Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Police discovery may prove cannon legend

By Rebecca Cress, The Dartmouth Staff

Like most institutions with a 250-year history, the College has amassed a vast collection of mysterious and intriguing legends throughout its storied past. Dartmouth students are well acquainted with tales of Doc Benton, the Lone Pine, the missing Alpha Delta fraternity brothers-in-arms statue and Tubestock, among countless others. And with the current police investigation into rumors of a World War I cannon buried beneath Memorial Field, a new story may be added to College lore. More »

Order of Omega announces awards

By Kashay Sanders, The Dartmouth Staff

Dartmouth's chapter of the Order of Omega, a national Greek leadership honor society, recognized the achievements of Dartmouth's Greek organizations and their members at its annual awards ceremony, held Tuesday in Collis Common Ground. More »

T-shirts reveal students' reflections on sexual assault

By Victoria Boggiano, The Dartmouth Staff

Vibrant T-shirts adorn the walls and hang from the ceiling of the Collis Center, but the messages the shirts display lack the gaiety their colors suggest. Each shirt recounts an anonymous creator's experience with sexual assault or domestic violence. More »

Hill '00 elected mayor of Lebanon

By Emily Goodell, The Dartmouth Staff

Karen Liot Hill '00, former program coordinator for the Rockefeller Center, was elected Mayor of Lebanon, N.H., by the Lebanon City Council last month. Hill served on the city council for two years. More »

Forensics Union takes second in nat'l debate competition

By Mitch Davis, The Dartmouth Staff

Defeating Harvard University, the Dartmouth Forensic Union took second place in the National Debate Tournament for the first time in five years, coming in behind Wake Forest University. The tournament was held at California State University at Fullerton on March 28. More »

Library seeks student input to improve services, facilities

By Erin Jaeger, The Dartmouth Staff

The Library Assessment Committee selected 1,153 Dartmouth undergraduates and 1,909 graduate students to participate in the second LibQUAL+ survey to evaluate the efficiency and quality of Dartmouth's library services. Based on the results of a previous survey, given in 2004, library hours were extended from midnight to 2 a.m., according to Government Information Librarian John Cocklin. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Maria Fillas and Susan Mathews, The Dartmouth Staff
  • Elections for the 2008-2009 Student Assembly president and vice president will end at today at 5:00 p.m. More »
  • Supporters of presidential candidate Molly Bode '09 have been running a table in Collis Cafe to advertise the election period and encourage people to vote for her. More »
  • "She said that this was not a voting place, they had just set it up for Molly, and that's when I knew I had made a mistake, but I voted for Lee Cooper anyway," she said. More »
  • "My campaign was mobile, moving around the campus seeking out normally underrepresented voters," Lee Cooper '09, presidential candidate for the Assembly, said in an e-mail message. More »
  • In an informal poll conducted by The Dartmouth, 80 percent of students have either already voted or are planning on doing so before the polls closed. More »
  • Community colleges across the country are facing increased pressure to accommodate the rising number of students opting to enroll in two-year institutions, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on Tuesday. More »