Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Court rules against Sabinson

By Mitch Davis

Ruling on a discrimination lawsuit brought against Dartmouth by Professor Mara Sabinson last year, the U.S. District Court of New Hampshire found in favor of the College on three of the four claims of the suit, according to court documents. More »

PB promotes hip-hop show last minute

By Mat Grudzien

The disputes, speculations and expectations have finally been silenced: The Cool Kids and Young Ivy are the two hip-hop performers that will try to carry away Alumni Hall Wednesday at 9 p.m. in a concert sponsored by Programming Board. According to Anne Elise DeBelina, the board's programming chair, the concert islikely to attract crowds smaller than those that came to see artists like Maroon 5 or Third Eye Blind performing on campus in the past. More »

Birth control remains free at Dartmouth

By Julie Kim

Although the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 has led students at other colleges to encounter stiff cost increases in birth control, Dartmouth has maintained its policy of providing birth control for free to students under the Dartmouth Student Group Health Plan. More »

Assembly renews iPod digital lecture progam

By Anya Perret

Student Assembly approved $500 to continue to finance and support the Lecture Capture Initiative. As part of this initiative professors not currently recording their lectures are given iPods in exchange for doing so, posting the recordings on blackboard and surveying their students about whether they find audio capture useful. More »

Tuck Prof. Greenhalgh awarded for minority program

By Nick Swanson, The Dartmouth Staff

Growing up in Manchester, England, Tuck Business School Professor Leonard Greenhalgh was not exposed to segregation. At the time, British inhabitants, regardless of skin color, were considered members of the Commonwealth and therefore no less worthy than any other citizen. Upon arriving in the United States for university, however, Greenhalgh found a world in which the color of an individual's skin determined which restrooms were available for his use. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Sam Buntz
  • A University of Pennsylvania student, Diexia Wang '08, was arrested for allegedly stalking six female students and stealing their undergarments and purses, CBS 3, a Philadelphia CBS affiliate, reported Tuesday. More »
  • Frederick Waddell '75 is the new chief executive officer of Northern Trust, Financial Week reported Tuesday. More »
  • The first intercollegiate Quidditch tournament took place last month in Middlebury, Vt., USA Today reported Tuesday. More »