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(02/27/12 4:00am)
Zack Miller's naively hawkish assertion that the United States must attack Iranian nuclear facilities is an example of the rare bad idea that pushes better ones off the table and represents the worst possible response to Iranian nuclear ambitions ("Addressing a Nuclear Iran," Feb. 22).
(11/30/11 4:00am)
The College will partner with CVS Caremark to implement a new "pharmacy benefit management program" effective Jan. 1 in order to reduce employee health care costs, Assistant Vice President for Finance Tricia Spellman said in an interview with The Dartmouth. The new partnership which will not affect employees' current access to prescription medication is expected to save the College and beneficiaries a combined $900,000 annually by negotiating with drug companies for lower prescription drug prices, Spellman said.
(11/17/11 4:00am)
The College will announce the creation of Dartmouth Health Connect, a new health center in downtown Hanover, on Thursday following recent efforts to improve preventative health care practices on campus and across the country, according to Justin Anderson, director of media relations for the College. The center which will aim to reduce health care costs while improving care will open its doors in February to all current and retired Dartmouth employees and their families, Anderson said.
(10/24/11 2:00am)
Safety and Security officers responded to eight Good Samaritan calls over the weekend. Nine students stayed overnight at Dick's House, and two more students were transferred to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center for additional medical treatment, according to Montas.
(10/06/11 2:00am)
Approximately 75 percent of the 401 women who registered for sorority rush received bids at the conclusion of sorority recruitment on Wednesday, Panhellenic Council rush chair Lauren Pace said in an interview with The Dartmouth.
(10/03/11 2:00am)
Stanford biology professor Peter Vitousek, a native Hawaiian, has studied firsthand the symbiotic relationship between Hawaiians and their environment. Now over a millennium after the first Polynesians landed on Hawaii he hopes our civilization can learn something from a society whose own survival depended on understanding its natural world, Vitousek said in a lecture in the Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center on Friday afternoon.
(09/29/11 2:00am)
This year's career fair, which ran on Tuesday and Wednesday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., offered a more varied selection than those of years past, according to acting co-Director of Career Services Monica Wilson. Arranging for organizations to visit campus can be difficult, as employers only attend the fair if they have entry-level positions available, and Dartmouth's remote location and modest size makes the costs of participation for many organizations greater than the benefits, particularly for non-profits, Wilson said.
(09/26/11 2:00am)
Harvard University's endowment increased by 21.4 percent to $32 billion during fiscal year 2011, according to a university press release. Although the endowment stands below its $36.9 billion peak prior to the financial crisis, its growth rate doubled from 11 percent the previous year, The Harvard Crimson reported. While the gains exceeded goals established by the Harvard Management Company which oversees the university's endowment remain 1.3 percent below the returns of the S&P 500 Index, which measures average investment gains across the country. The return rate likely remained low because Harvard prioritizes stable long-term investments over short-term gains, HMC president and CEO Jane Mendillo said in an interview with The Crimson. The annual report only tracks investments through June 30, 2011, and does not include the recent downturn in investments caused by the European debt crisis. The endowment, however, remains "well positioned to support Harvard's mission," the report said. As HMC shifts more of the university's portfolio from external firms to internal management, it plans to pursue additional investment opportunities in China and other foreign countries, The Crimson reported.
(08/09/11 2:00am)
While Dartmouth may be most famous for its academic reputation, it also boasts a strong network of spiritual, social justice and service-oriented organizations. Administered by the William Jewett Tucker Foundation, these organizations give students the opportunity to pursue volunteer work and internships in a global context.
(06/10/11 2:00am)
By John BibermanThe Dartmouth Staff
(05/19/11 2:00am)
Speaking to a captivated audience in the Rockefeller Center, Klein said that in order to restore the system's effectiveness, more attention needs to be paid to the political process's tendency for obstructionism and brinkmanship, rather than to blaming individual politicians for the government's failure to produce policy.
(05/18/11 2:00am)
In the 23rd installment of the Presidential Lecture Series, comparative literature professor Lynn Higgins discussed her forthcoming book on filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier as well as her analysis of literature and film about France during World War II. In the Tuesday lecture, entitled "The Powers of Fiction," Higgins discussed the effect of German occupation on French writers and film makers. Higgins chairs the Department of French and Italian at Dartmouth and is an Israel Evans Professor in Oratory and Belles Lettres. The Presidential Lecture Series, which was established in 1987, honors the accomplishments of distinguished Dartmouth faculty, according to a Dartmouth College Press Release. "The Powers of Fiction" took place in Dartmouth Hall.
(05/13/11 2:00am)
The summit "Where Does the U.S. Economy Go From Here?" was moderated by economics professor David Blanchflower, a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee.
(05/12/11 2:00am)
The eight presidents of Dartmouth's Panhellenic sororities unanimously decided that their houses will boycott all social events held in conjunction with a fraternity in which a member has assaulted a female student if internal adjudication is not taken against the individual in a timely manner, Sigma Delta sorority president Danielle Levin '12 said in an interview with The Dartmouth. The boycott, which will continue until the fraternity in question internally tries the perpetrator of the assault, was enacted following a violent incident at a fraternity's physical plant on Saturday, according to Levin.
(05/03/11 2:00am)
Princeton University's Working Group on Campus Social and Residential Life recommended that the university prohibit students from joining Greek organizations until their sophomore year and proposed the suspension of organizations that conduct rush for freshmen, The Daily Princetonian reported. The group, established by Princeton President Shirley Tilghman last September, encouraged the university to more aggressively punish groups that partake in hazing activities. Since most hazing is conducted by sophomores instead of upperclassmen, preventing students from rushing until their sophomore year may reduce hazing incidents, according to The Princetonian. The group also expressed concern that Greek organizations pressure freshmen into rushing, which may limit their later social options on campus. Greek organizations, which are not officially recognized by Princeton, will continue to be banned from using campus facilities and resources, The Princetonian reported.
(05/02/11 2:00am)
Anneliese Sendax '13 delivered the evening's solemn keynote speech, in which she challenged observers to reconcile what she sees as the "two Dartmouths" of day and night.
(04/21/11 2:00am)
Williamson, who also serves as a U.S. Agency for International Development agroeconomic consultant, discussed both the root causes of global hunger and proposed ways to solve it. Cowan, meanwhile, stumped for the 1billionhungry project, a U.N. hunger awareness program that she directs.
(04/07/11 2:00am)
Students hoping to attend graduate school will be required to take a longer, more reading-based Graduate Record Examination beginning in August 2011, according to the Educational Testing Service, which administers the GRE.
(11/23/10 4:00am)
Gabrielle Emanuel '10 has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, the Rhodes Trust, which administers the scholarship, announced on Saturday. Emanuel is the 73rd Dartmouth student to receive the scholarship, which allows winners to pursue a graduate program of their choice at Oxford University.
(11/17/10 4:00am)
"The things that are the most scarce and fragile are the things that not only have the most ecological value, but also the highest economic value," Colt said. "We must make decisions with the future in mind to maintain those fragile things that have the most value to people."