Monday, November 2, 2009

OAC student board to review minor cases

By Emma Fidel, The Dartmouth Staff

An Organizational Adjudication Committee student board will be formed by Winter term to hear allegations of minor misconduct involving student organizations, acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears said in an interview with The Dartmouth on Friday. The full OAC, which includes students, faculty and administrators, will still convene for serious matters, including cases in which organizations may be removed from campus or face more than one term of probation, she said. More »

Alumni reflect on LGBT history

By LAUREN VESPOLI

In what event organizers said was an effort to show alumni that support for the LGBT community at the College has increased in the past 25 years, the Dartmouth Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Alumni/ae Association held its 25th anniversary all-class reunion this past weekend. More »

Activist works to protect Lake Baikal

By Laura Bryn Sisson

The planned construction of a uranium enrichment center only 50 miles from Lake Baikal in Siberia poses an environmental threat to the world’s oldest and deepest lake, according to Marina Rikhvanova, an internationally known environmental activist who co-founded the nonprofit Baikal Environmental Wave. Rikhvanova described her work to protect the lake, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in her Friday lecture at the Haldeman Center. More »

Speaker stresses role of electronic health info.

By HANNAH KUHAR

Medical information technology is essential to improving the efficiency of the health care system, according to C. Martin Harris, chief information officer and chair of the information technology division at the Cleveland Clinic. Harris discussed the role of electronic medical records in health care reform in his lecture, held on Friday at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Michelle Lee
  • Princeton University will lay off 43 employees by the end of this fiscal year as the result of a nearly 23-percent endowment loss, The Daily Princetonian reported on Friday. More »
  • Federal funding for programs assisting disadvantaged students has remained nearly stagnant, increasing by only 1 percent in the past five years, The Boston Globe reported on Sunday. More »
  • Adjunct professors working to accrue more workplace benefits should focus on changing their campus climates so that adjuncts are more valued and included in decision making, rather than seeking to alter individual employer practices, according to a study conducted by a University of Southern California professor, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on Sunday. More »