Friday, January 05, 2007

Meningitis blamed in UNH student’s death

By Astrid Bradley, The Dartmouth Staff

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Thursday that the death of a University of New Hampshire student was caused by bacterial meningitis, an inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. The 21-year-old woman from Bangor, Maine, died Wednesday. More »

Young alum enters race via petition

By Katy O'Donnell, The Dartmouth Staff

Janos Marton ‘04 announced in December his decision to run in April as a petition candidate for the open Board of Trustees seat. Marton, who served as student body president for two consecutive years during his time at the College, is a student at Fordham Law School. More »

South Block reaches final stage of redevelopments

With the relocation of two local businesses from South Main Street to South Street, Dartmouth entered the last phase of the South Block development project, an effort to transform the downtown area bordered by South Main Street, Dorrance Place, Currier Street and South Street. The project is expected to be completed in 2008. More »

Greeks praised for ‘outstanding change’

By Joanna Patterson, The Dartmouth Staff

The Association of Fraternity Advisors presented Dartmouth’s Coed, Fraternity and Sorority system with its “Outstanding Change Initiative” award last month, recognizing the system’s “tremendous progress and improvement” in the past year. More »

Daily Debriefing

  • Clark C. Griffith ‘66 was appointed commissioner of the Northern League of Professional Baseball, an independent league based in Chicago, on Jan. More »
  • John Fry, former editor-in-chief of the magazine SKI, mentions Dartmouth-organized ski trips as helping to popularize skiing on the east coast in his new book, “The Story of Modern Skiing,” which details the growth of skiing as a popular support. More »
  • Democratic congressional candidate Christine Jennings filed an appeal Wednesday to reverse a circuit judge’s ruling which denied her access to electronic voting machine programming codes. More »