Gregg withdraws as Commerce nominee

Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H, withdrew his name from consideration as President Barack Obama's Commerce Secretary nominee on Thursday, according to a statement released by Gregg's office. The Senator cited what he called "irresolvable differences" with the Obama administration. "It has become apparent during this process that this will not work for me as I have found that on issues such as the stimulus package and the census there are irresolvable conflicts for me," Gregg said in the statement. Gregg, who was elected to the House of Representatives in 1981, served as governor of New Hampshire from 1989 to 1993, and was then elected to the Senate.

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BOOKED SOLID: "Uncommon Reader" offers a case for reading

This October, author Alan Bennett announced that he planned to donate all of his written archives, diaries and books to the Bodleian Library at Oxford University.

KARR'S CHRONICLES: A Good Week For Me

Today is my 22nd birthday, and my present to myself is a shout-out in my own column. Congratulations to me.

Ausmus '91 signs with Dodgers

Brad Ausmus '91 recently signed a one-year, $1 million contract to play for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2009.

Daily Debriefing

Harvard University will offer early retirement packages to staff members over the age of 55 who have worked at the university for more than 10 years, The Harvard Crimson reported on Tuesday.

Police Blotter

February 3, 10:40 a.m. South Street Hanover Police received a call from the Howe library reporting that a 61-year-old female and her 18-year-old son had incurred a combined fine of $553 for overdue books and CDs.

Economy affects stores in West Leb.

Customers who enter The Artifactory, a jewelry and gift store located in West Lebanon's PowerHouse Mall, often ask owners Arnie and Anne Brown the same thing: how is their business doing?

DMS to cut $25 mil., lay off staff members

Dartmouth Medical School will layoff an undetermined number of staff members as part of a $25-million budget reduction to be implemented over the next two years, DMS Dean William Green announced in an e-mail to the medical school community on Monday.

Vox Clamantis: Proper Compensation

To the Editor: I found the column on Monday by Andy Kim '10 ("Aligning our Incentives," Feb.

Singing No Praise

In a time of global depression and melting snow sculptures, it was life-affirming to listen to visionary director and Montgomery Fellow Peter Sellars lecture on arts in the age of Obama.

Theism in Thought

In his column last week ("Seeing Through the Shrouds," Feb. 5), Sam Buntz points out the lack of diversity in the Opinion section of The Dartmouth, arguing that "the reality is that we live in a homogenous environment where many people pick hors d'oeuvres from the same materialistic, postmodern boilerplate." Dartmouth is hardly unique in this respect; one of the greatest ironies of the modern Academy is that diversity is preached everywhere, but truly practiced nowhere.

Theism in Thought

In his column last week ("Seeing Through the Shrouds," Feb. 5), Sam Buntz points out the lack of diversity in the Opinion section of The Dartmouth, arguing that "the reality is that we live in a homogenous environment where many people pick hors d'oeuvres from the same materialistic, postmodern boilerplate." Dartmouth is hardly unique in this respect; one of the greatest ironies of the modern Academy is that diversity is preached everywhere, but truly practiced nowhere.

Daily Debriefing

Yale University faculty retirement funds have been hit hard by the economic recession, according to the Yale Daily News.