Wednesday, May 07, 2008

SA taps 11 students for executive board

By Turia Lahlou, The Dartmouth Staff

Student Assembly confirmed the members of its Fall term executive board in one of its first meetings under the new leadership on Tuesday night. The board includes eight committee chairs and three Assembly representatives to other organizations. More »

Rising food costs hit DDS budget

By Julie Kim, The Dartmouth Staff

While increasing food prices have forced colleges across the nation to increase the price of meal plans or alter their menus, Dartmouth Dining Services will likely make less dramatic changes, due to its individual retail system, which allows students to pay only for the food they buy. More »

Engineers compete in Thayer hybrid car contest

By Turia Lahlou, The Dartmouth Staff

Armed with blow torches and hopes of victory, engineering students from across the world converged on the New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, N.H., on Monday to participate in the three-day Formula Hybrid International Competition hosted by the Thayer School of Engineering. Competing teams designed and built environmentally friendly cars to enter into the contest. More »

Seniors rush to complete honors theses

Curled up in cubicles during all library hours and sustaining energy drink sales in Novack Cafe, Dartmouth seniors are crunching out the final pages of their theses this week. More than one-fifth of the Class of 2008 is conducting thesis research. More »

Speaker examines diabetes cure

Heralding cell transplantation as a potential cure for diabetes, Gordon Weir, chair of the Research and Wellness Foundation at the Joslin Diabetes Center, spoke on the use of stem cells as a form of treatment on Tuesday before an audience in the Haldeman Center. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Drew Joseph, The Dartmouth Staff
  • Dartmouth was recognized as a College Sustainability Leader and received an A- grade in the 2008 edition of the College Sustainability Report Card, published by the Sustainable Endowments Institute. More »
  • More than 250 economists, including two Dartmouth professors, have signed a statement, published on the Gastax08 blog, opposing the proposed suspension of the national gas tax for the summer, declaring the proposal “a bad idea. More »
  • Opponents of affirmative action in Missouri failed to get enough signatures to propose a measure for fall elections that would ban affirmative action, Inside Higher Ed reported Tuesday. More »