Chelsea Clinton visits Carlile's Democratic Party Headquarters to speak about women's rights, gun control, and healthcare. Author Raj Patel presents a Clarke Forum lecture about the modern food system and the changes he believes it should undergo. Dickinson partners with SolarCity to install a new solar array that will provide electricity to the campus.
Kappa Alpha Theta established a new philanthropy event, "Cuisine for CASA." Politicians spoke about gun control at Dickinson. The Housing Selection process was reviewed and revisited. Men's Lacrosse finished with a perfect regular season.
Dickinsonians discussed the hot debate of gun control in the U.S.. Big Brothers and Big Sisters reopened in Carlisle. The Dog House gained a new student.
Required chemistry labs 131 and 132 are combined into a new more hands-on approach in Chemistry 141-foundations of chemistry. The Affirmative Action Officer updates the college's discrimination policy by changing the wording of prohibition of discrimination based on "gender" to discrimination based on "sex" and also adding the probation of discrimination due to "sexual orientation." Student Senate finds a bank error in their favor, collecting $40,000. On Sunday the 24th, a glass Coke bottle filled with tobacco "juice" shatters, spilling onto and damaging multiple books in the library.
Students and Faculty traveling to India stop over in London before flying Air India to India. Coeds at the college opposed the pope's ruling against contraceptive pills. The National Science Foundation granted $171,500 to Dickinson for research. Carlisle residents were split over the issue of stricter gun controls. A Coed goes to the ROTC training camp in Fort Indiantown Gap to report on the conditions and practices of the camp. Mayor Lindsay is still vying for the Republican Nomination.