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CAMPUS CONFIDENTIAL

July | August 2014
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CAMPUS CONFIDENTIAL
July | August 2014

HIRED

CELEBRATED

Courtney Jaworski has been named head coach of the women’s cross-country team. Ron Rainey, who led the University of Iowa to the NCAA tournament last fall, was hired as the new head coach of the women’s soccer team.

ANNOUNCED

BASIC, the computer programming lanluage released at Dartmouth on May 1, 1964, turned 50 with a daylong series of events on campus. An online guestbook was also set up to solicit alumni memories of the early days of groundbreaking code.

Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson will depart for a new job at the end of the aca- demic year. After three years at Dartmouth, Johnson will become vice president for stu- dent affairs and dean of students at Scripps College in Claremont, California.

SCARY NUMBERS

12

Percentage of campus sexual assaults that go unreported na- tionwide, according to studies by Dr. Dean Kilpatrick at the Medical University of South Carolina

PHI-ASCO Phiesta, an annual charity event hosted by Alpha Phi sorority and Phi Delta Alpha fraternity, was canceled in April following complaints that the theme was culturally insensitive.

NOT SO FAST Faculty postponed a vote to allow profs to make past course assessments open to students, despite a committee of chairs recommendation a month earlier to pass the proposal.

PARKHURSTED david Vincelette ’84 was arrested for disorderly conduct and simple assault in president hanlon’s parkhurst reception area on April 14.

ZEROES FATIGUE? A staffer fainted during a campus celebra- tion of the $100-million gift given recently by an anonymous donor.

STAY TUNED During a campus talk, Tommy Bruce, VP of public affairs, mentioned plans to cre- ate “liberal arts radio” programming.

HOLY OLENTINE! Lacrosse attackman Mike olentine ’14 set a new single-game scoring record by netting 10 goals in a 17-12 victory over Holy Cross in late April.

OUT AND ABOUT Actress Laverne Cox of Orange Is the New Black addressed an audience of 300 as part of Pride Week festivities.

SIGN ME UP More than 750 students ap- plied for the new living-learn- ing communities, a housing program for students who wish to live with peers who share an interest.