Riding in a nondescript white van wearing Maui Jim sunglasses, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., took a break from answering reporters’ questions about Iraq and national spending to call his wife on his yellow RAZR cellular phone. After checking in with her, McCain described how one of the great experiences of his life was taking a picture with 30 Elvis impersonators in Las Vegas, before returning the conversation to issues of more national significance, such as global warming and gun control.
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The Dartmouth Association of Alumni made the latest filing in its ongoing lawsuit against the College in Grafton County Superior Court on Friday. The filing, a response to the College’s Oct. 26 request that the court dismiss the suit, highlights the tradition of all alumni who are elected to the board as nominees actually being appointed, among other factors, as evidence of the board’s alleged contractual obligation to have a consistent structure of alumni representation. “Reviewing our lawyers’ response to the College’s motion to dismiss confirms my confidence in the strength of our case,” Frank Gado ‘58, a member of the Association executive committee who voted in favor the suit, said in an e-mail. “The Executive Committee, with only three of its eleven members voting in opposition, initiated this lawsuit with grave regret after every effort at another solution was rejected by the Board.”
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Adam Levine ‘08 was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship on Saturday by the Rhodes Trust. A triple major in art history, anthropology and mathematical social sciene, Levine will use his scholarship to conduct research at the University of Oxford to expand upon his current art history thesis.
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The outgoing directorate of The Dartmouth announced its successors Saturday night at The D’s Changeover ceremonies held at Casque and Gauntlet Senior Society. Katy O’Donnell ‘09 was named the Editor-in-Chief, and Jesse Silberberg ‘09 was tapped as the next Publisher. The new directorate will take over in January.
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Acquiring 40,000 volumes per year, many of the College’s libraries are reaching capacity, with Baker-Berry Library projected to be at capacity in two to three years and the Paddock Music Library as early as 2009. In preparation for the overcrowding, the library is exploring an expansion of its off-campus storage library and acquisition of digital resources to continue to grow its collection.
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