Friday, January 12, 2007

Winter sorority rush yields higher turnout

By Hillary Wool, The Dartmouth Staff

The Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Council will kick off Winter term recruitment this weekend, with about 70 percent more women rushing this term than last winter. Some 89 women signed up to participate in recruitment as of Thursday evening, whereas last winter's recruitment process drew just 52 women. The IFC, the fraternity system's governing organization, anticipates that the total number of men who sink bids this winter will be comparable to last winter's figure at about 25 new members. More »

UJA bungles anonymity request

By William Schpero, The Dartmouth Staff

A current case before the Office of Undergraduate Judicial Affairs calls into question whether witnesses to campus crimes can remain anonymous -- even when they request anonymity -- according to a document obtained by The Dartmouth. Although April Thompson, the director of UJA, said her office's policy is to provide a list of all witnesses to the accused student, other College officials called revealing the names without consent a "communication glitch." More »

Presidential candidate talks, bashes Bush admin.

By A.J. Fox, The Dartmouth Senior Staff

Former Democratic senator Mike Gravel spoke to a crowd of roughly 50 students Thursday in one of the earliest stops on his presidential campaign. The event, which took place in Hinman Forum at 6:30 p.m., was hosted by the College Democrats. More »

Polarizing Belafonte to deliver 2007 MLK speech

By Astrid Bradley, The Dartmouth Staff

Artist-cum-activist Harry Belafonte is slated to deliver a keynote address Monday as part of the College's 2007 Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. More »

Four professors offer education definitions

By Cathy Wu, The Dartmouth Staff

Four Dartmouth faculty members offered different perspectives on what it means to be well educated in a forum held at Dartmouth Hall yesterday evening. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Compiled by Amita Kulkarni
  • Dr. James Weinstein, an orthopedic surgeon at Dartmouth Medical School, was featured Thursday in a New York Times fitness article, "When It's O.K. More »
  • Hungry football fanatics craving Dartmouth Dining Services food are in luck this year. More »
  • Esther Elizabeth Reed was recently identified as having conned her way into some of the top schools in the nation. More »