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October 4, 2026
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Republican presidential candidate Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) spoke to a crowd on Friday.
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Chris Christie gives town hall talk in Salt Hill Pub

By Parker Richards | November 8, 2015

While some presidential candidates who have swung by the Upper Valley speak to large halls, Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) talked in the packed Salt Hill Pub Friday afternoon as staff served food and drinks around him and some patrons of the bar continued to watch a game on television.

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Protest displays stolen pong table with Indian head, is not affiliated with NAD

By Parker Richards | November 5, 2015

In the early hours of Thursday morning, a large piece of plywood with the Dartmouth Indian head painted on it and a sign that read “WE stand with NAD. We say ENOUGH” were placed on the steps of Dartmouth Hall. The piece of plywood — a pong table — also included the words “Boom Boom Lodge,” a slang phrase used to refer to Theta Delta Chi fraternity and its physical building.

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CoFIRED will host immigration reform conference

By Briana Tang | November 5, 2015

United by a common interest in discussing and developing immigration reform, students from 20 different institutions representing all corners of the United States will arrive at Dartmouth today for the sixth annual Collegial Alliance for Immigration Reform Conference. The conference, organized by the non-partisan Coalition for Immigration Reform, Equality and DREAMers, will run from Nov. 6 to Nov. 8 and has a varied schedule of events, including lectures, workshops, presentations and discussions.

Senator Lindsey Graham spoke about his views on foreign policy, immigration and the economy at the Hopkins Center.
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Senator Lindsey Graham talks presidential policy goals

By Samantha Stern | November 4, 2015

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) joked, “This is the only way I could get into an Ivy League School — by running for president,” at a town hall meeting Wednesday afternoon. Graham is the second presidential candidate to be featured in “America’s Economic Future,” a lecture series co-sponsored by the Tuck School of Business and the Rockefeller Center.

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Jon Kull explains plans for independent graduate school at town hall

By Zachary Benjamin | November 4, 2015

Plans to create an administratively independent School of Graduate and Advanced Studies were discussed in detail at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center on Wednesday during the second of three “town hall” style meetings. Information included details about the organization of the new school and concerns about the project’s budget.

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Teaching Science Fellows program supports students in STEM fields

By Noah Goldstein | November 4, 2015

The Teaching Science Fellows program — created to make difficult introductory science courses accessible to a wider range of students — is now in its second year. The two current fellows, Therese Kienemund ’15 and Joshua Prickel ’15, work with the professors and students of large science courses in a variety of capacities, including holding office hours and conducting course surveys.

 
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College will spend $4 million on professor houses for residential communities

By Caroline Berens | November 3, 2015

Students graduating later than June 2016 will be randomly assigned into on of six residential communities — based in pre-existing residence halls — the College announced Monday, along with other details about the new residential community system. The College has allocated nearly $4 million to build and renovate the professor housing that will accompany each house community, vice president of campus planning and facilities Lisa Hogarty said.

Eonomics professor Douglas Staiger has been teaching at the College since 1998.
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Professor Douglas Staiger inducted to National Academy of Medicine

By Sonia Qin | November 3, 2015

Every morning of his “Advanced Topics in Econometrics” class this fall, Myles Wagner ’17 could expect to receive an apple from his professor, Douglas Staiger, plucked fresh from the apple tree in Staiger’s his yard. Not only does Staiger capture his students’ attention — and stomachs — with fruit, but he has also captured the interest of the National Academy of Medicine. Staiger, Dartmouth’s John French Professor of Economics, was one of the 80 members newly inducted to the National Academy of Medicine with his work.

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LiveSafe app sees 7 percent download rate on campus

By Kelsey Flower | November 2, 2015

Only 7 percent of the student body has downloaded the LiveSafe app, introduced to campus this fall to facilitate students’ seeking help when threatened on campus. Safety and Security director Harry Kinne and LiveSafe engagement partner Maili Neverosky said their goal going forward is a more aggressive marketing plan.

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