Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Lawmakers should approach the topic of drug regulation without cultural preconceptions, University of California, Los Angeles public policy professor Mark Kleiman said in a packed lecture held in the Rockefeller Center on Thursday.
A recent motion filed with the Grafton Superior Court by public defender Richard Guerriero requesting a hearing on Robert Tulloch's sentence of life imprisonment without parole is still pending, and no hearing has been scheduled at this time.
James Peng / The Dartmouth Staff On Sunday, Programming Board and the student-run FM station 99 Rock co-sponsored the "Live @ the Bema" concert, concluding Fieldstock weekend with an afternoon of performances by New York musician Brent Knight, local bands All About Gladys and the Chris Kleeman Band and the student band TOAST.
The Summer Enrichment at Dartmouth program will conclude its 13th summer on campus on Saturday, supporting 26 high school students from under-resourced backgrounds across the East Coast on their path toward attending college. SEAD was founded in 2001 through a collaboration between the Tucker Foundation and the College's education department.
Educators from around the country came to Dartmouth this week to participate in a week-long seminar, sponsored by the New York-based Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, aimed at improving the pedagogy of the discipline of Native American history and exploring Native American encounters with the Lewis and Clark expedition. Participants in the seminar, including teachers, library workers and National Park Service interpreters, were selected to attend through a competitive process and discussed broader facets of American Indian history, including government policies concerning native people and the importance of Native American history to understanding history. History and Native American studies professor Colin Calloway, the director of the seminar, said that the main focus was on the expedition as both a pivotal event in American history and a case study in cultural contact. "This is the second time I've done the seminar on Native American history at Dartmouth," Calloway said.
A day trip to Montreal, balloon sculpture classes and social mixers are just some of the events that College employees and staff members can attend this summer through Dartmouth After Hours, a program sponsored by the human resources departments of the College and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
With just over four months until election day, the College Democrats and Republicans are working to advance their respective 2012 presidential candidates through collaboration with national campaigns, according to campus group representatives. The College Democrats have already held several open, informal events and will continue to campaign for President Barack Obama throughout the summer, according to the Obama campaign's New Hampshire spokeswoman Holly Shulman.
On Wednesday, the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously rejected former University of Minnesota student Amanda Tatro's claim that the university violated her First Amendment rights when it took disciplinary action against her for making threatening and inappropriate Facebook comments, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.
The Class of 2012 consists of individuals who boast an array of interests, talents and accomplishments. Four seniors Sophie Caldwell '12, Aidan Nelson '12, Giulia Siccardo '12 and Mike Randall '12 share some memories and experiences that have defined their years at Dartmouth. Sophie Caldwell '12Major: PsychologyHometown: Peru, Vt.
Michael Tree '13 and Kate Shelton '14 were crowned Mr. and Mrs. Big Green on Wednesday night in one of the closest races in the competition's history.