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The Little Things

By Kevin Niparko | March 4, 2009

Last week as I left the Alumni Gymnasium, muscles swollen and head buzzing from a post-workout endorphin high (ladies, feel free to blitz me), I threw on my jacket and sweats and headed out into the Hanover snow.

Opinion

Reality Mentality

By Blair Sullivan | March 4, 2009

If you were suddenly diagnosed with terminal cancer and told that you had only months left to live, how would you spend your remaining time?

The Big Green softball team swept three games in Florida last weekend before falling twice to FGCU.
Sports

Softball begins season 3-2 in Fla.

March 4, 2009

The Dartmouth Despite frosty weather in Hanover, the softball team was hot this weekend, opening its season with a 3-2 record in the Florida Gulf Coast Tournament in Fort Myers, Fla. The Big Green won their first three games before dropping the final two to the tournament's host Florida Gulf Coast University (19-4, 0-0 Atlantic Sun) in two high-scoring affairs. The key to the Big Green's success was coordinated offensive power, according to co-captain Ashley Gleason '09. "The entire lineup was batting well, and we helped each other out," she said. Dartmouth scored nine runs against FGCU on the weekend.

Arts

DFS to show revamped 'Godfather'

By Alicia Kim | March 4, 2009

Courtesy of RottenTomatoes.com Released in 1972, Oscar-nominated director Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" is an invitation into the thickly veiled world of the mafia.

Opinion

An 'A' for Effort

By Tom Mandel | March 4, 2009

Chris Talamo argues in his recent column ("Attitudes on a Curve," Feb. 25) that students should only receive 'A's for doing well, not for trying hard.

Opinion

Interweb 2.0

By Brian Solomon | March 4, 2009

No one in our generation doubts the transformative power that computing and the Internet have had on society.

News

Daily Debriefing

By Madeline Sims | March 4, 2009

A group of 26 Dartmouth students attended the 14th Annual Black Solidarity Conference last weekend at Yale University.

Professors Dirk Vandewalle, Diana Kruger and Bruce Sacerdote discuss the spread of the economic crisis to developing countries in a panel discussion on Tuesday.
News

Profs. say economic crisis to spread

By Neera Chatterjee | March 4, 2009

JON ERDMAN / The Dartmouth The current economic crisis will likely move beyond the world's financial centers to affect individuals, families and governments in developing countries, panelists said Thursday evening before a packed audience in Haldeman Hall.

A Computing Services task force is considering the possibility of replacing BlitzMail with another host, possibly provided by Google or Microsoft.
News

College task force looks at replacing BlitzMail

By Ann Baum | March 4, 2009

DOUG GONZALEZ / The Dartmouth Staff A Computing Services task force is currently considering whether to replace BlitzMail with another e-mail host, likely provided by Google or Microsoft, Ellen Waite-Franzen, vice president of information technology and chief information officer at the College, said in a presentation Tuesday night at the Student Assembly meeting.

Economist Charles Wheelan '88 lost the Democratic primary race for the Illinois 5th district congressional seat on Tuesday night, coming in sixth place.
News

Wheelan '88 loses bid for congressional seat

March 4, 2009

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Economist and author Charles Wheelan '88 ended his race for the Illinois 5th district congressional seat on Tuesday night after placing sixth in the Democratic primary.

News

Daily Debriefing

March 3, 2009

The University of Pennsylvania announced last week that it will raise the cost of tuition for undergraduate students by 3.75 percent, according to university President Amy Gutmann.

Dartmouth's President-elect Jim Yong Kim has a strong background in global health care and social medicine.
News

Kim took 'unusual path' to College

March 3, 2009

Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Staff As an immigrant from South Korea and a global health advocate, Jim Yong Kim has taken an "unusual path" to the Dartmouth presidency, Dartmouth Board of Trustees Chairman Ed Haldeman '70 said in an interview with The Dartmouth. GROWING UP At the announcement of his presidency on Monday, Kim began his address by thanking his parents, citing them as a major influence in his life.

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