March 10, 2006

Renegades Shake Up Trustee Elections

By PAUL FAIN

At Dartmouth and Hamilton Colleges, petitions by insurgent candidates signal a new front in the culture wars

Private-college officials are accustomed to dealing with alumni who are fervent about protecting the reputations or traditions of their alma maters. But they are not used to dealing with the sort of alumni uprisings that took place at Dartmouth and Hamilton Colleges last year.

At both institutions, former students waged feisty campaigns for the designated alumni seats on

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