Wednesday, February 27, 2008

College reacts to NIU shooting

By Mat Grudzien, The Dartmouth Staff

In the wake of the murder of five students at Northern Illinois Universityon Feb. 14, many colleges and universities, including Dartmouth, have increased efforts to update their safety protocol to face the threat of campus violence. The NIU shooting is just one of a series of recent violent incidents that have plagued U.S. campuses. More »

Banner Student outlines enrollment precedence

By Turia Lahlou, The Dartmouth Staff

Students who are not admitted to Spring term courses will now be able to view on Banner Student how close they came to making the cut. For the first time, the Office of the Registrar has posted course enrollment priorities on the student web site. More »

Students face problems using Firefox browser

By Kate Farley, The Dartmouth Staff

A confusing jumble of broken images and distorted text has confronted some students when trying to access Facebook profiles or read the news online. A number of Mac users have recently reported that their computers do not properly display pictures and other formatting on some web pages when they use the Mozilla Firefox web browser. Using Safari, another browser, to view web sites often remedied the issue, students said. More »

Panel looks at music and caste in India

By Andrew Wells, The Dartmouth Staff

Elaborating upon the expectations of a senior thesis in Dartmouth’s music major, Katharine Blumenthal ‘06 followed her studies to the remote hills of Ladakh, in northeastern India. There, in the district of Leh, she found Islamic Beda musicians trapped in an oppressive caste system, she said. More »

Discussion draws on sex and faith

By Rigel Cable

The limits of “weird and freaky” sex intersected with doctrines of religious faith at a panel discussion hosted by Dartmouth’s Multi-Faith Council on Wednesday night. The group organized the panel, titled “Faith and Sexuality,” to enable discussion between students and Hindu, Christian and Muslim leaders. More »

Study proves operation relieves back condition

By Emily Goodell, The Dartmouth Staff

A group of Dartmouth researchers published the first scientific evidence linking a specific surgery with relief of lower back pain caused by spinal stenosis. The study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Feb. 21. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Maria Fillas
  • Student Assembly passed legislation to fund a Cutter Shabazz Alternative Space Party and renew funding for the Profiles in Excellence Award and the Course Guide Incentive Program at its meeting on Tuesday. More »
  • “I think that especially with the Beta-AZD situation, we want to address social spaces in the short term as well as the long term,” Annie Kasitaza ‘08, co-chair of SA’s diversity and community affairs committee, said. More »
  • The Profiles in Excellence Award is a program which recognizes outstanding professors nominated by the student body and the Course Guide serves as a resource for students when selecting students. More »
  • Students and faculty members of the College of the Siskiyous in California called for the resignation of college trustee Dorris Wood after she objected last month to the addition of new credit courses in Arabic and Middle Eastern History, arguing that the subjects “support the sworn enemies” of the United States, Inside Higher Ed reported. More »
  • “When I look at this proposed class, my one thought is that we know all we need to know about the Arabs and Islam. More »
  • The classes were approved in spite of Wood’s comments. The College of the Siskiyous’ president, Dave Pelham, issued a formal apology on Wood’s behalf but Wood refused to apologize or resign and plans to run for re-election this fall. More »
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