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Bad Sam

By Jacob Batchelor | February 20, 2009

Indulge me in a hypothetical situation you might find familiar: It's 3 a.m., and you are walking through a parking lot behind Fraternity Row.

Robert Park, a physics professor at the University of Maryland, discussed the Malthusian theory of population growth during his Thursday lecture.
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Birth control will help protect environment, prof. says

February 20, 2009

Zeke Turner / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Reducing fertility rates in developing countries is the only way to avoid the degradation of the global environment, University of Maryland physics professor Robert Park said in a public lecture on Thursday in Wilder Hall. The lecture, "The Last Endangered Species: Population Dynamics on a Finite Planet," discussed the Malthusian theory, first proposed by Thomas Malthus in 1798, which argues that starvation is inevitable because population grows exponentially, but resources grow linearly. While the global population is currently increasing, it will eventually plateau, Park said, because the earth can only support a limited number of people.

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Lecture examines immigration

By Katie Gonzalez | February 20, 2009

Developed nations are partially responsible for the economic inequality and political instability that causes many immigrants, asylum-seekers and refugees to leave their home countries, New York University English and comparative literature professor Robert Young said in a Thursday lecture at the Haldeman Center.

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College support, profs. say, is key for startups

February 20, 2009

Dartmouth's isolated location can make it more difficult for professors to bring their research to market, but several startups have been successful because of Dartmouth's strong alumni network and support from the College itself, according to Jake Reder, director of the Office of New Ventures at Dartmouth Medical School, which provides consulting services to DMS professors interested in starting their own companies. Professors may choose to start private companies to develop their inventions into marketable products, Alla Kan, director of Dartmouth's Technology Transfer Office, said. The College, however, legally owns many of the inventions that result from research conducted at Dartmouth because the TTO files the patents for these inventions, Kan said.

Boston University professor Andrew Bacevich argued that United States foreign policy is defined by expansionism in a Thursday lecture at the College.
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Prof. discusses U.S. foreign policy

By Marielle Battistoni | February 20, 2009

ANDREW FOUST / The Dartmouth Staff Rather than working to change other country's policies, the United States must examine its own policies in order to confront the perceived economic, political and military crises currently facing the nation, Boston University political scientist and historian Andrew Bacevich said in a lecture at the Rockefeller Center on Wednesday afternoon. "We have reached a true turning point in U.S.

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Race for Gregg's seat in Senate heats up early

February 20, 2009

As the dust settles following New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg's commerce secretary nomination, and his subsequent withdrawal as a nominee, leading contenders in the 2010 race for his Senate seat are already maneuvering, though primaries are more than a year away. Gregg, a Republican who was President Barack Obama's nominee for commerce secretary, withdrew his name from consideration last Thursday, citing "irresolvable differences" with the new administration, and announced that he would not seek re-election to his Senate seat.

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Daily Debriefing

By Turia Lahlou & Vera Bergengruen | February 19, 2009

Grafton County commissioner Ray Burton moved to transfer investment authority to the county's deputy treasurer and away from current treasurer Vanessa Sievers '10 at the Board of Commissioners' weekly meeting on Tuesday, the Valley News reported.

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Police Blotter

February 19, 2009

February 12, 12:35 p.m. School Street Hanover Police received a call from the reverend of the Edgerton House Episcopal Campus Ministry regarding a criminal threat.

English professor Donald Pease gave the 22nd annual presidential lecture.
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Pease delivers presidential lecture

February 19, 2009

ANDREW FOUST / The Dartmouth Staff English professor Donald Pease explored the perceived devaluation of the humanities and the response of noted-playwright August Wilson to this decline in his lecture, "August Wilson: The Work of the Humanities After Humanism." The address, held in Alumni Hall on Wednesday, was delivered as the 22nd annual Presidential Lecture. Wilson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, is best known for "The Pittsburgh Cycle," a series of 10 plays about black Americans in the 20th century.

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Students on LGBTQA panel criticize labeling

By Jamila Ma | February 19, 2009

Labels describing sexual orientation can lead individuals to apply inaccurate stereotypes to members of the LGBTQA community, several students said at Dartmouth's first Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Allied panel held Wednesday night.

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Profs. say fact boxes needed for drug ads.

By Katie Gonzalez | February 19, 2009

Prescription drug advertisements should include "fact boxes" to help consumers make informed decisions about their medications, according to a study by three Dartmouth Medical School professors published online Tuesday in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Dartmouth Dining Services will restructure in light of the College's recently announced budget plan.
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DDS to restructure in light of spending cuts

By John A. Alzate | February 19, 2009

Eric Tanner / The Dartmouth Dartmouth Dining Services will partially restructure its business model over the next few years in an effort to reduce costs as part of the College's recently announced budget plan, according to Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center could lose $800,000 per year due to the proposed elimination of a program that gives funds to teaching hospitals.
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Gov. proposes Medicaid reduction

By Emily Goodell & Nathan Swire | February 19, 2009

Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center may lose $800,000 in state support annually due to the proposed elimination of a Medicaid program that provides funding for teaching hospitals, according to Gina Balkus, DHMC director of government relations.

Jenna Cunningham '10 is one of three Dartmouth women's hockey team members nominated for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.
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Three hockey players vie for award

February 19, 2009

EMILY van GEMEREN / The Dartmouth The three leading scorers on the Big Green women's hockey team were nominated Sunday for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given annually to the top player in NCAA Division I women's ice hockey. Maggie Kennedy '09, Jenna Cunningham '10 and Amanda Trunzo '11 are among 43 players in the nation nominated for the 2009 Kazmaier Award, which is presented by the USA Hockey Foundation. The award is named in honor of the late Patty Kazmaier, a defenseman for Princeton from 1981-1986 and an All-Ivy selection.

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BOOKED SOLID: Can the Kindle relight a reading fire?

By Lucy Randall | February 19, 2009

On Feb. 9, Amazon.com unveiled the Kindle 2, the second generation e-book reader, calling it "Still amazing, only better." Amazon extensively promotes the new gadget with short video ads including customer testimonials ("I'm a bibliophile and I love my Kindle!") and voice-over informational clips that demonstrate the Kindle 2's many capabilities. While the e-book reader's features improvements over the first generation model (thinner, sleeker design; faster page turning; sharper display and greater storage space), it also boasts new capabilities, such as the "text-to-speech" option that can read anything out loud. Users can also annotate their texts, send personal documents from their computers to their Kindles and access Wikipedia. More than 230,000 books are available for the device, as well as more than 1,000 blogs, in addition to major newspapers and magazines from around the country. The new model offers about two days' worth of battery life, which is more than the original Kindle, as well as more storage space and a "sharper display," according to the Amazon ad. Curious, but not enough to shell out $350 for the sleek, smart gadget, I sought out an expert to help me get my head around the latest news in the book world. Haley Wauson '09, an English and psychology double major writing her senior thesis on digital print, explained some of the finer points of Kindle technology to me the other night in Collis.

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