Friday, May 4, 2007

Candidates sound off on Greek life

By Allie Lowe, The Dartmouth Staff

Moments of high tension and sensible dialogue characterized Thursday night's Student Assembly Presidential Debate on Greek Issues held at Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. More »

International students play lottery for visas

By Lauren Alpeyrie

Many graduating international students are facing uncertain career futures after entering a lottery to receive coveted H-1B work visas, especially since the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced April 3 that applications for the visas had exceeded the cap after only one day. More »

SA hands off Blitz terminal maintenance

By Allyson Bennett, The Dartmouth Staff

Computing Services will assume responsibility for maintaining and replacing campus BlitzMail terminals starting this fall, as per a resolution passed unanimously on Tuesday night by the Student Assembly, which currently oversees this task. More »

College presents logistical obstacles for transgenders

By Amanda Cohen, The Dartmouth Staff

Editor's note: This is the final article in a three-part series on the experiences of transgender students at Dartmouth. Today's article examines the aspects of the College predicated on gender. More »

Immelt, Kraft CEO tape TV episode

By Kate Farley

General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt '78 and Kraft Foods CEO Irene Rosenfeld spoke to an audience of mainly Tuck School of Business students at a taping for a television series Thursday evening at the Hopkins Center. More »

65 percent done, $1.3 billion capital campaign right on track

By JR Santo, The Dartmouth Staff

The College's capital campaign is on track to reach its goal of $1.3 billion by the end of 2009, according to Vice President for Development Carolyn Pelzel. The "Campaign for the Dartmouth Experience," which began in 2002, has raised over $838.5 million as of Thursday at 1 p.m -- 64.5 percent of its final target. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Ben Nunnery and Nick Swanson
  • A new teaching and performance space for visual arts is currently in the pre-design phase, according to Steve Campbell, director of Dartmouth Planning and Design. More »
  • A team of biochemists from Dartmouth Medical School and Weill Cornell Medical College has identified a protein, Rab10, as an aid to the insulin-mediated uptake of glucose by cells. More »