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Conan ‘Can't Stop' in new doc.

By SAYEH GORJIFARD | July 25, 2011

/ The Dartmouth Staff In the past year, comedian Conan O'Brien claims to have experienced "the greatest professional year" of his life, a story he openly shared with the Class of 2011 this past June.

News

Peterson researches turtle evolution

By Casey Aylward | July 25, 2011

New genetic research has potentially cracked the long unsolved mystery of the turtle's evolutionary origins by determining that turtles and lizards have a close common ancestor, according to biology professor Kevin Peterson. Peterson, who coauthored the study published in the July 2011 issue of Biology Letters, said he and his colleagues used a new methodology that involved analysis of microRNAs short regulatory genetic molecules found in cells that develop over millions of years of evolution instead of fossil evidence, as previous researchers have done. "My interest is trying to address difficult phylogenetic problems and that would include turtles," Peterson said.

Sports

Any Given Monday: Tuesday Edition

July 25, 2011

This isn't my sophomore Summer. Whatever, I'm here you're welcome. At any rate, I'm knocking out a QDS and a CI this term, so my distributive requirements are almost done.

New Ivy League regulations, effective for the coming football season, aim to minimize concussions.
Sports

Ivy league takes action to reduce head injuries in football

By Angie Yang | July 21, 2011

Maggie Rowland / The Dartmouth Staff The Ivy League will adopt a new policy that limits the number of allowable full-contact practices to two per week during the football season, League officials announced on Wednesday. The League's eight college presidents have agreed to accept a series of recommendations from an ad hoc Concussion Committee co-chaired by College President Jim Yong Kim and Cornell University President David Skorton in order to minimize the number of head injuries that football players sustain.

Arts

Trifecta Show spotlights summer performing groups

By sophia archibald | July 21, 2011

Just because it is Summer term does not mean there is a lack of entertainment groups on campus. The Trifecta Show on Wednesday night at Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity proved that student performance is well and alive during the summer by featuring three of the most popular summer groups on campus. At the Trifecta Show, the Dog Days of Summer performed hilarious improvisation sketches, the Summerphonics sang groovy a cappella arrangements and ShebaLITE threw down dirty hip-hop moves.

News

Dick's House offers reduced hours

By Laura Bryn Sisson | July 21, 2011

Reduced staff on duty, shorter appointment hours and the closure of the all-night infirmary are some of the adjustments Dick's House has made for a reduced student body during Summer terms, according to Director of Health Services Jack Turco.

Opinion

Hunter: It's Personal

By Max Hunter | July 21, 2011

While reading Tuesday's paper, the opinion page caught my eye more specifically Peter Blair's column ("A Change of Plans," July 19). His tirade against the immorality of Planned Parenthood read like a great screenplay, cast with salacious characters like "The Baby-Killer" and "The Money Launderer" and "The Statutory-Rape-Facilitator" (that one doesn't quite roll of the tongue, but I'm working on it). As amusing as it was to hear how the local New Hampshire branches of Planned Parenthood "accept donations explicitly earmarked for the abortions of African-American children" can you imagine that tasty scene in the hands of someone like Spielberg or Michael Bay?! the article brought to the foreground a more troubling issue facing our society today. Legislating morality cannot be done.

News

Roemer announces presidential campaign

By Jay Webster | July 21, 2011

Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer announced his candidacy for president of the United States this morning at a press conference in the Hanover Inn. "Today I run for president of the United States of America," he said.

News

Daily Debriefing

By Hamish Birrell and Angie Yang | July 18, 2011

A survey by the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good at the University of Michigan found that public colleges and universities are more likely than their private counterparts to admit undocumented students, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported.

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