VOL. CLXXII NO. 88
TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2015
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Foundersdonate $21milliontoKing Scholarprogram
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By ERIN LEE
The Dartmouth Staff
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The current six Kings Scholars with the Tucker Foundation’s Jay Davis and his family.
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Memorial Challenge raises $35,672 for cardiac research
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Founders Bob King ’57 and Dottie King donated $21 million to the King Scholar Leadership Program, which will be used to expand the program to include more students and fund additional internships. The Kings’ gift will raise their total investment in the scholarship program to $35 million. Program advisor and Tucker Foundation program officer for school outreach Jay Davis said the program works to alleviate global poverty by preparing students
More than 450 students came together to work out and celebrate the lives of Blaine Steinberg and Torin Tucker, both members of the Class of 2015 who died suddenly last year due to heart complications, at the first annual Memorial Challenge at Memorial Field last Saturday. The event raised $35,672, surpassing its goal of $30,000, which will go toward cardiac research at the Heart
and Vascular Center at DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center. The event consisted of a onehour circuit of CrossFit- and Nordic ski-themed exercises at multiple challenge levels to be inclusive of participants at all fitness levels. The 54 registered teams represented a wide range of students, including several fraternities, sororities and athletic teams, Adam Fishman ’15, one of the 14 Memorial Challenge organizers, said. Carrie Wolf ’15, another or-
WISE advocate to begin work at the College this summer B y LAUREN BUDD The Dartmouth Staff
A WISE advocate will begin working at the College this summer to help students, staff and faculty affected by domestic violence or stalking, following an agreement between Dartmouth and the Lebanon-based non-profit. The campus advocate will be a WISE employee, not an administrative or College employee, WISE ex-
ganizer, said that the event had a great turnout with students “from all different walks of campus.” She said that it was important for members of the Class of 2015 to commemorate the tragedy of losing two classmates. “Last year was such a difficult one for us,” Wolf said. “With graduation approaching, I think we needed this bonding experience and this moment of remembrance.” Since they began collecting donations in late April, there have been
1,098 contributions, and fundrasing will remain open for one more week, organizer Jessie Frieder ’15 wrote in an email. Freider said that the organizers had the idea for the fundraiser about a year ago and began working on the project last October. Dartmouth Peak Performance advisors, Prouty fundraiser planners and the Children’s Hospital at DHMC helped advise the team, she said. SEE MEMORIAL PAGE 3
HOLI MACKEREL
ecutive director Peggy O’Neil said. WISE serves 21 towns in the Upper Valley, including communities in New Hampshire and Vermont. The role of the campus advocate is to be an on-campus resource to provide support for students, faculty and staff at the College who are impacted by sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking, O’Neil said. The advocate will
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Students celebrate Holi, a Hindu festival marking the arrival of spring.