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Trustees approve tuition increase, meet with new working groups

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | March 23, 2016

The Board of Trustees approved a 3.8 percent total increase in undergraduate tuition, mandatory fees and room and board for the 2016-2017 academic year at its March 5 weekend meeting, making the total cost of attendance next year $66,174. The trustees also discussed campus issues of diversity and inclusion, meeting with members of the three new diversity working groups on staff, faculty and students.

In 2010, Dartmouth eliminated all tackling from its practices to reduce injuries.
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Ivy coaches vote to eliminate tackling in season practices

By Sonia Qin | March 7, 2016

All eight Ivy League coaches recently voted to eliminate full-contact hitting from their regular season practices at the annual coaches’ meeting two weeks ago. The unanimous decision will now go to each the league’s athletic directors, policy committee and university presidents for approval before the policy goes into affect.

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College drops to ‘yellow light’ rating

By Erin Lee | March 7, 2016

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education has changed Dartmouth’s speech code rating from “green light” to “yellow light” in November. The non-partisan organization believes the College’s bias reporting policies could be used to suppress free speech, FIRE policy research director Samantha Harris said.

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Upper Valley Aquatic Center plans for expansion

By Joyce Lee | March 7, 2016

The Upper Valley Aquatic Center will begin $3 million in renovations this summer, adding 8,000 square feet for a larger locker room, group exercise studio and physical therapy center. The additions will also feature natural light, open views and a fitness mezzanine that overlooks the fitness floor.

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Board of Trustees approves 3.8 percent tuition increase

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | March 6, 2016

The Board of Trustees approved a 3.8 percent total increase in undergraduate tuition, mandatory fees and room and board for the 2016-2017 academic year at its meeting this weekend, making the total cost of attendance next year $66,174. Tuition will increase by 3.9 percent, jumping to$48,998 from this year's $48,120.

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Stamps Scholars to present today

By Heyi Jiang | March 6, 2016

The Experiential Learning symposium, sponsored by the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning, will take place this afternoon in Baker-Berry Library. The symposium will feature 2016-17 Stamps Scholars Julia Marino ’17, Andrew Nalani ’16, Connie Jiang ’17 and Patrick Saylor ’16, who will be sharing their work and experiences through the Stamps program.

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Alumni stand with Lady Gaga at Oscars

By Sonia Qin | March 6, 2016

At the Oscars this year, Lady Gaga performed an emotionally-charged rendition of her song “Til it Happens to You.” Nearing the end of her performance, she was joined onstage by a group 50 young survivors of sexual violence that included two alums: Nastassja Schmiedt, a former member of the Class of 2015, and Lea Roth ’13.

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Warren Belding retires after 43 years with College IT

By Zachary Benjamin | March 6, 2016

Last Wednesday, manager of IT desktop client services Warren Belding retired from the College after more than 43 years of service. While at the College, Belding witnessed several transformations in technology, and simultaneously saw his own position evolve in order to continue to meet Dartmouth’s technological needs.

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Experts discuss hard alcohol policy

By Noah Goldstein | March 3, 2016

When College President Phil Hanlon announced the ban on hard alcohol as part of his “Moving Dartmouth Forward” policy initiative a year ago, a discussion in higher education resurfaced: does banning hard alcohol “eliminate high-risk behavior” — one of the primary goals of Hanlon’s policy initiative?

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After Founders Day, house system questions raised

By Amanda Zhou | March 3, 2016

Students have raised a number of questions about how the new housing community system will work when it rolls out this fall. While current students found out which house community they were in last Friday at Founders Day, in the future, classes will be notified of their house community soon after accepting their place at the College.

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Thayer professor's company identifies viral antibodies

By Alyssa Mehra | March 3, 2016

In 2007, Thayer engineering professor Tillman Gerngross founded Adimab, an antibody discovery company that develops therapeutic antibodies against infectious disease targets, alongside his colleague and Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Dane Wittrup. The company recently developed a new technology that allows them to quickly identify antibodies effective at combating diseases such as Ebola, Zika and other viruses.

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A look at the alcohol policy one-year out

By Noah Goldstein | March 2, 2016

The hard alcohol ban remains one of the most debated aspects of College President Phil Hanlon’s “Moving Dartmouth Forward” policy initiative. A year after it’s implementation, the success of the policy in “eliminating high-risk behavior” — its stated goal — remains an open question.

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Dartmouth professors talk gender, race and politics

By Joyce Lee | March 2, 2016

Based on results from the primary elections on Tuesday, presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are the probable nominees for the respective Democratic and Republican parties. Yet for all nine candidates still in the presidential race, issues of race, class and gender key issues in this election cycle, according to three Dartmouth government professors.

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College agrees to mediation over contamination

By Zachary Benjamin | March 1, 2016

The College has agreed to enter into mediation with Deb and Richard Higgins, a couple whose well was contaminated by carcinogenic chemicals originating from a nearby College-owned site, College spokeswoman Diana Lawrence confirmed in an email. In the 1960s and 70s, the College used the property, Rennie Farm, as a burial site for animal test subjects.

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Hanover incentivizes ridesharing through parking

By Joe Regan | March 1, 2016

The town of Hanover recently started a pilot program with Upper Valley Rideshare in which commuters can coordinate carpools. Upper Valley Rideshare’s online platform will help users form rideshare groups, which are charged a reduced fee for parking in the Marshall Lot at 41 South Main Street.

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