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(08/09/24 5:05am)
On July 29, former varsity golf player Katherine Sung ’24 was named an NCAA Woman of the Year nominee. The award, which was created in 1991, recognizes excellence in academics, athletics, community service and leadership of graduating student athletes, according to Dartmouth Sports. Originally from Palo Alto, Calif., Sung majored in economics modified with mathematics and minored in English during her time on campus. During her final season, Sung — a two-time All-Ivy League First Team honoree — captained the Big Green to its first ever Ivy League Championship. The Dartmouth sat down with Sung to discuss the award, her golf career and her post-Dartmouth golf plans.
(08/09/24 5:00am)
On Aug. 3, Dartmouth varsity women’s rowing member Áine Ley ’26 was selected to join the U.S. Rowing Under 23 team after qualifying at the U.S. Rowing Under 23 Selection Camp in July. Ley will now represent the United States at the 2024 World Rowing Under 23 Championships, set to take place from Aug. 18 to 25 in St. Catherines, Ontario. Ley’s success at the camp — held in Hanover, N.H. from July 10 to July 31 — makes her the first Dartmouth women’s collegiate rower to compete at Worlds with the U23 team in more than a decade, according to Ley. The Dartmouth sat down with Ley to discuss her experience at the U23 camp, her qualification for the national team and her future with Dartmouth rowing.
(08/09/24 6:11am)
The Parish Players did an excellent job with Sam Shepard’s “Buried Child,” a strange play about masculinity, family and a forgotten America. I saw the play in Thetford, Vt., on Aug. 3 and was struck by the quality of the acting and the poetry of Shepard’s writing.
(08/02/24 5:05am)
Sometime in the early hours of July 29, a Safety and Security patrol vehicle crept up to the intersection of Old Tuck Drive and Tuck Mall. The officer inside the vehicle was responding to a noise complaint.
(08/02/24 5:00am)
On July 11, the United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s decision to reject a request from the National Collegiate Athletics Association to dismiss a landmark case for student athletes. The case, Johnson v. NCAA, asks whether universities should consider student athletes employees — a crucial question in Dartmouth’s dispute over the basketball team unionizing in March.
(08/02/24 9:00am)
On July 19, Republican Gov. Chris Sununu signed two anti-trans bills into law. The two bills, H.B. 619 and H.B. 1205, restrict access to gender-affirming care and limit sports participation for transgender athletes, respectively.
(08/02/24 6:31am)
On July 25, the Hopkins Center for the Arts closed out its Summer Concert Series with an outdoor performance by the Pedro Giraudo Quartet — a New York City-based ensemble that fuses Argentine tango with jazz and classical tones.
(08/03/24 6:06am)
Per Dartmouth tradition, many members of the Class of 2026 are on campus and enrolled for sophomore summer — a time of sunshine and class bonding. Some sophomores, however, are spending the summer away from classes — or Hanover altogether.
(08/02/24 9:10am)
On June 23, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center nurses ended their unionization effort, according to a statement posted on Instagram by the Dartmouth Nurses Alliance. The statement cited a failure to obtain a supermajority of nurse support as the reason for the campaign’s end.
(08/02/24 9:05am)
This summer, College President Sian Leah Beilock is joining students for lunch at Pine and walks around Occom Pond, the President’s Office announced in a campus-wide email on June 28. Students can sign up for the small group lunches — which aim to accommodate groups of five to seven students — and ‘woccoms’ via a Google form linked in the email.
(08/02/24 8:37am)
Although walking around campus this summer has been a battle, with all of the new fences and blocked roads due to construction, something new has sprouted up amid the dust — an on-campus garden.
(08/03/24 6:09am)
Still North Books & Bar is a downtown Hanover staple and a must try in the Upper Valley. The hybrid café, bar and bookstore, located at 3 Allen St., is frequented by students and locals alike looking for a place to work, a new book to read or a delicious bite to eat — and it’s sure to join your list of favorites.
(08/02/24 6:05am)
On July 20, The Stripers — an “indie-rock-blues” band founded at Dartmouth — performed at Bones Gate fraternity as a part of their summer tour. Christian Beck ’24, Jack Reilly ’24 and Kieran Norton ’24 formed the band in the summer of 2021 and quickly became a ubiquitous presence on campus.
(08/02/24 6:10am)
On July 13, “Immersive Worlds: Real and Imagined,” an interactive art exhibition co-curated by Hood Museum of Art curators Amelia Kahl and Neely McNulty, opened its doors to the public at the Hood. The exhibition, which will remain on display until Dec. 15, features mid- to late-20th century art pieces from the Hood’s permanent collection.
(07/26/24 9:15am)
On July 21, President Joe Biden announced that he was dropping out of the 2024 U.S. presidential election and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris. Over the next two days, Harris held her first 2024 presidential campaign rally, raised more than $100 million and gained the support of enough delegates to secure the Democratic party nomination at the August Democratic National Convention.
(07/26/24 9:10am)
Following the death of Won Jang ’26 — whose body was found in the Connecticut River on July 7 — the College is reemphasizing its water safety policies.
(07/26/24 9:05am)
On July 28, the College will begin the third and final session of Summer Scholars, an inaugural pre-college program aimed at providing high school students with the opportunity to experience Dartmouth academics.
(07/26/24 9:00am)
Dartmouth Cemetery trustee Petra Sergent plays a crucial role in maintaining the cemetery’s headstones. Established in 1771 by Eleazar Wheelock, the Dartmouth Cemetery, also known as the Town of Hanover Cemetery, was maintained by the Dartmouth Cemetery Association from 1845 to 1943, according to Dartmouth News. In 1943, the Association ran out of funds and signed the deed to the Town of Hanover, who has managed the grounds since. Every other week in the spring and summer, Sergent — also a member of the Dartmouth Cemetery Conservation Group, formed in 2022 for headstone cleaning and preservation — ventures to the cemetery for maintenance. The Dartmouth sat down with Sergent to discuss the DCCG, the cemetery’s history and the lives of those buried on campus.
(07/26/24 5:00am)
Varsity golf player Sophie Thai ’26 will compete in the 2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship — an elite national tournament— in Tulsa, Okla., in August. Thai, who has been playing in golf tournaments since she was nine years old, was recruited to Dartmouth from Los Altos High School. After two years on the Dartmouth team, she earned the Championship seat at a qualifying competition in Newton, Mass., on July 16. The Dartmouth sat down with Thai to discuss her recent qualification, playing golf at Dartmouth and how she’s gearing up for the competition.
(07/26/24 5:05am)
Dartmouth’s sailing boathouse on Mascoma Lake, the varsity women’s and open sailing teams’ primary facility, is under construction. The project, which will replace the preexisting 70-year-old Allen Boathouse, began this summer and is set to finish in September or October, according to athletics director Mike Harrity.
