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International issues have significant impact on students

By Diana Ming | June 9, 2011

Despite the College's remote New Hampshire location, many international issues and events over the past year have sparked debate and intense interest on campus and student engagement in global affairs. Following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, students at the College mobilized to raise awareness about the severity of the disaster and funds for relief efforts. Student organizations such as the Dartmouth Japan Society and the Dartmouth Asian Organization led fundraising efforts on campus.

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Heywood '11, Yunger Halpern '11 named valedictorians

By Jay Webster | June 9, 2011

Read more of the 2011 Commencement and Reunion Issue. The College will honor two members of the Class of 2011 Alexandra Heywood '11 and Nicole Yunger Halpern '11 as valedictorians at this year's Commencement ceremony for maintaining perfect 4.0 grade point averages at Dartmouth.

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Seven faculty members to retire

By Leslie Ye | June 9, 2011

Seven faculty members with a combined total of 268 years of teaching and research experience at the College, will retire from Dartmouth at the end of this academic year anthropology professors Kirk Endicott and Hoyt Alverson, English professor Brenda Silver, history professors Michael Ermarth and Gene Garthwaite, physics and astronomy professor Jay Lawrence and Spanish and Portuguese languages and literatures professor Marsha Swislocki. Endicott, who's career at the College began in 1982, said his experiences as an undergraduate student at Reed College and his graduate research at Harvard University and Oxford University encouraged him to begin an academic career. While at the College, he chaired the anthropology department from 1985 to 1987 and again from 2000 to 2003.

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Several Greek houses make changes this year

By Amelia Acosta | June 9, 2011

Greek life at Dartmouth has seen it all in the past year from the construction of new physical plants on campus to several significant policy changes, the Greek community experienced a number of notable changes in the past 10 months, according to Director of Greek Letter Organizations and Societies Kristi Clemens. Administrators and the Board of Trustees have given significant attention to issues pertaining to the Greek community throughout this past academic year, Clemens said. "Greek issues were highlighted at the April Board of Trustees meeting, and I gave a presentation along with [associate Dean of the College for Campus Life] April Thompson and [acting Dean of the College] Sylvia Spears about the various issues," she said.

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Matthews: The View from the Balcony

By Susan Matthews | June 9, 2011

It's a cool night, typical for June in Hanover. From the balcony of Robinson Hall, I can see that the Green has successfully regrown, covering the scars of Homecoming to appear healthy for graduation.

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The Year in Review

By Emily Baer | June 9, 2011

Catherine Treyz / The Dartmouth Senior Staff *Read more of the 2011 Commencement and Reunion Issue.**## From the administration to the dining halls, the College has undergone many significant changes in several areas of campus throughout the Class of 2011's culminating year. DEAN OF THE COLLEGE On July 21, Charlotte Johnson, vice president and dean of the college at Colgate University, will assume the role of the dean of the College.

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Class of 2011 leads various Big Green sports teams to victory

By Caroline Buck | June 9, 2011

Correction appended From individual standout athletes to leaders that have brought renewed success while wearing a Big Green jersey, members of the Class of 2011 have left their mark on various varsity teams. This year, the football team capped off its season on a high note, defeating Princeton University in the final game of the season by a score of 31-0, its first shutout in 14 years.

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A wrinkle in time

By Eve Ahearn | May 26, 2011

So I'm sitting in class and the professor is talking about time geological time versus cultural time versus political time.

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Great expectations?

By Turia Lahlou | May 26, 2011

Dartmouth is a bizarre place to spend your formative years. Four years in Hanover ensure access to a world of affluence and privilege for the rest of your life.

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Lest the old traditions fail

By Matt Lifson | May 26, 2011

At any time between the hours of 11 a.m. and 1 a.m. (except from 3-5 p.m.), I can walk into the Class of 1953 Commons and get a delicious sandwich featuring fresh mozzarella cheese.

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I Wrote This at 3 a.m.

By Kathleen Mayer | May 26, 2011

I remember that the day my little brother Thomas was born, the rain was relentless. I sat by the glass-paned doors in our sun-room and I watched the trees bow underneath the roaring sky.

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Famous last words

By Zoe Williams | May 26, 2011

If being a senior has taught me anything, it's that graduation is like Fight Club. The first rule of graduation: Don't talk about graduation. Therefore it should come as no surprise that I currently exist in a more or less constant state of denial.

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Frosty's Corner

By Sarah Frostenson | May 26, 2011

Don't read The D after you've graduated. Chances are you don't read it now, except for the Overheards cuz you're hip like that and just don't care.

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