VOL. CLXXI NO. 5
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2013
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College selects Carolyn Dever for provost seat
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By Laura weiss and Hannah chung The Dartmouth Staff
Carolyn Dever, dean of the college of arts and sciences at Vanderbilt University, will serve as Dartmouth’s next provost beginning July 1, College President Phil Hanlon announced Thursday in an email to campus. Dever, an English professor known for her efforts in furthering diversity, has served in academic administrative roles for over a decade. As provost, she will work with academic deans to support and advance scholarship across the College and its Courtesy of Dartmouth College
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Selected after a nearly eight-month search, Carolyn Dever will assume the provost position on July 1.
Rush will proceed despite Panhell exec. abstention
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In a meeting that began at 10 p.m. and lasted until around midnight on Thursday, the College’s eight sorority presidents met with nine executive members of Panhellenic Council and voted to proceed with winter recruitment. “After much discussion, the Panhellenic Sororities have voted to go forward with winter recruitment as scheduled, primarily so that the women
who planned to participate in recruitment this term have the opportunity to do so,” a statement obtained by The Dartmouth read. “However, we also acknowledge that we operate in an imperfect system, and that our recruitment process often reflects these flaws. As such, we are working together on short- and long-term improvements to the recruitment process itself and to the sorority experience at Dartmouth as a whole.” Earlier on Thursday, five Panhell executives sent a “call to action” to
campus via email, explaining their decision to abstain from recruitment next week. “We feel that there are clear flaws in our Greek system and we acknowledge our role in re-creating these flaws, through processes such as recruitment and on a daily basis,” the email read. At the meeting that was held in Collis 101 last night, the sorority presidents and eight of 10 Panhell executives, including one who is currently off campus and did not attend, affirmed the sentiments expressed in the email
Tucker hires new Muslim and Multi-Faith advisor B y jorge bonilla The Dartmouth Staff
As the new Muslim and Multi-Faith advisor of the Tucker Foundation, Sharif Rosen will serve as a resource for students grappling with faith-based issues.Rosen, who joined the Tucker Foundation in December, provides support for the Tucker Foundation’s various multi-faith programs, including Tuesday evening multi-faith conversations and the Inter-Faith Living
and Learning Community located on first floor of Rauner Hall. Born to a Jewish father and a Catholic mother in a home where, he said, the discussion of spiritual issues was considered taboo, Rosen often yearned for the chance to explore his religious side freely. The moment arrived when he underwent a “spiritual journey” as an undergraduate at Loyola Marymount University. “I was very fortunate that in my most SEE ROSEN PAGE 3
sent by the abstaining Panhell executives earlier that day. “While we maintain individual differences in opinion — and while the abstention of five of the Panhellenic Executive Council members still stands — we are determined to move forward together to tackle the root problems within our Greek system,” the statement drafted at the Thursday night meeting read. As of press time, Panhell’s two vice SEE PANHELL PAGE 2
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