Wednesday, May 02, 2007

SA candidates face off in debate

By Allie Lowe, The Dartmouth Staff

Candidates for Student Body President got their first chance to publicly delineate their platforms in a debate hosted by Student Assembly on Tuesday night. The debate centered around the need for Assembly reform. More »

Gospel Choir sings for New Orleans jazz fest

By Andrew Wells, The Dartmouth Staff

The Dartmouth Gospel Choir returned to campus late Monday night after performing at the Jazz Festival of New Orleans. One of two college music groups invited to the festival, the choir spent the weekend volunteering with Hurricane Katrina victims, visiting alumni in the French Quarter and promoting the College at local high schools. More »

Transgender students seek understanding on campus

By Amanda Cohen, The Dartmouth Staff

Sasha Bright ‘09 keeps her head bowed, eyes on her shoes as she hands off her Dartmouth ID card. She avoids the DDS cashier’s eyes, which shift from the card to Bright and back again. Bright’s long, straight hair does not match the cropped cut in the photo. The T-shirt fitted over her feminine torso is a far cry from the baggy shirt featured on the card. The student standing in the dining hall, whose apparent anxiety masks her courage, does not match the masculine name printed to the right of the photograph. More »

ROTC alum commands army base in Afghanistan

By Laura Glickman, The Dartmouth Senior Staff

For Liz Hunt ‘05, the path after Dartmouth did not lead to a consulting job in New York or back to the Iowa cattle farm where she grew up. A first lieutenant in the Army’s Chemical Corps, she oversees the daily operations at Forward Operating Base Salerno in Afghanistan. More »

M.D. advocates preventive healthcare

By Michael Coburn, The Dartmouth Staff

Dr. Mike McGee described America’s rapid transformation from interventionist healthcare to preventive healthcare to a handful of Dartmouth students in Filene Auditorium this Tuesday. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Xiaolin Zhao and Emily Weisburst
  • Thirty-four first-year students at Duke University’s Fuqua Business School were caught cheating on a take-home final exam in the largest cheating scandal to hit American business schools since 2005, according to the New York Times. More »
  • The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, an activist association focused on protecting the First Amendment rights of students, announced that it will write a weekly opinion column every Monday in the New York Post. More »
  • Dartmouth refuses to apply for a special permit from the Hanover Zoning Board for its new dining hall to be built on Maynard Street, generating controversy among town officials, the Valley News reported. More »
  • Binge drinking on college campuses has risen since 2001, according to a study conducted at Columbia University. More »