Monday, May 7, 2007

SA hopefuls debate on election eve

By Allie Lowe, The Dartmouth Staff

Speaking to an audience of a little over a dozen people, candidates for Student Body President deviated little from the messages they trumpeted throughout the week during Sunday night's final debate of the campaign period, hosted by the Elections Planning and Advisory Committee. More »

College, town butt heads over dining hall zoning

By JR Santo, The Dartmouth Staff

The new dining hall the College plans to build next to the McLaughlin residential cluster requires a permit, the Hanover Zoning Board of Adjustment ruled late last week. More »

Hillel and Chabad team up for the 'Sabbath of Sabbaths'

By Xiaolin Zhao, The Dartmouth Staff

Hillel and Chabad, the two Jewish organizations on campus, served a mass home-cooked Shabbat meal to more than 200 students and 20 professors and administrators on Friday night in Alumni Hall. More »

Race neck-and-neck after brief campaign

By Allie Lowe, The Dartmouth Staff

An informal e-mail poll conducted by The Dartmouth this weekend shows four of the five candidates for Student Assembly President in a statistical tie for voters' first-place votes. Travis Green '08, Raj Koganti '08, Nova Robinson '08 and Jaromy Siporen '08 each received between 18 and 27 percent of the vote. Only six percent of the 260-plus respondents ranked Carlos Mejia '08 first. More »

Past Assembly praised and criticized for activism

By Allie Lowe, The Dartmouth Staff

The 2006-2007 Student Assembly sought to address campus concerns by focusing on social issues rather than student services -- a change that brought both success and criticism to the group. More »

Lynch makes Rep. convention cameo

By JR Santo, The Dartmouth Staff

At the fourth annual convention of New Hampshire College Republicans, held this weekend at the Hanover Inn, speakers urged convention attendees to voice their ideas and avoid intimidation by classmates and professors. And in an unexpected appearance, Democratic Governor of New Hampshire John Lynch spoke about the strength of bipartisanship. More »

Ex-FEC chair talks campaign finance

By Aimee Lim

Former Chairman of the Federal Election Commission Bradley A. Smith spoke last Friday about the role of private campaign financing in a talk entitled "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy." Smith, a professor at Capital University Law School, provided a reinterpretation of popular campaign finance beliefs. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Allyson Bennett
  • The Tuck School of Business hosted a conference Friday about business in India. More »
  • Harvard University requested that criminal charges brought against four students for disturbing a public assembly after they disrupted speech by FBI Director Robert Mueller be dropped, according to The Harvard Crimson. More »
  • The Dartmouth Black Business Association presented a three-event mini-series entitled Upgrade Yourself on Saturday. More »