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(09/27/07 9:13am)
The College plans to replace its current single wireless network with four separate networks, allowing Dartmouth to make its wireless access for students and staff secure, while still providing internet access to the local public. The changeover is ongoing and should be completed by late December.
(09/19/07 6:54pm)
The Tuck School of Business was ranked the top business school in the country by The Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive Business School survey, released Monday. Tuck earned its fourth first-place finish in the seven years that the ranking has been published, returning to the number one spot after slipping to second place last year. The rankings are based on a survey of 4,430 corporate recruiters who compared business schools on 21 different attributes. The University of California at Berkeley's Haas School and Columbia Business School rounded out the top three MBA programs.
(05/22/07 5:44am)
LEBANON -- Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards highlighted his plans to improve America's "bully" reputation in the world, to fight poverty and to reform the national health care system at a town meeting held in Colburn Park Monday night.
(05/21/07 5:47am)
The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law released a guide Thursday outlining how colleges and universities should respond to students who show signs of mental health disorders. While the center did not create the guidelines specifically in response to the recent tragedy at Virginia Tech, the center's executive director Robert Bernstein called the release was "particularly timely." The model policy advises colleges to encourage troubled students to seek proactive counseling, and also recommends against disciplinary action for students exhibiting symptoms of mental health problems, such as suicide attempt or self-injury, as such action could discourage other troubled students from seeking help. The release also cites a 2006 study by the American College Health Association that found that 43.8 percent of students surveyed had felt severely depressed during the past year.
(05/18/07 5:15am)
Sallie Mae, the country's largest provider of student loans, has found itself on the receiving end of political attacks regarding its domination of the student loans market, according to an article in Wednesday's issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education. These attacks surfaced after two reports were issued Tuesday by the American Enterprise Institute and the Education Sector claiming that Sallie Mae manages $142 billion in student loans, which constituted twenty-seven percent of the federal student loan market in 2005. The purpose of the reports is to pressure Congress into reducing Sallie Mae's market domination at a time when the public corporation is being bought by two private-equity firms for $25 billion.
(05/16/07 5:26am)
The initial construction process, in which large holes were dug out of the ground and then repacked with dirt, made it difficult for passersby to discern what was being built.
(05/04/07 6:45am)
"CEO Exchange," hosted by Jeff Greenfield, is a PBS series that spotlights two chief executives of Fortune 500 companies in each episode. The show, taped in front of live audiences composed primarily of MBA students at top business schools across the country, focuses on each guest's leadership style and management strategy in an interview with a casual, conversational tone.
(04/30/07 5:24am)
"Hey, are you ladies ready to order?" Bessent asked, politely interrupting a debate between two juniors who had been standing in front of the grill for nearly five minutes. They were weighing the relative benefits of chicken nuggets and chicken parmesan. The duo quickly decided on nuggets, though one woman nearly spilled her entire order while fumbling with the plastic to-go container.
(04/18/07 12:24pm)
After watching a two-and-a-half-hour documentary about multiple interpretations of terrorism, opinionated students debated issues raised by the film with its assistant director Tuesday evening in Dartmouth Hall.
(04/11/07 9:00am)
The discussion portion of the event was dominated by the alumni in the audience. Their comments to the panel -- composed of Nelson, Director of Undergraduate Judicial Affairs April Thompson and Coordinator of the Alcohol and Other Drug Education Program Brian Bowden -- primarily addressed their concerns regarding intervention and treatment of students with serious substance abuse problems. The three older alumni, all of whom identified themselves as alcoholics currently involved in Alcoholics Anonymous, shared their views on alcohol abuse at the College, drawing heavily on personal experience.