Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Trustees clash over anonymous ad groups

By William Schpero, The Dartmouth Staff

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 »

Consent Day attracts crowd with tees

By Joanna Patterson, The Dartmouth Staff

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 »

TuckBuilds gives back to community

By Astrid Bradley, The Dartmouth Staff

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 »

College political groups prepare for busy fall

By Astrid Bradley, The Dartmouth Staff

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 »

College names fall Mont. fellows

By Jesse Silberberg, The Dartmouth Staff

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 »

Daily Debriefing

By , The Dartmouth Staff
  • Casey Cramer ‘04, a fullback for the Tennessee Titans, who played football for the Big Green while at Dartmouth, caught two passes for a total of 45 yards to help the Titans to a 27-24 victory over the New England Patriots in a preseason game on Friday. More »
  • Juan Carlos Jorge-Rivera, a researcher at the University of Puerto Rico, was censured by the National Institute of Health Office of Research Integrity for work he conducted as a postdoc at Dartmouth between 1997 and 2000. More »
  • A survey of the “Best 366 Colleges” compiled by The Princeton Review revealed Dartmouth as number six for “Major frat and sorority scene” and number 15 for hardest to get into. More »