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Rebecca Holcombe takes office in Vermont

By Jessica Avitabile | January 6, 2014

Former education professor and director of Dartmouth’s teacher education program Rebecca Holcombe took office as Vermont’s Secretary of Education on Jan. 2. Holcombe said one of her main goals is to improve the education opportunities the state provides young people by closing both the achievement gap and the opportunity gap.

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Grants fund seniors' thesis research travels

By Chris Leech | January 6, 2014

During the winter interim period, Ezra Toback ’14 roamed Tokyo and its surroundings, interviewing priests and collecting materials at over 15 sacred sites. Toback’s travels, funded by the College’s office of undergraduate advising and research, formed an integral part of his Asian and Middle Eastern studies thesis, which looks at the ways in which Japanese shrines and temples market themselves to members of various socioeconomic classes.

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College to host IvyQ conference

By Brian Chalif | January 6, 2014

The College will host its first IvyQ conference in the fall, bringing to campus hundreds of participants whose presence organizers hope will improve awareness of and support for the Dartmouth’s LGBTQ community. The conference, open to LGBTQ and allied students, connects students with one another and aims to foster an LGBTQ community larger than those of individual schools.

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Squash teams pick up wins over break

By Jordan Einhorn | January 6, 2014

The Dartmouth men’s and women’s squash teams each won one match over winter break, with the men defeating No. 14 U.S. Naval Academy and the women taking down No. 10 Franklin & Marshall College. A 1-2 interim allowed the men to hold onto their No. 10 ranking while a 1-1 break kept the women at No. 8 in the nation.

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More than a Game

By Maddie Garcia and Abby Cohen | January 6, 2014

Varsity athletes seem to get a lot of perks: free TruMoo, private yoga classes and a wardrobe of Nike or New Balance gear. But when non-athletes return to campus refreshed after the lengthy interim, they contrast sharply with varsity players, many of whom spent the break practicing and playing with their teams. Athletes have little flexibility to travel, get internships or spend time with family at home.

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Dunne fosters regional, campus theater projects

By Lauren Sarner | January 6, 2014

Former theater professor Carol Dunne doesn’t mind a full plate. In her first season as artistic director at White River Junction’s Northern Stage theater, she directed “White Christmas,” helped organize a play reading festival and announced a capital campaign to build a new theater.

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Dance is political in ‘Play and Play’

By Apoorva Dixit | January 6, 2014

A dancer stands motionless on stage. He is the clock. First, one dancer appears and performs a gesture. And another, then a third. Others emerge, an accumulation of “people, ideas, clothes” on stage, Janet Wong said, associate artistic director at Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.

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Hercules snowstorm hits Hanover

By Michelle Li | January 6, 2014

While winter storm Hercules pummeled the Northeast late last week, students returning to Hanover found their trips extended due to weather-related cancellations and delays. Boston Logan International Airport, a transit hub commonly used by students traveling to Hanover, was one of the airports most severely affected by the storm.

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College admits first '18s via early decision

By Roshan Dutta | January 6, 2014

Dartmouth admitted 469 students to the Class of 2018 through the early decision process, the College announced on Dec. 11. The accepted students, selected from 1,678 early applicants, are expected to comprise 40 percent of the Class of 2018.

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Class explores India over winter break

By Laura Weiss | January 6, 2014

Twelve students got a firsthand look at India’s extremes of wealth and poverty when economics professor Charles Wheelan’s fall public policy course spent the winter interim period traveling throughout the country. The direct experience followed months in the classroom learning about India’s economic reform programs.

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Students in Hanover defy interim tedium

By Michael Qian | January 6, 2014

As the fall term came to a close and students trickled off campus to spend the holidays with family and friends, Sam Modder ’17, a student from Sri Lanka, was left wondering how to spend the frosty six-week break.

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Daily Debriefing

January 6, 2014

Robert Dellinger, a Sunapee resident and former Fortune 500 executive implicated in an Interstate 89 collision that killed a couple in early December, was denied bail on second-degree murder charges at an arraignment on Dec. 27, the Valley News reported.

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Postcard from Puerto Rico

By Jehanna Axelrod | January 5, 2014

Before sunrise on Dec. 9, Big Green swimmers and divers set off on a training trip to Puerto Rico, only a few hours after they finished competing in the Big Al Open hosted by Princeton University. The 10-day trip pushed athletes to work hard but allowed them to enjoy each other’s company in the sun — a bonding experience unlike any campus training.

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Men’s hockey skates to first wins of year

By The Dartmouth Staff | January 5, 2014

Picking up its first wins of the season, the men’s hockey team had a busy break, playing seven games including an exciting Ledyard National Bank Classic hosted by the team in Hanover. The team came away from the action with two wins, three losses and a pair of ties.

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Women’s hockey sees 1-5-0 interim

By Macy Ferguson | January 5, 2014

The women’s ice hockey team has kept fans and foes on their toes so far this season with several close losses. Over the break, the team (3-12-0, 2-7-0 ECAC) went 1-5-0, suffering four one-goal losses. The team’s lone win came on Dec. 31 against the Providence College Friars in Hanover. The team faced stiff competition over the interim, facing off against then No. 5 Harvard University and No. 8 Boston University.

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Track and field teams set the pace in early winter season meets

By Jordan Einhorn | January 5, 2014

The men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams began the winter season with successful showings at the Harvard Open on Dec. 7 in Cambridge, Mass., and at the Jay Carisella Invitational on Dec. 14, hosted by Northeastern University in Boston. Five Dartmouth women also competed at the University of Rhode Island’s pentathlon, where Janae Dunchack ’14 came in first place with 3,760 points, ahead of 19 other competitors.

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