Dartmouth benefactor and former trustee Barry MacLean ‘60 Th’61 has been implicated in an nationwide investigation of the smuggling of Asian art, according to an affidavit filed in Cook County, Ill., last week. The College’s Hood Museum of Art canceled a Feb. 9 exhibit of works from MacLean’s collection in response to the controversy. More »
The College will require all incoming students to take at least two writing courses, abolishing exemptions from the current writing program, as part of the new Institute for Writing and Rhetoric, according to Wednesday’s press release from the Office of Public Affairs. The institute will combine the existing writing program, which includes the first-year writing courses, writing seminars and writing support services, with new courses in speech, rhetoric and advanced writing. More »
Approximately 30 students were asked to consider what they would want in place of Greek organizations if the system that currently dominates Dartmouth’s social scene did not exist at a community forum sponsored by the Student Assembly Diversity and Community Affairs Committee and the Intercommunity Council on Wednesday. More »
After Newsday rejected an article by history professor Annelise Orleck on the difficulties facing the nation’s poor following Hurricane Katrina, an employee at the newspaper told Orleck, “I’m really sorry, but we’ve just been too sympathetic to the poor lately,” Orleck said in a panel discussion on Wednesday afternoon. According to Orleck, these attitudes towards the poor in the media make it difficult to raise awareness and promote funding for assistance programs. More »
Jan. 20, 1:05 a.m., School Street Hanover Police responded to an ambulance call from the undergraduate society Panarchy where an underage male was reportedly vomiting and semi-conscious. When the officers arrived, they found a young male lying on a couch in the hallway. The Dartmouth freshman had vomited all over himself, the floor and the couch and, when talking with officers, slurred his words and was difficult to understand. The student claimed to have consumed six to seven alcoholic drinks including shots of vodka and other mixed drinks. He was transported to the emergency room at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center where he was given care. The student was issued a court date of February 19 but was also given the option to take part in the alcohol diversions program. More »
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