Three years after the College ended its speech program, Josh Compton will assume the role of lecturer of speech and rhetoric at the College’s Institute for Writing and Rhetoric on July 1, 2008, according to a press release from the Office of Public Affairs. Compton will begin lecturing on public speaking and speechwriting during the Fall term. The College also hired Christiane Donahue to lead the Institute, which was founded this January. Donahue will assume her post on Sept. 1, 2008.
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Former and current college presidents, administrators, professors and possibly a member of the current Bush administration could make it onto the Board of Trustees’ search committee’s list for a successor to College President James Wright, who will step down in June 2009. The committee will be announced in early June.
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Former Dartmouth writing instructor Priya Venkatesan ‘90 said she no longer plans to publish a memoir in the near future, recanting previous statements that she would write a book that would identify specific Dartmouth students who she claims discriminated against her and in addition to including their anonymous course evaluations. Venkatesan alleged that these students, all members of her Winter term Writing 5 class, invaded her personal space and displayed other means of disrespectful behavior towards her, according to statements she made in an interview with The Dartmouth.
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Dartmouth alumni of Beta Theta Pi fraternity contend that current students hold misconceptions about the fraternity’s history at the College, regarding the fraternity as a group of football-playing troublemakers and not the brotherhood committed to charity work and diversity that alumni maintain it once was. Beta, which was permanently derecognized by the College in 1996, will regain possession of its house on 6 Webster Avenue, currently occupied by Alpha Xi Delta sorority, this summer. Beta alumni will be allowed to host recruitment events this Fall term but neither the College nor the Beta national organization have officially agreed to re-recognize the chapter at Dartmouth.
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The unusually early election of Student Assembly’s new leadership this year allowed the organization to implement several new initiatives this term, a departure from past years in which the Assembly made little progress during Spring term.
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A college campus, with its various temptations, might not seem like an ideal breeding ground for a devout religious lifestyle — especially a religion outside of the traditional mold. Still, many Dartmouth students exploreand even adopt lesser represented religions at the College.
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Brian Goldner ‘85 joined the ranks of Dartmouth alumni presiding over major corporations last week, beginning his post as the chief executive officer of Hasbro, the nation’s second largest toy company whose products include Monopoly, Mr. Potato Head and Transformers.
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The Undergraduate Finance Committee gave Dartmouth’s Student Assembly $85,000 on Tuesday for its budget for the upcoming year, which is $10,000 more than the committee allocated to the Assembly last year. Former Student Body President Travis Green ‘08, who chaired the committee this term, attributed the budget increase to the detailed budget proposal submitted by current Student Body President Molly Bode ‘09. The Assembly, in its last meeting of the term Tuesday night, voted to allocate $5,000 of the UFC-provided budget for the Summer Assembly’s use. The Assembly also elected Miesha Smith ‘09 Fall term treasurer and Uthman Olagoke ‘11 Fall term secretary on Tuesday. The organization recognized several of its members for their work throughout the term with “SAMMY” awards, a play on the television industry’s Emmy Awards. Corey Chu’ 08 won the “Member of the Year” award, while Neil Kandler ‘09 took the award for outstanding service. Anne Kasitaza ‘08 and Karen Doster ‘11 both won “New Member of the Year” awards.
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