CAMPUS CONFIDENTIAL
CAMPUS CONFIDENTIAL
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AROUND THE GREEN
LOCAL ACE
Casey Ratzlaff, a volunteer assistant coach for the men’s tennis team, competed in the Paris Paralympics. He’s the No. 1 men’s wheelchair tennis player in the United States and No. 14 in the world.
QUIET ON THE GREEN
Several Deer Park monastics from California, including brother Pháp Lu’u ’97, returned to campus for a week of mindfulness programming in April.
SURPRISE SENDOFF
The marching band performed in the final class held by retiring professor Susan Ackerman ’80.
SIGN OF THE TIMES
The College rigorously enforced its ban on the display of unregistered flags, banners, and signs during spring term. Students objected to what they called the “timing and relative ambiguity” of the policy, which led to the removal of a pride flag and several national flags in April.
UNSALVAGEABLE
Arborists are removing another elm from the Green, a 60-footer that’s about 125 years old at the corner of Main and Wheelock Streets.
PIN SEEKERS
The women’s golf team won its first Ivy League Championship last spring. Alex Kirk earned Coach of the Year honors, and five players were named All-American Scholars by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association.
LITHIUM WATCH/ALERT
Micromobility vehicles such as e-bikes and e-scooters can no longer be left unattended while charging on campus.
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Approximately 250 Juneteenth celebrants enjoyed the June 19 holiday at a site near Occom Pond, where a DJ and food trucks served up tunes and snacks.
KILLER RELEASED
James Parker, 39, was granted parole after serving nearly 24 years of his 25years-to-life sentence for the murders of professors Half and Susanne Zantop in 2001. His accomplice, Robert Tulloch, remains in jail serving a life sentence.
KUDOS
History prof Darrin McMahon won the 2024 Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History for his book Equality: The History of an Elusive Idea.
UNION UPDATE
Grad students won free dental coverage and an increased stipend for childcare after their union ratified a three-year contract with the College. The agreement follows a two-month strike. The new deal prohibits strikes.
AHOY!
The College’s two sailing teams plan to occupy a new multilevel boathouse and barn going up on Mascoma Lake this fall. More than $8 million of the $13-million price tag has been raised for the buildings.
SAVE THE DATE
Homecoming takes place November 1-2 and will feature the annual football tilt against Harvard.
DESIGN DELIGHTS
The American Institute of Architects awarded Anonymous Hall the 2024 Merit Award for education facility design. Leers Weinzapfel Associates of Boston did the work.
CLOSED
C&A Pizza ceased operations in June. Costas and Aphrodite Georgakopoulos started serving their Greekstyle pies in Hanover 48 years ago.
NEWS & NOTES
Hazing Suspected
»> Investigators have not determined the cause of death after the body of Won Jang ’26 was found in the Connecticut River July 7. He reportedly attended a party thrown by his fraternity, Beta Alpha Omega, and a sorority, Alpha Phi, the previous evening. Police said they were looking into alcohol and possible hazing as factors. Meanwhile, the College suspended both Greek organizations.
New Chapters for Profs
»> Nine professors retired this year: Susan Ackerman ’80 (religion), Catherine Cramer (psychological and brain sciences), Mary Desjardins (film and media studies), Douglas Haynes (history), Jay Hull (psychological and brain sciences), Irene Kacandes (German and comparative literature), Randolph Noelle (microbiology and immunology), Ulf Osterberg (engineering), and John Thorstensen (physics and astronomy).
Arrests Update
»> Legal processing continues for the 89 protesters arrested on the Green during the May 1 police action. The prosecuting attorney has reduced all but one misdemeanor charge to violations and has dropped all charges for at least 28 arrested protesters, including history professor Annelise Orleck. In July, the American Civil Liberties Union insisted that all charges be dropped.
Trailblazer Memorialized
>» Former athletic director Josie Harper died June 16. She was 81. Harper coached women’s lacrosse at Dartmouth from 1981 to 1992 and became the Ivy League’s first female AD in 2002. “She was a trailblazer in every sense of the word,” said Ivy League executive director Robin Harris. A celebration of Harper’s life is scheduled for September 21 at Rollins Chapel.
CLASS OF 2024
24:55
Duration of the Commencement address June 9
CLASS OF 2024
37
Valedictorians and salutatorians who graduated in June
QUOTE/UNQUOTE
“Their deep happiness helped us tap into our own happiness.”
—The Rev. Dr. Nancy Vogele ’85, chaplain and Tucker Center director, on the monastics who visited fora week of mindfulness
