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Northeast storms inhibit daily commutes to College

By Claire Daly | February 18, 2014

As storms have slammed the Northeast without reprieve, hopeful students have called for college-wide snow days. An official snow day, commuting professors, faculty and staff say, would help those who need to brave icy road conditions.

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College selects new vice president of campus planning and facilities

By The Dartmouth Staff | February 18, 2014

Lisa Hogarty, vice president of campus services at Harvard University, will join the College next month as vice president for campus planning and facilities. At Dartmouth, Hogarty will oversee the College capital program, facilities planning, labor relations, transportation services and management of the Hanover Inn, according to a College press release.

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New housing options will begin next fall

February 17, 2014

Director of residential education Mike Wooten facilitated a lively discussion, collecting feedback on three new housing initiatives: a global village community, an arts and innovation community and a design-your-own housing community program. These residential options, which offer students with common interests opportunities to learn together outside the classroom, will be instituted by the office of residential life in the fall.

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Students back tougher policy

By Josh Schiefelbein | February 17, 2014

Replacing Dartmouth’s current sexual misconduct policy with a zero-tolerance policy for students found responsible for sexual assault has recently gathered momentum on the Improve Dartmouth online forum. Since a Feb. 10 gathering on the Green, when students met in support after a male student threatened a female member of the Class of 2017 on Bored at Baker, discussion surrounding the policy has grown.

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More women pursue degrees in science

By Sera Kwon | February 17, 2014

Undergraduate women now outnumber men in the life sciences but still remain a minority of physics, engineering, math and computer science majors, department chairs said.

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Network helps partners find jobs

By Rebecca Asoulin | February 17, 2014

Human resources senior recruiter Beau Benson independently runs the Dual Career Network, which works with partners and spouses of the College’s new hires to find staff positions at Dartmouth or elsewhere in the region.

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Geisel applications rise

By Chris Leech | February 16, 2014

The Geisel School of Medicine saw a 27 percent increase in applications for the fall’s entering class than for the entering class of 2013. Candidates sent in 5,241 completed applications to compete for fewer than 90 available spots, which will result in a acceptance rate of about 1.7 percent, according to a recent Geisel press release.

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Vietnam War veterans visit College

By Bryn Morgan | February 16, 2014

On Monday — nearly 50 years after accepting their military commissions — Chilcote, McGrath and fellow veteran James Laughlin ’64 will return to speak to Miller’s class for a second time and to give a public lecture.

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Students to launch The Box in spring

By Kate Bradshaw | February 16, 2014

Serving lunch, dinner and late-night fare, The Box is a student-run food truck that will offer locally-sourced Mediterranean cuisine starting the first week of spring term. The joint venture will be run by eight Tuck School of Business students and over 15 undergraduates.

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Geisel suspends M.D./Ph.D. applications

By Jordan Einhorn | February 13, 2014

The Geisel School of Medicine has suspended admissions to its M.D./Ph.D. program, Geisel School Dean Wiley Souba announced in an email to the Geisel community Thursday morning. Since the decision was first revealed in a Feb. 6 meeting, around 1,000 students and faculty have signed a petition outlining concerns.

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Financial aid office clarifies application forms

By Hannah Hye Min Chung | February 13, 2014

The letter, based on an investigation by the Democratic staff of the House Committee on Oversight, named 111 schools that might give students the inaccurate impression that they must complete the CSS/Financial Aid profile, a College Board-created form that requires a submission fee to receive any financial aid.

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Q&A with Jeff Sharlet: Russia's anti-gay legislation

By Elizabeth Smith | February 13, 2014

spent my days talking to ordinary people and also activists, and at nights I would go out to the queer nightlife in Saint Petersburg and Moscow and talk to people there. In the day, it would be one kind of story of horror, and at night, another. And that was the most difficult part, that accumulation of such sorrow.

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S.A. to leave ‘invisible legacy’

By Rebecca Asoulin | February 12, 2014

This year, Student Assembly has focused on encouraging student participation in the Dartmouth Bystander Initiative and developing institutional memory, said student body president Adrian Ferrari ’14 and vice president Michael Zhu ’14.

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Rassias emphasizes drama in languages

By Ashley Manning | February 12, 2014

Professor John Rassias punctuates his stories with spontaneous gestures and sporadic onomatopoeia — much like the language instructors who conduct their morning drill sessions using the method Rassias pioneered about 50 years ago.

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Researchers combat astronaut blues

By Josh Schiefelbein | February 12, 2014

To help those in remote areas, like outer space, find relief from depression, Geisel School of Medicine professors Mark Hegel and Jay Buckey and psychology professor Jay Hull developed a computer-based therapy program called the electronic problem-solving treatment, or ePST.

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