Friday, May 16, 2008

Dartmouth transfers 10.2 acres to Hanover

By William Schpero, The Dartmouth Staff

Dartmouth will give 10.2 acres of land to Hanover following a Tuesday vote by town residents to accept the exchange, according to Town Manager Julia Griffin. The land transfer is part of a two-decade old agreement between the town and Dartmouth to allow for the College's Grasse Road housing development. The land, located near Grasse Road, will be used for recreational fields or affordable housing, Griffin said. More »

Students test file-storing system

By Nathan Swire, The Dartmouth Staff

Dartmouth has recruited seven students to begin testing the Xythos online file-storing system today. The system will allow students, faculty and staff to save documents in an online folder and share them over the internet. More »

College seniors choose to Teach for America

By Erin Jaeger, The Dartmouth Staff

Ty Moddelmog '08 was offered an $80,000 salary to work at an Atlanta-based consulting firm but decided he did not want to start at the bottom of the corporate ladder, he said. Instead, Moddelmog applied to Teach for America, an organization that recruits recent college graduates to teach in rural and urban schools, after a convincing conversation with a recruitment officer. More »

New piracy law may cost College

By John A. Alzate

A nationwide campaign for state laws that would require colleges to track students' illegal file sharing could cost the College millions of dollars if the laws are passed, Ellen Young, manager of consulting services at Dartmouth Computer Services, said in an e-mail message to The Dartmouth. The College does not currently have an opinion on the possible anti-piracy legislation, and no such bill has been introduced in the New Hampshire legislature, she added. More »

Parenteau, Conover examine U.S. climate change policy

By Conor Galligan

The federal government can take vast steps toward reversing climate change by offering economic incentives for companies to reduce emissions, but the government must act soon, speakers agreed at a panel discussion on Thursday. The panel, "The Politics of Climate Change," was sponsored by The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Erin Jaeger, The Dartmouth Staff
  • U.S. soldiers in Iraq and up to 23 other countries will soon be able to take on-site college courses with professors from three U.S. More »
  • Teenagers who identify with ethnic minorities tend not to spend time with groups composed solely of their ethnic peers, according to a new study released by the Society for Research in Child Development. More »
  • A group of Dartmouth students held a moment of silence on the Green last night for the massive earthquake in China's Sichuan Province. More »