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(09/04/12 2:00am)
While the national political spotlight will primarily focus on the race between President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican presidential nominee former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., several College alumni in politics have captured media attention through competitive national races before the upcoming election season.
(08/21/12 2:00am)
In March 2011, the New Hampshire House Republicans failed to pass a proposed bill that would prohibit college students from voting in New Hampshire if their parents resided elsewhere.
(08/17/12 2:00am)
Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's pick of 42-year-old Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., as his running mate represents a bold and risky choice aimed to energize his party's base, but Ryan's inexperience in several areas and far-right ideology may eventually harm the GOP's performance in the election, according to political experts interviewed by The Dartmouth.
(08/14/12 2:00am)
Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced the selection of Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., as his running mate at a campaign rally Saturday morning in Norfolk, Va., The New York Times reported. Ryan, chair of the House Budget Committee, has been instrumental in developing the Republican Party's plans to cut taxes and spending and has advocated for restructuring the Medicare program. Romney and Ryan will tour the country under the campaign slogan "America's Comeback Team," The Times reported. Romney called the other finalists for the position on Friday night and thanked them for their support throughout his campaign, according to The Times. Sen. Rob Portman '78, R-Ohio, who was on Romney's short list for potential vice-presidential candidates, said Ryan's selection was a "great choice," according to The Times.
(08/14/12 2:00am)
Over the next few months, the old, deteriorating storage barn adjacent to the Dartmouth Organic Farm will be torn down and replaced by a new timber-frame building which will function as a meeting space and central base for College sustainability and social justice groups, according to part-time farm intern Rebecca Novello '14.
(08/07/12 2:00am)
Vemma is a health drink company that promotes its product through a multi-level marketing structure, in which people are compensated for referring the drinks to their friends and family members and are paid even more when those people promote the product to others. The company is highly controversial because of its hierarchical structure, though students who have begun to promote the product said that they have been relatively successful in doing so.
(08/07/12 2:00am)
Tryouts for the national team took place July 27-29 at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Of the 82 players who participated in the tryouts, 36 players were selected to the team. Wills has been selected to the U.S. national elite team every year since 2005 and has played in the national U.S. Lacrosse program since 2003.
(08/03/12 2:00am)
While some students spend their sophomore summer swimming in the Connecticut River, sunbathing on the Green or training for upcoming pong tournaments, others take the opportunity to try something new and explore their artistic passions. Summerphonix, Dog Days of Summer, SHEBAlite, Splendaplum and Soul Scribes, among other performance groups, feature a diverse and vibrant combination of year-long participants and inexperienced new members who come together to nurture their creative talents through performance. These summer performance groups appeal to students who are intimidated by the competitive nature of the Fall term audition process or just want to try something new. "When I came here as a freshman during Orientation, I was really intimidated because it seemed like all the a cappella groups were so good," Fischer Yan '14 said. "Summerphonix has meant a ton to me because I haven't sang in a group for so long." Cheree Mills '14, a new member of Splendaplum, the summer version of the dance troupe Sugarplum, said she does not have enough time to participate in a group during the school year.
(07/31/12 2:00am)
The Geisel School of Medicine also announced Monday that it is partnering with the Rwanda Ministry of Health for the Human for Health program, which will help support development of a "high-quality and sustainable health system in Rwanda," according to a College press release. The program will help build an educational foundation and workforce in order to alleviate the health care worker shortage, the press release said.
(07/24/12 2:00am)
Children who watch feature films with more racy scenes tend to engage in sex at a younger age, have more sexual partners and participate in more unsafe sex, according to a study by researchers in a Dartmouth social health psychology lab and at the Geisel School of Medicine.
(07/24/12 2:00am)
Vermont received $21,789, New Hampshire received $8,242 and the federal health care programs received over $500,000.
(07/20/12 2:00am)
Mary Rassias, a beloved member of the Dartmouth and Upper Valley communities and the wife of French professor John Rassias, died on July 10 of natural causes, according to her daughter Helene Rassias-Miles. She was 83 years old.
(07/17/12 2:00am)
Childhood obesity which has tripled since 1980 and now affects roughly 12.5 million children under 19 in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control has captured the attention of several Dartmouth faculty members and researchers, including Geisel School of Medicine pediatrics professor Madeline Dalton and economics professor Patricia Anderson.
(07/13/12 2:00am)
Sharing the common bond of graduating as some of the first women to attend Dartmouth, psychotherapist Martha Hennessey '76, author Nessa Flax '76 and minister Ann Beams '77 discussed qualities of leadership in front of approximately 80 women in Collis Common Ground on Tuesday night.
(07/10/12 2:00am)
As part of the College's email migration to Microsoft Outlook, Computing Services has introduced a new application called Lync, which allows Dartmouth students and faculty to instant message, voice chat and video conference, according to Director of Academic and Campus Technology Services William Garrity.
(07/06/12 2:00am)
While some Dartmouth graduates pursue jobs in traditional fields such as finance and medicine, Jeremy Teicher '10 went a different route by directing a feature film that tells the fictional narrative of two Senegalese girls.
(07/03/12 2:00am)
After over 30 years at the College, classics professor emeritus Jeremy Rutter will receive the Archaeological Institute of America's 2013 Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement. Rutter, who has been a professor at the College since 1976, retired from his teaching position at the end of Spring term.
(06/26/12 2:00am)
The "Botanica" show, performing before a sold-out crowd in Moore Theater this weekend, aimed to recreate nature's changing imagery. Combining illusionistic elements, classical dance and acrobatics, the company crafted scenes that embodied themes ranging from animalistic savagery to feathery gracefulness.
(06/09/12 2:00am)
On Sept. 23, 2008, you sat in Leede Arena and listened as former College President James Wright told you to use the South African concept of ubuntu "I am who I am because of who we all are" to help you become leaders.
(05/21/12 2:00am)
Standing beside a six-foot-tall ice statue of the Cat in the Hat, College President Jim Yong Kim announced the official name change of Dartmouth Medical School to the Audrey and Theodor Geisel School of Medicine on Friday afternoon.