Time to Vote Again

Three alums are vying for two seats on the board of trustees. Longtime Beltway journalist Morton Kondracke ’60 and businessman John Replogle ’88 were nominated by the Alumni Council. Petition candidate Joe Asch ’79 will run against Replogle; Kondracke will run unopposed. Although the most contentious campaign issue of recent years has been parity on the board of trustees—those in favor want an equal number of alumni-elected and board-chosen trustees—neither Kondracke nor Replogle have a stand on the issue. “I’m still listening to arguments on both sides,” says Kondracke. Replogle says he will wait until he speaks to trustees after the election. Asch, a Hanover-area businessman who runs Dartblog, a Web site often critical of the College, is clear on the issue. “In 1891 the alumni and the College agreed to parity on the board of trustees,” he says. “We should honorably respect that agreement without having to ask a judge whether it is legally binding.” Trustee voting runs March 10 through April 7.

“Dartmouth is the economic engine of the Upper Valley, and with a $100 million deficit the engine is broken. We must fix the engine.” PRESIDENT JIM KIM

$38.7 million Amount Dartmouth received for various projects, primarily medical research, from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009.