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Dartmouth Student Assembly president and student leaders at other universities sign initiative calling for the waiver of application fees for first-generation and low-income applicants

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | February 15, 2017

On Wednesday, 1vyG, an advocacy group for first-generation students, sent out a press release announcing its No Apologies Initiative, which calls for universities to eliminate application fees for low-income and first-generation college students by the 2017-18 application cycle.

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Sororities extend 92 bids for winter rush

By Sunpreet Singh | February 14, 2017

After sorority recruitment officially ended last Wednesday, 92 students received bids, with 66 coming from formal recruitment and 26 from shakeout, Panhellenic Council recruitment chair Alexis Wallace ’17 said. In total, 106 students participated in formal recruitment.

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Climbing gym renovates and revamps over break

By Mika Jehoon Lee | February 14, 2017

The Outdoor Programs Office and the Dartmouth Mountaineering Club renovated the Jonathan Belden Daniels ’86 Memorial Climbing Gym this last winter break and changed its hours. DMC co-leader Alex Derenchuk ’19 said that part of the renovation involved decreasing the size of one side of the gym and adding a training room in its stead. According to its website, the DMC is partially responsible for providing staff and changing the climbing routes in the climbing gym. In addition to the structural changes, Morgan Haas, the assistant director for leadership and experiential education at Dartmouth outdoor programs and manager of the gym, said that the renovated side of the gym was rebuilt with steel framing.

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Geisel professor Norman Snow died

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | February 12, 2017

Geisel School of Medicine professor of medical education Norman Snow has passed away, as reported by Geisel on Saturday afternoon. After retiring from practicing as a thoracic surgeon, Snow joined Geisel in 2011, where he taught anatomy.

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CNN anchor Jake Tapper '91 will be the 2017 Commencement speaker

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | February 9, 2017

CNN news anchor and journalist Jake Tapper ’91 will be this year’s Commencement speaker. Tapper is the anchor of CNN’s weekday news show “The Lead with Jake Tapper” and its Sunday morning show “State of the Union.” As the network’s chief Washington correspondent, Tapper has gained a reputation as an impartial interviewer, particularly during his coverage of the 2016 presidential election.

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Winter Carnival introduces new events

By Frances Cohen | February 9, 2017

This year’s Winter Carnival, called “Dartmouth College of Icecraft and Blizzardry: A Magical Winter Carnival,” is packed with Harry Potter-themed events. In addition to the traditional events such as the polar bear plunge, the human dogsled race, the ice sculpture contest and the 99-cent ski day, this year will also feature some new additions.

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Q&A with professor of medicine H. Gilbert Welch

By Sunpreet Singh | February 9, 2017

H. Gilbert Welch is an academic physician and cancer researcher at the College. He is a professor of medicine at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and an internist at the White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

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Lecture examines travel ban

By Julian Nathan | February 7, 2017

Monday night, the Roth Center for Jewish Life hosted a lecture called “Security and Freedom in the 21st Century: The Trump Executive Order on Immigration and Refugees.” The lecture featured four guest speakers and gave audience members the opportunity to ask various questions about President Donald Trump’s recent executive order, which calls for a temporary ban on most immigration to the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries. The first of the four speakers to address the audience was the College’s Office of Visa and Immigration Services director Susan Ellison.

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Flu season consistent with previous years

By Anthony Robles | February 7, 2017

With flu season coming around, general trends of the illness are in line with previous years of reporting without any noticeable change in the number of cases in the greater Hanover area, said Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center professor of immunology Richard Enelow. The last major outbreak was during the 2009-2010 school year, which correlated with the swine flu pandemic. “It looks like most of the country has pretty widespread flu activity, which is not that unusual for the time of year,” Enelow said.

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Hanlon, 47 other college and university presidents, send Trump letter on executive order

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | February 3, 2017

College President Phil Hanlon and 47 other college and university presidents sent President Donald Trump a letter on Thursday asking him to “rectify or rescind the recent executive order closing our country’s borders to immigrants and others from seven majority-Muslim countries and to refugees from throughout the world.” Initially drafted by Princeton University president Christopher Eisgruber and University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann, the letter states that the executive order “unfairly targets seven predominantly Muslim countries in a manner inconsistent with America’s best principles and greatest traditions.” The presidents of all eight Ivy League schools, along with 40 other leaders of higher education institutions, signed the letter. On Jan.

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