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(10/03/09 4:08pm)
The College's request to end a lawsuit filed after the death of Christina Porter '06 was denied by a federal judge on Wednesday. Porter passed away on Jan. 16, 2005, less than a year after sustaining severe head injuries while taking a skiing class at the Dartmouth Skiway.
(09/29/09 2:00am)
Holman is a member of The Dartmouth photography staff.
(09/24/09 2:00am)
The proposed affiliation between the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic the multi-specialty group physician practice affiliated with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Catholic Medical Center in Manchester has drawn criticism from organizations on both sides of the abortion debate since the two medical groups announced their intention to form a partnership in February. Representatives from the clinic and CMC are now engaged in a public affairs campaign involving open forums and an online effort to allay concerns that their respective abortion policies will change.
(09/23/09 2:00am)
Student Body President Frances Vernon '10 urged students to lend a hand in creating "a bolder, brighter future" in her convocation address on Tuesday. Vernon also used her address, offered in conjunction with the inauguration of College President Jim Yong Kim, to welcome Kim to what she deemed "the finest college in the world."
(09/23/09 2:00am)
Enrollment in New Hampshire's seven community colleges is up 12 percent this fall, an apparent reaction to the current economic climate. Students affected by the downturn including recent high school graduates seeking an affordable way to continue their education, and older students looking to update their skills in a progressively more competitive job market are turning to community colleges for help, according to Shannon Reid, director of communications for the Community College System of New Hampshire.
(09/21/09 12:43pm)
The Dartmouth will offer live coverage of the event, "Reflections on Leadership for Social Change," to be held today at 4 p.m. in Spaulding Auditorium. The event is part of the program surrounding Jim Yong Kim's inauguration as Dartmouth's 17th president on Tuesday.
(06/02/09 2:00am)
Freshman Year 2005-2006
(06/02/09 2:00am)
This year's valedictorians, Geoffrey Kirsch '09, a transfer student, and Yangyang Liu '09, who is graduating at the age of 19, both maintained a 4.0 grade point average while at Dartmouth. Both valedictorians and the three salutatorians Alex Nomitch '09, Devin O'Connor '09 and Laura Romain '09 were inducted to the Phi Beta Kappa Society this year, along with being named Rufus Choate Scholars.
(06/01/09 2:00am)
Black patients are more likely to say they would select intensive end-of life care if diagnosed with a terminal illness than are whites, according to a study published in the June issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine. The research team, which included three Dartmouth professors, found a significant correlation between end-of-life care preferences and race, although a majority of all participants said they would reject life-prolonging treatment.
(05/26/09 2:00am)
The international community has an obligation to help with the growing Iraqi refugee problem, Kelsey Noonan '08, a former senior fellow who studied international relations, said in a presentation of her fieldwork on Friday at the Haldeman Center. The lecture, "Running Out of Options: Solutions to the Iraqi Refugee Crisis," was based on the results of Noonan's year-long research on Iraqi refugee communities in Jordan and Syria. "The sheer enormity [of the refugee problem] strains even the generous hospitality of neighboring countries," she said. "Therefore, it's incumbent on us to find a viable solution." Noonan said the international community has considered several solutions to the refugee crisis, including integrating the displaced populations into neighboring countries, helping them immigrate to Western nations or aiding in their return to Iraq. Noonan found most Iraqi refugees would prefer to be resettled in Western countries. "Ninety-one percent of those surveyed said that it was their most preferred outcome," she told the audience. Many of the Iraqis Noonan interviewed failed to understand that many members of the international community are hesitant to open their borders to refugees, she said. She recalled an Iraqi woman who had declined an offer of resettlement in the United States because she was waiting for a better offer from Australia. American organizations trying to help Iraqi refugees have faced difficulties because the Iraqi refugees are much more educated than typical refugee groups, Noonan said. "Agencies that are used to resettling farmers are now resettling doctors and other individuals with college degrees who aren't going to want to work in menial jobs," she said. Iraqis are even less likely to favor repatriation, Noonan said. Of the Iraqis surveyed, 63 percent said that they do not intend to return to Iraq in the future, citing a lack of educational and employment opportunities, as well as a housing shortage. "Many of the houses that were occupied by refugees before they fled are now occupied by other people who have been displaced internally," Noonan said. It is unlikely that all of the refugees will be resettled or repatriated, Noonan said, so the international community must also consider local integration as an option. "Local integration is a durable solution in contrast to the temporary protection they're receiving now," she said. If host countries fail to make necessities like health care, education, and jobs readily available to the refugees, there could be dangerous consequences for the host country and for the larger international community, she explained. Refugees in the past have militarized when governments failed to provide them with the basic goods and services needed for survival, Noonan said. "It's very important that we don't let the Iraqi crisis reach this same level," she said. "It has the potential to have equally destabilizing results." Noonan's study included two surveys and responses from a total of 543 households, or 2,169 individuals. The first survey was funded by Mercy Corps, a non-governmental organization, and focused on the refugees' access to basic services. The other survey was funded by the Dartmouth Senior Fellowship, which is endowed by the Kaminsky Family Fund, and evaluated the refugees' decision-making process.
(05/19/09 3:54am)
The web site allows students to post information about events and other subjects online via text message. All of the messages are posted in a Twitter-like format on rrrage.com.
(05/15/09 7:52am)
In the 110 years since the first Green Key Weekend, the College has seen scandals break, new policies emerge and old traditions fade. Despite these changes, the festival's original spirit has remained intact, with raucous parties, piles of free food and distinctly Dartmouth celebrations.
(05/15/09 7:26am)
Almost 100 middle school students from seven Upper Valley schools arrived on campus Thursday morning for Boys Speak Out, an event that serves to promote physical, mental and emotional fitness for boys as they transition into high school, according to organizer David Irving '11. The event, which was organized by Beta Alpha Omega fraternity this year, was modeled on Sister to Sister, which brought 120 middle school girls to campus on May 5. Sister to Sister is an initiaive of the campus organization Link Up, which provides upperclassmen mentors for female freshmen.
(05/12/09 5:11am)
More than 150 students, alumni and community members woke up early Sunday morning to participate in "Cully's Run" to honor Katy "Cully" Cullinan '08, a rugby player who took her own life this past August after battling an eating disorder for several years. The proceeds from the event, which was organized by the Dartmouth women's rugby team, will benefit the National Eating Disorders Association.
(04/28/09 6:02am)
Dartmouth administrators are working with officials at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center as well as county and state health departments to stay informed of any developments in the swine flu outbreak, director of College Health Services John Turco said Monday in a campus-wide e-mail. There are currently no reported cases of the virus in New England, he said.
(04/20/09 9:07am)
Three Dartmouth students were elected to the New Hampshire College Democrats state executive board at the College Democrats of New Hampshire Conference, held Saturday at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. David Imamura '10 was elected president, Brian Shea '10 was elected finance director and Bret Vallacher '10 was elected communications director. Representatives from the College Democrats chapters at Dartmouth, the University of New Hampshire, Saint Anselm, Franklin Pierce and Colby Sawyer College attended the meeting to discuss future collaboration and to participate in the elections. Various state representatives, including Congressman Paul Hodes '72, D-N.H., attended as well. "Issue advocacy and increased collaboration are going to be the key focus," Imamura said in an interview with The Dartmouth. "There are a lot of issues in New Hampshire, such as the same-sex marriage bill and debate over allowing 17-year-olds to vote in the primaries, which we can have a lot of influence over." The New Hampshire College Republicans organization will hold elections at its annual convention on April 25.
(04/20/09 9:05am)
The Elections Planning and Advisory Committee will allow candidates to campaign today until the polls close at 11:59 p.m., reversing a previous decision to prohibit campaigning after noon, according to EPAC chair Justin Varilek '11. Unlike in previous years, however, candidates will not be allowed to create computer booths or bring computers to students to encourage them to vote via the online-only polling system.
(04/17/09 8:20am)
While many universities across the country have cut their academic conference travel budgets in light of the current economic crisis, Dartmouth's official policy on professional development funding has not changed, according to Robertson McClung, associate dean of the faculty for the sciences.
(04/14/09 5:45am)
Dartmouth Medical School officials have outlined a plan to implement the $25 million budget cut announced in February, DMS Dean William Green told The Dartmouth. The proposal, which has not yet been finalized, creates a student services fee and increases the size of the student body, but does not affect financial aid or reduce the number of faculty positions, Green said. Members of the DMS student government said they do not believe the changes will compromise the overall quality of the medical school's academic environment.
(04/03/09 8:11am)
Hansen presented scientific data about climate change, while Grumet offered pragmatic policy recommendations based in part on that data.