And when they had left the room, all hopes that alumni could wrest control of Dartmouth were gone. In a sweeping report released today, the Dartmouth Board of Trustees announced drastic changes to the College's governance structure, ending the 116-year-old parity between trustees picked by alumni and those picked by the Board. The Board also announced changes to the method of trustee elections. More »
After spending a contentious summer reviewing the size, composition and electoral processes of the Board of Trustees, the Board's governance committee will reveal its findings and propose changes at the Board's retreat this weekend. The announcement is the focal point of months of highly publicized debates over Dartmouth's governance practices and the College's legal obligations to its alumni. More »
Preparations for a legal battle over the Dartmouth Board of Trustees' right to diminish alumni representation on the Board are in advanced stages, as lawyers on both sides are primed and ready for at least one near-certain lawsuit that will ensue if the Board votes to change its structure at its meeting this weekend. More »
Editor's Note: As part of The Dartmouth's ongoing coverage of the Board of Trustees' governance review, this article outlines the governance structures of peer institutions for reference purposes. More »
The recent upsurge of web-based organizations aimed at maintaining alumni representation on the Board of Trustees has raised questions surrounding the significance of the anonymity of these organizations' leaders and the extent to which individual trustees should be allowed to voice their opinions publicly. More »
Amidst a sea of brown t-shirts sporting the perennial catchphrase "Consensual Sex is Hot" in bold face and green letters, Dartmouth's Sexual Abuse Peer Advisors hosted the fifth annual Consent Day this past Friday afternoon on Massachusetts Row. More »
Before their introduction to the world of post-graduate finance, 24 incoming students to the Tuck School of Business are trying their hands at construction through TuckBuilds, a week long pre-orientation program of building projects and dinner discussions focused on using business knowledge as a method of impacting the community. More »
Correction appended. Amidst news of front-loading state primaries to dates potentially as early as December, campus political organizations are preparing for a busy Fall term. More »
Committed to enhancing Dartmouth academics, the Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Endowment will bring acclaimed choreographer Merce Cunningham, human rights activist Mary Robinson and Nobel laureate biochemist Thomas Cech to campus this fall as Montgomery Fellows. The three distinguished visitors represent an "embarrassment of riches," according to Susan Wright, the executive director of the endowment. More »
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