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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.
Some students have expressed concerns with campus fire safety following two incidents this month. On Jan. 18, a small fire in Gile Hall summoned the Hanover Fire Department at 2:10 a.m., according to fire chief Michael Gilbert. Three days later, a steam leak on the second floor of Little Hall prompted another response from the department at 11:30 p.m.
Many students might wonder what to do in the Upper Valley during the winter. While some of us hit the Dartmouth Skiway to get in a few weekend runs, or skate with friends on Occom Pond, those classic seasonal options can get repetitive. There’s no denying that some of New England’s charm wears off when the fall foliage is long gone and it’s too cold to swim in the Connecticut River. As a native of the Northeast, I’ve found that making the most of these chillier months often requires some creativity. So, if you’re looking for more ways to enjoy the cold this term, I recommend that you find a car, turn on your best playlist and head 30 minutes west to Woodstock, Vt., for a not-so-hidden gem: Billings Farm and Museum.
Residential life administrators are working to curb community standards violations in multiple residence halls. According to associate dean for residential life Stacey Millard, residents in Hitchcock Hall and Wheeler Hall were required to attend meetings last week to address recurring cleanliness issues and noise complaints, respectively.
On Jan. 20, Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States, marking a return to office after his first term concluded in 2021. In the week following the inauguration, members of the Dartmouth community have expressed both fear and excitement.
The trial for a Dartmouth alumnus indicted for allegedly raping and strangling a woman on the roof of Theta Delta Chi fraternity in April 2022 began yesterday. The woman — who was an 18-year-old Dartmouth student at the time of the alleged assault — testified throughout the day in court, providing graphic details of the night.
On Jan. 22, former Georgia state representative and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams delivered the keynote address for the College’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. The official theme of this year’s address was “Moral Courage in the Face of Change and Uncertainty.”
On Jan. 13, College President Sian Leah Beilock announced the appointment of economics professor Nina Pavcnik as the interim Dean of Arts and Sciences, a position established by the Future of Arts and Sciences project. As interim dean, Pavcnik — who co-led the project’s steering committee with Provost David Kotz — will implement the proposal to combine the currently separate faculty of Arts and Sciences and Division of Student Affairs into a single administrative and budgetary structure. The Board of Trustees unanimously voted to approve the plan on Nov. 8, 2024, after it passed an advisory vote among the faculty of Arts and Sciences in October 2024. Pavcnik will serve as interim dean until the permanent dean is appointed through an external search — a process that will start in the fall of 2025, she said. The Dartmouth sat down with Pavcnik to discuss her work so far with the Future of Arts and Sciences project, the experience she brings to the interim dean role and her next steps in the position.
Extreme weather is on the rise across the United States, according to a Jan. 10 report by NASA. Last year was the hottest ever on record, and in the first weeks of 2025, environmental crises — such as the Southern California wildfires — have continued record-breaking trends. For many Dartmouth students, these crises thousands of miles away are in fact close to home.
The Lebanon District Court has found Kevin Engel ’27 and Roan Wade ’25 — two student protesters arrested in the fall of 2023 — guilty of one count of misdemeanor criminal trespass each. The two were arrested on the Parkhurst Hall lawn on Oct. 28, 2023, after setting up an encampment to protest Dartmouth’s investment in organizations “complicit with apartheid and its apparatuses,” among other aims listed in the Dartmouth New Deal.
Dartmouth community members are mobilizing to bring Omar Rashid ’29, an incoming student from Gaza, to campus “as soon as possible,” according to a Change.org petition titled “Bring Omar to Dartmouth.” The petition was launched on Dec. 25, 2024 by three incoming members of the Class of 2029 — Rima Alsheikh ’29, Lila Li ’29 and Trace Ribble ’29 — and has amassed more than 33,400 signatures.
On Dec. 24, 2024, President Joe Biden signed the Stop Campus Hazing Act into law, requiring higher education institutions to disclose reports of hazing in their annual Clery Reports on campus crime. Additionally, the bill requires higher education institutions to develop a “prevention program on hazing.”
On Jan. 9, former Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., was officially sworn in as the 83rd governor of New Hampshire. Ayotte — who defeated former Democratic Manchester, N.H., mayor Joyce Craig in the gubernatorial election last November — succeeds Gov. Chris Sununu, who spent four terms in office.
Beginning this term, students can enter the Class of 1953 Commons using palm biometric recognition technology. In addition to the new system — which consists of three gates at the dining hall’s entrance — students can choose to swipe in with their physical ID cards at one remaining swiping station.
On Tuesday, the Dartmouth men’s basketball team — which was represented by the Service Employees International Union, Local 560 — withdrew its petition to unionize. On March 5, 2024, players on the men’s basketball team voted 13-2 to join the SEIU Local 560, becoming the first successful student-athlete unionization in the nation.
On Dec. 13, the College extended its first offers of admission to the Class of 2029, drawing from a pool of 3,550 early decision applications — Dartmouth’s sixth “early record pool” since 2017, Dartmouth News announced today.
The Hanover Police Department has issued arrest warrants for three suspects following a report of fraternity hazing, the Department announced in a press release today.
The Hanover Police department has filed charges against Alpha Phi sorority and two members of Beta Alpha Omega fraternity in connection with the death of Won Jang ’26. Jang was found dead in the Connecticut River on July 7 following a social event with APhi and Beta.
The Steering Committee of the General Faculty — a College administrative group that manages general faculty meetings and agendas — will release a recommendatory report with “more concrete guidance” for statements written by centers, departments, institutes and programs at the beginning of the winter term, according to Provost David Kotz. Kotz tasked the committee with reviewing the procedures of department statements over the summer, he added.