Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Computing ramps up illegal-song warnings

By Brook Jackling, The Dartmouth Staff

Ellen Young, the manager of Consulting Services at Computer Services, used to e-mail one student per day on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of America, asking them to remove illegally downloaded material from their computers. More recently, however, Young's average has climbed to sending five to 10 of these e-mails daily, an influx she attributes to the intensification of the RIAA's pursuit of copyright infringements. More »

Assembly takes on Novack redesign

By Anya Perret

Potential renovations of Novack Cafe were among the topics discussed during Tuesday's Student Assembly meeting. Meisha Smith '09, a student coordinator of the effort, explained that a meeting is planned between Student Assembly representatives, Facilities Operations and Management and librarians in charge of the Novack space. More »

$10 million gift sponsors three profs

By Allie Lowe, The Dartmouth Staff

Three new professorships, endowed by gifts from three donors totaling $10 million, were announced by the College last week. Two of these professorships honored current members of the Dartmouth faculty, while the third helped attract a new scholar to the College. More »

DHMC hosts summit on breast cancer research

By Conor Galligan

There is a cure for breast cancer; it just hasn't been found yet. This is the notion that resonated throughout the room at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Leadership Summit at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center on Tuesday, where two aspirant first ladies and Dartmouth's own first lady were in attendance. More »

Twenty head to green lobby in D.C.

By Grace D'Arcy

Twenty Dartmouth students participated in Power Shift, held this weekend and billed as the largest lobby to cut carbon emissions in history. This weekend more than 6,000 students from across all 50 states arrived at the University of Maryland to take part in a five-day event in order to promote climate change awareness and the promotion of legislation to prevent climate change. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Turia Lahlou
  • The Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed a negligence suit against architect Frank Gehry, accusing him of design flaws in the $300 million Stata Center in Cambridge, Mass, according to The Boston Globe. More »
  • A Colorado State University researcher and a graphic artist, in association with Dartmouth students, have created playing cards with messages for American soldiers serving in the Middle East, according Spero News. More »
  • LeRoy Graham, the former senior associate registrar at Dartmouth, has been appointed as Middlebury College's registrar, according to the Middlebury website. More »