Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Edelman praises King’s legacy

By Rebecca Cress

In a keynote address that marks the beginning of the College’s week-long celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund, said that to honor King’s legacy Americans must act as voices for children and the poor. The speech, titled “(In)Visible Identities: The King Legacy and the Class Divide,” took place in Spaulding Auditorium on Monday night and followed a candlelight vigil in honor of the 40th anniversary of King’s death. More »

Sororities’ winter rush yields 69 new members

By Brook Jackling, The Dartmouth Staff

The four nights of Winter term sorority rush ended with 69 women receiving bids from the seven sororities on campus on Sunday afternoon. In contrast to Fall term’s sorority rush, 100 percent of participating women accepted bids from one of the houses that they had visited on preference night and 90 percent of the rushees were invited to join their preferred house. During fall rush, 10 women received bids from houses that they had not visited during the final round. More »

Campus to modify wireless network

By Kate Farley, The Dartmouth Staff

The Kiewit Wireless network will be shut down on Feb. 5, marking the official transition to the Dartmouth Secure network. The new network uses encryption to ensure that all data transmitted over the wireless network can be read only by the intended recipient. More »

Class of 2012 applications increase by 11 percent

By Anya Perret

The 15,700 applications received to date for the 1,080 spots in Dartmouth’s class of 2012 has set a College record for application volume. This year’s application total, an 11 percent increase over last year’s, may grow even higher as regular decision applications are processed in the coming weeks, according to Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris ‘84. More »

Local ski resorts examine impact

By Emily Goodell

While snowmaking creates the elusive fresh powder that many skiers in New England desire, the process has a heavy impact on the local environment due to an increase in the amount of energy used by ski resorts. More »

Skiway hosts Special Olympics

By Katie Paxton

Cheers of the traditional Special Olympics oath “Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt,” inaugurated the sixth annual Upper Valley Special Olympics at the Dartmouth Skiway on Saturday. More than 100 athletes competed in the day’s events, whose volunteer staff included 169 Dartmouth students. More »

Tuck Conference focuses on issues in oil, water industries

By Drew Joseph

The Tuck School of Business held its sixth annual Business and Society Conference to increase understanding about environmentally sound and socially responsible business practices Jan. 17-18. The student-run conference, “Oil and Water: Business Opportunities to Fuel Our Future,” discussed the role of the two controversial commodities in today’s marketplace. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Mat Grudzien
  • 15 universities have received subpoenas as part of an ongoing investigation into conflicts of interest between colleges and study abroad providers being conducted by the office of Andrew Cuomo, the New York attorney general, the New York Times reported on Monday. More »
  • The high concentration of adjunct and part-time professors on U.S. college campuses is the direct result of a surplus of doctoral titles awarded to graduate students, according to a recent report conducted by a 30 member commission in the state of New York, according to the Associated Press. More »
  • The Department of Health and Human Services released an audit on Friday charging that the National Institute of Health has, at times, violated federal rules concerning conflicts of interest in its allocation of grants to researchers in academic biomedical research, according to Inside Higher Ed. More »
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