Committee on Standards reform took a step forward when Acting Dean of the College Dan Nelson announced the creation of a COS review committee in a letter to the student body on Thursday. The committee, which plans to look into COS transparency, its composition and recommendations of last year's Student Assembly COS task force, is expected to announce its findings in the spring. More »
There is compelling evidence that unconscious racial biases can play out even in the unlikeliest of places, Justin Wolfers told students, faculty and guests at his lecture titled "Racial Discrimination among NBA Referees" on Thursday afternoon in the Rockefeller Center. More »
For the first time since the East Wheelock cluster's 1996 founding, some upperclass students who applied to live in the community were rejected -- at the same time as freshman who expressed no preference for living in the community found themselves assigned to East Wheelock. More »
It's Saturday afternoon and you're out for a brisk hike. A pleasant scenario, except that you started this hike more than 24 hours ago. Your feet hurt, your stomach growls after only being fed energy bars and you do not know what's real. Walking along the Appalachian Trail, the same trail you've been on for the past day, you finally round one last corner. You've made it to the Lodge and you can finally relax. More »
Although Computing Services took over responsibility for maintaining the College's public BlitzMail terminals from Student Assembly this summer, terminals in some of the most trafficked campus locales are out of commission, just as the Fall term is beginning. More »
A recent move by the Undergraduate Finance Committee to nearly halve the budget for "party packs" at registered parties has left the future of the program murky. Despite the popularity of party packs, which include cases of water and free Everything But Anchovies pizza, the UFC has cut the budget of the program that supplies them from $20,000 to $11,700. More »
Frequenters of Berry Library and passersby may have noticed that Novack Cafe, their source of on-the-run snacks and late-night caffeine fixes, shortened its normal operating hours during the first week of classes. While the library dining spot cut back its hours temporarily due to a soda machine repair and planned hour reductions during interim, Beth Rosenberger, manager of Novack, Homeplate and Cafe North, said she sees no reason that the cafe will not be open consistently in the future. More »
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