Monday, October 30, 2006

College hosts weekend for urban high school

Fifteen sophomores from Charlestown High School in Boston participated in Dartmouth’s North Country Weekend, a program that exposes urban youth to the outdoors and a rural environment this weekend. More »

Program links students with inmates

Dartmouth students worked with inmates at the Windsor Women’s Prison in an effort to reduce the gap between stereotyped criminals and community members during theater performances on Thursday and Friday of last week. More »

DEH connects world hunger, fair trade

Approximately 100 Dartmouth students showed up to sample and view a variety of free fair trade products at the first Fair Trade Halloween in Collis Cafe on Saturday. More »

Event raises awareness of improved Org. Farm

Over 50 students flocked to the Dartmouth Organic Farm on Friday to try their hand at cider pressing, pumpkin decoration and even worm composting as part of the farm’s fall event, Pumpkin Pie In the Sky. More »

Daily Debriefing

  • Professor James Weinstein, chairman of orthopedics at Dartmouth, co-authored a study examining the number of spine surgeries performed on Medicare patients. More »
  • “Conventioneers,” a newly-released movie set in New York City in 2004 during the Republican National Convention, stars Woodwyn Jones and Matthew Mabe as former Dartmouth classmates who reunite only to discover they are on opposite sides of the political spectrum. More »
  • “The Perfection of Wisdom: A Seminar Joining Buddhist Scholarship and Practice” discussed the Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom), a Buddhist text on Saturday Oct. More »