An Artist's Rendering of Dartmouth's New Pennant
Newly appointed Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim announced today that the College is introducing several institutional changes, in both policy and administration.
These changes will better reflect the College’s goal to become the next Harvard University and a haven for communists and socialists in New Hampshire, he said.
The position of the President is being renamed the General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Dartmouth. The current Board of Trustees is to form the new Central Committee, with Chairman Ed Haldemann ‘70 to continue in his role.
The Board is to be expanded to include 5 new members, appointed by current trustees. The Executive Committee, charged with making the necessary decisions on behalf of the Board, is to be renamed the National Defense Commission of Dartmouth, with General Secretary Kim as its Chairman.
The Association of Alumni, the organization representing the interests of the alumni, is being folded into the broader Workers’ Party. Its President and Executive Committee have been appointed alternates to the Central Committee.
The Board of Trustees and the Association of Alumni both voted to finalize these changes in separate meetings held in Hanover over the July 4th weekend. Among other changes introduced, the Board and the Association voted to abandon elections in favor of appointments by Dr. Kim’s office.
Opposition to these changes among College alumni, however, became quickly apparent. In a statement released earlier today, John McGovern, President of the Hanover Institute, said that he wasn’t surprised that Dr. Kim was introducing such massive changes barely a week into his presidency.
“We will file another impotent law-suit to prevent this blatant aggrandization of power. While we are not funded by national conservative interests, we will be prepared to fight the administration’s smear campaign this time around,” McGovern said.
Dartmouth College, founded in 1769, is an Ivy League institution of higher education based in Hanover, NH.
