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(04/01/14 11:00am)
For most, Dartmouth is associated far more with sending graduates to Wall Street and Capitol Hill than to Hollywood, and the size of associated academic departments only reinforce this perception. Nevertheless, a number of Hollywood titans do call Dartmouth their alma mater. While I'm sure you've come to terms with the fact that the guy who golden-treed you last weekend probably will be making six figures upongraduation, you most likely haven't yet imagined that the girl who sits in front of youin your 10 could be the next Mindy Kaling.
(03/31/14 8:00am)
(03/27/14 11:30am)
BROWN UNIVERSITY: Brown will expand its Undergraduate Teaching and Research Awards program for this summer, the Brown Daily Herald reported. The program, which grants stipends for research projects, will offer 50 additional awards and increase the stipend from $3,000 to $3,500. The expansion aligns with university president Christina Paxson’s recent push to offer students research opportunities.
(03/06/14 5:15pm)
BROWN UNIVERSITY: International students comprise 17 percent of Brown’s applicant pool for the Class of 2018, the highest in the university’s history, the Brown Daily Herald reported. Domestically, the university also noted a jump in applicants from the West and Southwest. The Northeast, however, remains overrepresented.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: Despite student concerns regarding a rape crisis and anti-violence support center at Columbia, administrators currently do not plan to change the center’s policies, the Columbia Spectator reported. Students have critiqued the center’s requirement that students present identification to a desk attendant and explain where they are going, which hinders confidentiality.
CORNELL UNIVERSITY: Cornell Police issued three crime alerts to the community in the past week, including an alleged rape, a knife threat and a drug-induced assault, according to the Cornell Daily Sun. Police Chief Kathy Zoner said that the police force does not have a reason for the increased number of recent violent crimes.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY: Michael Bloomberg will deliver Harvard’s Commencement address this spring, the Harvard Crimson reported. Bloomberg graduated from Harvard Business School in 1966 after earning an undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University.
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: Approximately 20 students were found responsible for plagiarism in a computer science course during the 2012-13 academic year, the Daily Princetonian reported. Lead instructor David Pritchard cited an increase in enrollment over the past several years as a possible cause of the spike in plagiarism.
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: After a petition to impeach student body president Abe Sutton reportedly fell one vote short in the Undergraduate Assembly, the student government failed to release a finalized budget for the next academic year, the Daily Pennsylvanian reported. The petition claimed that Sutton was more focused on the title than the responsibility of his position. The Undergraduate Assembly usually finalizes budget decisions before spring break so as to not conflict with election season.
YALE UNIVERSITY: Members of the Alcohol Recommendations Implementation Committee began meeting with students to collect feedback on recent alcohol initiatives aimed at reducing high-risk drinking, according to the Yale Daily News. The initiatives included asking the university to sponsor alcohol-free events and improve training on alcohol-related issues.
(02/20/14 10:00am)
I admit, I struggle to keep up with the Olympics. With so many different competitions and so many different names, how are we be supposed to keep up with everything that happens?! Although it offers a great reason to continue procrastinating readings and papers (in 10 years what will we still be talking about anyway — this assignment or the craziness of the 2014 Olympics?), I still find myself falling behind, a gold medal for couch-lympics nowhere in sight. Now that you have the Olympic playlist to get through the marathon of recaps and live streams, we thought we’d look back at some of the best and worst that Sochi has offered over these weeks. Ready, set, go!
(02/17/14 2:00pm)
A condensed version of this article was published in The Dartmouth on February 14, 2014. Below is the full interview.
(02/12/14 11:00am)
Once upon a time in ancient Greece, citizens competed in running, boxing and javelin-throwing events to demonstrate their devotion to Zeus. Some would say that we’ve come a long way since then, with our electronic stopwatches and 24/7 television coverage of the Olympic Games. I would argue, however, that the biggest win in the evolution of the Olympics is that we’ve come up with a completely better version of them — the Winter Olympics.
(02/10/14 8:00am)
BROWN UNIVERSITY: Brown University’s New Scientist Program is launching its Graduate-Undergraduate Mentoring Initiative this semester, the Brown Daily Herald reported. The initiative pairs junior and senior undergraduate science majors with graduate students, who will serve as peer advisors and help them prepare for graduate school. The program is currently training 25 graduate students to serve as mentors.
(02/03/14 11:00am)
It’s awards season here in Los Angeles, and while the Oscars are the hottest ticket in town, the guild awards are much more lax with who they let in. This explains why this past weekend, I was able to secure a press pass for the 2014 Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards. Below is my log of the event and the days leading up to it.
(01/30/14 2:00pm)
BROWN UNIVERSITY: Provost Mark Schlissel was named the next president of the University of Michigan on Friday, the Brown Daily Herald reported. Since taking office in 2011, Schlissel has led a year-long strategic planning process and currently chairs a search committee for a new dean. He will remain at Brown for the remainder of the academic year and assume his role at Michigan on July 1.
(01/28/14 8:00am)
Watching an awards show in its entirety is arguably the most grueling and drawn-out process I have ever gone through, and I am including the time I filled out the FAFSA. There’s a masochistic joy that comes from it, though, and this year’s Grammy Awards were no different. Because of my deep love for Internet blogging and my commitment to my readers, I’ll recap the most important moments of the show so that you can enjoy the spoils of my Sunday night.
(01/23/14 2:00pm)
BROWN UNIVERSITY: The body of a Brown junior, Dana Dourdeville, was found on the shore of Falmouth, Mass., ending a two-week search for the missing engineering student, the Brown Daily Herald reported. Dourdeville had been missing since New Year's Eve, when he left home on a duck hunting trip, alone in a kayak.
(01/16/14 2:00pm)
BROWNUNIVERSITY:The second-largest applicant pool in the university’s history applied for the Class of 2018, the Brown Daily Herald reported. About 30,200 students applied, a 4 percent increase from last year. The Class of 2015 saw the applicant pool’s all-time high of 30,900.
(01/10/14 11:00am)
‘What did you do this break?’ is a week-long feature covering students’ experiences and adventures over our extra-long six-week winter break.
(01/09/14 2:00pm)
‘What did you do this break?’ is a week-long feature covering students’ experiences and adventures over our extra-long six-week winter break.
(01/09/14 12:58pm)
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(01/09/14 8:00am)
BROWN UNIVERSITY: On New Year’s Eve, Dana Dourdeville ’15 went missing during a solo duck-hunting trip off the coast of Massachusetts. The Coast Guard discovered his kayak three miles offshore a few hours after he left his house. Due to weather conditions, the Coast Guard search was suspended on Thursday. However, approximately 400 friends, family members and volunteers continued the search this Tuesday.
(01/08/14 11:00am)
‘What did you do this break?’ is a week-long feature covering students’ experiences and adventures over our extra-long six-week winter break.
(01/07/14 2:00pm)
'What did you do this break?'is a week-long feature covering students' experiences and adventures over our extra-long 6-week winter break.
(11/19/13 9:00am)
BROWN: Brown University is currently implementing initiatives outlined in President Christina Paxson’s recently approved strategic plan, the Brown Daily Herald reported. A new sophomore seminar program focusing on “diversity and social justice” will be piloted in the spring. Other changes include a post-tenure sabbatical policy and the development of online education programs.
