Travis Green '08 won the race for Student Body President on Tuesday night. Green's running mate Ian Tapu '08 took the race for Vice President, completing a sweep for the two running mates' "I-Green" campaign. More »
Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, assured students of the New Hampshire primary's continued importance Monday as a guest lecturer in government professor Lisa Baldez's comparative politics class. After a 10-minute talk on the political power of students and the Internet, Dean fielded questions on topics from the Iraq war to Darfur and combating low voter turnout. More »
Hanover residents will vote on legislation Tuesday that urges Hanover Police not to arrest an adult for possession of marijuana if the individual has evidence of a physician's certification. More »
The alumni of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity make up just one of the many Greek organizations and interest groups that meet with Dartmouth's Coed, Fraternity and Sorority Administration every year to discuss the prospect of becoming a recognized house on campus. However, Beta's past relationship with the College complicates its bid for accreditation. More »
The group that oversees student body elections handed out its first official sanction in this year's contest for Student Body President on Monday night to presidential candidate Raj Koganti '08. Koganti was given a tier-one sanction -- essentially a formal warning -- for illegal e-mail use by him and his supporters. Koganti said that he plans to appeal the Elections Planning and Advisory Commitee decision, a move which would require a hearing be held to decide the issue. More »
Six veterans who served in wars from World War II to the war in Iraq discussed their personal experience in the armed services in a Monday panel sponsored by the Dickey Center for International Understanding's War and Peace Studies Program. During the event, held in Filene Auditorium, the veterans shared personal stories about their motivations for joining the military and discussed their views regarding contemporary military issues such as the possibility of a universal draft. More »
Kenneth Pennington, a history professor at the Catholic University of America, drew connections between historical and modern-day incidences of torture in his Monday lecture "Torture Past and Present," sponsored by the Rockefeller Center. More »
At first glance, Brainbot may look like your simple toy robot. But there's one thing that distinguishes Brainbot from most robots: It can learn. Brainbot is part of the cutting-edge research carried out by the Neukom Institute for Computational Science, founded by William Neukom '64, current chair of the Board of Trustees, who donated $22 million to the institute three years ago. The goal is to create robots that are capable of seeing, hearing and thinking, because their programming is based on the human brain. Although Brainbot may be a primitive version of the robots of science-fiction fame, according to Richard Granger, director of the Neukom Institute, we are only 10 to 15 years away from creating robots that are capable of thinking like humans. More »
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