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Government professors talk election’s future

By Emilia Baldwin | February 11, 2016

Last night, students, professors and members of the Hanover community gathered for a panel in Filene Auditorium that focused on the future of the 2016 presidential race following the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary. Government professors Linda Fowler, Joseph Bafumi and Dean Lacy discussed the concept of gender, experience and electability in relation to the presidential race in their discussion mediated by Ronald Shaiko, associate director of the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy.

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College proposes building a new parking structure

By Joe Regan | February 11, 2016

Strict height and boundary regulations set by the town of Hanover usually limit the scope of new construction projects. For a new parking garage slated for the western side of campus, the College is pushing back on these regulations.

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Coffin appointed as admissions vice provost

By Amanda Zhou | February 10, 2016

When the College announced Lee Coffin as the new vice provost for enrollment and dean of admissions and financial aid last week, Coffin — a first-generation college student — said he called his father and thanked him for the sacrifices his parents made to allow him to go to college.

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New bills to address heroin use in New Hampshire

By Alexa Green | February 10, 2016

The New Hampshire Senate unanimously passed three bills on Feb. 4 to address drug problems within the state. The bills allocated $5.5 million to establish drug courts statewide, provide grants for law enforcement and upgrade the state’s prescription drug monitoring program. A legislative task force recommended these changes designed to address the state’s drug crisis.

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Q&A with Bloomberg Businessweek’s Paul Barrett

By Heyi Jiang | February 10, 2016

Bloomberg Businessweek journalist Paul Barrett came to Dartmouth this week to talk about his new book on the legal battle over oil in the rainforest. The Dartmouth sat down with him to talk about “Law of the Jungle” (2014) and his experience reporting.

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Trump, Sanders take NH

By Joyce Lee | February 9, 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump are the winners of yesterday’s New Hampshire primary election. Republican presidential candidate John Kasich and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton placed second in their respective races.

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Working groups to focus on inclusivity

By Sonia Qin | February 9, 2016

Last Wednesday, College President Phil Hanlon and Provost Carolyn Dever announced the creation of three working groups that will tackle issues of diversity and inclusivity at the College.

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College drops out of top research grouping tier

By Erin Lee | February 9, 2016

Dartmouth fell out of the R1 category, a group of 115 doctoral universities with the “highest research activity,” in the most recent report released by Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education on Feb. 1. The College is now part of the R2 group of “higher research activity” institutions.

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SAE derecognized by the College

By Priya Ramaiah | February 8, 2016

Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity has been suspended by its national organization for a minimum of five years for violations of health and safety regulations as well as a failure to comply with the national organization’s standards, according to a statement released by SAE national executive director of communications Brandon Weghorst. Members of the chapter at the College have also been suspended indefinitely from SAE national.

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Tabard faces three terms of suspension and probation

By Zachary Benjamin | February 8, 2016

Last Thursday, the College suspended the Tabard gender-inclusive fraternity for three terms after the house admitted to violations of the College’s hazing, alcohol and recruiting policies, college spokesperson Diana Lawrence said. Following their period of suspension, the house will be placed on probation until the end of 2017, she said.

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Feeder line failure leaves main campus in the dark

By Carter Brace | February 8, 2016

From approximately 7:30 p.m. on Saturday night to approximately 1:45 a.m. Sunday morning, parts of the College campus and the town of Hanover suffered a power outage. The blackout was concentrated around the central area of campus, including all buildings around the Green, the Class of 1953 Commons, Massachusetts Row as well as southern and eastern parts of campus. The Choates cluster also lost power as well as some restaurants and stores in downtown Hanover.

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No snow sculpture this year

By Daniel Kim | February 7, 2016

A College tradition since 1925, the snow sculpture will not return to the Green for this year’s Winter Carnival, director of the Collis Center, which oversees the Winter Carnival committee, Anna Hall said. The decision was reached right after the winter interim. She added that events such as the dogsled race and polar bear plunge are dependent on next week’s weather.

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DBI panel presents new findings

By Amanda Zhou | February 7, 2016

At a presentation last Thursday afternoon, the Dartmouth Bystander Initiative team reported results from their new pre-recruitment workshop. The event was advertised to Greek presidents, and nearly all of the Greek Leadership council was present.

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Q&A with CNN correspondent Jake Tapper ’91

By Alexa Green | February 7, 2016

Jake Tapper ’91, a CNN correspondent, broadcast his show “The Lead” from the Green last Friday afternoon, focusing on student voices in the election and in particular, Tuesday’s upcoming New Hampshire primary. The program, which airs every day at 4 p.m. on CNN, covers top news stories ranging from politics, money, sports and popular culture. The Dartmouth sat down with Tapper before his broadcast to talk about his reporting the role of the media.

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Campus hit by power outage

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | February 6, 2016

A power outage hit main campus shortly before 7:30 p.m. on Saturday evening. Parts of Hanover have also been affected.

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No Winter Carnival sculpture to be built

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | February 6, 2016

No snow sculpture will be built on the Green this year as part of Winter Carnival activities, director of the Collis Center Anna Hall said.

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Alumni petition for Asian-American studies department

By Sonia Qin | February 4, 2016

On Monday, Alice Liou ’13 started a petition on Change.org pushing for the immediate creation of an Asian-American studies department. As of press time, 316 people have signed the petition, which has been widely circulated on social media sites such as Facebook.

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Free State project reaches goal

By Joyce Lee | February 4, 2016

A mass migration across the United States in pursuit of political freedom sounds more like a description of historical events such as the 1847 Mormon migration to Utah, not a modern movement. However, the Free State Project is a modern political migration organization seeking to relocate liberty-minded individuals to New Hampshire. On Tuesday, the project reached its goal of gathering 20,000 signers pledging to move to the Granite State within the next five years.

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Cushing proposes bill on land grant

By Joe Regan | February 4, 2016

In January and October, New Hampshire state representative Robert Cushing introduced two bills to the legislature, which would prohibit the College from selling land granted by the 1807 Second College Land Grant and hold the College accountable for a $10,000 fund set up in 1883.

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SAE suspended by national, derecognized by College

By Priya Ramaiah | February 4, 2016

Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity has been suspended by its national organization for no less than five years for violations of health and safety regulations as well as a failure to comply with the national organization’s standards, according to a statement released by SAE national executive director of communications Brandon Weghorst.

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