Thursday, October 23, 2008

Student runs for county treasurer

By Anya Perret, The Dartmouth Staff

Twenty-year-old Montana native and Democrat Vanessa Sievers '10 is the first candidate to challenge 56-year-old three-term Grafton County Treasurer Carol Elliott, a Republican. More »

Rollins to house prayer labyrinth for meditation

By Madeline Sims, The Dartmouth Staff

When stress builds, Matt Jorgensen '12 wanders the stacks of the Sherman Art library to "clear [his] mind." "I'd definitely feel less weird if I had a structured place to try to focus," he said. More »

Blanchflower predicts interest drop

By Marielle Battistoni, The Dartmouth Staff

In the aftermath of the Bank of England's largest monthly decrease in interest rates since November 2001, Dartmouth economics professor and member of the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee David Blanchflower said he is "the one who got it right." More »

Crate recounts effects of climate change on Sakha

By Manisha Apte, The Dartmouth Staff

The Viliui Sakha people of Northeastern Siberia are among many native cultures threatened by climate change and need more information in order to survive, environmental science and policy professor Susan Crate of George Mason University explained during a lecture Wednesday in the Haldeman Center. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Anya Perret and Elise Quinones, The Dartmouth Staff
  • Republican presidential candidate John McCain spoke to a rally of a few thousand supporters on the hockey rink of St. More »
  • Steve Huber '79 is running for the House District 54 seat in the Maine House of Representatives, according to The Morning Sentinel. More »
  • Cornell University graduate Ratan Tata has donated $50 million to Cornell University, according to The Ithaca Journal. More »