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Dartmouth musicians welcomed the Nile Project at “Sing Africa!”
Arts

The Nile Project brings music, discussion to Hanover

By Maya Poddar | April 15, 2015

After driving two passenger vans to campus from Portland, Maine, on Monday, several of the musicians who form part of The Nile Project — a collaborative group of artists from 11 countries along the Nile Basin who use music to draw awareness to and provoke discussion about the region — will pile into yet another van this evening and head to Thetford, Vermont, for a local musicians exchange. There, as part of its mid-April residency at the College, the international group will participate in a “jam session,” Hopkins Center publicity coordinator Rebecca Bailey said.

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Ameer named vice provost for student affairs

By Lauren Budd | April 14, 2015

Provost Carolyn Dever announced the appointment of interim Dean of the College Inge-Lise Ameer to the newly created position of vice provost for student affairs, effective July 1, 2015, in a campus-wide email circulated Monday morning. In addition, Dever announced the launch of an internal search for a new dean of the College, which will begin later in April.

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Campus reacts to AD derecognition

By Parker Richards | April 14, 2015

Following the derecognition of Alpha Delta fraternity, numerous Greek leaders and various students expressed reticence to comment on the decision while national media outlets picked up the news.

Abbott’s “Crossroads II” will bring Britney Spears to the female college experience.
Arts

Student Spotlight: Madeline Abbott ’15

By Haley Gordon | April 14, 2015

When Madeline Abbott ’15 auditioned for the student-produced musical “To Slay A Demon,” a musical based on the cult show “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (1997), this winter , she had no idea that she would land the lead role. Prior to this audition, Abbott had not done any sort of theater since she was in high school.

Sports

Baseball sweeps four-game Yale series for first time in his

By Gayne Kalustian | April 14, 2015

Break out the brooms and call in the cleaning crew because last weekend the baseball team completed its first sweep of the season in a four game series against Yale University (10-18, 2-8 Ivy) — the first clean sweep of the Bulldogs at Yale in program history since the back-to-back double header schedule was instituted in 1993.

Sports

Softball sweeps four games against Yale for an 11-1 Ivy League record

By Daniel Lee | April 14, 2015

The softball team traveled to New Haven, Connecticut, this past weekend to play two doubleheaders against Yale University (7-16, 2-8 Ivy) on Saturday and Sunday, winning all four games and improving its record against Ivy League schools to a conference-leading 11-1. The Big Green (18-13, 11-1 Ivy) went on the board early in the first game as leadoff hitter Katie McEachern ’16 started the weekend with a home run to center field.

Alpha Delta fraternity was derecognized by the College in relation to incidents of branding.
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Alpha Delta fraternity derecognized, will appeal

By Parker Richards | April 13, 2015

The College has derecognized Alpha Delta fraternity as a student organization, effective April 20, College spokesperson Diana Lawrence wrote in an email. The decision was related to the branding of new members last fall, when the fraternity was already under suspension.

Dartmouth's chapter of the NAACP hosted a panel yesterday to discuss faculty diversity
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Panelists talk faculty diversity, importance to campus

By Max Gibson | April 13, 2015

“This room doesn’t look like Hanover,” panelist and vice president of institutional diversity and equity Evelynn Ellis said, to laughs from the audience, later adding that underrepresentation of minority faculty can be disadvantageous to all students, not just students from underrepresented groups.

College students worked on projects at the hackathon this weekend
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200 students participate in first hackathon

By Michael Qian | April 13, 2015

Computer science department chair Tom Cormen said that in this age of technology, his mantra is “if you can’t compute, you can’t compete.” This weekend, about 200 students — including students from the College and several other schools — put this idea into practice at HackDartmouth — the College’s inaugural student-run hackathon — where they divided into teams to develop a web or mobile application.

Inspiration for the second annual Edible Book Festival came from a range of books.
Arts

Edible Book Festival celebrates literature, food and puns

By Amelia Rosch | April 13, 2015

“The House of Seven Bagels.” “The Dartmouth Alumni Marzipan.” “The Road to Tiramisu.” These titles were among several literary-themed puns that inspired desserts, including cakes, bagels and a collection of brownie crumbs, on display in Baker-Berry Library yesterday.

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