive Officer of NerveWire, Inc. More »
  • Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority and Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity hosted a Hunger Banquet to benefit Project Bangladesh Thursday night. More »
  • The event, which took place at Tri-Kap, included a documentary on world hunger and remarks by Professor Lee Witters of the Dartmouth Medical School. More »
  • "At a school like Dartmouth, it can be easy to fall into our daily routines and forget about the real challenges faced by humanity in the 21st century," former Tri-Kap President Adam Patinkin '07 said. More »
  • Previous benefits for Project Bangladesh have included Green Key weekend's Festival of Humanity, hookah nights at Alpha Chi alpha, a charity date auction and a bazaar sale. More »
  • NASA is almost ready to begin using satellite technology to help provide early warning of floods and landslides, and geography professor Robert Brakenridge is participating in the effort. More »
  • Scientists hope to use satellite imagery and observations of soil type, vegetation and land slope, in combination with data on rainfall, rivers and topography to try to determine when and where flooding will occur. More »
  • "Satellite observations can be absolutely essential in lessening the severity on the local economies and possible injuries in such future occurrences," Brakenridge said.More »