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Students gather in Triangle House for a dinner during LGBTQIA+ History Month.

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LGBTQIA History Month kicks off in October

By Peter Charalambous | October 11, 2016

The Office of Pluralism and Leadership is hosting events throughout the month of October to celebrate LGBTQIA+ History Month.

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GLC formalizes rush financial policy

By Sunpreet Singh | October 11, 2016

On Sept. 30, the Greek Leadership Council formalized a policy banning any Greek house from considering financial need when extending bids to students.

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DoseOptics receives third NIH grant

By Frances Cohen | October 11, 2016

On Sept. 29, Dartmouth-affiliated start-up DoseOptics received $2 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health.

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Clery Act data shows decline in violations

By Amanda Zhou | October 7, 2016

The College’s annual Security and Fire Safety report showed a decline in the number of reported rapes, drug law violations and liquor law violations.

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Second property found tainted by lab waste

By Alexa Green | October 7, 2016

Contaminated groundwater has been found on a second private property in the Hanover area. The contamination is from Rennie Farm, a site the College used as an experimental burial ground for laboratory animal waste in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Collis Center's gender-inclusive bathroom sign stolen

By Daniela Armas | October 7, 2016

The repeated theft and tearing-down of the Collis Center’s signs designating single-stall bathrooms as gender-inclusive has continued into the fall term, according to Sean Cann ’17 and Thuy Le ’17 and Kelsey Phares ’17, co-chairs of the Collis Governing Board.

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Tiro begins to sell socially-conscious sweets at the Hop

By Jimmy McColgan | October 7, 2016

For Emmanuel Hui ’17, business is more about social good than it is about making money.

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Resume drops double this year over last year

By Kristine Jiwoo Ahn | October 7, 2016

The Center for Professional Development received more than double the number of fall recruiting applications this year than last, according to figures released by the CPD.

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Sociology prof Kimberly Rogers talks her research and teaching

By Melanie Kos | October 6, 2016

Sociology professor Kimberly Rogers discusses her research, teaching and why she decided to come to Dartmouth.

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Endowment loss in line with national trends

By Mika Jehoon Lee | October 6, 2016

Dartmouth’s endowment reported a loss of 1.9 percent on its investments for the fiscal year that ending in June 30.

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CPD hosts the graduate school fair

By Emma Demers | October 6, 2016

Yesterday over 85 institutions participated in the third annual Graduate and Professional School Fair.

Morton Hall is currently uninhabitable as a result of extensive smoke and water damage caused by the Oct. 1 fire, leaving 67 students displaced.

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Morton residents adjust after fire destroys belongings

By Anthony Robles and Debora Hyemin Han | October 6, 2016

Residents of Morton Hall reflect on difficulites and outpourings of kindness following a four-alarm fire that burned through dorms and belongings.

Students wrote campaign messages in chalk outside South House.

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Student Assembly Senate elected over the weekend

By Alex Fredman | October 4, 2016

On Sunday, students chose classmates in their house communities to serve as grade-level representatives in the newly-formed Student Assembly Senate.

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Sororities extend 294 bids this fall

By Frances Cohen | October 4, 2016

This past week, 345 women participated in fall term recruitment for Panhellenic sororities, which ended Oct. 1.

Lisa Hogarty will leave the College for Boston Children’s Hospital next week.

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Hogarty to leave College next week

By Emilia Baldwin | October 4, 2016

Lisa Hogarty, who has served as the vice president of campus planning and facilities for the past two years, will leave the College next week.

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Dartmouth Dining Services rolls out new food truck

By Kristine Jiwoo Ahn | October 4, 2016

Dartmouth Dining Services will debut a food truck in the next two weeks.

Over the past two years, DEN has expanded to accomodate student interest in different sectors.

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DEN expands offerings to students

By Julian Nathan | October 4, 2016

Over the past two years, DEN has expanded to accommodate student interest by incorporating technology into entrepreneurial efforts.

Morton Hall is currently uninhabitable as a result of extensive smoke and water damage caused by a four-alarm fire that started at 12:05 a.m.

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Morton fire caused by unattended charcoal grill

By Rebecca Asoulin and Annie Ma | October 1, 2016

The four-alarm fire in Morton Hall was caused by a charcoal grill left unattended on the roof of the building.

Pieces of Morton Hall roof on the ground Saturday afternoon.

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College to relocate 67 students after Morton fire

By Rebecca Asoulin | October 1, 2016

All 67 students living in Morton Hall will be relocated to new rooms after a four-alarm fire broke out Saturday morning around midnight, said Mike Wooten, residential life director.

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Four-alarm fire breaks out in East Wheelock cluster around 12 a.m.

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | October 1, 2016

A four-alarm fire broke out in Morton Hall in the East Wheelock housing cluster at 12:06 a.m. Saturday morning, according to the Hartford Fire Department.