Friday, November 02, 2007

Mooney moves on bill to let state ‘check’ Dartmouth charter

By William Schpero, The Dartmouth Staff

State Rep. Maureen Mooney, R-Merrimack, is moving forward with plans to introduce a bill “relevant to amending the charter of Dartmouth College.” The bill, which Mooney signed off on Friday, seeks to repeal a 2003 law that gave the College the right to amend its charter without the permission of the state, according to an advanced draft copy of the proposed legislation obtained by The Dartmouth. More »

Anti-sexism posters turn heads

By Samuel Buntz, The Dartmouth Staff

An anonymous student group, “The Daughters of Dartmouth,” has placed feminist flyers on bulletin boards and bathroom stalls across campus, attacking the actions of individuals and organizations that they perceive as sexist. Flyers have been sighted in Novack Cafe, Baker-Berry Library, Collis and the Choates, among other locations. No one has yet stepped forward to claim responsibility. More »

Committee to consider outsourcing e-mail

By Michael Coburn, The Dartmouth Staff

At the same time as many universities begin to outsource their e-mail systems to tech companies such as Google and Microsoft, at Dartmouth, Ellen Waite-Franzen, vice president for information technology, is planning to create a committee by the end of the academic year that will review the school’s BlitzMail system. Outsourcing e-mail services is one option that the committee will likely look into. More »

Rubric for int’l financial aid adjusted

Dartmouth’s Office of Financial Aid is joining with nine other colleges to establish a new and hopefully more accurate way to calculate international students’ financial aid needs. More »

Biden’s man on campus spends time campaigning

Presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., is anything but a front-runner in the presidential race. In polls, he hovers in the single digits and during September’s presidential debates at Dartmouth, his supporters’ signs were dwarfed in a sea of Hillary and Obama ones. But the underdog has one of Dartmouth’s most intense campaigners: Nathan Empsall ‘09. More »

Church of Christ hosts market with local, worldwide crafts

Bleak fall weather failed to dampen spirits at the Church of Christ at Dartmouth College, which opened its annual “Christmas Market with a Difference” Thursday morning. More »

Daily Debriefing

  • Six University of South Carolina students and one Clemson University student were killed early Sunday morning when a fire started in the beach house where they were sleeping. More »
  • In the second display of discrimination at Columbia University in less than a month, a swastika was found painted on the door of Elizabeth Midlarsky, a Jewish professor, Wednesday morning, according to The New York Times. More »
  • Minority professors are underrepresented in the nation’s higher-education science and engineering departments, according to a report written by Donna J. More »