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Greek houses aim to combat assault

Any conversation about sexual assault on campus will likely mention the Greek system. From trainings to meetings to internal processes, the Greek system has come up with various proposals to combat the issue, though it is still frequently blamed for the prevalence of sexual assault.

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Daily Debriefing

By Laura Weiss | March 7, 2013

A recent report on gender and leadership at Harvard University showed that more than 50 percent of the university's student organizations are led by gender-skewed boards, The Harvard Crimson reported.

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College releases strategic reports

By Stephanie McFeeters | March 7, 2013

A series of strategic planning reports released Thursday suggest foundational changes to the College's educational structure, outreach expansion and promotion of engagement among students, faculty, staff and alumni. The reports, compiled by the Strategic Planning Advisory Committee, identify objectives in nine areas and will be presented with community feedback to President-elect Philip Hanlon when he assumes office on July 1.

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Campus startups lack centralized resources

By Josh Koenig and Ashley Ulrich | March 7, 2013

This is the last installment in a three-part series about entrepreneurship at Dartmouth. While undergraduate entrepreneurship is on the rise, students often struggle to access Dartmouth's resources. New groups like Mitosis, a student accelerator program started by Riley Ennis '15 and Matt Ross '15, are trying to connect student entrepreneurs with what they need.

The Student Employment Office developed new optional standards for student pay rates across campus.
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Employment Office makes pay guidelines

By Charlie Rafkin | March 6, 2013

Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Senior Staff New guidelines could help hundreds of student employees face smaller discrepancies in pay rates for campus jobs with similar responsibilities. Since hiring full-time student employment consultant Kari Jo Grant in June, the Student Employment Office has developed new, non-mandatory standards to assist employers in determining pay structures for student positions.

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Upper Valley provides resources for startups

By Josh Koenig and Ashley Ulrich | March 6, 2013

Editor's Note: This is the second of a three-part series about entrepreneurship at Dartmouth. When engineering professor Tillman Gerngross started teaching at the Thayer School of Engineering in the late 90s, he was surprised by how few students were considering starting their own companies. "I remember meeting with the folks in Career Services in 1998, and they told me, This year we placed 20 people at Ford and 35 at Microsoft,'" Gerngross said.

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Daily Debriefing

By Sean Connolly | March 6, 2013

State and local funding for higher education dropped 7 percent in the 2012 fiscal year, The New York Times reported.

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Students feel major pressure

By Stephanie McFeeters | March 6, 2013

While many students at the College pursue majors that align with their interests and passions, some feel pressure to choose those they perceive as providing the strongest practical skills and career opportunities. Brendan Murphy '14 said he initially wanted to major in the humanities, but decided to pursue math because he "couldn't justify spending that much money when you can read books and basically get the same education," he said.

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Daily Debriefing

By Sean Connolly | March 5, 2013

Harvard University is in the midst of a campus-wide debate after the Harvard College Palestine Solidarity Committee posted a series of mock eviction notices on students' doors, The Harvard Crimson reported.

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Students explore entrepreneurship

By Ashley Ulrich | March 5, 2013

Editor's Note: This is the first in a three-part series about entrepreneurship at Dartmouth. For many students, there are not enough hours in the day to keep up with classes, sports teams and student groups.

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Golsan discusses power and danger of memory

By Axel Hufford | March 5, 2013

Jin Lee / The Dartmouth Staff Texas A&M University professor Richard Golsan used contemporary France's "national obsession" with the Vichy regime, which helped the Nazis commit war crimes during World War II, to comment on the power and corruptibility of memory in a lecture held in Sanborn Library on Monday. French police and Nazi soldiers under Vichy rule rounded up over 75,000 Jews, the vast majority of whom would be systematically exterminated in the Holocaust. Golsan's lecture focused on France's post-millenial preoccupation with the crimes of the Vichy regime.

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SPCSA seeks funding for pilot

By Marina Shkuratov | March 4, 2013

Pending approval by the administration, the Student and Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault hopes to launch a pilot program this spring to fund student research projects investigating sexual violence. Paul Gastello '13, who is in charge of managing the initiative this term, said the mini-grants would help students achieve SPCSA's three primary goals: improving the College's understanding of assault at Dartmouth, fostering collaboration between students, administration and faculty and helping students interested in researching sexual violence to obtain support from faculty and administrators. "I definitely do think that the three things apply to both short and long-term," he said.

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