Friday, May 11, 2007

NADs to host record Pow-wow

By Lauren Alpeyrie

The 35th annual Dartmouth College Pow-wow, a celebration of the Native American community at the College, is set to take place on the Green this weekend. It will be the largest Pow-wow celebration at Dartmouth since its inception, and, for the first time, the Student Assembly will co-sponsor and fund the event, which is hosted by the Native Americans at Dartmouth. More »

JetBlue executive stresses airline customer relations

By Victoria Boggiano, The Dartmouth Staff

Ann Rhoades, founding executive vice president of people at JetBlue Airways and founder and president of consulting firm People Ink, spoke to an attentive audience about the leadership values that make companies successful in Cook Auditorium Thursday. More »

Seniors snatch top suites in room draw

By Emily Weisburst, The Dartmouth Staff

This year's room draw process closed with relative ease in comparison with years past because of the Office of Residential Life's housing guarantee for upperclassmen and the introduction of gender neutral housing, according to Rachael Class-Giguere, ORL director of undergraduate housing. More »

Econ prof criticizes aid management

By Michael Coburn, The Dartmouth Staff

Dartmouth economics professor Pascaline Dupas spoke about the need to implement foreign aid programs with proven positive results at an informal discussion group of 15 students on Thursday. The event was part of Rice and Beans, a week-long series of discussions with professors surrounding issues ranging from sweatshops to foreign aid, sponsored by Dartmouth Ends Hunger. More »

Thetford students do hard labor for charity

By Ben Nunnery, The Dartmouth Staff

Shoveling chicken excrement, cleaning horse stalls, stacking wood and working other odd jobs helped Thetford Academy students raised money to help Ethiopian orphans last week. The effort was part of "Operation: Day's Work," a national program run by Thetford Academy in which students work for one day a year in their communities to collect money for a non-profit, non-government charity. More »