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Burns' documentary exposes past injustice

By Gavin Huang | January 21, 2013

As the lights dimmed on a packed Spaulding Auditorium for the Saturday night showing of "The Central Park Five" (2012), a relaxed Ken Burns in a gray sweater and khaki pants walked onstage and told the audience something rather unexpected. "I hope this is not a film that you will enjoy," the Emmy Award-winning director said.

Opinion

Albrecht: Breaking the Loop

By Emily Albrecht | January 21, 2013

A Google calendar pop-up is behind this document, flashing, nagging. There's a club meeting going on right now and the pop-up is saying that I should really be there, right now.

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College funds sustainability projects

By Colby Ye | January 21, 2013

Cecelia Shao / The Dartmouth Staff While previously students have had trouble securing funding to pursue sustainable projects on campus, the launch of the Green Community Fund will offer a potential avenue for their pursuits.

Mirror

From Hanover to Hollywood

By Lindsay Keare | January 17, 2013

For a school about as far away from Hollywood as you can get in the United States, Dartmouth has a huge number of alumni who shined in the arts while they were undergraduates.

News

Science Pub discusses black holes

By Colby Ye and Amelia Rosch | January 17, 2013

In a process called "spaghettification," a person falling into a black hole would be ripped apart by its gravitational forces before they were able to feel anything, according to astronomy post-doctoral researcher Kevin Hainline.

Mirror

Dartmouth in Film

By Myrel Iturrey | January 17, 2013

Allison Wang / The Dartmouth Staff We are introduced to Conrad "Ronnie" Brean an amoral political spin-doctor and one of Robert De Niro's most acclaimed roles in a hectic White House Situation Room. "Where'd you go to school, kid," Brean asks the White House aide, played by Suzanne Cryer "Wellesley?" The actress in the 1997 comedy "Wag the Dog," described in the original screenplay as a "bright young woman in her 20s," responds plainly: "Dartmouth." "Then show a little spunk!" Brean retorts. The quick, albeit telling reference to Dartmouth made within the first 10 minutes of the film's opening scene is just one amongst a slew of the College's portrayals in cinema.

Mirror

Overheards

January 17, 2013

'14 Girl: I like people who I don't even know. I can't imagine how it would feel to like someone I did know. '15 Girl: I really need to blitz this kid to figure things out.

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Online courses create new learning methods

By Stephanie McFeeters | January 17, 2013

Yomalis Rosario / The Dartmouth Staff Online learning tools are revolutionizing higher education, and universities across the nation are facing pressure to decide if and how they will join the movement, according to for-profit online education company Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller.

News

Daily Debriefing

By Heather Szilagyi | January 17, 2013

One in four campus police departments are unprepared to respond to a shooter on campus, and another 46 percent say they are understaffed, according to a recent survey by Campus Safety Magazine.

Mirror

Top 5 Performers at Dartmouth

By The Dartmouth | January 17, 2013

The Sun God: '16s, this reference may be before your time, but since he actually made a living as a performance artist, we figured he deserved a shoutout. Ma Thayer: Performs every day at lunch and dinner. My Dartmouth ID: Which performs a disappearing act every time i'm trapped outside my door in the freezing cold. The Dartmouth vpn: Stealing the show and getting you netflix on your off-term.

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Editor's Note

By Amelia Acosta | January 17, 2013

/ The Dartmouth Staff A little known fact about me is that I was a fairly unsuccessful child actress, starring in "When I Grow Up I Want to be... A Veterinarian." Though this was the peak of my acting career, it wasn't the end of my life as a performer.

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Geisel keynote lecture starts MLK celebrations

By Ashley See | January 17, 2013

Pulling from his vast personal experience in the field and classroom, pediatric clinician Roy Wade Med'07 focused on reducing income disparity in health care and encouraged attendees to discuss improvements to working with underserved communities in a lecture on Thursday as part of Geisel School of Medicine's Martin Luther King Jr.

Opinion

Sachdeva: Martyrdom or Kingdom

By Nikki Sachdeva | January 17, 2013

Descending the steps of Baker-Berry Library, I am always struck by the minefield below. Student representatives of activist campus organizations such as China Care Club, GlobeMed, North Korea Project and MEDLIFE occupy table after table in Novack Cafe, hounding passersby for money in exchange for overly priced baked goods.

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