Town of Hanover enacts mask mandate, proposes new amendment to rental housing ordinance

In response to complaints of Dartmouth students in Hanover violating the CDC’s health guidelines, the town of Hanover recently passed a mask ordinance effective Aug. 10.

Cashman takes the reigns of men’s hockey program with uncertainty ahead

With a new coaching staff at the helm and an impending season that will look drastically different from normal due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cashman will be leading the Big Green into uncharted territory. 

Nearly 1,000 Dartmouth community members sign petition calling on College to dissociate from the Review

More than 950 Dartmouth students, alumni, faculty, employees and family members have signed a petition calling on Dartmouth to formally dissociate from the conservative student newspaper, The Dartmouth Review.

Recent graduates write COVID-19 children’s book

Children all over the country have been stuck at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and many of them might not fully understand the reasoning for this quarantine. While this virus might seem daunting to explain for some, Hannah Margolis ’20 saw the pandemic as an exciting opportunity for science education.

Kareem: Greater Uncertainties Await

Sun: 'It Looks More Like My Anxiety Than My Work Schedule'

Survey polls students’ views on Dartmouth’s plan for the 2020-2021 academic year

Recently, The Dartmouth surveyed the student body on its opinions and reactions regarding the College’s plans for the upcoming academic year. The following article presents the findings.

College names external investigator for graduate student’s harassment claims

The College has selected the external investigator who will review the harassment allegations graduate student Maha Hasan Alshawi has brought against two computer science professors.

College to open external investigation into Alshawi case, student says she will continue hunger strike

The College announced on Tuesday — the 22nd day of Ph.D. student Maha Hasan Alshawi’s hunger strike — that it will launch an external investigation into her harassment allegations against professors in the computer science department. Meanwhile, Alshawi has stated that she will not stop her hunger strike and will also begin a thirst strike, maintaining that she refuses to eat or drink until the external investigation has officially begun.

Solomon Rajput ’14 takes on Michigan incumbent for seat in Congress

Medical student turned progressive politician Solomon Rajput ’14 is taking on an 87-year-old political dynasty in his campaign for Michigan’s 12th Congressional district, using TikTok and other platforms to amass supporters and volunteers. 

Fall classes to be mostly online due to equity concerns, logistical issues

Professors teaching classes this fall are grappling with social distancing requirements, logistical challenges and concerns about equity as they design their courses, compelling the vast majority to keep their classes fully online even as thousands of students return to the Upper Valley. 

Anxiety and Anticipation: Kendal Residents, Upper Valley Community Respond to the College’s Reopening Plan

Without a single reported case of COVID-19, Hanover’s Kendal Retirement Community has been lucky in avoiding the reach of the pandemic so far. But with thousands of Dartmouth undergraduates soon to be returning to campus from all over the country and world — some likely to be traveling from infection hotspots — the possibility of spread to the town and to other vulnerable Upper Valley communities like Kendal has become a source of uneasiness.

Sisterhood Through The Ages: The Road To Empowerment?

The first time I played pong was during my freshman spring in the basement of Chi Gam. My partner was a Dartmouth senior, a Chi Gam member and a would-be Masters finalist. He was also my UGA. Thinking back, there was probably no better introduction to the illustrious game of Dartmouth pong. Unless, of course, I had learned in a sorority. But sororities hadn’t been marketed to me as open spaces, I didn’t know any sorority members and for some reason I was thrilled to be invited into a male space.

A Hundred Years of Dartmouth Sickness: Lessons Learned From The 1918 Flu

When the influenza in 1918 caused Dartmouth to cancel student activities and postpone classes for two weeks, Clifford Orr, Class of 1922, wrote to his father that “the epidemic has killed what college life there was.”