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Football to kick off season with battle against Georgetown

By Alexander Agadjanian | September 17, 2015

Long removed from its heights of Ivy League dominance in the 1990s, the football program has endured a lengthy revival period. After a 13-year drought between winning seasons that was snapped in 2010, the Big Green have steadily improved in nearly each subsequent season, only dipping down as far as a .500 winning percentage in 2011. With expectations higher than ever, that development could reach its zenith in 2015 with the potential for Dartmouth’s first Ivy League championship in 18 seasons.

The general Assembly will vote on whether to confirm Dari Seo ’16 as Student Assembly vice president.
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Student Assembly will vote on whether to confirm Dari Seo '16 as VP

By Katie Rafter | September 16, 2015

Student Assembly will discuss the confirmation of its new vice president over the next two weeks, Assembly president Frank Cunningham ’16 said. Cunningham announced in June that he was nominating Dari Seo ’16 as vice president, immediately following the resignation of then-vice president-elect Julia Dressel ’17.

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Class of 2019 is first class to sign Citizenship Pledge

By Kelsey Flower | September 16, 2015

The Class of 2019 became the first group of Dartmouth students to sign the Dartmouth Citizenship Pledge, a document of 136 words outlining community values that was borne out of College President Phil Hanlon’s “Moving Dartmouth Forward” policy initiative.

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Telluride at Dartmouth returns for a 30th year

By Haley Gordon | September 16, 2015

In 1972, Bill Pence and his wife Stella Pence transformed an old opera house into a functional theater and screened two movies there. The opera-house-turned-theater was in Telluride, Colorado, and the Telluride Film Festival was born.

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Volleyball bounces back from losses to win home invitational

By Daniel Lee | September 16, 2015

Although the volleyball team began with a tough start to the preseason, ending 0-3 after losses in the San Diego State University and University of San Diego Invitational, the women quickly bounced back in their own tournament this past weekend, defeating both visiting teams, West Virginia University and the University of Connecticut.

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Cross country opens season with Dartmouth Invitational wins

September 16, 2015

The Big Green’s cross country teams opened their fall seasons in dominant fashion, taking first place in both the men’s and women’s races of the Dartmouth Invitational at the Hanover Country Club this past Saturday. Both the men and women recorded perfect team scores of 15 points in the home meet.

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Grand jury will hear J. Martin Favor's case

By Lauren Budd | September 15, 2015

The case against African and African American studies and English professor J. Martin Favor will move to a grand jury after Favor waived his right to a probable cause hearing on Monday. Favor was arrested on Sept. 4 for the alleged possession of child pornography.

Maria Laskaris served as dean of admissions and financial aid from 2007 to 2015, overseeing a period of increased diversity.
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Maria Laskaris leaves post as dean of admissions and financial aid

By Noah Goldstein | September 15, 2015

Former dean of admissions and financial aid Maria Laskaris left her position to become the special assistant to the provost for arts and innovation, Provost Carolyn Dever announced on Aug. 27. Former admissions director Paul Sunde will assume Laskaris’ post as interim dean for the upcoming academic year.

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Men’s soccer records first win of the season in double OT

By Ray Lu | September 15, 2015

Highlighted by a double-overtime home win over the College of the Holy Cross, the men’s soccer team wrapped up its early four-game schedule before the beginning of the fall term with a 2-1-1 record. \n In its season opener, the Big Green ended its 11-game losing streak against the University of Connecticut by shutting out the Huskies in a scoreless 0-0 tie after 110 minutes of play.

Arts

“Mistress America” (2015) is too zany for its own good

By Andrew Kingsley | September 15, 2015

Director Noah Baumbach’s latest feature “Mistress America” (2015) is a screwball comedy about the humor and perils of saying “yes.” Without a voice of reason and the sense that everyone should go with the flow, the viewer gets terrific farce, at the cost of vulnerability and pain.

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