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Wright speaks to vets. at Vietnam Memorial

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WASHINGTON Former College President James Wright urged Americans to remember fallen veterans not only as casualties of war, but as individuals with accomplished lives, at a Veterans' Day celebration here on Wednesday.



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Panelists discuss childrens' health

Akikazu Onda / The Dartmouth Staff Correction appended Almost nine million children under the age of five die of avoidable and treatable illnesses each year, according to Dartmouth Medical School professor John Butterly, executive medical director of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.



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Play breaks theatrical conventions

TILMAN DETTE / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Written to be performed in art galleries, Tim Crouch's award-winning play "England" blurs the line between theater and performance art.


Sports

ROLLIN' WITH DOLAN: Chicks Dig Scars

Last week, my friend and I were coming back from West Lebanon after getting Dunkin' Donuts. We were chatting about how excited we were to eat our bagels, when suddenly, a deer popped out of the woods and ran in front of the car.




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Wright to speak at Vet. Day ceremony

TILMAN DETTE / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Former College President James Wright, himself a former Marine, has been chosen to speak at the annual Veterans' Day ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.



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AS SEEN ON: A promising start for ABC's sci-fi show "V"

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Courtesy of examiner.com Over the past decade, science-fiction programming has declined rapidly in quality. Sure, there is an entire cable network dedicated to the genre (SyFy, formerly the Sci Fi Channel), but unless you feel like paying for cable programming, network TV has very little to offer. Recent science-fiction series on the networks have all been disappointments, and many have seen quick cancellation: Shows including ABC's "Invasion" (2005), CBS's "Threshold" (2005) and NBC's "Bionic Woman" (2007), for example, all come to mind. The few relative hits in the sci-fi genre, NBC's "Heroes" and "The Sarah Connor Chronicles," meanwhile, are pretty much circling the drain. When the track record is this poor, fans have a legitimate reason to be skeptical whenever the networks market a new project as the next sci-fi hit. Based on the pilot of ABC's much-anticipated action-drama "V," however, sci-fi fans may have reason to celebrate. "V" is already critically acclaimed, and appears to be a ratings hit: The series premiere, which aired last Tuesday at 8 p.m., garnered 13.9 million viewers, ranking first in its time slot and first for all new series premieres this season. A reimagining of a 1984 miniseries, "V," which recounts the story of technologically advanced aliens invading Earth, provides an imaginative spin on the cliche of the alien invasion. The series does recall some previous incarnations of this theme: The show's pilot features a scene eerily reminiscent of "Independence Day" (1996), in which the visiting mothership fleet appears in over 29 major cities around the globe.



NCCC Patient Michele Meyers with Nurse Tracy J. Ramsay during a infusion.
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Cancer center becomes patients' ‘second home'

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Courtesy of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center Walking into the lobby of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, where patients awaiting treatment flip idly through current issues of "House and Garden" and "Conde Nast Traveler," seemingly ignoring the support group pamphlets that also litter the reception area tables, it might be easy to miss the signs of disease that are ubiquitous here. Each year, however, the center becomes a "second home" to the 31,000 patients who receive treatment, said Christine Gilbert, who was diagnosed with breast cancer last March. Norris Cotton, which first opened in 1972, is one of the United States' 40 comprehensive care centers, facilities designated and funded by the National Cancer Institute to engage in patient care, conduct clinical trials and participate in research projects specific to cancer. The center employs approximately 200 health care providers, who are all officially employed by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, according to Dartmouth Medical School professor Mark Israel, the center's director.




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Vernon works to realize platform

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TILMAN DETTE / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Just three months into her first official term as Student Body President, Frances Vernon '10 has made progress toward checking off several of the major goals outlined in her campaign including large-scale changes to the Organization Adjudication Committee.


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Daily Debriefing

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Student Assembly is currently working to create an updated version of the student survey used before last year's budget cuts, Student Body President Frances Vernon '10 said at Tuesday night's Assembly meeting.



Opinion

Live Substance-Free and Die

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Last week, the legislature of the "Live Free or Die" state failed to overturn a veto of a bill decriminalizing the medicinal use of marijuana for chronically and terminally ill patients ("Gov.'s veto of marijuana bill upheld," Nov.


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Prof. criticizes U.S. health care model

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Correction appended Successful health care reform would be a major turning point in United States history, with repercussions similar to those of the Industrial Revolution, Harvard Business School professor Regina Herzlinger said in a lecture on Tuesday at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.