Drenched in her own urine, eight-year-old Noella sat shamed and alone. A victim of abduction and repeated rape, the young Congolese girl suffered from fistula, a condition that causes constant leakage of bodily waste. Noella’s story is an example of just one of the driving forces behind Eve Ensler’s V-Day movement, a worldwide campaign to end violence against women and girls. More »
The Hopkins Center will receive a $5 million gift from The Howard Gilman Foundation to endow the directorship of the Hop and provide “venture funds for new Hopkins Center initiatives,” the College announced in a press release Monday. With the donation, the Hop surpassed its $10 million fundraising target in the Campaign for the Dartmouth Experience, according to Jeffrey James, the director of the Hop. More »
The recent announcement regarding the 2008 leadership of the Dartmouth Outing Club Freshmen Trips begs another question in the examination of Dartmouth culture: Which came first, the campus icon or the H-Croo chief? More »
Research into new neuroscience technology may lead to a cure for paralysis, Lou Gehrig’s disease and other neurological diseases, John Cunningham ‘02 announced at a lecture in the Rockefeller Center on Monday afternoon. Cunningham, a Ph.D candidate at Stanford University, is researching new technology would translate the brain’s messages into the victim’s desired physical movement. More »
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