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Missing Dartmouth College student found dead in Connecticut River, her bike in woods

Missing Dartmouth College student Kessin Kai, His body was found in the Connecticut River on Monday, several days after he was last seen. A fisherman “reported the sighting to authorities” along a river in Windsor, Vermont, around 4 p.m. Monday. Authorities were dispatched to the area and recovered a body from the water, later identified […]

Billionaire Robert Hale Jr. Gifts University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Graduates $1,000 Each

The billionaire commencement speaker at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth surprisingly gifted every graduate with $1,000 and added an extra lesson to boot. After Granite Telecommunications founder and CEO Robert Hale Jr. received the President’s Medal at Dartmouth College in Massachusetts for his “incredible philanthropy,” he and his wife Karen’s greatest joy in life is […]

UMass Dartmouth Commencement Billionaire Speaker Surprises Each Graduate With $1,000 

Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev attends the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth DARTMOUTH, MA – APRIL 26: A view of the entrance to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus on April 26, 2013 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, was a second-year student at the university. (Photo by Kayana Szymczak/Getty Images) […]

UMass Dartmouth grads surprised with $1,000 in cash each from commencement speaker

Commencement speakers at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth gave graduates words of encouragement for their futures and awarded them $1,000 in cash for their graduation funds. “Every graduate who passes the stage will receive a $500 envelope to keep as a gift,” Robert Hale Jr., billionaire and CEO of Quincy-based Granite Telecommunications, said Thursday. ”, […]

Jewish Dartmouth College Professor Arrested At Pro-Palestine Protest, Banned From Campus

A Jewish professor was arrested late Wednesday at a pro-Palestine protest at Dartmouth College and subsequently banned from the campus for six months, according to reports. “Those cops were brutal to me,” Professor Annelise Orleck tweeted Thursday. “I promise I did absolutely nothing wrong. I was standing with a line of women faculty in the their […]

Dartmouth Men’s Basketball Team Votes to Become First Unionized College Athletes

Dartmouth College’s men’s basketball team voted Tuesday to form a union, becoming the first college athletes to do so. The step of organizing a union and becoming an employee in the multibillion-dollar U.S. college sports industry could pave the way for other student-athletes to follow at their respective universities. The election was overseen by the […]

Dartmouth men’s basketball team votes to unionize, a first in college sports

Dartmouth College’s men’s basketball team voted to unionize Tuesday, moving one step closer to becoming the university’s first union. The entire team voted 13-2 in favor of joining Service Workers International Union (SEIU) Local 560. The school has until March 12 to file a challenge to the union election with the National Labor Relations Board […]

NLRB Rules Dartmouth Men’s Basketball Players Employees

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a historic ruling Monday declaring Dartmouth’s men’s basketball team to be employees and therefore eligible to form a union. In a 26-page ruling, the NLRB said the players could be classified as employees under U.S. labor law because they are paid by the university. “Because Dartmouth has the […]