Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., pulled off a close victory over Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in New Hampshire’s Democratic primary this Tuesday, defying polls that had predicted a decisive Obama victory. On the Republican side, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., finished in first place with 37 percent of the vote. The victory represents a dramatic turnaround for McCain, who finished fourth in last week’s Iowa caucuses and whose campaign several political strategists had declared defunct in recent months.
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Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., encouraged a crowd of roughly 400 to support his run for the Democratic nomination at a campaign rally Tuesday morning in the Alumni Gymnasium.
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Student voters in Hanover were eager to head to the polls for Tuesday’s New Hampshire primaries, according to representatives of Vote Clamantis, a non-partisan group. The Dartmouth student-run organization, formed to encourage student voting, ran cars throughout the day to bring students to the polls at Hanover High School.
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Dartmouth physics and astronomy professor Robyn Millan received a $9.3 million grant from NASA this December for her research project on the Van Allen Belts. Millan’s research aims to prove that plasma waves cause the scattering of particles into the earth’s atmosphere.
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In Siuna, Nicaragua, a Catholic lay minister wakes his parishioners regularly with 4 a.m. mass celebrations. Another church transforms on some nights to host karaoke sessions. The culture of the town, which in some areas lacks plumbing, electricity and paved roads, shocked Kathryn Fay ‘09 upon her first visit in 2006.
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Representatives from 34 Dartmouth student support offices, such as Computer Services and the Research, Writing and Information Technology center, set up displays in Baker Main Hall yesterday for the first-ever Teaching and Learning Fair, intended to demonstrate how the offices can collaborate with faculty to improve education.
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The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a year-long fellowship to associate professor of music Steve Swayne to complete a book about 20th-century composer William Schuman. Swayne was one of 94 applicants to receive the honor among the 1,195-person applicant pool.
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