Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Spam e-mails target 1,000 BlitzMail users

By Kate Farley, The Dartmouth Staff

An unidentified group posing as the “Dartmouth Team” sent e-mails to approximately 1,000 BlitzMail users Monday evening, asking recipients to confirm their e-mail usernames and passwords. The e-mails were likely an attempt to gain unauthorized access to users’ Dartmouth Name Directory login information, according to College computing representatives, but only a “handful” of the targeted recipients gave out personal information. Kiewit Computing has since changed the passwords of all affected users. More »

Kelley ‘81, comedian, looks at irony

By Nathan Swire, The Dartmouth Staff

When using the men’s room at a political convention, Steve Kelley ‘81 heard a man walk right up behind him and stop, he told his audience on Tuesday night. More »

Nelson presents alcohol policy to SA

By Nathan Swire, The Dartmouth Staff

As part of a campaign to prompt student discussion about alcohol on Dartmouth’s campus, Senior Associate Dean Dan Nelson spoke to the Student Assembly on the history of alcohol use at the College, the administration’s attitude towards student drinking and its future plans for the alcohol on Tuesday. More »

Symposium draws ‘puzzle freaks’ from across the U.S.

Hordes of “puzzle freaks” — builders, designers, obsessive solvers and general aficionados of mechanical puzzles — flocked to Dartmouth for Mechanical Puzzles Day, an eight-hour celebration and symposium of the enigmatic gizmos on Tuesday. More »

Daily Debriefing

  • Arguing that there is a strong correlation between climate change and infectious disease, Dr. Rita Colwell, a world-renowned expert in oceanology and epidemiology, spoke to students in Moore Hall on Tuesday afternoon. More »
  • Princeton University is exploring the creation of a program that would allow students to take a tuition-free gap year during which they would perform community service outside of the United States, according to a Princeton press release. More »