Monday, January 29, 2007

Smith runs on free speech, COS reform

By Katy O'Donnell, The Dartmouth Staff

Stephen Smith ‘88, the most recent alumnus to enter the race for a seat on the Board of Trustees, is running as a petition candidate on a campaign of keeping Dartmouth a “college,” promoting free speech on campus and reforming the Committee on Standards. More »

Led by Shpeen, ‘reform’ movement began in fall

By Allie Lowe, The Dartmouth Staff

Adam Shpeen ‘07 began working during Fall term on an effort to “reform” Student Assembly, an effort that involved recruiting new Assembly members, was organized stealthily through face-to-face conversations and, some argue, has its roots in a personal vendetta. More »

Slim parking pickings pain professors

By Cathy Wu, The Dartmouth Staff

Parking has become an increasingly headache-inducing problem for many professors and staff. Several professors have written letters detailing their frustrations with the current parking situation in the parking lot shared by the Thayer School of Engineering and the Tuck School of Business. More »

KDE hosts charity potluck dinner

Pasta, pies and cookies greeted students who braved the cold to attend “Feast for a Dream,” a charity potluck hosted by Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority Friday night. More »

Author describes Rwandan genocide

Author Robert Bazambanza discussed his experience of the 1994 Rwandan genocide and its influence on his graphic novels Friday afternoon in a classroom in Kemeny Hall. The speech, whose location was moved three times, attracted about 50 people. More »

Daily Debriefing

  • The 2007 Social Justice Awards Ceremony, organized by the Martin Luther King Celebration Committee, took place in Collis Common Ground on Friday. More »
  • Faculty gathered to attend this weekend’s event, New England and Afghanistan: Building Paths of Understanding and Collaboration Across Borders. More »
  • In the hope of introducing students to fields within business aside from consulting and investment banking, the Dartmouth Black Business Association held a pubic relations and marketing panel discussion Friday afternoon. More »