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Abuse support groups will start next week

By Laura Weiss | January 14, 2015

WISE @ Dartmouth will begin its first support group — a weekly, student-run group for self-identifying women who have experienced emotional, physical or sexual abuse or stalking — next week, Caeli Cavanagh ’14, a co-chair of WISE @ Dartmouth, said.

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MAV expands to freshmen floors

By Annie Ma | January 14, 2015

Movement Against Violence is set to expand its programming to freshman floors this term, with a curriculum tailored to the dynamics of first-year communities. The initiative aims to address issues of sexual and domestic violence prevention most relevant to the situations first-year students will likely encounter.

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Community college proposal unlikely to affect Dartmouth

By Timothy Connor | January 14, 2015

President Obama’s proposal to provide federal funding to make the first two years of community college free for students nationwide, announced last Friday, could have significant implications for students in Vermont and New Hampshire, where annual tuition for community colleges are some of the highest in the nation.

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Wise ’15 researches in Antarctica

By Erin Lee | January 13, 2015

While many Dartmouth students were relaxing with long-lost high school friends or watching Netflix on the family couch, Diana Wise ’15 was taking photographs of penguins from atop an Antarctic mountain.

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DCAL names new director

By Erica Buonanno | January 13, 2015

Lisa Baldez, who took over as director of Dartmouth’s Center for the Advancement of Learning in November, said that the organization will focus on not only enhancing classroom facilitation through digital and experiential learning initiatives, but also on addressing diversity and sensitivity within teaching and learning at the College.

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Hanover sees increased levels of influenza

By Kelsey Flower | January 12, 2015

Winter flu levels have been higher than usual in Hanover so far this year, town manager Julia Griffin said. This is possibly due to the fact that this year’s influenza vaccine may not be as adept at preventing the flu as it has been in previous years.

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Solarize Hanover project promotes solar energy

By Noah Goldstein | January 12, 2015

Over 10 contracts to install solar panels have been signed during round two of the Solarize Hanover project, which is set to end on Jan. 31. Town officials involved in the project said they are hoping for more finalized contracts by the end of the month.

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Green D Founders Fund will back promising groups

By Katie Rafter | January 12, 2015

Sean Byrnes ’00 said that when he attended Dartmouth, entrepreneurship was not encouraged or supported as it was seen to contrast with the values of academia. A decade and a half later, the current atmosphere is more welcoming of the melding of academia with for-profit endeavors, Byrnes said.

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DOC chooses new Trips directorate

By Sara McGahan | January 11, 2015

Charged with welcoming the vast majority of incoming freshmen to campus, director Peety Kaur ’15 and assistant director Sam Parker ’15 will lead the 2015 Dartmouth Outing Club First-Year Trips directorate.

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Over 50 students audition for V-February

By Parker Richards | January 11, 2015

Roughly 50 students auditioned Sunday for roles and performances in V-February, an annual month-long campaign to promote gender equality through performances and discussions, sponsored by the Center for Gender and Student Engagement, event organizers said.

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Students visit startups on DEN trip to West Coast

By Lauren Budd | January 8, 2015

Over winter break, 13 undergraduates and four Tuck School of Business students traveled to the West Coast on a trip sponsored by the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network to work for three early-stage startups founded by Dartmouth alumni, as well as visit an array of Silicon Valley startups.

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NLRB union decision unlikely to affect Dartmouth

By Timothy Connor | January 8, 2015

The National Labor Relations Board asserted the right of non-tenured faculty members at private colleges to collectively bargain and unionize in a December ruling, rejecting claims by Pacific Lutheran University that its faculty occupies managerial positions. The ruling is unlikely to affect proceedings at Dartmouth, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences Michael Mastanduno said.

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Stamps Scholars' research projects are underway

By Parker Richards | January 8, 2015

With the support of $10,000 each from the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation, the projects of the six inaugural Stamps Scholars are underway, from studying ancient canals in Mexico to analyzing the environmental impacts of Dartmouth’s fuel source.

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Kim’s Dartmouth Center absorbed by Dartmouth Institute

By Katie Rafter | January 7, 2015

While the Dartmouth Center was originally founded by former College President Jim Yong Kim as a separate entity from the Dartmouth Institute — so it could focus on separate opportunities for health research — Institute director Elliott Fisher said in an email that the integration of the two programs was expected from the outset.

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My Brigadeiro brings more chocolate to Main Street

By Erin Lee | January 7, 2015

Store owner Ana Paula Alexandrescu began her online business two years ago from home, and although she has sold her chocolate in local stores — such as Dan and Whit’s General Store in Norwich and the Hanover and Lebanon Co-Op Food Stores — opening a store is something she always had in mind.

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