Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Legislation to launch SA review body tabled

By Allie Lowe, The Dartmouth Staff

A “Proposal to Create the Dartmouth Student Government Review Task Force” was tabled after extended debate at Tuesday night’s Student Assembly meeting. Further discussion on the legislation had to be postponed after an amendment to it was brought forth by Adam Shpeen ‘07. More »

Kappa hosts drinking panel as punishment

By Joanna Patterson, The Dartmouth Staff

With Winter Carnival just around the corner, Kappa Kappa Gamma and the Panhellenic Council hosted a discussion about the repercussions of drinking at Dartmouth. Kappa was required to hold the panel as part of the house’s disciplinary sanctions due to alcohol violations committed during an initiation event this fall. More »

Senior may become America’s Next Top Model

Unlike most Dartmouth students who travel abroad or work at lucrative internships during their off terms, Whitney Cunningham ‘07 spent her fall in Los Angeles as one of the 13 contestants on Cycle Eight of America’s Next Top Model, Tyra Banks’s hit reality television show that pits wannabe models against each other for a $100,000 CoverGirl contract. More »

Published alum shares studying tips

By Amanda Cohen, The Dartmouth Staff

Author of “How to Win at College” and “How to Become a Straight-A Student,” Cal Newport ‘04 shared the insights presented in his books at a lecture in Moore Hall Tuesday evening. More »

Blood drive benefits local patients

As students give blood to the Red Cross at the top of the Hopkins Center Wednesday, they will be greeted by a six-foot drop of blood mascot waddling around. But they won’t see people on the receiving end of Dartmouth’s once-a-term blood drive, recipients like Lou Longo and Jennifer Kochman. Longo has used donations for almost a year to survive chemotherapy and Kochman requires monthly transfusions to manage her chronic blood disease. More »

Daily Debriefing

  • The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education awarded Dartmouth a “green light” rating for the College’s policies about free speech. More »
  • The Pipas and Loomis families of Lebanon, N.H., have donated a total of 259 acres of land to the Nature Conservatory in a conservation easement agreement. More »
  • Burglary was the most frequent crime committed at the Universities of New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and Rhode Island from 2003 to 2005. More »