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On May 12, Hōkūpaʻa, Dartmouth’s Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander student group, held its annual lūʻau on Maxwell lawn, drawing 750 attendees, according to Hōkūpaʻa co-president Liʻua Tengan ’25. The three-hour event featured seven Pacific Islander dances that centered around the theme of “Moananuiākea,” or the Pacific ocean.
On May 13, the Rohr Chabad Center at Dartmouth and Hillel at Dartmouth co-hosted a candlelight vigil on the Green in remembrance of fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terrorism. The event honored Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s national memorial day for fallen soldiers.
On April 19, the Biden administration updated Title IX — a 1972 law that “prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs and activities,” according to the U.S. Department of Education. The administration’s changes will increase harassment standards for gender and identity expression and expand protections for LGBTQ+ students, according to The New York Times.
A slight majority — 51.86% — of participating undergraduate students voted no confidence in College President Sian Leah Beilock’s leadership, Dartmouth Student Government announced in a campus-wide email. According to the announcement, 2,748 students, or around 58.71% of active undergraduates, participated in the referendum, which DSG organized in response to Beilock’s actions on the May 1 pro-Palestinian protest.
On April 26, administrators from the College, the Geisel School of Medicine and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center indefinitely postponed a lecture by retired obstetrician-gynecologist Alice Rothchild, titled “Health and Human Rights Consequences of War on Gaza.” Rothchild — who is also a member of the Jewish Voice for Peace — said she “wasn’t given a clear reason” why the original talk, set to take place on May 16 in Oopik Auditorium, was postponed.
On May 12, the Dartmouth Student Government Senate met for its seventh weekly meeting of the spring term. Led by student body president Jessica Chiriboga ’24, the Senate and members of the student body discussed the student body referendum on no confidence in College President Sian Leah Beilock’s leadership. Several people said they or their friends had felt pressured by students in support of no confidence to also vote no confidence.
From May 6 through May 11, the Dartmouth African Students Association hosted a series of events in celebration of Africa Week, an annual week-long celebration of the diverse identities, cultures, traditions and experiences of people of African descent, according to DASA co-chair Amanda Adetula ’26. Adetula said this year’s theme was “Beyond Borders: Towards Pan-African Unity.”
On April 23, the Ivy League filed an amicus brief — a brief filed by external parties in “cases of significance or high interest,” according to the National Labor Relations Board website — to the NLRB. The brief sided with the Dartmouth Board of Trustees against the unionization of the College’s men’s basketball team.
Over the past two weeks, student organizations have released statements and hosted initiatives in response to the events of May 1 — when police arrested 89 individuals at a pro-Palestinian protest on the Green.
On May 9, the Dartmouth Civics Student Association collaborated with the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy to host an open candidate forum before the upcoming Hanover Town Meeting on May 14. The event, titled “Hanover Demystified,” was moderated by Student Government vice president Kiara Ortiz ’24 and included a Town Meeting information session, candidate forum and open house with current candidates.
The 52nd annual Dartmouth Powwow — originally planned to occur on the Green — has been moved to Leede Arena, Native American Program director Adria Brown wrote in an email to Native American and Indigenous students. The Powwow will still be held Saturday, May 11, and grand entry will occur at noon, according to the event poster.
Prosecutors in the Lebanon District Court are moving forward with criminal proceedings for individuals arrested on the Green last week, with arraignment court dates scheduled for July 15 and Aug. 5, according to Hanover Police Department lieutenant Mike Schibuola.
On May 8, the Dickey Center for International Understanding and the East European, Eurasian and Russian studies department co-hosted Wellesley College visiting professor Ivan Kurilla for a lecture titled “Russian Society Under Putin At War: A View From Inside.” A former history and international relations professor at the European University at St. Petersburg, Kurilla was fired in March for his decision to work at Wellesley on his sabbatical.
On May 1, Programming Board announced in an Instagram post that Shaggy will headline the 2024 Green Key concert on May 17, featuring Young M.A. Battle of the Bands winner Read Receipts will play before Young M.A, with the concert beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Gold Coast Lawn.
Throughout May, Dartmouth Student Government, the Student Wellness Center and Wellness at Dartmouth will host a series of mental health-related events in honor of Mental Health Action Month. MHAM programming intends to improve the mental health and wellbeing of all members of the Dartmouth community, according to SWC director Caitlin Barthelmes.
On May 1, police arrested 90 people at a pro-Palestinian protest at Dartmouth, joining a national wave of police activity at college campus encampments.
The State of New Hampshire declined to press charges against two student reporters for The Dartmouth. On May 7, Grafton assistant county attorney Mariana Pastore motioned the Second Circuit Court to remove the bail conditions imposed on Charlotte Hampton ’26 and Alesandra “Dre” Gonzales ’27, according to court documents.
Approximately 150 students, faculty and community members gathered on the Baker lawn this afternoon for a pro-Palestinian rally, titled “The Endowment is Political.” The rally was organized by the Dartmouth New Deal Coalition, a student activist group that advocates for divestment from companies with affiliations with Israel.
On May 5, the Dartmouth Student Government Senate anonymously voted 8 - 9 - 2 in a closed session meeting to fail a vote of no confidence in College President Sian Leah Beilock’s leadership, according to an email to campus from student body president Jessica Chiriboga ’24. The vote in closed session came after Chiriboga vetoed the Senate’s initial vote of no confidence, which had been held in the public meeting and passed 13 - 2 - 3.
From April 5 to May 24, Dartmouth is hosting Pride 2024, a series of events to celebrate the College’s LGBTQIA+ community. April events included a “queer prom,” parade and festival, while the College will offer rollerskating and other events in May, according to the Office of Pluralism and Leadership’s website.