The Association of Alumni proposed an amendment to its constitution on Monday that would bring trustee election procedures in line with Board of Trustees' recommendations. The amendment would alter the voting system and the number of candidates allowed in the elections, among other changes, in an effort to "simplify and clarify election procedures," Association President John Mathias '69 said. More »
College President James Wright and several notable Dartmouth alumni -- including a Pulitzer Prize winner, a former Republican congressman and a reporter for The New York Times -- put the 2008 presidential election into a historical context during a symposium, "Reflection of the 2008 Campaign: Challenges for the New President," on Monday in Cook Auditorium. Much of the discussion focused on how this year's election differed from those of previous years in terms of the role of race, the media's influence and the impact of technology. More »
As a student in Dartmouth's Native American Program, Alvin Warren '91 used his senior history thesis to disprove land claims made by the U.S. federal government about his tribe's ancestral homeland, which ultimately led the government to return the territory to his community. More »
Female students almost always pay a higher emotional and physical price for casual hook-ups than male students do because of women's hormonal and anatomical biology, according to Miriam Grossman, senior fellow at the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute and former staff psychiatrist at University of California, Los Angeles. Grossman spoke to an audience of students and community members in the Rockefeller Center Monday for the third annual Dr. Tzvi Yehuda Saks Memorial Lecture sponsored by Dartmouth Chabad. More »
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