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Students, admins react to first full term under MDF

By Parker Richards | June 1, 2015

In the first full term since College President Phil Hanlon announced the details of his “Moving Dartmouth Forward” policy initiative, both students and administrators reported having felt little effect from the College’s new hard alcohol ban. Meanwhile, the working groups tasked with fleshing out the other aspects of the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” policies are starting to receive feedback on their initial plans.

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Presidential candidate Martin O’Malley discusses viewpoints

By Jasmine Sachar | May 31, 2015

O’Malley, touting his progressive record, touched upon his views on a wide array of issues — including increasing discipline on Wall Street, gay marriage, immigration reform and his experience as governor and as Baltimore mayor — during his 30-minute speech and question-and-answer session.

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Hanover Police implement “You Have Options Program”

By Kelsey Flower | May 31, 2015

The Hanover Police Department will train its staff and other members of the community this summer in the “You Have Options Program,” a sexual assault reporting program that aims to increase the number of sexual assault cases reported through a survivor-focused approach.

More than 70 percent of Delta Delta Delta sorority members voted to localize.
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Tri-Delt to localize, disaffiliate from national organization

By Parker Richards | May 28, 2015

Delta Delta Delta sorority will disaffiliate from its national organization and become a local sorority after a chapter-wide vote, Tri-Delt president Lauren Buchanan ’16 said Thursday. Tri-Delt will need to select a new name, new colors and will also face various logistical hurdles before it can officially reincorporate.

Geisel Dean Duane Compton delivers a State of the Medical School address
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Geisel Dean Duane Compton delivers a State of the Medical School address

By Erin Lee | May 28, 2015

In his inaugural State of the Medical School address Thursday evening, interim dean of the Geisel School of Medicine Duane Compton announced that Geisel is on its way to becoming financially stable after a year of budget adjustments. Before an audience of about 100, three faculty members also received lifetime achievement awards and nine were inducted into the Geisel Academy of Faculty Master Educators.

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College creates math scholars program following $20 million donation

By Katie Rafter | May 28, 2015

The College has announced the creation of the Jack Byrne Scholars Program in Math and Society after a donation of $20 million from Dorothy Byrne in honor of her late husband. The College will match the gift with a contribution of $5 million from the $100 million gift to support academic excellence that the College received in 2014.

Over 200 students presented research at the 24th annual Karen E. Wetterhahn Science Symposium.
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Students present research at symposium

By Rachel Favors | May 28, 2015

The College held its 24th annual Karen E. Wetterhahn Science Symposium in the Life Sciences Center on Thursday, with 232 students participating — the highest number in the symposium’s history — and 176 poster presentations, undergraduate advising and research assistant director Kathy Weaver, who coordinated the symposium, said.

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Yield decreases to 50.4 percent, consistent with most years

By Laura Weiss | May 28, 2015

With a yield of 50.4 percent for the Class of 2019, the proportion of students accepting the College's offer of admission has declined from last year's yield of 54.5 percent but is up from 48.5 percent in 2013. For the past decade, the yearly yield rate has hovered around 50 percent, according to a College statement.

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Committee proposes harsher grading, eliminating NRO

By Parker Richards | May 27, 2015

The ad hoc committee on grading practices and grade inflation released its proposal to address grade inflation at the College on May 11. The proposal, sent out to faculty, outlines a strategy to curb grade inflation by adhering more strictly to the Dartmouth Scholarship Ratings system of awarding As for excellence, Bs for “good master” and Cs for “acceptable mastery.” The proposal hopes to incentivize faculty to adhere to stricter grading policies rather than mandate department-wide medians or curves or limit the number or percentage of particular grades that may be awarded.

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Alums awarded for lifetime service to the College

By Lauren Budd | May 27, 2015

Five Dartmouth alumni will be recognized for their lifetime contributions to the College and other achievements. Three will receive the Dartmouth Alumni Award, which recognizes service to the College, career achievement and other community service, and two will receive the Dartmouth Young Alumni Distinguished Service Award. The awards will be presented during the Alumni Awards Gala, which will be held in the fall.

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Majority of campus experiences power outage

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | May 27, 2015

Following a thunderstorm, main campus lost power shortly before 5 p.m., associate vice president of facilities operations and management announced in an email to campus. Liberty Utilities, the College's power provider, does not currently have an estimate for when power will be restored to main campus.

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Undergraduate advisors assess new programming

By Katie Rafter | May 26, 2015

A focus group consisting of students and undergraduate advisors met to evaluate the progress of recently implemented changes to the upperclassman UGA model, mainly with the goal of increasing interaction between residents and UGAs.

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