The Committee on Standards Review Committee recommended that the College make the COS process more transparent and give accused students better access to resources in a report released Monday, but did not incorporate all of the suggestions of the Student Assembly COS Review Task Force. Dean of the College Tom Crady will take the committee's recommendations and all feedback to the report into account when making final changes to COS this summer and fall. More »
Ten veterans at the College, searching for mutual support during the transition to their lives as students, have established the Dartmouth Undergraduate Veterans Association, a campus organization that aims to raise awareness of veterans' issues and provide support to student veterans with issues that may arise at Dartmouth. More »
Hanover Water Works Company mistakenly overinjected baking soda -- five extra milligrams per liter -- into the town's water supply a week and a half ago, causing student and town residents to complain of an unpleasant taste. The problem occurred because of a design flaw in the chemical feed pumps and the overload has since been alleviated, according to Peter Kulbacki, director of the Hanover Public Works Department and general manager of the Hanover Water Works Company. More »
Thanks to graduating student employees at Dartmouth's libraries, "Superbad" will soon have space on a library shelf beside the likes of "Casablanca" and "Citizen Kane" through the Student Library Service Bookplate Program. Senior student employees are rewarded for their dedication with the acquisition of a book or other item in their name, complete with a "bookplate" sticker commemorating their services to the College's library system. More »
The Town of Hanover is working to acquire a high speed telecommunication network, but progress has been slowed due to funding difficulties. Hanover is one of eight New Hampshire communities that came together in October 2005 to build a publicly owned fiber optic cable network that would allow households to install wireless networks and have higher speed internet access. More »
Female Dartmouth employees are more likely than their male counterparts to save for retirement, despite health concerns and the costs of supporting a family, according to a recent study conducted at the Tuck School of Business. The study, authored by Tuck professor Punam Anand Keller and Dartmouth economics professor Annamaria Lusardi, also found that female College employees are more likely than men to change their financial behavior when given professional advice. More »
Current welfare efforts have not done enough to reduce poverty in the United States, speakers at the Rockefeller Center's Centennial Series panel said Monday. The panel, billed as a tribute to Nelson A. Rockefeller's commitment to poverty issues, aimed to add to a year-long, campus-wide discussion on class division led by the Dartmouth Centers Forum. More »
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