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Women's sailing defends national title

By The Dartmouth | May 30, 2014

For the second straight year, the Dartmouth women's sailing team has earned the crown of national champions. A second-place finish in the semifinals qualified the team for the finals, where Dartmouth won its fourth title.

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Environmental science, opera among MOOC topics selected for 2015

By Amelia Rosch | May 27, 2014

The College will offer four massive open online courses through a partnership with edX beginning in early 2015, focusing on introductory environmental science, 19th-century American literature, introductory opera and engineering structural forms. Dartmouth is the final Ivy League institution to offer free courses accessible to anyone with an Internet connection.

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Board anticipates membership changes

By Josh Koenig | May 27, 2014

Based on charter and alumni trustee term limits, which permit the trustees to serve up to two four-year terms, eight trustees who were elected before 2012 are expected to leave the 26-member Board in the next three years.

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Institute to explore patient choice

By Kate Bradshaw | May 27, 2014

Patient advocates and medical, legal, ethics and policy professionals will come to campus this summer for the 2014 Summer Institute for Informed Patient Choice, discussing the implications of informed consent and patient choice, as well as improvements in health care transparency and patient-based care.

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Transfer term applicants decrease

By Rebecca Asoulin | May 27, 2014

Over the last two years, the number of applications for transfer terms has decreased, in part because students now have to complete a more extensive application to participate, Registrar Meredith Braz said. In 2011, the College’s non-refundable transfer term application fee increased from $25 to $1,100 for the fall term and $2,200 for the winter, spring and summer terms. In 2012, the Committee on Instruction instituted an application policy and limited the number of students who can participate in a particular transfer program to an average of five.

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The D Sports Awards: Best Moment

By Gayne Kalustian | May 27, 2014

This year provided countless highlights for the Big Green. Dartmouth was also lucky enough to play host to many of these memorable moments in front of a rowdy home crowd. This spring, we started a new tradition, The D Sports Awards, that have honored Nejc Zupan ’14 as the best male athlete, Kristen Giovanniello ’14 as the best female athlete and Patrick Caldwell ’17 as the best freshman. This week, our fourth and final installment in the series looks at the best moments, competitions and games in Hanover this past year.

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Kagan ’09 discusses changing film, television trends

By Maya Poddar | May 27, 2014

Dan Kagan ’09 is a creative executive at Break Media and has worked at major studios including Sony Pictures Entertainment, Paramount Pictures Corporation and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures . He has contributed to popular feature films, such as “Noah” (2014) and “Star Trek Into Darkness” (2013), through work in executive development.

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Focus group to tackle Banner Student flaws

By Roshan Dutta | May 26, 2014

Starting this fall, director of academic and campus technology services Alan Cattier will lead a focus group dedicated to improving Banner Student, an online student information system. The decision was made earlier this month following a winter term Improve Dartmouth post that urged the College to “Modernize Banner,” currently the site’s seventh most popular suggestion.

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Students seek funding online

By Miguel Pena | May 26, 2014

As thousands of students prepare to work internships this summer for little or no pay, some have turned to crowdfunding to cover basic living and travel costs.

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Gallira '12 forays into artisanal tomato sauce

By Amelia Rosch | May 26, 2014

After returning from a consulting stint in South Sudan and quitting his job at a Boston executive search firm, Matt Gallira ’12 took inspiration from the dinners he would cook for friends and decided to start the Atlantic Ave. Company, a start-up that makes artisanal tomato sauce at a firehouse kitchen in Wayne, New Jersey.

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Play’s dark humor draws laughs, gasps

By Rebecca Asoulin | May 26, 2014

An actor dressed in a fat suit sprinted through a paper wall. With little resistance, the paper tore, sparking laughter in the crowd. Watching the scene, director Deby Guzman-Buchness ’15, exhaled and let out a “finally.” After a term that included casting, rehearsing and eventually performing three shows, “The Pillowman” had officially closed, and the cast was tearing down the set.

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Well-cast ‘X-Men’ film continues series success

By Varun Bhuchar | May 26, 2014

Hollywood’s most reliable cash cow, the superhero film, has returned this summer. From A-listers like Spider Man to the obscure Ant Man, each will get its time on the silver screen. While sometimes exhausting, many of us will watch these movies anyway — they’re just so much fun.

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Rec League Legends

Well, loyal readers, the day has finally come — our last article and the end of the saga of the 2013-14 Rec League Legends. This season, we tried our best and experienced a few victories (we are not going to quantify exactly how many because the details are irrelevant). Most importantly, we had a lot of great times and some unforgettable experiences with some of Dartmouth’s best athletes.

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