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The "Tiny Tackle" of Dartmouth's late-1960s football team, Treasury Secretary Henry "Hank" Paulson '68, may have to conjure up the football grit he was known for to conquer his newest foe: a Wall Street meltdown of proportions unseen since the Great Depression. The former CEO and chairman of Goldman Sachs is the principal architect of the $700 million economic bailout plan -- voted down in the House of Representatives yesterday -- designed to prevent the U.S. credit crunch from wreaking havoc on the global economy.
New Hampshire, commonly referred to as a battleground state for presidential elections this decade, has taken on new importance in the election fervor this year, as a close race between incumbent Senator John Sununu, R-N.H., and Democratic challenger, former Governor of New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen, could likely be a deciding factor in which party will take the U.S. Senate majority.
George will continue working at DHMC through October, but Linda von Reyn, a senior nurse leader at DHMC, has been appointed as the next CNO and will assume the role immediately, Jason Aldous, a DHMC spokesman, said in the e-mail. He added that Von Reyn will assume the responsibilities for the areas and projects that George was overseeing.
The costume of Keggy the Keg, Dartmouth's unofficial mascot, has been missing since August, according to the Dartmouth's humor publication, the Jack-O-Lantern. The Jack-O-Lantern has already alerted the campus, as well as Safety and Security and Hanover Police to Keggy's disappearance. Dylan Kane '09, editor-in-chief of the Jack-O-Lantern, said the costume would be unusable, as the thief took only the plastic exterior, leaving the wearable harness behind. Keggy the Keg, who first appeared in fall 2003, has been a fixture at sporting events and big weekends at the College. He has also starred in Jack-O-Lantern productions, such as the video "Drinking Time," where he led a marching band down Webster Avenue.
The Class of 2008 witnessed racial controversy, transformations in Greek life and clashes among the College Board of Trustees during its first three years on campus.
The Class of 2008 witnessed racial controversy, transformations in Greek life and clashes among the College Board of Trustees during its first three years on campus.
Brian Goldner '85 joined the ranks of Dartmouth alumni presiding over major corporations last week, beginning his post as the chief executive officer of Hasbro, the nation's second largest toy company whose products include Monopoly, Mr. Potato Head and Transformers.
"His actions were well intended; they weren't overtly sexual," Mercado said.
The Town of Hanover is working to acquire a high speed telecommunication network, but progress has been slowed due to funding difficulties. Hanover is one of eight New Hampshire communities that came together in October 2005 to build a publicly owned fiber optic cable network that would allow households to install wireless networks and have higher speed internet access.
The Tuck School of Business raised $67,400 at its eighth annual auction last week to benefit Tuck GIVES, which helps fund Tuck students' internships at nonprofit organizations, according to a Tuck press release. The Grants to Interns and Volunteers for the Environment and Society auction, which is organized and run by Tuck students, included a poker tournament, a raffle and silent and live auctions. Patricia Palmiotto, director of Tuck's Allwin Initiative for Corporate Citizenship, said the nonprofit sector is quickly developing and added that Tuck GIVES teaches MBA students to apply their skills to "increase their capacity to serve others." Tuck GIVES began in 2001 and receives support from the Allwin Initiative, alumni and Tuck's career development office, among others.
Employees who are fired from their high-powered jobs tend to fear re-entry into the workforce, Uchitelle said. A former airplane mechanic, whom Uchitelle cited as an example, began work as a janitor in an Indianapolis school district after losing his job.
Armed with blow torches and hopes of victory, engineering students from across the world converged on the New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, N.H., on Monday to participate in the three-day Formula Hybrid International Competition hosted by the Thayer School of Engineering. Competing teams designed and built environmentally friendly cars to enter into the contest.
Student Assembly confirmed the members of its Fall term executive board in one of its first meetings under the new leadership on Tuesday night. The board includes eight committee chairs and three Assembly representatives to other organizations.
Student tuition may be financing much more than students' actual in-class experience, according to a report on how college tuition is spent by colleges released by the Delta Cost Project, a Washington-based non-profit group that seeks to increase education affordability, on Thursday. The project's data showed that research, public outreach and financial aid actually have the fastest-growing budgets, even though these areas are not directly related to students' experience in the classroom. The project also found that despite constantly increasing tuitions and enrollment rates, the percent of degree completion in the United States has not increased and ranks near the bottom of industrialized nations. The rate of degree completion in the United States was 54 percent in 2007, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, while the average for all industrialized countries was 74 percent.
Mascoma, a leading company in biofuels technology founded by two Thayer School of Engineering professors, will partner with General Motors to develop ethanol technology from wood chips, waste paper sludge and grass to combat an increasing demand for energy, both companies announced in a joint statement on Thursday.
A Collis Center administrator, who wished to remain anonymous, shared her experience of being attacked by an ex-boyfriend and his friends.
Prosecutors in the murder trial of Meleia Willis-Starbuck '07 showed a video confession yesterday given by her killer, Christopher Hollis, according to CBS 5 News, based in Northern California. In the video, Hollis said he felt "horrible" when he learned that the shots he fired had struck Willis-Starbuck. He added, "I just wanted to die. I still do," according to CBS 5 News. Christopher Wilson, a high school friend of Willis-Starbuck and Hollis, testified on Monday and Tuesday. Wilson, who drove Hollis away from the scene of the crime, pleaded guilty to being an accessory to the crime and may serve three years in prison. Hollis is being charged with murder, assault with a firearm and possession of a firearm by a felon. He could be sentenced to life in prison if he is found guilty.
"[Students] didn't know what kind of music they would play, so a lot of students were confused when they went to the party and they were discontent with the content of the music," Julian Thomas '09 said. "Not all of the music was socially conscious hip hop."
Noisy gadgets and roaming robots attracted local families and engineering enthusiasts alike to Thayer School of Engineering's annual open house on Friday. The public was invited to tour the school's laboratories and work areas to see engineering in action.