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Vandewalle to advise United Nations' Libya efforts

By Angie Yang | June 29, 2011

Government professor Dirk Vandewalle has been named political advisor to United Nations Special Advisor Ian Martin, who is organizing the U.N.'s arrangements for post-conflict Libya, according to a College press release. Vandewalle will work alongside Martin to aid and advise U.N.

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The Wild, Wild Web

By Yoo Jung Kim | June 27, 2011

Take a hypothetical Dartmouth student in her typical day. She'll wake up in the morning and blitz her friends before heading off to class.

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ALS linked to water, researchers find

By Nathan Yeo | June 27, 2011

A toxin present in blue-green algae and consumed by sealife may be a cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease and other neurological diseases in humans who ingest contaminated water or seafood, according to research conducted by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center neurologist Elijah Stommel. Stommel's research, which began in 2000, is still ongoing and was recently featured in Discover Magazine. Beta-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), a compound found in cyanobacteria such as blue-green algae, has been thought to cause neurological defects since the 1960s, when foods containing the compound were linked to a neurological disease outbreak in Guam. Stommel and students at Dartmouth Medical School plotted the addresses of about 800 ALS patients onto a computer map of northern New England and found that they were heavily concentrated around lakes and other bodies of water.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner '83 discussed the ongoing economic recovery in Spaulding Auditorium on Friday.
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Geithner praises crisis response

By Jay Webster | June 27, 2011

Katharine Pujol / The Dartmouth Staff Politicians on Capitol Hill are working to overcome partisanship and reverse the trends of a "lost decade" of economic and fiscal decisions, according to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner '83, who spoke to a crowd of over 900 people in Spaulding Auditorium on Friday.

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Jennrich to lead CWG, focus on student needs

June 27, 2011

Correction appended Jessica Jennrich, director of advising, curriculum and programming for the University of Missouri's women's and gender studies department, will replace Samantha Ivery as the director of the College's Center for Women and Gender in August.

The Importance of Being Earnest American Airlines Theatre Cast List: Brian Bedford Santino Fontana David Furr Dana Ivey Tim MacDonald Paul O'Brien Charlotte Parry Sara Topham Paxton Whitehead Production Credits: Brian Bedford (Direction) Desmond Heeley (Set and Costume Design) Duane Schuler (Lighting Design) Drew Levy (Sound Design) Other Credits: Written by: Oscar Wilde
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Summer broadcasts bring opera, plays to Loew

By Shannon Draucker | June 27, 2011

Courtesy of the Roundabout Theater Company. Live and taped broadcasts of performances by the Metropolitan Opera, National Theatre and other big city performance companies will continue to be accessible to Dartmouth students, faculty and community members this summer through HD transmissions. A broadcast of Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly" on June 22 in Loew Auditorium marked the beginning of the Hopkins Center series entitled "Summer with the Met," which will include Donzietti's "Don Pasquale," Puccini's "Tosca" and Verdi's "Don Carlo." The Metropolitan Opera in New York City first introduced the broadcasts in 2006 as a way to reach wider audiences, according to manager of film at the Hopkins Center for the Arts Sydney Stowe. Since 2006, the Metropolitan Opera "Live in HD" program has expanded to over 800 theaters in the United States and over 200 theatres internationally, according to Stowe.

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Schaub to concentrate on image of Greeks

By Angie Yang | June 27, 2011

Wes Schaub, Greek life director at Case Western Reserve University, will take over as Dartmouth's permanent director of Greek Letter Organizations and Societies on July 11, according to April Thompson, associate dean of the College for campus life.

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Michael Taylor named new director of Hood

By Matt McNierney | June 23, 2011

Patton Lowenstein / The Dartmouth Staff Michael Taylor, the Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, has been appointed the director of the Hood Museum of Art, according to Justin Anderson, director of media relations for the College.

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Internet Meme of the Week: Bringing jammies back

By Kate Sullivan | June 23, 2011

Sure, James Franco's SNL video skits are considered ancient by internet standards, but their resurrection is needed in the midst of The Lonely Island's halfhearted attempts to surpass the glory of its most popular videos, "I Just Had Sex," "Jizz in My Pants" and all of the videos featuring the "Dick in a Box" bros, to name a few.

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Big Green rugby wins USA Sevens College Championship

June 23, 2011

The Dartmouth men's rugby team earned a first-place finish at the USA Sevens College Rugby Championship after defeating its longtime rival, the United States Military Academy at West Point, at PPL Park in Philadelphia on June 5.

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Now playing in Hanover: Midnight in Paris

By The Dartmouth | June 23, 2011

"Midnight in Paris," written and directed by Woody Allen, is a romantic comedy that follows Gil (Owen Wilson) and his fiance (Rachel McAdams) as they tag along on her father's corporate business trip to Paris.

Opinion

Cure for Misinformation

By Yoo Jung Kim | June 23, 2011

In February 2010, The Lancet, a preeminent British medical journal, retracted a 1998 article that established a possible link between measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccines and the development of bowel disease and autism in young children.

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Films get ‘Hot Hot Hot' in DFS series

By Clare Coffey | June 23, 2011

The Dartmouth Film Society's summer series focuses on "sex and sweat" and portrays the various ways humans respond to and experience high temperatures and passion, according to Grey Cusack '11, former director of DFS.

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O'Brien advises student comedians

June 23, 2011

About 20 years ago, Conan O'Brien a young comedian looking to launch a career in television joked with his friends about the ridiculous possibility of a brilliant scientist being afraid of the skeleton hanging in his laboratory.

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