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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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Students share personal anecdotes at discussion

By Michelle Deloison-Baum | March 4, 2013

In a dimly lit room in Casque and Gauntlet on Monday, students sat in a circle of couches eating pulled pork sandwiches and discussing life at the College versus life in the "real world." The event, titled "Dartmouth and The Real World': Negotiating the Gap," was one of the weekly dinner discussions hosted by Women's Forum, a group that focuses on creating a safe space to foster dialogue of different issues on campus. Maia Matsushita '13 told personal stories and spoke about her views on the transition between life at Dartmouth and beyond. Matsushita said Dartmouth is defined by the people who attend.

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Daily Debriefing

By Laura Weiss | March 4, 2013

Oberlin College canceled classes and held a day of solidarity on Monday after a robed and hooded figure appeared near the Afrikan Heritage House, The New York Times reported.

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VAWA bill approved by House and Senate

By Hannah Wang | March 4, 2013

Colleges will have to reform how they address sexual assault when President Barack Obama signs the Violence Against Women Act, a bill that the House of Representatives passed on a 286 to 138 vote last Thursday.

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Trustees vote to fund new research building

By Laura Weiss | March 3, 2013

The Board of Trustees approved $116.5 million in funding to build the Williamson Translational Research Building on Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center's Lebanon campus at their termly meeting this past weekend. The building, which will house academic and research facilities, will foster collaboration between the Geisel School of Medicine and DHMC.

The College's 3.8 percent rise in undergraduate costs for the 2013-14 school year was lower than cost increases in past years.
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College costs to rise 3.8 percent

By Ester Cross | March 3, 2013

Mulin Xiong / The Dartmouth Staff The College's Board of Trustees voted to increase tuition, room, board and mandatory fees by 3.8 percent to $60,201 for the 2013-14 academic year.

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Daily Debriefing

By Iris Liu | March 3, 2013

In a car accident Friday morning, a van transporting eight Dartmouth students rolled over on Interstate 91 after hitting a patch of ice, the Associated Press reported.

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Students receive grants for art project proposals

By Jasmine Sachar | March 3, 2013

Jin Lee / The Dartmouth Staff With impassioned gestures and concentration, Paul Finkelstein '13 stood facing the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra, their string instruments swelling and ebbing to Grieg's "Holberg Suite." His hands moved gently, then swiftly, while captivated students and community members filled the pews of Rollins Chapel. Finkelstein was able to arrange and conduct the concert with funding from the Year of the Arts Steering Committee and the Dartmouth Centers Forum.

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Palaeopitus to write report on the College

By Iris Liu | February 28, 2013

In light of the upcoming presidential transition, Palaeopitus senior society and Student Assembly are boosting efforts to increase communication between the student body and College administrators. Palaeopitus will publish an annual State of the College report this spring, in addition to a potentially separate report to President-elect Philip Hanlon.

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Daily Debriefing

By Marissa Lilly | February 28, 2013

Former University of Pennsylvania admissions officer Nadirah Farah Foley is no longer employed after she mocked applicants' admissions essays on her Facebook page, The Daily Pennsylvanian reported.

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Tapas bar Candela to open in April

By MICHAEL RIORDAN | February 27, 2013

Zonia Moore / The Dartmouth Staff When restaurant owner James Van Kirk speaks about his plans to open a new tapas lounge in Hanover, he occasionally receives strange looks from those who misunderstand him and think he means "topless bar." Van Kirk said that tapas actually has the opposite meaning in Spanish to cover.

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