Tuesday, August 7, 2007

AoA exec. committee fights over interests

By Katy O'Donnell, The Dartmouth Staff

Allegations of inappropriate conflicts of interest have arisen within the executive committee of the Assocation of Alumni concerning Dartmouth Vice President for Alumni Relations David Spalding '76's position on the committee as secretary-treasurer. The executive committee requested the mailing lists and funding for a mailing from the Alumni Relations office, which is part of the College administration, and was denied. More »

Mixed expectations await Fieldstock

By Zach Swiss, The Dartmouth Staff

With all hopes for a Tubestock resurrection this summer effectively dashed, the 2009 Class Council, Student Assembly and the Inter-Fraternity Council embraced Fieldstock, Tubestock's landlocked replacement, with the hope that the new festival weekend will become as popular as the late and lamented Tubestock. More »

Admins. address Greek concerns

By Marina Agapakis, The Dartmouth Staff

Good Samaritan calls, social probation, derecognized houses and the notion that "nobody rages anymore" were a few of the topics discussed Monday evening at the Coed, Fraternity and Sorority Administration panel discussion titled "It's all Greek to Me: Deciphering the Relationship Between Greeks and the Administration." More »

Journalist says lobbying is necessary for legal process

By Katy O'Donnell, The Dartmouth Staff

Despite lobbyists' bad reputations, they are integral to the lawmaking process, according to journalist Jeffrey Birnbaum, who spoke at Dartmouth last week. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Layne Zhao, The Dartmouth Staff
  • Two administrators at Rider University were charged Friday with aggravated hazing for the alcohol poisoning of two Phi Kappa Tau fraternity pledges, resulting in the death of freshman Gary DeVercelly on March 30. More »
  • Henry Bernstein, researcher and doctor at Dartmouth Medical School, recently published a study in the scientific journal Pediatrics that claims 17 percent of women are not ready to leave the hospital when they are discharged after giving birth and that a standard approach is not appropriate for all women. More »
  • Dartmouth professor of economics Steven Venti developed a model to predict future levels of retirement wealth with two colleagues from MIT and Harvard. More »