Monday, October 22, 2007

Police arrest 12 over Homecoming

By Ahra Cho

Twelve alumni and current students were arrested over Homecoming weekend, including 11 arrests at Friday night's bonfire activities and one arrest on Webster Avenue Saturday night -- a number down from 15 arrests last year, according to Hanover Police Department Chief Nicholas Giaccone. More »

Zoi calls for greater focus on 'climate crisis'

By Susan Matthews

Cathy Zoi Th'85, CEO of the Alliance for Climate Protection, stressed the importance of climate change awareness at the Jones Seminar in Spanos Auditorum on Friday. More »

Study: Anon. Wikipedia users prove most accurate

By Mitch Davis

Anonymous users of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia may provide content of comparable quality to that provided by registered users, according to an April 2007 study conducted by Dartmouth students and faculty. More »

New student group plans to fight poverty

By Kashay Sanders

A small group of students met Friday in Haldeman Hall to launch a Dartmouth chapter of a nascent organization called the Student Movement for Real Change. The group, which targets poverty-related issues around the world, was founded three years ago and has chapters at over 30 universities. More »

Whittemore brings artists to the Hop

By Drew Joseph

When Fred Whittemore '53 Tu'54 was a member of the Glee Club at Dartmouth, he had the chance to work with legendary choral composer Robert Shaw for one afternoon. In those two hours spent with Shaw, Whittemore learned more about music than he had at the rest of his practices combined, he said. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Anya Perret
  • The parents of Lindsey Bonistall, a 20-year-old sophomore at the University of Delaware who was violently raped and murdered in her off-campus apartment in May 2005, have founded a non-profit organization dedicated to off-campus student safety in her memory, the New York Times recently reported. More »
  • High schools and colleges around the United States have been reporting a significant increase in staph infections, the New York Times reported last week. More »
  • ABC's popular reality TV show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" will come to Manchester, N.H., next week, according to the Union Leader. More »