The Dartmouth 01/14/14

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VOL. CLXXI NO. 7

SUNNY HIGH 41 LOW 27

TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2014

New seminar series to Panhell holds discussion exploreeconomics, govt. By ROSHAN DUTTA The Dartmouth Staff

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Over a meal of summer steak and buffalo chicken burritos, students interested in the link between government and economics gathered in the Rockefeller Center on Monday night for the first of a series of faculty-student dinner seminars hosted by the College’s new Political Economy Project. An interdisciplinary academic initiative launched in the fall, the program aims to further the study of political economics at the College. Before discussing neoliberalism and neopopulism in South

America, project director and economics professor Douglas Irwin outlined his current plans for the program to an audience of over 25 undergraduates. While the dinner seminars currently comprise the project’s main component, other plans include four classes on political economics and a program website, Irwin said. Economics professor Meir Kohn, one of the program’s founders, said in an interview that the project seeks to uncover how economics interacts with the study of government and SEE PROJECT PAGE 2

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Students met at the Center for Gender and Student Engagement to discuss recruitment.

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Student body shifts from Blackboard to Canvas By PRIYA RAMAIAH The Dartmouth Staff

Almost half of undergraduate students have begun the switch from Blackboard to Canvas, a new online learning management system, following a positive response to the 13-class pilot last term, assistant director of educational technologies Barbara Knauff said. A total of 110 courses transitioned to Canvas this winter,

and an additional 150 faculty members are slated to adopt Canvas in the spring. Knauff said she expects Blackboard to be phased out by the end of the calendar year. The new system further digitizes class content delivery, making time for greater professor-student interaction in the classroom, Knauff said. SEE CANVAS PAGE 3

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Approximately 40 students gathered at the Center for Gender and Student Engagement on Monday evening to discuss the decision of five Panhellenic Council executives to abstain from this week’s sorority recruitment. Last Thursday, the five Panhell executives sent a “call to action” to campus via email, explaining their decision to abstain. Monday’s discussion began with a brief overview of the email’s contents. “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. Panhell president Eliana Piper ’14, vice president of public relations Jennifer Gargano ’14 and programming chairs Kate Shelton ’14 and Alex Leach ’14 then began to answer attendees’ questions. In response to several comments on the timing of the executives’ decision, Shelton explained that the executives did not want recruitment and the introduction of

new members to distract from greater issues in the Greek system. Piper added that the high turnover rate within Panhell necessitated bold, immediate action. The executives also stressed the importance of recognizing the structural flaws present in the current Greek system. “I heard some people saying that it wasn’t fair to take away the right to rush,” Shelton said. “To me, rushing is not a right, it’s a privilege. The real right is to not to be discriminated against.” On Monday night, SEE PANHELL PAGE 3

Phi Sigma Nu approaches approval

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Music filled the off-campus programs fair in Collis.

Though Preston Wells ’15 has worked for over a year to establish a charter of the historically Native American fraternity Phi Sigma Nu at Dartmouth, he said the fact

that the organization is coming to fruition feels surreal. Wells and two other students received provisional approval to form a chapter from the fraternity’s chief council last November, and members say they hope to receive an official College charter by this fall. Greek Letter Organizations

and Societies has not yet recognized the fraternity due to a requirement that all Greek organizations have at least four active members on campus, but students say they hope to fulfill this requirement by the end of spring term. SEE FRATERNITY PAGE 5


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