Friday, October 10, 2008

Fraternities prepare for fall rush weekend

By Neera Chatterjee

Dartmouth's 14 fraternities will open their doors to approximately 275 sophomore, junior and senior men for fall rush this weekend, according to Taylor Holt '09, vice president of recruitment for the Interfraternity Council. Beta Theta Pi fraternity will participate in recruitment for the first time since the chapter was derecognized by the College in 1996. More »

Tuck students eye shaky economy

By Mitch Davis, The Dartmouth Staff

As financial chaos whirls through the world, students and administrators at the Tuck School of Business await signs that might indicate whether the economic outlook is better -- or worse -- than commentators predict, as students prepare to enter the business world. More »

Panel links humanities and democracy

By Katie Gonzalez

Humanities and politics merged at the Cultures of Democracy conference held in the Haldeman Center Thursday. The event focused on the role that humanities and arts play in the implementation and execution of democracy. Specifically, speakers discussed how nationalism stems from cultural ties and affects political systems. More »

Dell engineers work to fix GreenPrint problems

By Emma Fidel

Three Dell engineers visited campus Tuesday to resolve the jamming problems that have plagued Dartmouth's new GreenPrint printers since they were installed this summer. The Dell 5310n printers were selected as a potential solution to problems with GreenPrint's older Xerox printers, Elijah Gagne, Windows system manager for Technical Services, said. Though Technical Services received positive feedback initially, problems have started to occur as the printers are used more frequently this term. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Rachel Sarnoff
  • A new report released by the American Council of Education on Thursday presented contradictory data regarding minority involvement in American higher education, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. More »
  • Dartmouth is now part of a multi-institutional alliance that will research the effectiveness of using video games in the classroom to teach math, science and engineering, The New York Times reported. More »
  • Dartmouth dropped from number 48 to 54 on the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2008. More »