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Students spar over campaign tactics

By Drew Joseph | November 5, 2008

As Democrats and Republicans faced off in heated battles across the nation, Dartmouth's chapters of the College Republicans and College Democrats also went head to head in a he-said, she-said battle of alleged campaign foul play on Tuesday. Hanover Police stopped students writing campaign messages for now President-elect Barack Obama on the sidewalk in front of the Hopkins Center for the ArtsTuesday morning, according to Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone.

Opinion

The Change We Need

By Brian Solomon | November 5, 2008

It's time that the presidential search committee took a page out of Barack Obama's playbook and started looking for not just another College president who will continue the same policies of the last 10 years but one who embodies, quite simply, the "Change We Need." Thankfully, Dartmouth is not in nearly as bad shape as our federal government, and James Wright is certainly no George W.

Opinion

No-No To Noro

By Kevin Niparko | November 5, 2008

Last month, a near epidemic spread across the Georgetown University campus. According to The Hoya, nearly 200 undergraduates fell victim to the norovirus.

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NESN documentary 'Eight' recounts Ivy League football history

By Jack Barrett | November 5, 2008

Last Saturday, the New England Sports Network premiered a documentary film entitled "Eight: Ivy League Football and America." The special was aired directly after the broadcast of Dartmouth football's 35-7 loss against Harvard on Saturday afternoon. "Eight" tracks the evolution of football in America, looking especially at the formation and early years of the Ivy League and the football tradition at Ancient Eight schools.

David Fink '11 played well in doubles and singles, winning the flight B doubles with Eric Scholobohm '11 and reaching the quarterfinals in flight B singles.
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Doubles squads sweep final tournament of fall

By David Jiang | November 5, 2008

Chris Parker / The Dartmouth Staff This weekend, nine colleges converged on the Boss Tennis Center for the 8th annual Big Green Invitational, wrapping up the fall season for Big Green men's tennis. The Big Green performed well in singles, but its only champions were in the doubles competitions, with the team of Ari Gayer '09 and Curtis Roby '11 winning flight A and the team of David Fink '10 and Eric Scholobohm '11 winning flight B. On the first day of competition, Gayer and Roby defeated the University of Montreal doubles pairing of Burgnard and Berthiaume, 8-5.

Shultz bases her artistic work on observations of Dartmouth culture, creating jewelry that mocks and puns.
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Shultz '09 explores College class divide with jewelry

November 5, 2008

Joanne Cheung / The Dartmouth Editor's Note: This is the third installment in a three-part series profiling senior honors candidates in studio art. Since her freshman year, studio art major and honors candidate Dulce Shultz '09 noticed that many Dartmouth students strive to seem well connected by "name-dropping." She often saw students from lower- and middle-class families concealing their backgrounds in order to fit in with their wealthy peers at Dartmouth.

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Daily Debriefing

By Travis Cramer | November 4, 2008

Many state-funded community colleges will likely face midyear budget cuts, according to a survey conducted by Stephen Katsinas, director of the Education Policy Center in the College of Education at the University of Alabama and Terrence Tollefson, professor emeritus in the department of educational leadership and policy analysis at East Tennessee State University.

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DMS expects apps increase in 2009

By Greg Berger | November 4, 2008

Joanne Nurse / The Dartmouth Despite a recent report by the Association of American Medical Colleges that shows a 3 percent decline in the number of first-time applicants to medical school for the current academic year, Lee Witters, a professor at Dartmouth Medical School, said he expects the number of medical school applications to increase in 2009, especially among Dartmouth students. Based on past trends, the current national economic crisis may cause more students to consider attending medical school and pursue jobs in medicine, as positions in business become more scarce, Witters said. Among Dartmouth seniors this year, 218 students are currently considering applications to medical school, with 179 of those students sure of their plans to apply to medical school, according to Kimberly Sauerwein, the pre-health adviser at Career Services.

Jere Daniell '55, history professor emeritus, examines the
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Daniell '55 details history of College presidencies

November 4, 2008

SEBASTIAN RAMIREZ-BRUNNER / The Dartmouth Staff Jere Daniell '55, history professor emeritus and an unofficial historian of the College, presented a history of Dartmouth's past presidents to students, faculty and staff gathered for his lecture in Dartmouth Hall Monday night.

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Campus prepares final efforts for Election Day

By Katie Gonzalez | November 4, 2008

Eric Tanner / The Dartmouth Staff The 2008 election fervor reaches its climax today, as a variety of student groups make last-ditch efforts to increase student participation and affect the outcomes of the presidential, state and local elections.

Opinion

Obama For President

By Brice Acree | November 4, 2008

The fate of our country rides on the decisions of the American people today. After eight years of misguided leadership and failed policies, our economy is falling into a deep recession at home and our reputation stands tainted abroad. Barack Obama has shown clear leadership to steer America out of these dangerous waters.

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