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A University of Pennsylvania student, Diexia Wang '08, was arrested for allegedly stalking six female students and stealing their undergarments and purses, CBS 3, a Philadelphia CBS affiliate, reported Tuesday.
Tuck Prof. Greenhalgh awarded for minority program
Courtesy of Leonard Greenhalgh Growing up in Manchester, England, Tuck Business School Professor Leonard Greenhalgh was not exposed to segregation.
Birth control remains free at Dartmouth
Sarah Irving / The Dartmouth Staff Although the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 has led students at other colleges to encounter stiff cost increases in birth control, Dartmouth has maintained its policy of providing birth control for free to students under the Dartmouth Student Group Health Plan. "We are here as a service to students," said Jeff Licht, staff pharmacist at Dick's House. The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, supposedly aimed at countering Medicaid abuses, took away incentives for drug manufacturers to offer colleges large discounts on certain drugs, including birth control. Before the act was passed, such discounts did not calculate against drug companies' formulae for rebates they paid to states in exchange for participation in Medicaid.
Assembly renews iPod digital lecture progam
Student Assembly approved $500 to continue to finance and support the Lecture Capture Initiative.
PB promotes hip-hop show last minute
The disputes, speculations and expectations have finally been silenced: The Cool Kids and Young Ivy are the two hip-hop performers that will try to carry away Alumni Hall Wednesday at 9 p.m.
Court rules against Sabinson
Ruling on a discrimination lawsuit brought against Dartmouth by Professor Mara Sabinson last year, the U.S.
Life, Really?
In a recent episode of The Office, Dwight Schrute begins playing a computer game called Second Life as a way to escape the pain he suffers from a recent breakup.
Class Activism
This weekend marks the end of the 40 days of Grassroot Soccer blitzes. These e-mails (and those Mailer-Daemons!), while numerous, were, it seems, incredibly effective in mobilizing campus-wide support for the event.
Chick lit hits a new low with brainless 'Big Boned'
Courtesy of The Library of Congress Just as "big boned" is a cliched way of saying overweight, "Big Boned" is a cliched excuse for a book.
The Glove
With all fall sports now at their end, it is time to take a closer look at some of Dartmouth's results. The football team ended its year 3-7, which was a bit of a disappointment after the high hopes of early in the season.
Women's soccer players honored
Kawakahi Amina / The Dartmouth Staff Despite a mostly disappointing season for the Big Green women's soccer team, four players from the Dartmouth squad earned All-Ivy honors.
Daily Debriefing
Simbex LLC, a New Hampshire research and development company, was granted $3.6 million this September to partner with Dartmouth and Dartmouth Medical School, among four other hospitals and universities, to further develop its Head Impact Telemetry System by The National Institute of Health.
Police Blotter
Nov. 17, 12:12 a.m., Webster Avenue Hanover Police was called to Chi Gamma Epsilon Fraternity after Safety and Security observed an under-aged male drinking something out of a silver flask.
Dartmouth top Ivy for intn'l study
While students spending a term away from Hanover may be at a coveted internship with Goldman Sachs or may be at home for some much-needed rest, many are among the 60.9 percent of Dartmouth students who spend at least one term studying abroad through an off-campus or transfer credit program, according to the Institute of International Education.
N.H. bumps primary to earliest date yet
New Hampshire will hold its 2008 primary on Jan. 8, earlier than in any previous election cycle, the state announced on Nov.