Thursday, November 08, 2007

Upper Valley charity battles nat’l non-profit

By Nick Swanson, The Dartmouth Staff

When Planet Aid, a national non-profit organization, placed clothing collection boxes in the Upper Valley and Vermont, it didn’t expect controversy. But the nationwide non-profit’s entrance into the local charity market has been met with antagonism by a local charity, which believes the collection boxes will divert needed resources away from the local area. More »

Profs monitor student Blackboard use

By Kate Farley, The Dartmouth Staff

For some, taking courses at Dartmouth is a game between professor and student, a game of completing the bare minimum number of readings that a student can get away with. But many may be surprised to discover that professors can monitor specific user activity on Blackboard course Web sites. Professors are given the option to track when a student last accessed the Web site and to see what, if any, documents the student chose to download. Blackboard computing staff is currently working with Student Assembly to determine the best way to better inform the student body about these features of the software. More »

Williams, Wesleyan make shift from loans to grants

By Katie Paxton

Williams College and Wesleyan University each adopted new financial aid policies last week that dramatically decrease the amount of loans in financial aid packages, replacing them with grants. Both plans will take affect next fall. More »

Campus blood drive aims for 300 pints

By Allyson Bennett, The Dartmouth Staff

Although the Upper Valley is not currently experiencing as severe a blood shortage as it has in previous years, participation in this term’s American Red Cross blood drive remains high, drive organizers report. The blood drive, held in Alumni Hall, will run through Wednesday and Thursday and aims to collect approximately 300 pints of blood. More »

Police Blotter

By -- Compiled by Andrew Lebovich courtesy of Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone

October 31, 3:12 p.m., South Main Street Police were called to a brook just outside of Hanover after a citizen reported seeing dead kittens in the water. Police found an unmarked travel carrier that had been filled with kittens and then dumped in the brook. Due to the extended time that the carrier had been in the water and the advanced nature of the decomposition, police do not know how many kittens were in the carrier. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Compiled by Josh Roselman
  • After an August 2007 eight-week internal investigation into its billing practices, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center recently notified government agencies about potential irregularities at one of the center’s clinical services, the Valley News reported on Nov. More »
  • Famed screenwriter and author Peter Viertel ‘41 died this Sunday of lymphoma, the New York Times reported. More »
  • The social networking site Facebook.com introduced a new marketing system on Nov. 6 whereby ad space is shown next to pictures of individuals who purchased or expressed opinions about the products in the advertisement, The New York Times reported. More »