VOL. CLXXI NO. 78
MOSTLY SUNNY
THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Protests echo across campuses nationwide
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By VICTORIA NELSON and MARINA SHKURATOV The Dartmouth Staff
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BARBARY COAST TO RECOGNIZE SENIORS PAGE 7
Students flocked to the Collis Center and Robinson Hall lawns for the Greek Week barbecue.
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Twenty percent of Class of 2014 to graduate with honors B y ZAC HARDWICK
OPINION
In recent months, colleges across the country have seen a spate of demonstrations regarding issues of identity, with students demanding greater inclusivity on their campuses. Many resemble Dartmouth’s April “Freedom Budget” protests, when over a dozen students occupied College President Phil Hanlon’s office for two days, demanding a point-bypoint response to a list of over 70 demands regarding issues of
diversity. In the last year, students at Princeton University, Harvard University, Oberlin College, Mills College, University of Michigan, City University of New York, Mount Holyoke College and University of California at Los Angeles, among others, have initiated protests concerning similar issues. Melissa Padilla ’16, who was involved in the “Freedom Budget” protest, said she communicated with her friends who
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While many rising seniors spend the summer term interning, working temporary jobs or taking classes, Katelyn Walker ’14 toted a Dartmouth-funded camera across towns in Alabama and Georgia, searching for documents in national and regional archives to support her geography thesis on the Tennessee Valley Authority and the
New Deal. Walker, a geography major, will present her findings on May 20, joining over 200 classmates who have completed theses this year. In total, 234 Dartmouth seniors will receive honors credit at this year’s Commencement — a significant increase from last year, when 199 seniors received honors, according to info provided by the Dean of the Faculty’s office. About 20 percent of the Class of 2014 completed
a thesis project. With 23 students completing theses, engineering leads the undergraduates arts and sciences departments in honors credits awarded this year, followed by psychological and brain sciences, English and biology with 19, 18 and 15, respectively. The government department will award 14, twice as many as last year. In other departments, like econom-
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Madeline Parker ’14 presented her geography thesis.
Spread of stomach virus Social card game study draws slows after outbreak participants to local restaurant
B y sARA MCGAHAN The Dartmouth Staff
A gastrointestinal virus has spread quickly across campus over the past two months, sending about 20 students per week to Dick’s House at its peak, though many more have likely been infected. The outbreak follows a Jan. 7 alert by the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services regarding increased norovirus activity in the state.
Dick’s House has also released a campus alert about viral gastroenteritis, commonly referred to as the stomach flu. The decision to release an alert was based on the jump in student admittance to Dick’s House as well as the New Hampshire alert, Dick’s House co-director Jack Turco said. In the post, Dick’s House states the College’s awareness of the illness and lists
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B y KATE BRADSHAW The Dartmouth Staff
Surrounded by red walls and decor reminiscent of the Memphis blues scene, teams of students and community members hunched over tables in 3 Guys Basement Barbecue for a card game Wednesday night as part of a paid research study hosted by Tiltfactor Laboratory, an interdisciplinary studio that designs and studies games that promote social change.
Postdoctoral researcher in psychology Geoff Kaufman said study participants played a party card game resembling “Apples to Apples.” The study, he said, analyzes the social impact of this type of game on players. Tiltfactor team member Cooper Thomas ’14, who facilitated the focus group session at 3 Guys, said that the study explores group dynamics within the setting of certain party games. SEE TILTFACTOR PAGE 2