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College to host IvyQ conference

By Brian Chalif | January 6, 2014

The College will host its first IvyQ conference in the fall, bringing to campus hundreds of participants whose presence organizers hope will improve awareness of and support for the Dartmouth’s LGBTQ community. The conference, open to LGBTQ and allied students, connects students with one another and aims to foster an LGBTQ community larger than those of individual schools.

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Hercules snowstorm hits Hanover

By Michelle Li | January 6, 2014

While winter storm Hercules pummeled the Northeast late last week, students returning to Hanover found their trips extended due to weather-related cancellations and delays. Boston Logan International Airport, a transit hub commonly used by students traveling to Hanover, was one of the airports most severely affected by the storm.

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College admits first '18s via early decision

By Roshan Dutta | January 6, 2014

Dartmouth admitted 469 students to the Class of 2018 through the early decision process, the College announced on Dec. 11. The accepted students, selected from 1,678 early applicants, are expected to comprise 40 percent of the Class of 2018.

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Class explores India over winter break

By Laura Weiss | January 6, 2014

Twelve students got a firsthand look at India’s extremes of wealth and poverty when economics professor Charles Wheelan’s fall public policy course spent the winter interim period traveling throughout the country. The direct experience followed months in the classroom learning about India’s economic reform programs.

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Students in Hanover defy interim tedium

By Michael Qian | January 6, 2014

As the fall term came to a close and students trickled off campus to spend the holidays with family and friends, Sam Modder ’17, a student from Sri Lanka, was left wondering how to spend the frosty six-week break.

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Daily Debriefing

January 6, 2014

Robert Dellinger, a Sunapee resident and former Fortune 500 executive implicated in an Interstate 89 collision that killed a couple in early December, was denied bail on second-degree murder charges at an arraignment on Dec. 27, the Valley News reported.

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College extends application deadline

By The Dartmouth Staff | January 3, 2014

The College extended its regular decision application deadline to Jan. 10 after technical glitches prevented applicants from submitting materials by Jan. 1. The admissions office announced the extension on its website and in a Facebook post on Friday afternoon.

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Hanlon rejects boycott of Israel

By The Dartmouth | December 28, 2013

President Phil Hanlon announced his opposition to the American Studies Association’s boycott of Israeli institutions in an email to campus Saturday morning.

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Early acceptance rate drops nearly two percent

By Roshan Dutta | December 11, 2013

The early decision admissions reflect a 27.9 percent acceptance rate, a nearly 2 percent decrease from the early admissions rate for the Class of 2017.

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Pedde '14, Singh '14 named Rhodes Scholars

By The Dartmouth Staff | December 2, 2013

Jonathan Pedde '14 and Joseph Singh '14 have been awarded Rhodes Scholarships.

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Hanlon discusses social issues

By Zac Hardwick | November 18, 2013

College President Phil Hanlon discussed social opportunities for students, building a more inclusive community and the challenges that face the Dartmouth community — including high-risk drinking, sexual assault and violence — at a faculty meeting on Monday.

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Daily Debriefing

By Brian Chalif | November 18, 2013

Princeton University has seen seven of its students hospitalized this year as a result of a meningitis outbreak, The New York Times reported.

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COSSA report targets high-risk student behavior

By Roshan Dutta | November 18, 2013

After College President Phil Hanlon’s speech about his vision for an improved campus culture on Monday, Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson led a discussion focused on the Committee on Student Safety and Accountability’s final report, which was released on Friday in a campus-wide email.

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Registrar misassigns students to winter classes

By Priya Ramaiah | November 18, 2013

Some students were left scrambling to register for classes after they found out they had been dropped from the ones in which they had originally been enrolled.

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Cerny '13 launches email productivity startup

By Amelia Rosch | November 18, 2013

As a student, Branko Cerny ’13 found himself inundated with emails and had no way of knowing which were important and which were not.

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New Yorker reporter Hendrik Hertzberg to visit College

By Roshan Dutta | November 17, 2013

Senior editor and staff writer for The New Yorker Hendrik Hertzberg will discuss the Constitution’s role in contemporary politics alongside government department chair John Carey at the Rockefeller Center on Monday.

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Psychology research elucidates dieting behavior

By Chris Leech | November 17, 2013

Dieters’ ability to self-regulate is severely diminished after a long, stressful day — and the food they aim to avoid looks tastier too, according to a new study by psychology professor Todd Heatherton.

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Enten '11 to join FiveThirtyEight blog

By Sera Kwon | November 17, 2013

Harry Enten ’11 will leave his job at The Guardian to become the lead political writer for Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight.

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Daily Debriefing

By Sean Connolly | November 17, 2013

A survey conducted by the Labor Department found that more women than men have recovered their jobs since the recession, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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COSSA releases final report

By Jose Burnes | November 14, 2013

The Committee on Student Safety and Accountability released its final report recommending goals for mitigating problems ranging from residential life to campus climate issues on Thursday afternoon.

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