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On Jan. 26, the Dartmouth Dialogue Project held the first talk in its Executive Speaker series in Filene Auditorium. Over 100 students, faculty and Upper Valley residents attended the talk, entitled “Emotional Intelligence: Pathway to Well-Being, Productive Relationships and Professional Success,” which was delivered by Marc Brackett, the founding director of the Yale University Center for Emotional Intelligence.
On Jan. 25, the William Jewett Tucker Center hosted a community multi-faith celebration at Rollins Chapel in honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The event, which began at 5 p.m., featured speeches from various student leaders and faith groups, performances by the Dartmouth Gospel Choir and a keynote address by Native American and Indigenous studies professor Bruce Duthu.
Course election will open at 7 a.m. rather than 8 a.m. on Feb. 7, according to an email to the student body sent by the Office of the Registrar on Jan. 17. The time change will go into effect for spring course election and will also apply to course election in future terms, as well as add/drop period.
On Jan. 25, Dartmouth Undergraduate Advisors announced their intention to unionize in an open letter on the Student Worker Collective at Dartmouth’s website. The letter, which is addressed to the Office of Residential Life, leadership and other members of the Dartmouth community, arrives after several UGAs shared concerns over the fall term about inadequate training and minimal financial compensation for their role.
After a late night of monitoring polls, community members, experts, faculty and students gathered in the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy’s Class of 1930 Room to discuss the nation’s first presidential primary results of 2024 over breakfast. Senior Vice President for Communications Justin Anderson and Rockefeller Center executive director Anna Mahoney gave their assessments of the New Hampshire primary, while Robert Coates, Rockefeller Center assistant director, moderated the event.
From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Jan. 23, 3,582 Hanover voters cast their ballots in the New Hampshire presidential primary at the Hanover High School gymnasium. A majority of voters supported former Gov. Nikki Haley, R-S.C., and Democratic incumbent President Joe Biden in the Republican and Democratic primaries, respectively.
Following months of heavy campaigning by multiple candidates, the 2024 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary saw former President Donald Trump capture 54.5% of the vote to beat former Gov. Nikki Haley, R-S.C., who received 44.5% of votes, the Associated Press projects as of press time. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden won the 2024 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary as a write-in candidate, fending off a challenge from Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn. Votes are still coming in from across the state, with 61% of total votes counted.
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After an extended dispute with the Democratic Party, which saw President Joe Biden removing his name from the Democratic ballot, New Hampshire has retained its first-in-the-nation primary status and will see voters at the polls today.
Since the introduction of ChatGPT — an online artificial intelligence chatbot — professors have addressed its use in their syllabi, and some have begun to incorporate it into their assignments.
As of today, Dartmouth has opened the ice rink on the Green after its two year absence, with free skate rentals available for pickup and dropoff at the James W. Campion Rink in West Lebanon, according to College media relations strategist Jana Barnello. The rink is a five-minute drive from campus, according to Google Maps.
On Jan. 13, Upper Valley for Palestine organized a protest in Hanover to call for a ceasefire in Gaza in solidarity with the national march that occurred the same day in Washington, D.C. Over 150 members of the Dartmouth and Upper Valley community gathered on the Green and marched across the Ledyard Bridge into Norwich in support of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, a Palestinian-led movement that aims to put economic pressure on Israel to withdraw from occupied Palestinian territories.
On Jan. 14, the Dartmouth Student Government Senate met for its first weekly meeting of the winter term. Led by student body president Jessica Chiriboga ’24, the Senate discussed recent meetings with College administrators and United States Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, as well as potential initiatives to provide ice skates at the rink on the Green.
Over 100 years ago, Dr. Bob Smith, a member of the Class of 1902, was expelled from medical school. The reason? Largely his alcoholic tendencies, which developed during his time as a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa (now Kappa Pi Kappa) fraternity. Even after transferring medical schools, his drinking habits followed him into his career as surgeon. Eventually, Smith became sober and co-founded an alcoholic support group with a partner, Bill Wilson. The name of the organization? Alcoholics Anonymous.
Four Greek houses — Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity, Alpha Phi sorority, Beta Alpha Omega fraternity and Sigma Nu fraternity — were found to have violated Community Standards, according to College officials, a fall term community report and various affiliated students.
On Jan. 23, New Hampshire will hold the first primary in the 2024 presidential election. As the primary approaches, the Dartmouth Votes coalition — which consists of Dartmouth Student Government, Dartmouth Civics, Dartmouth’s Office of Student Life and the Town of Hanover — continues its efforts to mobilize students to vote. Dartmouth Votes has coordinated registration drives, promoted voter education and made voting accessible on election day, according to Assistant Dean for Student Life Edward McKenna.
The Works Cafe, a chain of 11 fast-casual, sustainability-oriented restaurants around New England, opened a new location in Hanover on Jan. 8. The cafe is located next to the Dartmouth Co-Op on 25 South Main Street and is open daily from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
On Jan. 8, the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy hosted Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., for a speech entitled “Democracy vs. Autocracy in 2024” and a Q&A session with the audience, moderated by Rockefeller Center associate director and senior policy fellow Herschel Nachlis. According to Charlotte Albright in a statement published on the Rockefeller Center website, approximately 250 attendees watched the event in-person, while an additional 19,500 viewers watched a recording of the event by noon the next day.
This morning, College President Sian Beilock sent an email to campus that introduced Dartmouth Dialogues, a series of new initiatives that seek to facilitate conversations across different perspectives within the campus community. According to the email, Dartmouth Dialogues will involve “every school, center, department, division and classroom at Dartmouth.”