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Former Maryland governor and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley spoke at Rockefeller Hall on April 2.
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Martin O'Malley discusses green energy at the College

By Wally Joe Cook | April 4, 2018

Martin O’Malley, former Maryland governor and 2016 Democratic primary presidential candidate, discussed the future of renewable energy in America on April in the Rockefeller Hall. The event, hosted by the Dartmouth College Democrats, also featured environmental studies professor Melody Burkins, Nicholas Warren GR’18 and Sustainability Leaders Network founder and director Edie Farwell ’83 as speakers. In his speech, O’Malley discussed the potential for a shift to green energy in the U.S.

Softball is currently 10-13 overall and 4-2 in Ivy League play, winning two of three games in a series against both Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania.
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Softball rallies to turn season around after disappointing start

By Justin Kramer | April 2, 2018

After starting the season winless in their opening tournament in Florida and 1-8 overall, Dartmouth softball has begun turning their season around just in time for Ivy League play.  Ace starting pitcher Breanna Ethridge ’18 noted that the team was extremely rusty at the beginning of the season. “First weekend out in February we had not seen dirt, we hadn’t even put on our cleats yet,” Ethridge said.

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COVER Store to launch books program

By Alec Rossi | March 30, 2018

The COVER Store in White River Junction recently launched a program called COVERBooks to sell donated books online to customers around the country, in addition to its current operations as a thrift store that sells donated materials such as furniture, appliances and building materials. Co-founded 20 years ago by Nancy Bloomfield ’99 and carpenter Simon Dennis, COVER Home Repair uses COVER Store proceeds to perform free home repairs for low-income families, the elderly and the disabled in the Upper Valley region.

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Hanover Co-Op releases statement opposing SNAP cuts

By Harrison Aronoff | March 30, 2018

The board of the Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society, which oversees grocery stores in Hanover, Lebanon and White River Junction, issued a statement on March 13 in opposition to the White House’s fiscal year 2019 budget proposal to cut funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

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College admits record-low percent to the Class of 2022

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | March 29, 2018

1,925 students have been admitted to Dartmouth’s Class of 2022 from a pool of 22,033 applicants — the largest application pool in five years —representing a record-low admission rate of 8.7 percent. This is the College’s all-time lowest acceptance rate and is the lowest number of students accepted since the early 1990s.

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Hanover Police adopts new sexual violence reporting program

By John Fulton | March 29, 2018

The Hanover Police Department recently received certification for a nationally-recognized sexual violence reporting program called You Have Options, the seventh agency nationwide to do so. The You Have Options program is intended to empower victims of sexual assault by offering them a wide variety of choices for reporting their experiences and extensive control over the process, according to Hanover Police captain Mark Bodanza.

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Through The Looking Glass: Little House Life

By Riley Carbone | March 28, 2018

I don’t remember when I first read Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House series. I can picture the nine-volume paperback box set, each cover a different pastel gingham, sitting on the lower left of the downstairs bookcases as if it has always been there.

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