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Visual Abuse

By Sam Buntz | February 19, 2009

You've probably heard the old joke about masturbation: "Studies show that 95 percent of men do it and 5 percent lie." If you are alive and at all conscious of the spirit of the times, I think you will agree with me that these statistics can be applied to Internet pornography as well.

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The Octomom

By Blair Sullivan | February 19, 2009

"Octomom" Nadya Suleman of California has become a media sensation since she gave birth to octuplets on January 26th.

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Daily Debriefing

By Caroline Duffy | February 18, 2009

The University of Pennsylvania saw a decrease in the total number of applications for the Class of 2013, according to The Daily Pennsylvanian.

Students discuss the effect of Hanover alcohol guidelines on the College's Good Samaritan policy at the Student Assembly meeting on Tuesday.
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Assembly to examine town alcohol policies

By Ann Baum | February 18, 2009

Grey Cusack / The Dartmouth Staff Student Assembly passed legislation to "examine and evaluate" alcohol policies in the Town of Hanover and their effect on the College's Good Samaritan policy at its Tuesday evening meeting. The Good Sam policy allows an intoxicated student or that student's concerned friend to call Safety and Security and, with no questions asked and no disciplinary ramifications from the College, receive a medical response. When the student involved is unresponsive or has a blood alcohol content of above 0.30, he or she is transferred to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, rather than receiving treatment at Dick's House.

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Union members react to cuts, restructuring

February 18, 2009

In an office in the basement of Dartmouth Hall, Earl Sweet, president of the Service Employees International Union Local 560, surveys the time sheets littering his desk.

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AS SEEN ON: TV Land runs it back

By Brittany Coombs | February 18, 2009

If you've ever had nostalgia for something that you've never personally experienced, you know that it's a wonderful, inexplicable feeling. TV Land, as a channel, banks on this feeling.

Opinion

Voces Clamantium

By The Dartmouth | February 18, 2009

Trayf Arguments To the Editor: Tom Mandel ("Dining Like Capitalists," Feb. 17) claims that a student who chooses to keep kosher is hurt by the "absurdly high prices" at the Pavilion.

Opinion

Breaking up with Bipartisanship

By Ben Gonin | February 18, 2009

P resident Obama, one month into his presidency, finds himself torn between two opposing forces. During the campaign, he vowed to rid Washington of partisan strife, but now he must resort to one-party politics to revive the American economy.

Opinion

Queer Kissin'

By Kevin Niparko | February 18, 2009

Last Friday the Cornell social group Direct Action to Stop Heterosexism sponsored a unique pre-Valentine's Day protest: a homosexual kiss-in.

New York Times economics columnist David Leonhardt said the government must increase education spending and decrease health care costs to make long-term economic improvments.
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Columnist delivers lecture on economy

By Michael Coburn | February 17, 2009

JONATHAN ERDMAN / The Dartmouth The United States must invest in education and decrease the cost of health care to promote long-term economic growth and recover from the current recession, New York Times economics columnist David Leonhardt told students and community members in a Monday lecture at the Rockefeller Center. "This is the end of the two decades boom, and perhaps bubble, in consumer spending," he said.

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