Assembly candidates begin campaigning
Student Assembly’s election season officially began this weekend as presidential and vice-presidential candidates have begun to campaign to improve Student Assembly’s image on campus. More »
Monday, March 31, 2008
Stuart Lord donates kidney to twin
The phone call between Stuart Lord, dean of the Tucker Foundation, and Reverend Stanley Lord on a summer night last June was anything but typical for the twin brothers. Stuart had just learned that he qualified as a kidney donor for Stanley and, in an act of brotherly love, called to offer a kidney to his ailing twin. More »
Hogwarts in Hanover: Quidditch sweeps the Green
On Saturday afternoon, confused passersby in Hanover may have noticed students throwing red dodgeballs across the Green, fighting for control of a single, white volleyball and chasing after a crazed-looking teammate dressed in gold. Sporting colorful capes, quaffles and bludgers, Middlebury College’s Quidditch club held a scrimmage against Dartmouth students on Saturday as the final stop of their first spring break Quidditch tour. Lacking the ability to fly, students ran with brooms between their legs, chasing the elusive snitch and participating in what may be a new trend in intercollegiate athletics. More »
Bartlett Hall undergoes redesign, modernization
Within the aged brownstone walls of Bartlett Hall, the upper two floors — which have languished for nearly 40 years without improvements — has undergone extensive construction during the past eight months. More »
Tucker explores Jewish legalism
Although the Jewish legal tradition has a 2,000-year tradition of condemning homosexuality, Rabbi Gordon Tucker called for the acceptance of homosexuals based on the fundamental Jewish principals of companionship and love in a speech on Sunday. Tucker framed his argument in the context of the larger historical divide between legalistic and intuitive interpretations of the Torah. More »
Daily Debriefing
- Yale is being sued for $50 million by Dongguk University, one of Korea’s top institutions, according to an article in the Yale Daily News. More »
- Mascoma Corporations, a leading cellulosic ethanol technology startup company based in Lebanon, decided to keep its headquarters in Lebanon despite recent problems with overcrowded office space, The Valley News reported Friday. More »
- At 5 p.m. today, Dartmouth’s Office of Admissions and Financial Aid will post letters of admission for regular decision applicants to the class of 2012 online, according to Maria Laskaris, the College’s dean of admission. More »
