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Senior Spring: Madison Hughes ’15, face of U.S. rugby sevens

By Ray Lu | May 20, 2015

It’s probably safe to say that professional rugby player Madison Hughes ’15 has one of the more distinct D-Plans on campus. He has been off-campus for the last two terms of his senior year, completing his assignments while captaining the United States Eagles sevens squad. This past weekend, the Eagles dominated Australia 45-22 to win the Marriott London Sevens Cup final and claim win their first World Rugby HSBC Sevens World Series title.

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Gospel Choir will bring interactive style to Spaulding

By Hallie Huffaker | May 20, 2015

This Saturday, the Dartmouth Gospel Choir will take the Spaulding Auditorium stage for its only concert this term, performing more than 10 songs. Highlights among the various pieces slated for the performance include a call-and-response rendition of the Lord’s Prayer and a cover of “Glory,” the Academy Award-winning track from the film “Selma” (2014), according to performers interviewed.

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College schedules two days of Saturday classes this fall

By Noah Goldstein | May 19, 2015

Fall term classes will be starting on Sept. 16 instead of Sept. 14 to accommodate the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah, which begins on the 13th of the month and ends on the 15th and coincided with the original start date, college spokesperson Diana Lawrence wrote in an email. There will be classes on two Saturdays in the term, Sept. 26 and Oct. 24, to make up for the two missed days.

Sports

Track and field competes for NCAA regionals bids

May 19, 2015

The month between the Ivy League Heptagonal Championship and the beginning of the NCAA Championships provides the track and field teams with one final chance to chase qualifying performances for the NCAA regional meet over the last week of May.

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Twelve selected for Schweitzer Fellowships

By Hannah Hye Min Chung | May 18, 2015

Ten first-year students from the Geisel School of Medicine and two first-year students from the College were selected as fellows for 2015-2016 New Hampshire-Vermont Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. The 12 fellows will each receive a $2,000 stipend for 200 service hours over the course of year. In addition, they have on-site faculty mentorship, along with other forms of support including orientation, retreats and meetings.

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Memorial Challenge will raise funds for cardiac research in honor of Steinberg, Tucker

By Emilia Baldwin | May 18, 2015

Students and community members alike will have the opportunity to participate in the Memorial Challenge this Saturday, an event dedicated to the memories of Blaine Steinberg and Torin Tucker, members of the Class of 2015, who both died suddenly last year due to heart complications. The event, which is centered around physical fitness, encourages participants to challenge themselves with CrossFit- and nordic ski-themed exercises as well as raise money for the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Heart and Vascular Center.

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Suzan Harjo discusses activism around Native American mascots

By Lauren Budd | May 18, 2015

Suzan Harjo’s fight for Native rights began as early as the second grade, when she debated the true details of the battle of Little Bighorn with her teacher and was thrown out a window and into a rosebush. Harjo recounted this experience, for which the teacher was not punished, as well as her lifetime of activism for Native American people, in a lecture held in Haldeman Hall on Monday afternoon.

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College sees increase in sexual assault reporting

By Kelsey Flower | May 17, 2015

The number of reported sexual assault cases at Dartmouth has increased significantly in the past two years, and campus experts think this reflects changes at both the Dartmouth and national levels that make survivors feel more comfortable sharing their experiences.

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