News

John Rassias remembered for love of languages and cultures, commitment to students

By Jessica Avitabile and Laura Weiss | December 8, 2015

Following news of professor emeritus John Rassias’ death last week, friends, colleagues and former students took to social media to post memories and condolences. Beyond being a pioneer in the instruction of foreign languages, Rassias is remembered for his dedication to each individual student over his decades-long tenure as a professor.

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Sports

Big Green football wins a share of the Ivy League title for first time since 1996

By Alexander Agadjanian | December 8, 2015

For 19 long years, the most successful program in Ivy League history lay dormant. Winning conference titles nearly every other year in the 1960s and 70s, Dartmouth returned to its championship heights in the early 90s with Buddy Teevens ’79 at the coaching helm. Yet from 1996 until now, major successes on the football field were few and far between.

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News

Foreign language teaching innovator John Rassias dies at 90, funeral services will be held in Hanover on Dec. 11

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | December 7, 2015

Since the news of his death, numerous people have taken to social media to post memories and messages of support.

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Opinion

Vox Clamantis: Supporting All Students

By Inge-Lise Ameer | November 19, 2015

Vice provost for student affairs Inge-Lise Ameer apologizes to conservative students and reaffirms her support for all.

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News

College sees 2 percent increase in early decision applications

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | November 19, 2015

Following at 10.7 increase in early decision applications in 2014, the College has seen a 2 percent increase over last year’s number of applicants, according to an email sent to alumni interviewers. Last year’s 1,859-person applicant pool was the largest in College history, so this year’s applicant pool passes that record.

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News

College sees no official reports of violence at protest, despite rumors

By Rachel Favors | November 16, 2015

Thursday’s Blackout demonstration, organized by Dartmouth’s chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, has sparked controversy after allegations of physical assault were made by users of social media outlets, like the anonymous messaging app Yik Yak, and later in an editorial in The Dartmouth Review, which on Monday gained traction from some national media outlets.

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News

Lambda Upsilon Lambda fraternity hosts community discussion on race and safety at the College

By Zachary Benjamin | November 16, 2015

Students and administrators gathered Monday night at Cutter-Shabazz Hall for an “emergency meeting” organized by Lambda Upsilon Lambda fraternity, a Latino fraternity, to speak about racial issues they have faced both on and off campus. The meeting was sparked by the alleged assault of Geovanni Cuevas ’14 at the Latinx Ivy League Conference at Brown University last Saturday.

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News

General faculty vote 174-9 in support of stand-alone graduate school

By Sonia Qin | November 16, 2015

The College’s general faculty voted to advise the faculties of Arts and Sciences and the professional schools to recommend to College President Phil Hanlon that he ask the Board of Trustees to create a School of Graduate and Advanced Studies at Dartmouth at the annual general faculty meeting in Alumni Hall on Monday.

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News

National Greek orgs remove support for Safe Campus Act

By Kelsey Flower | November 16, 2015

This article is a part of our new culminating beat experience initiative, in which our beat reporters write longer-term investigative articles within their areas of expertise. The author is our sexual assault beat reporter.

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News

Slaughter aims to refine Tuck mission — in one sentence

By Noah Goldstein | November 16, 2015

This article is a part of our new culminating beat experience initiative, in which our beat reporters write longer-term investigative articles within their areas of expertise. The author is our graduate school beat reporter.

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Opinion

Jeon: Cherishing Bodies of Color

By Min Kyung Jeon | November 16, 2015

People of color must defy the media’s devaluation of their appearances and lives.

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Opinion

Beechert: Europe's Border-Free Folly

By Michael Beechert | November 16, 2015

The attacks in Paris serve as a reminder of the Schengen Agreement’s flaws.

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Opinion

Vox Clamantis: Fostering Community

By Mike Wooten | November 16, 2015

To the Editor: \n I am writing to respond to Ioana Solomon’s ’19 thoughtful column in The Dartmouth yesterday, “Artificially Selecting Community.” As I said in last week’s messages to students, you are not required to submit a house community group request.

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Sports

Men’s soccer falls to Brown 1-0, qualifies for NCAA tournament

By Ray Lu | November 16, 2015

The men’s soccer team (11-5-1, 6-1 Ivy) lost its final Ivy League game this past Saturday to Brown University (10-5-2, 4-1-2 Ivy) in a tight 1-0 contest that was decided by a penalty kick. \n “We always knew it was going to be a tough game,” head coach Chad Riley said.

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Sports

Volleyball loses to Yale in five-sets, falls out of first in Ivy League

By Daniel Lee | November 16, 2015

After a victory over Brown University in five sets on Friday helped move the team into a tie for first in the Ivy League, the women’s volleyball team followed with a five-set loss against Yale University in its final game of the season on Saturday, dropping the team out of Ivy League title contention and an opportunity to play in the NCAA tournament. \n When Harvard University (14-10, 10-4 Ivy) lost to Yale on Friday and Dartmouth beat Brown (10-16, 4-10 Ivy), there was a three-way tie between the Big Green, Princeton University (15-8, 10-4 Ivy) and Harvard with one game in the season remaining.

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Arts

Handel Society performs “Messiah”

By Maya Poddar | November 16, 2015

This term’s Handel Society show in the Spaulding Auditorium at the Hopkins Center will showcase one of George Frideric Handel’s more famous works, “Messiah” (1742).

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News

Geovanni Cuevas '14 alleges assault by Brown University security officer

By Savannah Maher | November 15, 2015

Geovanni Cuevas ’14 said that he was assaulted by a Brown University Department of Public Safety officer while representing Dartmouth as a senior delegate at the annual Latinx Ivy League Conference, hosted this weekend by Brown. The incident took place just after midnight on Saturday morning at a party hosted by Brown’s Machado house, a space for students interested in Spanish language and Hispanic culture.

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News

Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity under investigation for hazing

By Caroline Berens | November 15, 2015

The Hanover Police Department is investigating reports that Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity hazed its new members, College spokesperson Diana Lawrence confirmed Thursday. The College is cooperating with the separate investigations of both Hanover Police and SAE’s national organization.

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News

Delaney Anderson will start work as WISE campus advocate

By Amanda Zhou | November 15, 2015

Delaney Anderson began working with survivors of sexual assault when she herself was in college. Since then, she has traveled from campus to campus to learn more about the overlap between college environments and sexual assault and to serve survivors. Now she has come to Dartmouth to serve as WISE campus advocate through a formal partnership that bridges WISE of the Upper Valley and Dartmouth students.

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News

College program promotes STEM in rural libraries

By Sonia Qin | November 15, 2015

The National Science Foundation has awarded Dartmouth a $3 million five-year grant to turn small, rural libraries around the nation into STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — learning centers. This project, called “Rural Gateways,” is led by mathematics and computer science professor Daniel Rockmore and co-investigators Karen Brown of Dominican University, John Falk of Oregon State University and Meighan Maloney of Dawson Media Group.

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