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Worthy Heroes

By Emily Johnson | February 24, 2009

The annual Harris "heroes" poll, released again last week, asks Americans, "Who do you admire enough to call a hero?" Number one on the list?

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Daily Debriefing

By Caroline Duffy | February 24, 2009

New findings by The Chronicle of Higher Education suggest that university specialists and top-level administrators often make more than the presidents of their universities, The New York Times reported Sunday.

Four panelists discussed the effects of new technology on the ownership rights of writers and producers at a Monday panel.
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Panel explores new technology, media

By Katie Gonzalez | February 24, 2009

ANDREW FOUST / The Dartmouth Staff New advances in digital technology have made it difficult to protect the rights of laborers and producers in the film and television industry, panelists said Monday evening during a forum in Filene Auditorium.

Patrick Michaels, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, discussed his new book during a Monday-night lecture at the Rockefeller Center.
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Prof. says climate change exaggerated

By Neera Chatterjee | February 24, 2009

BEN GETTINGER / The Dartmouth Staff Claims about the allegedly dire effects of global warming may be exaggerated, Patrick Michaels, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, said during a Thursday lecture at the Rockefeller Center.

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U.S. is still world's sole superpower, profs. say

By Nathan Swire | February 24, 2009

Despite recent setbacks in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States remains the world's sole superpower and must reshape international institutions to address the challenges of the 21st century, Dartmouth government professors Stephen Brooks and William Wohlforth argue in an article to be published in the March/April 2009 issue of Foreign Affairs magazine.

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Vt. considers sex-offender bill

By Elise Quinones | February 24, 2009

The Vermont House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly last Thursday to strengthen laws against sex offenders in response to the rape and murder of 12-year-old Brooke Bennett, a Vermont resident, this past summer.

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Toe to Toe: Knapp versus Rose (Rose)

By Jordan Rose | February 23, 2009

People used to ask me during job interviews, "Oh, so you're a senior; are you excited to graduate?" What a silly question, I would think to myself: Of course I'm not excited to graduate.

The Big Green defeated Penn for the second time this season, winning 55-36 in Leede Arena.
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Women's basketball extends winning streak to 11

February 23, 2009

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The Dartmouth women's basketball team beat both the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton over the weekend, extending its winning streak to 11 games. The Big Green (14-9, 9-0 Ivy) beat Penn 55-36 on Friday and Princeton 43-42 on Saturday. The Big Green warded off a strong second-half performance from the Tigers (9-14, 4-5 Ivy) to complete the weekend sweep.

Friday's win over the University of Pennsylvania gave the Big Green its first season sweep of Penn in 50 years.
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Weekend sweep keeps league title within reach

By David Jiang | February 23, 2009

Marina Agapakis / The Dartmouth Staff A historic weekend has helped keep the Dartmouth men's basketball team's slim postseason hopes alive. On Friday night, the Big Green (8-16, 6-4 Ivy) defeated the University of Pennsylvania, 69-59, for the team's first season sweep of Penn (8-15, 4-5 Ivy) in 50 years, and its first victory at the The Palestra in 12 years.

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Dartmouth celebrates women's athletics

February 23, 2009

Basketball has always been a family affair for Darcy Rose '09, co-captain of Dartmouth's women's basketball team. "I grew up surrounded by brothers, so I always had someone to practice with," she said.

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