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Iroquois govt. shaped U.S., Lyons says

By Jose Burnes | November 4, 2013

When Oren Lyons, Honorable Onondaga Elder, heard that President Barack Obama called the United States the world’s first constitutional democratic government, he felt the need to set the record straight. The Iroquois Confederacy, established 800 years before the United States, was the first democracy to use a constitution.

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Graduation rates differ significantly across race

By Zac Hardwick | November 3, 2013

As Dartmouth welcomes prospective students to campus, tour guides boast that the College’s graduation rates are among the highest in the country.

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Students complete unpaid internships

By Charlie Rafkin | November 3, 2013

For students around the country, a term off from college has long brought the specter of work without pay. With an unpaid internship, students can build professional skills but sacrifice the opportunity to work for wages.

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Two years later, students mixed on meal swipes

By Sean Connolly | November 3, 2013

Two years ago, Dartmouth Dining Services, in conjunction with the reopening of the Class of 1953 Commons, announced that it would shift from the a la carte payment system to a block choice and meal swipe plan. Since the change, more students have migrated to larger plans, said DDS director David Newlove.

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ESPN’s Harris gives career advice

By Claire Daly | November 3, 2013

“@Max_parker3 @Dartmouth Hurry up, we are starting!” Jay Harris, host and anchor of ESPN’s Sports Center, interrupted his remarks to tweet at a student who had expressed interest in attending Harris’ lecture in front of a packed audience Sunday afternoon.

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Daily Debriefing

By Priya Ramaiah | November 3, 2013

The Virginia Supreme Court ruled that Virginia Polytechnic Institute was not negligent when officials did not notify campus of a shooting on April 16, 2007.

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Ellis, Larin to lead The Dartmouth in 2014

By Emily Rutherford | November 3, 2013

Lindsay Ellis ’15 and Carla Larin ’15 will become editor-in-chief and publisher of The Dartmouth beginning next term, the outgoing directorate announced at Saturday’s annual Changeover ceremony at Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.

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Safety and Security seeks accreditation

By Jessica Avitabile | October 31, 2013

A team of inspectors from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement arrived on campus last Saturday to examine Safety and Security facilities determine if the department is eligible for accreditation as a college security agency. This is the first time that Safety and Security is undergoing an accreditation process.

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Conference unveils new Dante Project website

By Emily Kong | October 31, 2013

For centuries, scholars interested in Dante’s “The Divine Comedy” were accustomed to combing through heaps of physical documents, most of which were housed in Italy. These academics were granted instant access to historical and contemporaneous Dante scholarship through the Dartmouth Dante Project, which in 1988 began digitizing poem and commentaries from 1322 onward.

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Collis After Dark sees high attendance in second year

By Jorge Bonilla | October 31, 2013

Since last fall, Collis After Dark has increasingly offered social alternatives to the Greek system, seeing steady attendance after the first-year ban lifted.

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Construction project stalls

By Josh Koenig and Roshan Dutta | October 31, 2013

The College is reevaluating the future use of the planned $150 million North Campus Academic Center.

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Daily Debriefing

By Laura Weiss | October 31, 2013

The number of students applying to law school has been on the decline, with October’s law entry exam administrations down nearly 11 percent from last year, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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Daily Debriefing

By Chris Leech | October 31, 2013

The third annual Global Employability Survey, published on Monday, indicates a trend toward a more international employment market, The New York Times reported.

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Victors discusses experiences as Native American politician

By Jose Burnes | October 31, 2013

Ponka-We Victors, the first Native American woman in the Kansas House of Representatives, spoke about her heritage's impact on her political career.

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Loans affect College affordability

By Laura Weiss and Priya Ramaiah | October 31, 2013

The College offered around $96 million in aid to 2,424 students during the last academic year, according to the College Fact Book, and, like other schools, offers federal loans as well as institutional loans for those not eligible for the former.

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Students launch gourmet food club

By Kimberly Mei | October 31, 2013

This winter, students can attend food tastings and restaurant trials in the Upper Valley, Boston and New York, as the Dartmouth Gourmet Food Society kicks off its inaugural term.

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Residential education to offer living and learning communities next year

By Sera Kwon | October 31, 2013

Members of the Class of 2018 will have the chance spend their first year in new living and learning communities focused on STEM subjects, entrepreneurship and the arts, if proposals for these residences move forward.

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EthicsPoint hired to run hotline

By Jasper Bingham | October 30, 2013

This summer, the College hired EthicsPoint, a regulatory compliance company, to run its compliance and ethics hotline, which allows community members to anonymously report violations of College policy as well as state and national laws. Program administrators said they hope the hotline will allow for people to report issues without fear of being identified.

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Kim’s bank reforms met with criticism

By Claire Daly | October 30, 2013

Earlier this month, the Development Committee, which includes a board of governors from the joint World Bank-International Monetary Fund forum, announced its approval of the “World Bank Group Strategy,” former College President and current World Bank president Jim Yong Kim’s plan to restructure staff.

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FSP unaffected by revelation of NSA spying on Merkel

By Catherine Ding | October 30, 2013

As the United States confronts allegations that the National Security Agency spied on German Chancellor Angela Merkel, students studying abroad in Berlin on the German foreign studies program find themselves at the epicenter of an international scandal.

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