By William Schpero, The Dartmouth Staff
Dartmouth Board of Trustees Chairman Ed Haldeman '70 and College President James Wright declared that the College would "continue working" with the Association of Alumni despite its lawsuit against the College in an interview with The Dartmouth after the board's November meeting this past weekend. Following through on the recommendations of its September governance report, the Board of Trustees added three new standing committees to its structure and received updates on the College's $1.3 billion capital campaign and plans for new facilities.
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By Ahra Cho
Calling for an American healthcare system based on active prevention as opposed to reaction, presidential hopeful and former governor Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., addressed residents, doctors and staff of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Friday afternoon.
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By Brook Jackling, The Dartmouth Staff
Addressing the pressing foreign-policy questions of Iraq, Iran and Darfur, Samantha Power, a professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and advisor to presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., advocated the candidate's foreign policy platforms to around 12 Dartmouth students in Sanborn Library on Saturday morning. Power emphasized that Obama's alleged "experience deficit" is not a hindrance to his leadership capability.
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By Susan Matthews, The Dartmouth Staff
Over 350 alumnae returned to Hanover this weekend for a three-day program commemorating the 35th anniversary of coeducation at the College. The weekend was filled both with celebration and with contemplation of the struggles women at the College continue to face.
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By Turia Lahlou
Despite public differences among members of the Board of Trustees on recent governance issues, the board spoke with one voice in addressing concerns of class size, financial aid and facilities in the first student-trustee open forum in College history, held Friday night in Filene Auditorium. All 13 of the trustees who were in Hanover this weekend attended the event.
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By William Schpero, The Dartmouth Staff
The Dartmouth Alumni Council filed a brief Thursday calling on the Grafton County Superior Court to dismiss the Association of Alumni's lawsuit against the College. The "friend of the court" brief, or amicus curiae, argues that the executive committee of the Association does not have the authority to file a suit and that its legal action goes against the will of a majority of the alumni body.
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By Maria Fillas
Alpha Xi Delta sorority welcomed John Edwards representatives Kate Michelman and Cate Edwards, the politician's daughter, to its house on Friday for an informal meet-and-greet cosponsored by Women in Leadership and Dartmouth Students for John Edwards. The event included discussion on women's rights, voting and healthcare, among other issues.
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By Emily Goodell
Members of different classes should not make assumptions about each other, Jodi Pfarr, a consultant for Aha! Process Inc., said in a day-long "Bridges out of Poverty" seminar Saturday in the East Wheelock Cluster. Pfarr, who grew up in generational poverty in South Dakota and has worked for Catholic Charities, the Salvation Army and the St. Paul Police Department, emphasized the importance of listening to people from other classes instead of making assumptions about their problems and imposing solutions.
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