The Hanover Fire Department and Safety and Security responded to a fire in the Bissell residence hall at approximately 8 p.m. Wednesday, according to the officials involved. The fire, localized to one room, originated from a baseboard radiator, Hanover fire captain Mike Clark said. More »
In a Feb. 6 e-mail to colleagues, College President James Wright announced the creation of a College Ombuds Office and appointed long-time administrator Mary Childers to a temporary, part-time position as ombudsman. The move was in response to a report released Feb. 2 by the Administrative Working Group, a consortium of administrators tasked by Wright to address the concerns identified by McKinsey, which called for a more transparent administrative system. More »
Georgetown University law professor Neal Katyal ‘91 discussed his role as lead counsel in the U.S. Supreme Court case Hamdan v. Rumsfeld Wednesday in a lecture in Filene Auditorium sponsored by the Rockefeller Center. In the case, which Katyal’s client won by a 5-3 margin, Katyal represented Osama Bin Laden’s Yemeni driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, and, in the face of much legal maneuvering on the government’s side, challenged the legality of military trials at Guantanamo Bay. More »
All five members from the New Hampshire Senate Health and Human Services Committee turned down a state senate bill Thursday that would prevent the Department of Health and Human Services from funding Planned Parenthood and other centers providing abortion services. More »
By Ben Nunnery Dartmouth will take a leap “Down the Rabbit Hole” at the opening ceremonies of the 97th annual Winter Carnival Thursday at 7 p.m More »
Alumni who served as United States ambassadors, United Nations advisors and members of multiple presidential cabinets gathered to call students into public service in Filene Auditorium on Wednesday evening during an event hosted by the John Sloan Dickey Center. More »
Feb. 3, 8:03 p.m., East Wheelock Street Hanover Police received a complaint from a Dartmouth graduate student after a 35-year-old male propositioned him in the basement bathroom of the Hopkins Center. The male subject allegedly requested to engage in oral sex with the student. While the suspect was scouring the bathroom looking for males with whom he could engage in sexual acts, he left two young children, one eight years-old and one 10 years-old, unattended on the main floor of the Hopkins Center near the Courtyard Cafe. More »
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