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Five Dartmouth students selected as Fulbright scholars B y CASSANDRA THOMAS The Dartmouth Staff
Last month, five Dartmouth students and one recent graduate were informed that they had been selected as 2019 Fulbright scholars. The scholars will receive grants to teach, research or study in their respective commissions in international programs. The six recipients are Gabrielle Bozarth ’17, Ashley DuPuis ’19, Bethany Malzman ’19, Victoria McCraven ’19,
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A legendary figure in the field of debate coaching, Ken Strange not only inspired many students with his hard work and strategic thinking, but also shaped college debate coaching. “There are probably three or four debate coaches in the history of college debate in the United States who kind of stand
Luke Cuomo ’20 elected Student Assembly president
Arista Ngodinh ’19 and Neerja Thakkar ’19. There were also seven Dartmouth students selected as alternates for the scholarship whose n a m e s h ave n o t b e e n released. The Fulbright scholarship applications were due in August 2018, but Dartmouth applicants were required by the College to submit their application essays by July 1, according to DuPuis, who SEE FULBRIGHT PAGE 3
Former debate coach remembered for hard work, intelligence The Dartmouth Staff
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in the similar competitive and influential point today,” said Dartmouth Forensics Union director John Turner ’03. “He was a part of a generation of coaches that really made the activity what it was.” A former director of the Dartmouth Forensics Union for 35 years and founder of the Debate Institute at Dartmouth, Strange passed SEE STRANGE PAGE 5
COURTESY OF LUKE CUOMO
Luke Cuomo and Ariela Kovary will be the next Student Assembly president and vice president.
B y THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF By a margin of just 34 votes out of over 1,700 cast, Dartmouth’s student body elected Luke Cuomo ’20 to become the College’s next Student Assembly president, according to a press release from the Elections Planning and Advisory Committee. The Student Assembly vice president will be Ariela Kovary ’20, who ran on a ticket with Cuomo. Cuomo received a total of 796 votes. His opponents Tim Holman ’20 and Sydney Johnson ’20 received 762 and 232 votes, respectively. Kovary
received 1,520 votes. The presidential race margin is the closest since 2012, when Suril Kantaria ’13 defeated Erin Klein ’13 by 11 votes. “I’m grateful for the student body for putting their trust in us to serve their interests and work towards a better Dartmouth for all,” Cuomo said. Cuomo and Kovary ran on a platform that included creating a unified policy on sexual misconduct, more student representation on the Board of Trustees and increased values for Dartmouth Dining Service meal swipes. Cuomo’s student g ove r n m e n t ex p e r i e n c e
includes serving as the past chair of the SA finance committee, as a member of the Elections Planning and Advising Committee and as a SA senator from North Park House. He has also participated in Dartmouth College Democrats and Model United Nations. Kovary has been as a designer for the Aegis yearbook, worked as an undergraduate advisor and was a member of the Allen House executive board. “I’m super grateful that the student body has recognized that Luke and myself will serve as great leaders and deliver the SEE ELECTION PAGE 2