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Gleason remembered for dedication, poise

By The Dartmouth | November 26, 2014

A wake will be held from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Friedrich-Jones Funeral Home in Naperville, Illinois, on Friday. Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Naperville will hold a funeral at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.

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Hassen '15 named Dartmouth's 77th Rhodes Scholar

By Sasha Dudding and Parker Richards | November 25, 2014

There was a time when Ridwan Hassen ’15, one of five children of refugees from Somalia and Ethiopia, considered dropping out of high school so he could work full-time to support his family. But he stayed in school, Hassen said, crediting an influential statistics teacher. On Saturday, he was named a Rhodes Scholar.

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UFC sanctions Student Assembly for misusing funds

By Annie Ma | November 17, 2014

After reviewing the Student Assembly’s recent expenditures on customized apparel, a lunch event and a formal that was later canceled, the Undergraduate Finance Committee sanctioned the group. Between now and June, Assembly and UFC advisor Eric Ramsey must approve any purchases over $500.

In a survey The Dartmouth emailed campus Monday morning, students overwhelmingly expressed support for the Greek system as it stands.
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Greek discussion marks fall term

By Parker Richards | November 17, 2014

Following a meeting of Greek leaders and administrators on Sept. 17, Greek councils and presidents have seen their schedules filled with internal and external meetings on different proposals for Greek life reform.

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Faculty reflect on honor principle

By Erin Lee | November 17, 2014

Academic honor principle cases increased by 44 percent last year, with 11 more cases referred to the Committee on Standards in 2013-14 than the year before.

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Program links '14s to applicants

By Estephanie Aquino | November 17, 2014

The College’s most recent alumni have begun conducting interviews with its newest applicants via Skype. The pilot program, organized by former admissions office intern Alex Judson ’14, connects members of the Class of 2014 with applicants to the Class of 2019 who live in areas with fewer alumni interviewers.

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Bowdoin, Tuck to collaborate on course

By Noah Goldstein | November 17, 2014

Tuck Business School and Bowdoin College will offer a collaborative financial accounting course for Bowdoin students in the spring. The course, which will be conducted primarily online, represents an opportunity to experiment with technology, senior associate dean Robert Hansen said.

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Library task force will look at digital content, collaboration

By Lauren Budd | November 16, 2014

A task force is exploring expanding the library’s resources by collaborating with other universities and digitizing selected content. Announced by Provost Carolyn Dever earlier this term, the task force will evaluate institutional needs and aspirations for research and teaching, and optimize library funds to meet students’ needs.

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Religion 65 students identify culture of cheating

By Rebecca Asoulin | November 13, 2014

Before 10 a.m. on Thursday morning, students trickled into Cook Auditorium, several sitting on the stairs. It was the class’s first meeting since judicial affairs director Leigh Remy spoke to students who allegedly misrepresented their attendance in “Sports, Ethics and Religion.”

This year’s number of early applications reached a record high.
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Application numbers creep higher for high school students

By Estephanie Aquino | November 13, 2014

Dartmouth saw a 10 percent increase in the number of early decision applicants this year, with an all-time high of 1,856 applications for the Class of 2019. This marks the second year that the College has seen an increase in the number of early applicants — following a 12.6 percent drop in early applicants for the Class of 2017 — coinciding with a national shift toward early admission programs.

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Urgent care center opens in Lebanon, offers quick service

By Sara McGahan | November 13, 2014

ClearChoiceMD, an urgent care facility aimed to improve access and quality of medical assistance while reducing costs, opened its Lebanon doors Thursday. Visits will last just an hour each and cost about 10 times less than trips to the emergency room, founder Marcus Hampers ’89 said.

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After hiatus, diversity council reforms

By Jisu Song | November 13, 2014

A committee of College administrators tasked with promoting diversity met for the first time in two years early last week. Established in 2001, then revived in 2011, the Diversity Council had planned to release an institution-wide diversity plan by December 2012. The council put the plan on hold following administrative changeover, vice president for institutional diversity and equity and council chair Evelynn Ellis said.

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Q&A: Aine Donovan on the honor code

By Emilia Baldwin | November 13, 2014

The honor code is so beautiful because it lifts you up to an obligation that peer to peer, you have to uphold standards of academic integrity. It’s not just the rule, it’s the right thing to do.

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Misuse of clickers raises questions about technology

By Parker Richards | November 12, 2014

On Oct. 30, religion professor Randall Balmer discovered that 43 students who had seemingly answered in-class quiz questions using hand-held clickers had not been present in his course, “Sports, Ethics and Religion.” Roughly a dozen Dartmouth courses use these clickers.

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