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Innovation center construction stalls

By Rebecca Rowland | January 30, 2014

Work began this week on the Innovation Center and New Venture Incubator, an initiative announced in College President Phil Hanlon’s inaugural address in September. Despite delays in the construction permit approval process, the College aims to complete construction by spring term, new venture incubator programs director Jamie Coughlin said.

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Q&A with William Wohlforth: Sochi Olympics

By Chris Leech | January 30, 2014

With the Winter Olympics set to begin next week, The Dartmouth sat down with government professor William Wohlforth to discuss security preparations in Sochi, Russia and the possibility of a terrorist attack.

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College employee pleads not guilty to criminal threatening

By The Dartmouth Staff | January 30, 2014

David Barr, a College employee who works at the Hinman Mail Center, pleaded not guilty to a charge of criminal threatening at his arraignment on Thursday morning, according to acting Hanover Police chief Frank Moran. Hanover Police arrested Barr around noon on Wednesday at the Hinman Mail Center after Barr allegedly posted a threatening message on his Facebook account.

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Film FSP mixes internships and study

By Priya Ramaiah | January 29, 2014

Through the internship component of the new film and media studies foreign study program, Khare and the 14 other students on the Los Angeles-based program have gained hands-on experience with the film industry while also learning about it in the classroom.

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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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