Friday, March 28, 2008

Alums at Bear Stearns fear firing

By William Schpero, The Dartmouth Staff

As JPMorgan Chase managers filed into the lobby of Bear Stearns headquarters following the latter bank’s near collapse earlier this month, Dartmouth alumni working on the floors above began to question whether their jobs were in jeopardy. They were not alone, as several Dartmouth seniors have accepted job offers from the firm and at least 10 percent of Dartmouth graduates pursue careers in the financial industry, according to the College’s Office of Career Services. More »

Speaker looks critically at tobacco companies

By Nathan Swire, The Dartmouth Staff

LEBANON, N.H — Joking that he was “making up for past family sins,” Michael Cummings, a researcher at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the grandson of a cigarette company employee, criticized the tobacco industry in a lecture at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center on Thursday. More »

SA presidential candidates named

By Susan Matthews, The Dartmouth Staff

Student Assembly held its first meeting of the term Thursday night, voting to allow alcohol at alternative space parties and to allocate funding for a student-alumni luncheon and the Ivy Council’s spring trip. Separate from the meeting, five of the candidates for the Assembly’s top positions have now been confirmed. More »

India Queen owner calls Hanover ‘family’

By Julie Kim, The Dartmouth Staff

When Bhavnesh Kaushik, owner of India Queen and honorary member of the Tabard co-ed fraternity, offers refreshments to guests at his establishment, a polite refusal is not permitted. More »

Tuck student Chat explores Iran

By Drew Joseph, The Dartmouth Staff

Many Americans hold the common misconception that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s threats towards the United States and Israel represent Iran’s final say in the matter, but the unelected Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei really has ultimate authority in the nation’s policies, according to Saba Deyhim Tu’09. More »

Jager-Hyman ‘00 shadows college applicants in new book

By Katie Paxton, The Dartmouth Staff

As the anxiety and competition surrounding college admissions increase, even an Olympic-bound gymnast and world-class pianist have found themselves uncertain of receiving one of the coveted “fat envelopes” from Harvard University. Joie Jager-Hyman ‘00 follows these students and three other Harvard hopefuls through the angst of the college admissions process in her new book “Fat Envelope Frenzy: One Year, Five Promising Students, and the Pursuit of the Ivy League Prize,” released earlier this month. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Allyson Bennett, The Dartmouth Staff
  • The probability that a college freshmen will withdraw from a university increases significantly when large, introductory courses are taught by part-time, adjunct professors, according to a study presented at this year’s meeting of the American Education Research Association on Wednesday, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported. More »
  • Jane Mendillo will assume the position of president and chief investment officer of the Harvard Management Company, which administers Harvard University’s endowment. More »
  • Some directors of study abroad programs fear that economic decline, high fuel surcharges and the weakening of the dollar may decrease the number of students who choose to study abroad, although no such reduction has occurred to date, according to Inside Higher Ed. More »