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Dever launches task forces in third month as provost

By Erica Buonanno | September 29, 2014

A restructured leadership team and two new task forces are on Provost Carolyn Dever’s agenda as she moves into her third month at the College. Across its initiatives, Dartmouth must work to create its own image and stop allowing its problems to define it, as it has for decades, she said.

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Tuck to add global requirement

By Noah Goldstein | September 29, 2014

Designing a business plan for a brewery in Switzerland or traveling with faculty to South Africa, among other international expeditions, will soon become the norm for all Tuck School of Business students. As part of a new program announced earlier this month, all Tuck students starting with the Class of 2017 must fulfill a global insight requirement through an international first-year culminating experience, a global consulting project, a faculty-led international course or by designing an alternative.

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Panarchy repairs could cost up to $400,000

By Laura Bucklin | September 29, 2014

Since a failed fire inspection in late June, Panarchy undergraduate society’s stately white house on School Street has remained empty. The house seeks to raise $100,000 in the next five years, and its members are actively raising money for repairs, including through an online crowdsourcing campaign launched last week. Pre-construction is expected to begin next Monday.

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Gowin to begin as Montgomery Fellow

By Jeffrey Lee | September 28, 2014

Gowin, a recipient of a Guggenheim and National Endowment of the Arts Fellowships, was selected for his work in portrait photography and aerial landscapes, said program director Christianne Wohlforth.

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DOC sees higher membership

By Michael Qian | September 28, 2014

Next weekend, around 30 students in teams of three or four will embark on the Fifty, a 53.6-mile hike from campus to Mount Moosilauke’s summit. Hike organizers said the trip usually takes about 30 hours, and hikers are supported by five different stations. This fall, 75 people applied to hike and more than 130 applied to support.

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Committee considers alcohol policy changes

By Parker Richards | September 25, 2014

The “Moving Dartmouth Forward” presidential steering committee will likely propose amendments to alcohol policy as part of its recommendations to reduce harmful behaviors at the College. The committee’s research follows changes in alcohol policy at peer institutions, including approaches that ban hard alcohol, prohibit drinking games and encourage open doors at social gatherings in residence halls.

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Groups detail Tucker split

By Pooja Singhi | September 25, 2014

As the Tucker Foundation prepares to split into two centers by next fall — one focused on religious and spiritual life, the other on community service — working groups are busy determining details of the division.

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Handbook clarifies marijuana policy

By Victoria Nelsen | September 25, 2014

Though New Hampshire has legalized medical marijuana, use at Dartmouth is still prohibited. The College is constrained by federal regulations that classify any use of the drug as illegal — regulations that if broken could mean a loss of federal funding, including grants and financial aid. As a result, Dick’s House and Student Accessibility Services assist students who have been prescribed the drug to find alternative treatments or off-campus housing.

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Unaffiliated men talk community

By Lucia McGloin | September 25, 2014

Five men reflected on community, pressure to rush and what it means to identify as “unaffiliated” in a panel Thursday night. The panel came a day before the start of Interfraternity Council recruitment.

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Hanover implements road changes to boost pedestrian, cyclist safety

By Sara McGahan | September 25, 2014

The bicycle advisory lanes intend to boost the popularity and safety of bicycling, walking and running, said William Young, chairman of the Hanover bike and pedestrian committee. He added that traffic speeds should hopefully decrease in a natural, intuitive way as a result of the suggestion lanes. The road’s current speed limit is 25 miles per hour.

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Professor Q&A: Politics and gender

By Maria Brenes | September 24, 2014

In her recent memoir “Off the Sidelines,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand ’88, D-NY, describes being treated differently than her male counterparts in Congress. We wrote to government professor Deborah Jordan Brooks, who has studied gender stereotypes in politics, and asked her about barriers female politicians face.

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Forums highlight health care changes

By Erica Buonanno | September 24, 2014

In a five-part series of health care forums that ended yesterday morning, host and executive vice president Richard Mills sparked discussion among faculty and staff regarding changes to this year’s health care plans, before open enrollment begins on Oct. 21.

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Freshmen jump-start job search

By Erin Lee | September 24, 2014

A program launched this week aims to give freshmen a head start on the job search. Called the professional development accelerator program, it marks an effort by the Center for Professional Development to help students make use of its services earlier and more effectively, the center’s director Roger Woolsey said.

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Unspoken use of private consultants affects admissions

By Zac Hardwick | September 23, 2014

As hundreds of thousands of high school students draft and edit their early decision applications, due in little more than a month, these expensive services say they provide an advantage in the process. Last year, more than 31,000 students applied early action or early decision to the eight Ivy League schools — 1,678 to Dartmouth.

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