We believe that Dartmouth is not perfect, but we also love all that is good about The College on a Hill. We believe that Dartmouth needs real reform in order to improve and continue to excel at undergraduate education. We would like Dartmouth to change for the better - which requires true dialogue with listening on both sides, careful consideration and prolonged thought. Here are several articles on the situation from campus news sources: http://dartreview.com/dartlog/2013/4/20/inside-the-dimensions-debacle.html http://thedartmouth.com/2013/04/29/opinion/vox http://dartreview.com/dartlog/2013/4/23/why-canceling-classes-tomorrow-matters.html http://thedartmouth.com/2013/04/24/opinion/verbum http://dartreview.com/dartlog/2013/4/28/dear-protesters-its-time-to-stop-the-hijacking.html http://thedartmouth.com/2013/04/26/opinion/vox

When my fiancé and I first met it was love at first sight. We started dating, and haven’t left each others' side since. A couple years into our relationship we had our son. I promised him and his mother that they would never have to worry. I would always be there to provide for and take care of them. A short while later, we decided that we were growing out of our apartment and bought our first home. This home. At the time, it was a deal for the neighborhood it was in, but it was in need of a lot of updating. Nothing fancy, just a cozy three bedroom ranch with a nice backyard. It was perfect for our family. Just 18 short months, many thousands of dollars, and hours of time put into updating the house, the economy crashed. Home values went down, and the mortgage on our perfect fixer-upper was now underwater. Not long after that, the company that I worked for started to feel the crash. First my hours were cut, and then I was told that the economy and lack of customers were forcing them to lay off employees including me. Like many in Michigan, we were hit hard by the economic crisis, and have yet to pull out lives and finances out. Soon, we started to fall behind on our mortgage payments. Bank of America representatives called to try and find out why we were falling behind, and I explained our situation. I gave them all my income and expense information, and had hope as they claimed I was being reviewed for a modification. Weeks went by and then months as we waited to hear back. There were dozens of phone calls in both directions. Each Bank of America representative I spoke to gave me a different piece of advice or information. I was told by one rep to miss 5 months of payments on my mortgage, only to be told later by another one that to reinstate my loan, I needed to pay the equivalent of 5 payments at once. They suggested I get a roommate to add to my income, which I did, only to be told I still didn't meet the criteria. For 2 years the bank told us that a short sale wasn't an option because it was too close to the sale date. The only option they gave us was foreclosure. The foreclosure process began in January 2010, and after many sale dates set and cancelled, our home was actually sold in June of 2012. The bank never notified us of the sale, and we didn't find out about it until the bank's attorney sent us a letter that the 6 month window to protest the sale had ended. We now have days until we are officially homeless. We haven't been able to find a suitable apartment or rent a property to move to, and are still bewildered by how little regard was given to us through this process. We are a hard working family, always willing to go above and beyond to try and help others, yet Bank of America didn’t seem to see a need to try and work out any agreement with us. Please sign our petition. We are only asking the bank to rescind the foreclosure and come to the negotiating table for a real attempt to work this out. Thank you for taking the time to help my family Michael Benthin

While attempting to pitch immigration reform to conservative constituents in his home state of Wisconsin, Republican Rep. Paul Ryan astonishingly referred to the US-born children of undocumented immigrants using an ugly slur -- "anchor babies." Rep. Ryan offered no apology, and even suggested amending the Constitution so that these children are denied naturalization at birth. As a former vice-presidential nominee and key player in the GOP's future, Rep. Ryan knows better than to resort to language that only serves to rile up the fringe, anti-immigrant segment of his party. If he wants to attract Republican voters to truly bipartisan reform efforts, this isn't the way to do it. Demand Rep. Ryan apologize for his offensive words today.

We bought our home in Whittier, CA in 2002. The financial hardships for our family of five first began in 2009. The company my husband worked for was downsizing, and he was laid off. He was able to find a new job in 2010, but in a sub-driver position averaging less than 30 hours per month. Soon after that I lost my job as well, and was unable to find a new one that paid the same amount as my previous position. We tried hard to make ends meet for as long as possible. In 2011, when we could no longer make the mortgage payments for our home in California, my husband and I both cashed out our 401K retirement plans in order to stay current. In November of that year, my husband was offered a new position making significantly less money per hour. We were left with no other options- he needed a full time position, so he took the job. By 2012, when it finally became clear that we were underemployed, we contacted Bank of America to try and obtain a loan modification. We've been getting the runaround from the bank ever since. We have sent in four different loan modification packages, hopeful for a solution each time, only to be let down or asked to start the process all over again. Each time we felt like we were getting somewhere, we were assigned a new representative by Bank of America, putting us right back where we started. Our home means stability for our three children. Our oldest daughter is now working and contributing towards the mortgage. With three incomes in our household we are able to make our payments, but we need Bank of America to approve an affordable loan modification. We work hard and are asking Bank of America to work with us to keep our family together in the only home our three kids have ever known.

Senator McCain, 90% of the American people support universal background checks before gun purchases. Please help us make them a reality by reintroducing legislation in the Senate!

The Regala Park Gymnasium is a facility meant to be used by our community--our kids to partake in sporting events and community activies. However, in order to use the facility, one must pay $300/hour. We need to have our Parish President, Natalie Robottom, along with our elected officials remove this fee and make this gym accessible to ALL of us--FREE of charge!

concerned retired union member

Get the EPA to outlaw the use of neonicotinold insecticides. It is killing the bees.

Romney's Bain DE law firm (MNAT) handled the merger of Romney's The Learning Co with Mattel in 1999. Meanwhile, MNAT's other client (Goldman Sachs) was taking eToys public in 1999 (where the stock soared to $85; but eToys received less than $20). To make sure that various State, Federal & SEC frauds were NOT investigate/prosecuted. MNAT lied to become eToys bankruptcy attorney and Paul Traub (who worked with Romney/ Michael Glazer at Stage Stores) lied to become eToys Creditors attorney. In 2005, MNAT & Traub confessed lying under oath to a chief federal justice and placing Barry Gold (who was also with Romney/Glazer at Stage Stores) - in as CEO of eToys. Then eToys was sold (almost for Free) to Bain/ Kay Bee (CEO Glazer). When Glazer paid himself $18 million and Bain $83 million before filing bankruptcy of Kay Bee - MNAT represents Bain and Traub asked to be the prosecutor. At the same time, MNAT & Barry Gold nominated Paul Traub's firm to prosecute Goldman Sachs in the N.Y. Supreme Ct. case 601805/2002. They can get away with all of this because - on August 2, 2001 - an MNAT law firm partner (Colm Connolly) became the Delaware United States Attorney who then covered up the crimes.

To petition against Maryland State Government and Governor O’Malley’s decision to impose Maryland property owners with a rain tax on our next property tax bills effective July1, 2013. There has been no transparency in the state's decision process or voter approval of the rain tax. Furthermore, these officials have exempted government-owned properties from the rain tax and enforced it on churches and nonprofits.

The "Other" N.R.A.

The sequester has brought with it many problems. One problem is furloughed government employees not getting paid when on furlough. But, Congress gets paid whether they work or not. ( They go on furlough a lot) Like all other government employees when they don't work they should not get paid.