Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Biden campaign sets sights on Iraq

By JR Santo, The Dartmouth Staff

Speaking on foreign policy, presidential hopeful Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., told a crowd of 350 gathered in Alumni Hall Tuesday that presidential candidates must answer a two-word question after determining their Iraq policy: “What next?” More »

Dean candidate visits Hanover for interview

By Laura Glickman, The Dartmouth Senior Staff

Tom Crady, the vice president of student services at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, visits Dartmouth Wednesday to interview with the search committee for the Dean of the College position, vacated by James Larimore last May. He is one of four finalists for the post. More »

SA releases minority hiring report

By Allie Lowe, The Dartmouth Staff

A statement supporting the recommendations of the Professor Recruitment and Retention Task Force passed without debate at Tuesday night’s Student Assembly meeting. The report represents the culmination of year-long Assembly efforts. More »

Mental health panelists discuss depression bouts

Correction appended When Arielle Rodman ‘07 was in high school, she was asked by friends why her mother was in the hospital. She told them that it was for back pains. Though her mother suffered from severe back problems, her inpatient stay was in fact for severe clinical depression. Rodman felt uncomfortable disclosing her mother’s true diagnosis due to a stigma she felt her family had cultivated about the matter. More »

Daily Debriefing

  • General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt ‘78 earned roughly $17.86 million in 2006. The company disclosed the figure in accordance with new U. More »
  • A recent study may help explain why so many Dartmouth students complain about relationships. The report, “Generation Me: Why Today’s Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled — and More Miserable Than Ever Before,” found that two-thirds of college students today are narcissistic. More »
  • Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, recently turned down a $1 billion buyout offer from Yahoo. More »