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On Oct. 26, Shanti, the Hindu student organization, celebrated Diwali, the festival of lights. Approximately 1,000 students and community members attended the annual candle lighting on the Green, according to Shanti advisor and computer science professor Prasad Jayanti.
A mob of ghosts crowd the street. Mummies shuffle forward with arms outstretched while autumn leaves crunch beneath their cloth-wrapped feet. They all march towards the same door, outlined by a white arch set in colonial brick.
Last weekend, my sketch comedy group traveled to Yale University. Our three-hour drive down I-91 transported us from the nearly-bare trees of New Hampshire to the bright orange leaves of New Haven, Conn. When we arrived, towering Gothic buildings bathed in the early evening light cast shadows on cobblestone paths. Police and ambulance sirens echoed in the distance.
“I’m only 21, aren’t I a little young for my knees to be hurting on a downhill hike?”
Visiting Salem, Mass. in October feels like stepping into a cross between a history book and a Halloween carnival. Driving into the quaint town, your eyes are immediately drawn to the sheer force of crowds flooding the sidewalks. Cars line up bumper to bumper, and every turn reveals another wave of people bustling with excitement and anticipation. The town feels transformed, swept up in centuries-old mystique. Salem in October is undeniably larger than life — a place where history, spectacle and human fascination collide.
In a small town like Hanover, Halloween provides local businesses a chance to connect with community members and celebrate the fall season. Strolling down Main Street as Halloween nears, you might see skeletons or pumpkins adorning storefronts, or local residents dressed up for some spooky trick-or-treating.
For most Americans, the word “Halloween” conjures images of costumes, candy and haunted decorations. At Dartmouth, it is a beloved and highly anticipated holiday, featuring festive activities: costume parties held in dorms or fraternities, group movie marathons and pumpkin carving contests.
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On Oct. 27, the Dartmouth Student Government Senate met for its sixth weekly meeting of the fall term. Led by student body president Chukwuka Odigbo ’25, the Senate and present members of the student body debated how they should publicly respond to the recent arrests of two protesters at a campus event featuring Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa.
When it comes to party politics, New Hampshire has a tendency to subvert expectations. Republicans currently hold a trifecta in state government, controlling the governor’s mansion and both state legislative chambers. Democrats, meanwhile, hold all four Congressional offices. No other state can say the same. On Nov. 5, New Hampshire voters will head to the polls to decide whether to continue their independent streak in national, statewide and local elections.
On Oct. 23, the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and Dartmouth Dialogues co-hosted an event with Sen. John Fetterman, D-PA, titled “Policy, Party and Polarization: A Conversation with Senator John Fetterman” as part of its 2024 Election Speaker Series. The event, which was held in Filene Auditorium, sparked pro-Palestinian protests inside and outside the venue — resulting in the arrests of two individuals who interrupted the discussion.
This article is featured in the 2024 Homecoming Special Issue.
Early in the third quarter, with the Dartmouth offense facing a third and short, the offense put the ball in the hands of running back Q Jones ’25 for the fourth consecutive time.
In addition to the profound contributions former East European, Eurasian and Russian studies department chair and Provost Barry Scherr made to the College, he was “a wonderful father” who was “always present,” according to his son David Scherr.
On Oct. 17, the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and Dartmouth Dialogues co-hosted writer and former Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting Ben Rhodes for a talk titled “Foreign Policy, the Obama Administration and the World as It Is.” Approximately 170 people attended the event — which was part of the College’s 2024 Election Speaker Series — in person, and another 50 watched the livestream on YouTube.
On Oct. 25 and 26, Dartmouth’s Coast Jazz Orchestra held their first performances of the term at Sawtooth Kitchen. The appearances were the orchestra’s first time performing at Sawtooth as a full band, according to director Taylor Ho Bynum.
With support from the Artist-in-Residence Program at the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Woodstock, Vt., artists Ellen Smith Ahern and Menghan Wang have collaborated to create innovative soundscapes, which they plan to incorporate into a performance art piece. The soundscapes were drawn from natural sound recordings from the national park forest.
Dartmouth volleyball lost its fourth straight match after facing Harvard University on Friday evening, falling to 9-9 on the season and 2-6 in Ivy League play. After a 2-2 start to conference play, the Big Green has come up short in recent matches, losing 3-1 to Yale University last week.
This article is featured in the 2024 Homecoming Special Issue.
Provost David Kotz ’86 first arrived in Hanover as an undergraduate more than 40 years ago and has barely left since. After graduating from the College in 1986 with a degree in computer science and physics, Kotz earned his Ph.D at Duke in 1991 and returned to the College to teach later that year. He has risen through academia and administration in the decades since. In July 2021, former College President Phil Hanlon appointed Kotz interim provost, a post that became permanent in January 2022. His role makes him Dartmouth’s chief academic and budget officer. During his time as Provost, Kotz has continued to advise graduate students, serving as the Pat and John Rosenwald Professor of Computer Science. Kotz announced that he will conclude his tenure as provost this June after almost three years in office, returning full-time to the computer science department following a year-long sabbatical. The Dartmouth sat down with Kotz to discuss his life and career at the College.