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Dartmouth accepted 1,702 students to the Class of 2029, according to the Dartmouth News. Regular decision and early decision applicants totaled 28,230, a drop of almost 11% from a year earlier.
Former Republican National Committee chief counsel Matthew Raymer ’03 will serve as the College’s next general counsel and senior vice president starting March 17. Raymer, who has publicly defended President Donald Trump’s push to redefine the scope of birthright citizenship, will oversee the Office of Visa and Immigration Services and serve on College President Sian Leah Beilock’s leadership team.
On March 2, the Dartmouth Student Government Senate met for its ninth weekly meeting of the winter term. Led by student body president Chukwuka Odigbo ’25, the Senate discussed a constitutional task force proposal — sponsored by School House senator JJ Dega ’26, West House senator Favion Harvard ’26 and East Wheelock senator Jack Wisdom ’26 — and a constitutional amendment proposed by Odigbo to allow non-voting DSG representatives to vote on budget allocations.
On Feb. 28, the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy hosted North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein ’88 for an event titled “Finding Common Ground: Leadership During a Politically Polarized Time.” Stein, a first-term Democrat in a state won by Republican President Donald Trump in the 2024 election, spoke about governing across party lines in a swing state and the importance of political partnership amid polarization.
Mirror, Mirror, on the wall: it’s Gretchen, writing from one of the mysteriously-stained, slightly-too-squishy couches that lives on the second floor of Robinson Hall — the same couch I’ve sat on for the past four years at Mirror story assignment meetings. To be honest, I’ve been dreading this Editors’ Note — the last of the 181st Directorate — because the end of my time on Directorate is akin to taking the first step on the path that leads to graduation. And that, in turn, feels somewhat like stepping off the edge of a cliff when you don’t know what lies beneath — not to be dramatic or anything. Clearly, our last night of production is filling me with the first twinges of nostalgia for my college experience.
On Feb. 27, Dartmouth Divest for Palestine — a coalition of College students, faculty, staff and alumni — organized a protest to “tell the Board of Trustees to invest in workers not the war machine,” according to a flyer for the event. Approximately 60 students and community members attended the protest.
On Feb. 24, English professor Alexis Jetter resigned from the College, approximately three weeks before the end of winter term. Jetter tendered her resignation in reply to an email from a College administrator informing Jetter that a “formal grievance” had been filed against her, according to a copy of the email thread obtained by The Dartmouth.
On Feb. 26, the Dartmouth Political Union hosted former CNN political commentator Keith Boykin ’87 and American Enterprise Institute fellow and educator Ian Rowe for a debate on the merits of diversity, equity and inclusion policies. Boykin argued in favor of DEI, while Rowe argued against it.
On Feb. 18, Town manager Robert Houseman announced Hanover Police Department captain and acting chief James Martin as the Department’s next permanent chief. According to Houseman, Martin was selected after a nationwide search that identified 22 candidates.
On March 15, Charlotte Hampton ’26 and Quentin Proud ’26 will assume the roles of editor-in-chief and publisher of The Dartmouth to head the paper’s 182nd directorate. They will replace outgoing Editor-in-Chief Emily Fagell ’25 and Publisher Eren Berke Saglam ’25, respectively.
At a media event on Feb. 14, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center chief research officer Steven Bernstein said funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health under President Donald Trump’s administration could “severely hinder” research at Dartmouth and DHMC.
On Feb. 10, the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding and Dartmouth Dialogues co-hosted Egyptian journalist and author Ahmed Naji for an event titled “The Power of Literature and Free Expression in the Middle East.” In 2016, Naji was imprisoned in Egypt for “violating public decency” in his 2014 novel “Using Life” — which tells the story of young people in Cairo creating a series of documentary films and depicts LGBTQ+ people and explicit scenes.
Three international undergraduate students have been given the pseudonyms Jessica, Samantha and Tom. They each have been granted anonymity to speak candidly about their experiences.
Yesterday, Lebanon District Court Judge Michael Mace sentenced Kevin Engel ’27 and Roan Wade ’25 — two student protesters arrested for trespassing in October 2023 — to 20 hours of community service and a potential $310 fine each.
Prosecutors have “declined to move forward” with a misdemeanor charge against Alpha Phi sorority for facilitating an underage alcohol house, according to Hanover Police Department lieutenant Michael Schibuola. In an email statement to The Dartmouth, Schibuola wrote that “no further charges are pending beyond what was already made public.”
On Feb. 2, the Dartmouth Political Union hosted radio presenter and author Scott Horton and journalist Eli Lake for a debate on the causes of the Russia-Ukraine war. The pair took opposing sides — Horton answering in the affirmative and Lake in the negative — on the resolution, “The United States started the new Cold War with Russia and provoked Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”
The Class of 1989 has raised $30 million to fund a new residential building on West Wheelock Street, the College announced today. Construction of the new facility, which will include the Class of 1989 Hall and a currently unnamed hall, will add 150 to 200 new beds to campus.
This week, students are taking a trip to the Mesozoic Era. Themed “Jurassic Parka: The Carnival Before Time,” this year’s Winter Carnival began Feb. 5 and will continue through Feb. 9.
On Jan. 29, as global celebrations of the Lunar New Year commenced, College and student organizations alike rang in the Year of the Snake with a slate of on-campus programming.
Today, a New Hampshire jury found a Dartmouth alumnus guilty of sexually assaulting a female student on the roof of his former fraternity.