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Arson suspected in Chi Gam fire

A fire in the basement of Chi Gamma Epsilon fraternity on Saturday morning was likely an arson attempt, according the Hanover Police Chief Nicholar Giaccone. The Hanover Fire department responded to a fire alarm at 6 a.m., and extinguished the flames. The fire resulted in minimal damage, and no individuals were injured, according the fraternity's vice president, Alexander Fidel '09. More »

Geithner '83 tapped to be Treasury Secretary

President-elect Barack Obama will appoint Timothy Geithner '83, president of the New York Federal Reserve, to the post of Treasury Secretary in the new presidential Cabinet, according to reports from several news outlets. Geithner will be the second consecutive Dartmouth alumnus to hold the position, replacing current Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson '68. More »

Webster program hosts conference

The Daniel Webster Project, formerly the Daniel Webster Program, hosted its first "ancient and modern conference," which featured papers by several prominent professors of political philosophy and debate over the role of classical and modern influences in contemporary liberal arts education. The conference, titled "Socrates or Rosseau: Ancient and Modern Ideas of Higher Education," was attended by approximately 60 people, including students, faculty and visiting professors Friday and Saturday at the Rockefeller Center. More »

Beta hosts nonalcoholic programs, social events

Before most fraternities began pong tournaments, cocktail events and dance parties one Saturday night this term, guests at Beta Alpha Omega fraternity practiced more coordinated footwork at the fraternity-hosted tango workshop that afternoon. Beta, which must remain dry through Winter term, has hosted a number of nonalcoholic programming events this term, as the new chapter attempts to redefine itself after its 1996 derecognition by the College, according to fraternity member Kadian Campbell '11. More »

Lowe '10, Santo '10 to lead The D

Allie Lowe '10 and JR Santo '10 were named the new Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of The Dartmouth, respectively, at the organization's annual changeover ceremony on Saturday night at Casque and Gauntlet Senior Society. Outgoing Editor-in-Chief Katy O'Donnell '09 and Publisher Jesse Silberberg '09 announced their successors, along with the rest of the 2010 directorate, which will take over the leadership of the The Dartmouth in January. More »

Panelists dismiss claims of pending second Cold War

Russia's military incursion into Georgia last August does not signify an impending "new Cold War," a panel of Dartmouth faculty members concluded Friday evening in the Haldeman Center. The panel discussion, "Second Cold War? A Panel on Russia and Georgia," addressed the implications of the conflict between Russia and Georgia on U.S.-Russian foreign policy and how to improve the relationship between Russia and the West. More »

Daily Debriefing

• Becky Ball, a post-doctoral fellow in Dartmouth's environmental More »
• studies program, welcomed young readers to the second field season More »
• of her Antarctica research blog last week. More »
• Dartmouth scientists and a research team from Colorado State University, More »
• will study the microorganisms and nutrient elements in Antarctic soil this More »
• winter, according to the blog. More »
• Valleys, a polar desert where the ice has retreated. More »
• blog as an educational tool for elementary and middle school teachers by More »
• displaying pictures and detailed stories from her experience in Antarctica, More »
• according to Dartmouth's Office of Public Affairs web site. More »
• Long-time Dartmouth administrator and coach Alden "Whitey" More »
• Burnham passed away on Nov. More »
• only three-sport coach, came to Dartmouth in 1960 to coach soccer More »
• and lacrosse and began coaching wrestling in 1961, according to the More »
• Dartmouth Athletic Department's web site. More »
• at Dartmouth, coaching the 1964 and 1965 Ivy League championship More »
• teams in men's lacrosse, as well as the 1964 Ivy League championship More »
• men's soccer team. More »
• at Dartmouth in 1969 and the associate director of athletics for development More »
• and alumni affairs in 1983. More »
• National Soccer Coaches Association of America and was chairman of More »
• the All-America selection committee for 14 years. More »
• to Dartmouth's soccer teams, was dedicated to Burnham in spring 2008 More »
• at the request of lead donor Stan Smoyer '34. More »
• Bob Jones University, a fundamentalist Christian college in South More »
• Carolina, posted a statement on its web site Thursday apologizing for More »
• the racially-charged policies the university maintained until 2000. More »
• university did not admit black students until 1971 and prohibited interracial More »
• dating among students until 2000, the Chronicle of Higher Education More »
• reported on Friday. More »
• president until 2005, announced that he would reverse the dating policy More »
• on Larry King Live. More »
• including BJU in its early stages, was characterized by the segregationist More »
• ethos of American culture," the web statement said. More »
• for far too long, we allowed institutional policies regarding race to be More »
• shaped more directly by that ethos than by the principles and precepts More »
• of the Scriptures. More »
• Christian counterpoint to it. More »
• the Lord and to fulfill the commandment to love others as ourselves. More »
• these failures we are profoundly sorry." Stephen Jones, the university's More »
• current president and Bob Jones III's son, issued the statement because More »
• he said he still receives questions about the university's race relations, More »
• according to the Chronicle.More »