VOL. CLXXII NO. 72
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2015
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
DDS works on sustainable dining efforts
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By KELSEY FLOWER The Dartmouth Staff
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MIRROR
THE 30-SOMETHINGS AMONG US PAGE M4
DROP THE BASS PAGE M6
OPINION
VERBUM: A RETURN TO INTELLECT PAGE 4
SPORTS
WOMEN’S TENNIS QUALIFIES FOR NCAA PAGE 16
Students have been working with Dartmouth Dining Services on sustainability practices.
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Students petition to preserve professor Milde’s position
B y SEAN CONNOLLY AND MAX GIBSON The Dartmouth Staff
Following restructuring in the chemistry department that has led to the apparent dissolution of Sibohan Milde’s position as a senior lecturer, support for Milde has spread among members of the student body, resulting in a petition created by chemistry major Josie Coury ’15. As of press time the petition has accrued 756 signatures from both undergraduate
and graduate students alike, Coury said. Addressed to College President Phil Hanlon, administrators and the chemistry department, the petition argues for preserving Milde’s status as a contracted senior lecturer and head lab director. This position included teaching “Quantitative Reasoning in Chemistry” and both “General Chemistry” courses, as well as working with undergraduates in lab sessions. The petition further states that if maintaining Milde’s
position is no longer feasible in any form, that she at least be accorded “proper notice” and time to prepare. Milde wrote in an email that her position as a senior lecturer with the chemistry department had been “dissolved” for various reasons, but did not elaborate further. She said that she is presently focused on helping her current students and is thankful for the opportunities she has had while working at the College. Chemistry department chair
College awards professors $450,000 for seed funding B y BOB WANG
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Pressure from students and two recent sustainability data projects have prompted Dartmouth Dining Services to increase their focus on and pursuit of local and sustainable food sources. The largest ongoing sustainability initiative in which DDS is currently involved is the Real Food Challenge, which aims to increase the number of food items that qualify as “real” foods — foods that are local and community-based, produced in ways fair to workers, humane and ecologically sound.. The student-run project was initiated by a member of the Class of 2012 who was
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Ten proposals of the 51 submitted were awarded seed funding from the Office of the Provost, the College announced last week. Funding for the 10 projects will go toward purchasing necessary equipment, financially supporting team members and running experiments to see if the project could potentially work. The seed funding program was started in the 2013-2014 academic year under the
Dale Mierke wrote in an email that the department “has not fired” Milde, and that she has been asked to apply to a newly created position of lab manager. In an email, Mierke explained with the recruitment of two new junior faculty members this year, as well as one new faculty member in 2013 and 2014 each, the chemistry department “will return to full strength with respect to its tenureSEE PEITITION PAGE 12
BUSINESS AS USUAL
direction of then-interim provost Martin Wybourne, who is currently the vice provost for research. “I involved 20 faculty members in the review process,” he said. “We had an incredibly difficult time deciding which ones to fund because of the quality [of the applications]. It was a great problem to have.” This year, the Provost’s Office received an anonymous gift from an unidentified donor, allowing more innovative projects that may CHERRY HUANG/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF
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The Tuck School of Business hosted a conference on women in business.