Field hockey starts weekend with win
Natalie Cantave / The Dartmouth Staff The field hockey team returned home on Friday after four straight road games, defeating the University of Massachusetts-Lowell 2-0.
Natalie Cantave / The Dartmouth Staff The field hockey team returned home on Friday after four straight road games, defeating the University of Massachusetts-Lowell 2-0.
The men's and women's cross-country teams finished third and 14th, respectively, at the New England Cross Country Championship this weekend at Franklin Park in Boston.
Jin Lee / The Dartmouth Staff After Gawker leaked Beta Alpha Omega fraternity emails that hinted at new member hazing, the College placed the fraternity on temporary immediate suspension on Wednesday.
The way I see it, there are singles bands and there are album bands. A singles band has a few great songs, and may even put out solid albums, but there are always two or three songs that clearly stand above the rest.One wonders, record label pressures and fan expectations aside, if they would even bother putting out albums at all.
Student Assembly's academic affairs committee is spearheading an initiative to open official course reviews to the student body.
Kelsey Kittelsen / The Dartmouth Homecoming weekend concluded with a total of three arrests, seven hospitalizations and two reported fights, Safety and Security director Harry Kinne said. Three people were arrested on Friday during the bonfire, with two apprehended on accounts of disorderly conduct for attempting to touch the bonfire, which Kinne called "extraordinarily dangerous." One underage student in possession of alcohol was arrested and charged with possession by consumption.
This week, I sat down with field hockey player Maggie Scanlon '14, who was recently named the Northeast Credit Union athlete of the week for her performances against Brown University, the College of the Holy Cross and Bryant University.
Natalie Cantave / The Dartmouth Staff This past weekend, the volleyball team recorded its first Ivy League victory of the season, rallying to beat Cornell University 3-2 on Saturday after losing to Columbia University 2-3 on Friday. The Big Green (8-9, 1-4 Ivy) opened Homecoming Friday against the Lions (4-9, 2-2 Ivy). The loss was the Big Green's sixth straight loss of the season and the seventh consecutive loss against Columbia in program history. Dartmouth took Columbia to five sets, starting in dramatic fashion and rallying from a 24-22 deficit to a 26-24 victory.
Many organizations need to release data pertaining to the GLC policy
Kassaundra Amann / The Dartmouth Staff Amidst the revelry that takes place during Homecoming lies something that is not very often considered: the high volume of waste that the weekend generates. Former Eco-rep and member of the 2013 Big Green Bus crew Patrick Saylor '16 said he sees a few areas in which the big weekend creates a negative impact on the environment, including the bonfire and the amount of waste accumulated.
Singer Horse Capture / The Dartmouth Award-winning actor, writer and director Alan Alda asked an audience member to drum the rhythm of a song on Moore Theater's wooden podium during his lecture Thursday afternoon.
Freshman should not have to purchase the SmartChoice20 meal plan
Molecular biologist Randy Schekman, a member of the Geisel School of Medicine Board of Overseers, won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his work on understanding how proteins are transported in human cells. Schekman, who shared the prize with Yale University biomedical sciences professor James Rothman and Stanford University School of Medicine professor Thomas Sudhof, discovered what the Nobel Assembly summarized as "the exquisitely precise control system for the transport and delivery of cellular cargo." By explaining these processes, the laureates revealed how various hormones and enzymes are organized and shuttled throughout the body, and identified three classes of genes that control different parts of a cell's transport system.
\n Natalie Cantave / The Dartmouth Staff \nNote to readers (May 23, 2014): When The Dartmouth found thatJake Bayer '16 had fabricated a quotation, wedecided to remove his articles from our website.\n For a full statement, clickhere.
Students seeking Homecoming weekend celebrations outside of Greek life will be offered a selection of both, including the Homecoming bonfire and an a cappella showcase. This year's Homecoming will differ from past years since the new policy prohibits freshmen from entering Greek houses until after the weekend "I hope that the college could organize more alternatives," Karolina Krelinova '14 said. After the bonfire, Collis After Dark will host a midnight breakfast with live music from Reckless Breakfast. Every Saturday morning of a home football game, Alumni Relations hosts lectures delivered by Dartmouth professors.
After the excitement of the Homecoming football game quiets down and the heat of the bonfire cools, Greek houses will host a variety of events including dance parties, pig roasts and other social gatherings to unite students, alumni and families. Chi Gamma Epsilon fraternity will host a dry dance party Friday that will be open to members of all classes, social chair John Ortiz '14 said.