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2019 Student Assembly election platform guide

By Kyle Mullins | April 15, 2019

Candidates for SA president and vice president will elaborate on their platforms and discuss their ideas tonight in a debate moderated by The Dartmouth at 7:30 p.m. at Dartmouth Hall 105. Voting begins at 8:00 p.m.

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Elizabeth Warren holds campaign event at the Hanover Inn

By Cassandra Montemayor Thomas and Kyle Mullins | April 14, 2019

Massachusetts senator and Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren drew a crowd of over four hundred students and local residents for a campaign event at the Hanover Inn on Saturday.

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NH Supreme Court rules against SAE, legal limbo continues

By Cassandra Montemayor Thomas | April 12, 2019

In late March, the New Hampshire Supreme Court delivered a ruling on New Hampshire Alpha of SAE Trust v. The Town of Hanover and the Town of Hanover Zoning Board of Adjustment that largely favored the town. 

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DDS to institute new unlimited swipes plan

By Hannah Jinks | April 12, 2019

An “unlimited swipes” meal plan will replace Dartmouth Dining Services’ Ivy Standard Plan ­— which allows 28 swipes a week — in the fall of 2019.

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Q&A with computer science professor Xia Zhou

By Charles Chen | April 12, 2019

Xia Zhou is a computer science professor at the College specializing in mobile computing and visible light sensing. 

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DDS’ increasing use of temporary employees criticized by union

By Andrew Culver | April 11, 2019

Dartmouth Dining Services currently employs 46 temporary workers at wages below their unionized counterparts. This practice, which has been increasing in recent years, has drawn criticism from the Service Employees International Union, the largest union on Dartmouth’s campus with 477 members covering areas such as Safety and Security, custodial staff and DDS workers. 

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Dartmouth professor launches menstrual health website

By Lorraine Liu | April 11, 2019

Last week, government professor Deborah Brooks and a group of Dartmouth students launched the International Menstrual Health Entrepreneurship Roundup, a free website that provides resources to individual entrepreneurs and organizations that aim to address global menstrual health problems.

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College hires new VP to handle institution-wide projects

By Berit Svenson | April 11, 2019

Joshua Keniston, who formerly served as vice president and chief of staff to executive vice president Rick Mills, was named vice president for institutional projects on April 5.

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Panel discusses reproductive healthcare, effects of 2016 election

By Sunny Drescher | April 11, 2019

On Tuesday, Dartmouth Planned Parenthood Generation Action hosted a panel discussion about reproductive healthcare and policy in New Hampshire and nationally. 

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Yo-Yo Ma will be Dartmouth's 2019 commencement speaker

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | April 9, 2019

World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma will deliver the main address at Dartmouth’s Class of 2019 commencement ceremony on June 9. 

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Coffin reflects on changing trends in College admissions

By Wally Joe Cook and Berit Svenson | April 9, 2019

With the recent release of admissions results for the Class of 2023, vice provost for enrollment and dean of admissions and financial aid Lee Coffin said that ongoing trends may necessitate different admissions strategies at the College.

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College to enact new IT security procedure

By Emily Sun | April 9, 2019

In a campus-wide email sent on March 28, Dartmouth’s chief information security officer Steve Nyman announced the implementation of two-factor authentication through the security company Duo for all Dartmouth systems.

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Phew! West Leb man breaks whistle record

By Grayce Gibbs | April 9, 2019

It’s a teakettle! It’s a dog whistle! It’s Andrew Stanford of West Lebanon recently breaking the Guinness World Record for highest note whistled — and it was whistled in Dartmouth’s linguistics lab. His whistle reached 8,372 hertz, eclipsing the previously established record of 7,040 hertz.

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Students develop “Left on Read” app to track texting habits

By Andrew Culver | April 9, 2019

Ever wonder how often you’re left on read? Thanks to Left on Read, a new iMessage analysis app developed by a team of Dartmouth students that launched on Monday, you can now find out. 

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Student government election campaigning to begin next week

By Anne George | April 5, 2019

With the campus-wide 2019 student government election nearly underway, the Dartmouth student body will once again have the opportunity to elect their peers to represent them. 

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Dimensions show to proceed despite hazing investigation

By Lucy Turnipseed | April 5, 2019

Despite an ongoing investigation into alleged hazing committed by the Dimensions performance group, the Dimensions of Dartmouth student performance will continue as planned.

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Theodosia Cook to lead anti-sexual harassment initiative

By Lorraine Liu | April 5, 2019

Last week, former director of institutional diversity and equity Theodosia Cook was named director of the Campus Climate and Culture Initiative, a movement that aims to create a campus environment free of sexual harassment.

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Prosecutors seek to consolidate charges against Gage Young

By Savannah Eller | April 5, 2019

Prosecutors trying the case against Gage Young, who was indicted in the non-fatal shooting of visiting Providence College student Thomas Elliot in Hanover last fall, are attempting to consolidate charges against the Lebanon resident in order to hold only one trial concerning the Nov. 2, 2018 incident.

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Thayer professor Jane Hill awarded AIMBE fellowship

By Hannah Jinks | April 5, 2019

Thayer School of Engineering professor Jane Hill has conducted research on topics ranging from the College’s corpse flower “Morphy” to infectious diseases.

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College obtains easement to treat contaminated groundwater at Rennie Farm

By Elizabeth Janowski | April 5, 2019

In an effort to expedite the ongoing cleanup of Rennie Farm, a site where the Dartmouth Medical School disposed of test animal carcasses in the 1960s and 1970s, the College has obtained an easement that will enable the College to treat contaminated groundwater on an 11-acre property abutting the existing treatment site.

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