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Patricia Kane '86 arrested for abduction

By The Dartmouth Staff | January 29, 2014

Patricia Kane ’86 was arrested by Hanover Police Monday night in Lyme, N.H. after authorities issued an Amber Alert, alleging she abducted her twelve-year-old biological son from his foster family in Sunderland, Vt. Kane is being held in Grafton County Jail while she awaits extradition to face two felony charges in Vermont, said Vermont State Police public information officer Stephanie Dasaro.

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Student-designed apps win funding

By Claire Daly | January 28, 2014

Over 30 groups composed of faculty, undergraduate and graduate students presented their proposals to seven judges and an audience in Loew Auditorium on Jan. 14. The nine winning proposals included an art marketplace that doubles as a fundraising platform and a physics word game.

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Hundreds of students take on mindfulness challenge

By Ashley Manning | January 28, 2014

Just 21 days can make or break a habit, according to Dartmouth on Purpose, a student organization that promotes student well-being and self-improvement. About halfway through the group’s 21-Day Challenge, almost 400 students, faculty and staff are participating, striving to live more mindfully.

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Fall alcohol data show modest incident declines

By Sara McGahan | January 27, 2014

Between fall 2012 and fall 2013, the proportion of alcohol incidents involving first-year students decreased from 49 to 46 percent of all incidents, according to data released Monday by the Dartmouth College Health Improvement Program and the Greek Leadership Council.

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Many applaud federal focus on campus sexual violence

By Sera Kwon | January 27, 2014

President Barack Obama announced the creation of a White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault on Jan. 22, giving the group 90 days to submit recommendations for a coordinated federal response to campus rape and sexual assault. Students and community members supported the move, but they were not confident that it would directly influence College policies.

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DCHIP reports slight decline in alcohol incidents involving freshmen

By Sara McGahan | January 27, 2014

Between fall 2012 and fall 2013, the proportion of alcohol incidents involving first-year students decreased from 49 to 46 percent of all incidents, according to data released Monday by The Dartmouth College Health Improvement Program and the Greek Leadership Council. During that time period, the overall number of incidents of intoxicated undergraduate students handled by Safety and Security dropped approximately 16 percent, from 99 incidents in fall 2012 to 83 in fall 2013. This marks a decrease from prior years as well. In fall 2010 Safety and Security handled 123 incidents of intoxication, and in fall 2011 they dealt with 111.

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D’Souza ’83 pleads not guilty to fraud

By Zac Hardwick | January 26, 2014

Conservative author Dinesh D’Souza ’83, a former editor-in-chief of The Dartmouth Review, slated to visit the College on Thursday, pleaded not guilty on Jan. 24 to charges that he illegally redirected $20,000 in campaign contributions to a candidate in a 2012 U.S. Senate election. D’Souza was indicted for campaign finance fraud on Thursday.

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Students participate in coed recruitment

By Ashley Manning | January 26, 2014

Four students accepted bids from Alpha Theta coed fraternity, which extended six bids total. Five students accepted bids from the Tabard coed fraternity and one student accepted a bid from Phi Tau coed fraternity, which extended three bids in total.

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TIPS program aims to fight teen substance abuse issues

By Caroline Hansen | January 26, 2014

The Teen Intervention Program against Substance Abuse, known as TIPS, is directed by two Geisel School of Medicine psychiatry professors and focuses on individual counseling for teens. Some participants will also receive additional, more experimental treatments that will evaluate the success of monetary incentives and a working memory treatment.

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Sunstein talks personal data sharing

By Priya Ramaiah | January 23, 2014

In a lecture on Thursday afternoon, Sunstein explored the advantages and disadvantages of impersonal default laws, generic data rules applied en masse, versus active choosing, where the consumer decides which information to share with retailers.

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Thayer grad applies to Mars mission

By Sara McGahan | January 23, 2014

Fagin is one of 1,058 individuals chosen by Mars One — a program that aims to establish a permanent human settlement on the Red Planet — to advance into the second round of its application process.

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Tengatenga begins role at Mass. divinity school

January 23, 2014

After a whirlwind of controversy surrounding the revocation of his offer to become Tucker Foundation dean, the Right Rev. James Tengatenga started his position as a presidential fellow at Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass. this month.

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D’Souza ’83 accused of campaign finance fraud

By The Dartmouth Staff | January 23, 2014

Dinesh D’Souza ’83 was indicted for campaign finance fraud on Thursday in relation to a 2012 U.S. Senate election. Although no candidates were named in the indictment, news organizations report that the race concerned was between Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand ’88, D-N.Y. and Republican challenger Wendy Long ’82.

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