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Proposed state legislation would raise College’s taxes

By Kelsey Flower | February 15, 2015

On Feb. 6, New Hampshire House of Representatives Rep. David Hess, R-Merrimack, proposed new legislation that would expand the state’s Business Enterprise Tax to include large charity organizations, such as hospitals and institutions of higher education including Dartmouth, and lower the tax rate.

Arts

Predictions for the 2015 Oscars: “Boyhood” for Best Picture

By Andrew Kingsley | February 15, 2015

We are just six days away from the 87th Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015. They will be hosted by none other than Neil Patrick Harris, who has hosted numerous Tony and Emmy Award ceremonies. Here are my predictions of the major award winners for this year. Note: these are not my opinions of the ones that are most deserving. I’m just playing the Oscar game, which is as peculiar and unpredictable as the films themselves.

Arts

Means ’03 discusses work with Fey, Stewart

By Amelia Rosch | February 15, 2015

Since graduating from the College, Sam Means ’03 has won three Emmys for his work on “The Daily Show with John Stewart”and has written or produced for television comedies “30 Rock” and “Parks and Recreation.” He is currently a writer for the show “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” which will premiere on Netflix on March 6.

Sports

Women’s hockey wins two on road

By Haley Gordon | February 15, 2015

The women’s ice hockey team swept the competition this weekend, winning away games at both Colgate and Cornell Universities. With the back-to-back victories the Big Green (13-11-2, 9-9-2 ECAC) cemented its entry into the Eastern Coast Athletic Conference tournament.

Sports

Men’s hockey splits, ends winning streak

By Gayne Kalustian | February 15, 2015

After this weekend, which began with an exciting late-game 3-2 win over Cornell University and ended in a devastating 0-3 loss to Colgate University, not too high, not too low is what men’s ice hockey is counting on as the team nears the end of the regular season.

Sports

Men’s basketball snaps five-game losing streak

By Ray Lu | February 15, 2015

The men’s basketball team returned home to Leede Arena this past weekend for the first leg of a two-weekend Ivy League homestand. The Big Green (9-13, 2-6 Ivy) showed mixed results over the weekend, taking a heartbreaking loss in overtime to Cornell University (12-12, 4-4 Ivy) 81-72 before stifling Columbia University (11-11, 3-5 Ivy) in a 61-49 victory.

Sports

One-on-One with Kathy Dzienkowski '16

By Lily Gordon | February 15, 2015

This week I sat down with softball catcher, Kathy Dzienkowski ’16. The 2014 Ivy League Champions open the 2015 season this weekend in Tampa, Florida at the University of South Florida Wilson-DeMarini Tournament taking on Auburn University, Marshall University and USF.

News

College will hire new sexual assault counselor

By Annie Ma | February 12, 2015

A new sexual assault counselor will join the College’s Counseling and Human Development clinical staff to be used as a “confidential” resource. Interested candidates will be screened and interviewed by a search committee, which will include both faculty and student input from diverse parts of campus.

The number of applications for FSPs, LSAs and exchange programs has increased from last year.
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FSP application numbers rise

By Steffen Eriksen | February 12, 2015

While off-campus programs cancelled certain programs recently — including a German language study program in Berlin and an Arabic language study abroad in Tangier, Morocco — due to a lack of committed interest, the College has also developed new programs for the upcoming year to meet student interest. These programs included a film foreign study program in Los Angeles that began in winter 2014 and an exchange term in Cuba that will start next fall.

News

Experts speak at panel about Ebola

By Allison Liegner | February 12, 2015

The Dickey Center hosted an informational panel yesterday evening titled “Ebola in West Africa: Lessons from a Global Health Crisis,” featuring health workers involved in the Ebola crisis in West Africa. The panel, held in Filene Auditorium, highlighted the work being done by health officials to combat the disease, Dickey’s Global Health Initiative program manager Jessica Friedman said.

Mirror

Message In A Bottle?

February 12, 2015

We asked you to respond anonymously to questions about your love life. \nHere’s what you said.

Mirror

Fridays with Marian

By Marian Lurio | February 12, 2015

In case you suffer from some form of amnesia, you are probably aware that Valentine’s Day is tomorrow. Naturally, I would like to devote the entirety of this week’s column to love, lust, lies and betrayal.

Mirror

Boots and Rallies

By Aaron Pellowski | February 12, 2015

“Are you going to FoCo?” This question, the most phatic bit of verbiage, is laden with history and innuendo that someone outside of Dartmouth’s cultural cell could never understand and about which someone within forgets to think.

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