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'14 Girl: I like garlic and onions and bleu cheese. Maybe that's why there are no boys in my life. '14 Guy 1: I black out every time I drink now.
'14 Girl: I like garlic and onions and bleu cheese. Maybe that's why there are no boys in my life. '14 Guy 1: I black out every time I drink now.
Whether you overheard finance-related conversations in FoCo or watched flocks of suited students walking toward Career Services this week, it was hard to miss signs that corporate recruiting has taken hold of dozens of students' summers. For students who have always wanted to pursue careers in finance, corporate recruiting offers a convenient opportunity to secure an internship for an off-term.
Peter Williamson '12 won the Southern Amateur Championship in Little Rock, Ark., over the weekend, defeating Bobby Wyatt, the world's number one amateur golfer, and adding yet another highlight to his golf career.
Throughout my childhood and teenage years, I tried to do everything in my power to prevent "the worst" from happening.
Everyone knows that you only get one chance to make a first impression. From your GPA to your grammar to your suit if you even get to meet your potential employer everything you say and do and wear will be scrutinized.
Pendleton Clayton Baxley XII Dartmouth College Hanover, N.H.6969 Hinman Pendleton.C.Baxley.XII.14@Dartmouth.Edu (678) 999-8212 Education and Training Dartmouth College, anticipated bachelor of arts in economics, minor in public policy: September 2010 June 2014-Coursework includes: Econ 26, astronomy, art history, Zumba-Computer: Microsoft Office, Stata (actually can't remember much), video editing (basically just iMovie)-Languages: English (native), Spanish (can't remember much either) Experience Citigroup, personal assistant to the CFO: March June 2012-Spent hours ensuring each department received correct coffee orders-Once trusted to edit important documents and ended up irreparably damaging them with copious coffee stains, consequently may have contributed to the recession-Honed golf and tennis skills Ivy Insiders, CEO of my branch (but really I was an instructor): June August 2011-Taught spoiled middle school brats grammar-Set up client base by snooping around my former high school, slathered head to toe in Dartmouth regalia Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, research sssistant: September 2010 March 2011-Watched cells grow and die-Shadowed many different people and was forbidden to touch the shiny, expensive equipment-Formerly contemplated a career in medicine until I dropped Chemistry 5 Leadership and Activities M@sters Champion: Date redacted-Not your average day of golf University Hill Summer Day Camps, camp counselor: June August 2009-Mentored and supervised groups of children aged 6-12-Surprisingly, had an amazing time and a great experience-But I'm never going to work with kids there's no money, no prestige
President Barack Obama can look to former President Calvin Coolidge's economic achievements in the 1920s as he tries to shape a successful path to financial recovery, panelists said in the third lecture in the "Interesting People, Interesting Times" series on Wednesday night at the Tuck School of Business. The panel featured former chair of the Democratic National Committee and former Vermont Gov.
Yomalis Rosario / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth women's volleyball team was awarded the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award for the 2011-2012 season on July 20.
Matthew McNierney / The Dartmouth Staff This week, the presidential search committee tasked with finding Dartmouth's next president released its presidential position profile, which describes the College and outlines the qualities that the committee hopes to find in candidates, according to chair of the committee Bill Helman '80.
Rebecca Xu / The Dartmouth Staff It's that time of year again.
Resume? Check. Killer cover letter? Check. Appropriate schmoozing at pre-interview info session? Check. Playing the corporate recruiting game involves the right combination of tact, charm and finesse.
A female member of the Class of 2012 died suddenly in her off-campus house in Hanover today, according to a campus-wide email sent by interim College President Carol Folt and Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson. The death is not being treated as suspicious, and the Hanover Police Department is investigating. The woman, who graduated from the College in June, is not being named pending notification of her family.
Matthew McNierney / The Dartmouth Staff Laughter filled the high ceilings of the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning as French and Italian professor John Rassias strode down the aisles, calling out phrases for his 40 students teachers from Mexico to repeat back to him.
People generally associate Dartmouth's strong alumni network with finance, but the recent formation of the Vox Theater Group is challenging this stereotype. Thom Pasculli '05, Kate Mulley '05 and Matthew Cohn '08 established Vox Theater, an alumni theater troupe, in February 2012.
Huddled at the center of the Green last Friday at 9 p.m., Paul Marino '04 stood with a small group of students in Theater 65: Drama in Performance, to plot their next place of attack.
Children who watch feature films with more racy scenes tend to engage in sex at a younger age, have more sexual partners and participate in more unsafe sex, according to a study by researchers in a Dartmouth social health psychology lab and at the Geisel School of Medicine. The study, titled "Greater Exposure to Sexual Content in Popular Movies Predicts Earlier Sexual Debut and Increased Risk Taking," was published online in the journal Psychological Science on Wednesday. The researchers used data from a longitudinal study of American adolescents and determined that racy movies increase sexual risk by "modifying sexual behavior," according to the article. "Kids who are watching more of these movies lose their virginity at a younger age and reported less condom use," lead author Ross O'Hara, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Missouri, said in an interview with The Dartmouth.
Aki Onda / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic has paid over $550,000 to the federal government in settlements over claims that six neurologists overbilled the Medicare and Medicaid programs, according to a July 19 press release from the U.S.