Dickinson College

The Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring (ALLARM) collaborates with the Carlisle Borough LeTort Regional Authority (LRA) to create the First Annual LeTort Festival.  Malcolm Hall residents displaced by a fire return to their rooms despite smoke damage throughout much of the building.  Students flock to Morgan Field for the Amani SpringFest.  Graduating Student Senate president Anya Malkov passes the gavel to newly initiated president Aaron Williams.

Theta Chi receives a one year suspension.  Hillary Clinton triumphs over Barack Obama in the Pennsylvania Primary, garnering 55% of the vote to Obama's 45%.  Senior J.R. Warner raises funds to support Cameroonian students via the Kumbo Development and Orientation Center (KUDOC) in Kumbo, Cameroon.

The fraternity Theta Chi remains temporarily suspended due to hazing.  Dickinson students pack the Stern Center Great Room to hear Benjamin Weiser, New York Times reporter and author, speak.  Student Senate election results are posted.  A racial epithet is found written on the door to Davidson-Wilson Hall regarding the upcoming US presidential elections.

Senator John Kerry campaigns for presidential candidate Barack Obama at the Carlisle Obama '08 Headquarters and the Cumberland Country Democratic Party Headquarters.  Former Dispatch member Pete Francis is selected to perform on Drayer porch as part of Springfest.  Class president hopefuls are profiled.  Dickinson's Model United Nations swept the award ceremony at the annual Virginia International Crisis Simulation (VICS) at the University of Virginia (UVA).

Former President William J. Clinton addresses students at Kline Center on the presidential campaign of wife Hillary Clinton.  Rumors pervade the student body that presidential candidate Barack Obama will visit the campus.  Senior adviser to Barack Obama, Mark Alexander speaks to students in Stern Center.  Obama supporters attend a rally in Harrisburg.  As clubs fight for Student Senate funding, Dickinson's tuition rates rise a further 6.9 percent for the 2008-2009 academic year.

The Drinkinsonian, the annual spoof edition of the paper, offers a satirical look at college groups and individuals.

Former President Bill Clinton is expected to speak on campus at the Kline Athletic Center.  Television stars Dule Hill (The West Wing, Psych) and Zachary Quinto (Heroes, 24) address Dickinsonians on Obama's candidacy and the importance of the young vote.  Trickett Hall undergoes major renovations.  A drinking age debate sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues, James Chambers (class of 1978) and Niecy Chambers sparks discussion.

Dickinson's study abroad program based in Yaoundé, Cameroon continues despite civil unrest within the country.  Biddle Field renovations are scheduled for the summer.  After an unprecedented number of applicants, the off-campus-living lottery stirs controversy.  An increasingly number of Dickinson students participate in the Fulbright Scholarship program.

Politically active students ban together to create a Dickinson chapter of Students for Barack Obama.  A Middle Eastern Studies major is approved.  The Clarke Center sponsors a transnational gender and sexuality panel.  Columnist Moustapha Minte demystifies the concept of the "Ugly American".  Travis Apgar, Dean of Students at Cornell University, comes to Dickinson to discuss hazing.

The 45th annual Public Affairs Symposium (PAS) began with a lecture by ex-CIA operations officer Valerie Plame Wilson and continued with a lecture by national renowned privacy expert Jeffrey Rosen.  Dickinson receives a $1.4 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to go towards a Center for Environmental Studies.  Campus policy on hookah use is discussed after a number of confiscations.