Thursday, October 26, 2006

Kappa to be charged with College violations

By Dan Duray, The Dartmouth Staff

The Office of Undergraduate Judicial Affairs notified Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority Wednesday that the organization, and several of its individual members, will be charged with violations of various College standards of conduct. More »

Alumni est.Wily Fund for interns in start-ups

By Emily Weisburst

Executives of the Silicon Valley-based firm Wily Technology, Lewis Cirne ‘93 and David Strohm ‘70, recently endowed a $1 million scholarship to fund Dartmouth student internships in start-up technology companies. More »

Comm. fields questions about dean search

By Christine Huggins, The Dartmouth Staff

The dean of the College search committee held an open meeting on Wednesday evening in order to discuss the qualities that students and faculty members wish to see in Acting Dean of the College Dan Nelson’s eventual successor. More »

Skunks make presence known around campus

By Christine Paquin, The Dartmouth Staff

While children may enjoy the cartoon antics of the famous smelly critter Pepé Le Pew, students at the College are reporting their own, not so laughable, encounters with Pepé look-alikes all over campus. More »

Math students prepare for Putnam competition

By JR Santo

Although the Putnam Mathematics Competition exam is extremely difficult — the median grade is usually zero out of 120 — the Dartmouth Classes of 2009 and 2010 have experienced a surge in interest and mathematical ability, according to Vedant Mehra ‘07, a Dartmouth Math Society member. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Compiled by Naomi Sosner
  • Dr. Samuel R.G. Finlayson from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical School published an editorial Wednesday to accompany a study that found that nonwhite, Medicaid-eligible and uninsured patients in California are more likely to undergo high-risk surgeries at less-experienced hospitals. More »
  • Tuitions for both public and private universities rose at a rate higher than the national rate of inflation, according to College Board’s annual study, “Trends in College Pricing,” published Tuesday. More »
  • The results of a new study found that 75 percent of college undergraduates in the United States have at least one risk factor for Hepatitis C and that a high number are not well-educated about their vulnerability to the disease. More »