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.
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Amidst a clash of titans Saturday, one rose above the rest: Team Waffles’ Lego robot. The robot, constructed exclusively from Legos, was one of the participants competing in the Dartmouth Area Robotics Tournament, hosted by the Thayer School of Engineering in Cummings Hall.
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“Lose the Shoes to Kick AIDS in Africa,” an event planned by Dartmouth students to raise money for the Grassroot Soccer organization, is on track to win $5,000 from Dodge’s GrabLife GiveLife online competition after a campus-wide mobilization effort. The competition allows college students to nominate and vote on philanthropic events or charities with the winner receiving a prize of $20,000.
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After graduation, many Dartmouth students flock to jobs on Wall Street, travel abroad in search of themselves or head home to regroup. But a certain wise-cracking percentage of graduates take themselves a little less seriously and choose a more offbeat calling: comedy.
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A Dartmouth committee is currently investigating the possibility of using iTunes U, an Apple program that enables college students to download videos of campus lectures and events. Some 28 universities and colleges, including Duke University and Yale University, currently use iTunes U.
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