Tuesday, October 10, 2006

11 members of Kappa sorority charged with internal possession late Monday night

By Kevin Garland, The Dartmouth Senior Staff

WEB UPDATE, October 10, 4:55 p.m. Enfield Police sent three members of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center late last night after finding them to be highly intoxicated. Another eight underage women were arrested for internal consumption during an incident that occurred at Great View Roller Skating rink in nearby Enfield, N.H. More »

Frats, sororities dole out bids

By Matt Beale, The Dartmouth Staff

Fraternities and sororities handed out bids Saturday, Sunday and Monday, ending the week-long rush process this fall. While fraternities generally received numbers comparable to previous years’, sororities received fewer members per house with the addition of Alpha Phi, the seventh sorority, and a smaller group of female rushees this year. More »

Steering Committee discusses leadership

By Christine Paquin, The Dartmouth Staff

The Faculty Steering Committee did not reveal a verdict that would determine BlitzMail’s future, but it did discuss the issue of continuity within the committee’s leadership as well as usual updates from the Councils on Computing and Graduate studies to name two. More »

Credit cards widely used, debt follows students

By Mary Katherine Flanigan, The Dartmouth Staff

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a two-part series that examines credit cards and student debt at both a national level and at Dartmouth. More »

Boylan speaks on personal impact of sex change

By Zach Swiss, The Dartmouth Staff

After Jennifer Finney Boylan had a sex-change operation to become a woman, she asked her two sons what they should call her. It seemed strange for them to keep calling her “daddy” and the boys rejected the idea of calling her “Jenny”. More »

Montgomery fellow, Thapar, to speak on ancient India

By Linzi Sheldon, The Dartmouth Staff

Montgomery Fellow Romila Thapar, the preeminent historian of ancient India, fought against Indian nationalism and death threats to chronicle her country’s intricate multicultural history. Author of the much-lauded book Early India, she will give a lecture entitled “Interpretations on Early Indian History” at 4:30 p.m. today in Filene Auditorium. More »

Daily Debriefing

  • John H. Wasson, professor of community and family medicine at Dartmouth Medical School, is working with a team of researchers to help physicians lower the cost of running their practices and to increase patients’ role in maintaining healthy lifestyles. More »
  • Former Dartmouth Provost and current Columbia University President Lee Bollinger was criticized by Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City for allowing protests by students at Columbia last Friday. More »
  • Elliott Fisher, professor of community and family medicine at Dartmouth Medical School and the Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, was elected by the Institute of Medicine to become one of its 65 new active members. More »