Dartmouth's Interactive Media Laboratory has created a computer program to teach fire, police, and emergency medical services trainees how to respond to domestic terrorist attacks.
In his speech "Race, Queerness & Sexuality" delivered Tuesday night to an audience of about 35, Keith Boykin '87 said that he chose to attend Dartmouth because of its reputation as a conservative school. Boykin joked that controversy follows him wherever he goes, but he admitted to having attended the College because he "wanted to shake things up." While a student at the College, Boykin witnessed a number of explosive situations including a storming of Parkhurst, the construction and destruction of a shanty town on the Green and the tape-recording and subsequently published transcript of a Gay Straight Alliance meeting by a writer for the Dartmouth Review. Boykin said his experiences with controversy at Dartmouth prepared him for the hurdles and difficulties he has faced since graduating. "I learned to go beyond my boundaries, beyond my life circumstances -- to try to walk a mile in someone else's shoes," he said.
Nat Smith / The Dartmouth Staff In just four months, Jamal Brown '08 and other members of the PRIDE 2007 planning committee have raised $27,830.20 for Dartmouth's first ever Pride week, which began on Monday.
Due to excess demand for the recently approved vaccine that guards against Human Papilloma Virus, many girls applying for the free doses through New Hampshire's Vaccines for Children program have found themselves on waiting lists. HPV is a sexually transmitted disease that can cause cervical cancer and genital warts.
IFC cans keg policy protest plans after pickup truck snafu
The Pavilion will extend its hours of operation to allow students more accessibility to kosher-for-Passover dining options during the eight days of the holiday.
On March 21 the Recording Industry Association of America sent the College 11 pre-litigation "settlement letters" identifying the IP addresses of College network users who illegally downloaded or shared files online. According to Dartmouth General Counsel Robert Donin, Computing Services was able to identify several of the network users from the IP addresses provided. The identified users were forwarded the settlement letters, which allowed them the opportunity to contact the RIAA to negotiate a pre-litigation settlement. Donin would not say how many network users were identified, nor how many identified users were students as opposed to other Dartmouth community members. In a March 22 e-mail message sent to all undergraduate students, Senior Associate Dean of the College Mary Liscinsky said that pre-litigation settlements generally range from $3,000 and $5,000. But if one takes the case to court, according to the Dartmouth Copyright Policy and Guidelines, the RIAA can sue for $150,000 for each instance of willful infringement. "Each time you upload or download a copyrighted work from someone, that could be a separate case of willful infringement," Donin said.
The National Science Foundation recently awarded Dartmouth computer science professor Devin Balkcom with a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, which is given to young scholar-teachers who show promise of becoming leaders in their fields of study.
Paul Park / The Dartmouth Staff Wearing a black beret evocative of his former position, Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale drew approximately 100 students to Filene Auditorium Friday, primarily arguing that his organization was more moderate than history considers. Seale discussed a wide range of topics, from the history of the Black Panther Party, to his family history, to his educational background, to his opinions on the current Bush administration and Hurricane Katrina.
Boston College professor of political science Robert S. Ross gave a lecture titled "The Fading of Taiwan's Independence Movement and the Prospects for Cross-Strait Relations" on Thursday evening to a crowd of students, faculty and community members.