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Student Assembly releases presidential search survey

By MICHAEL RIORDAN | September 3, 2012

While some students cite the College's social scene as an issue that should be addressed by the next College president, most said the next administration should focus on strengthening academic programs and the endowment, while also recruiting and retaining faculty, according to the results of a Student Assembly survey.

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OPAL continues search for several open staff positions

By Madison Pauly | September 3, 2012

The appointment of Karlos Santos-Coy to a new one-year Leadership Coordinator position within the Office of Pluralism and Leadership reflects just one of a number of staffing transitions the office has undergone in recent years, according to OPAL Director Alysson Satterlund.

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Daily Debriefing

By Diana Ming | August 20, 2012

On Friday, Emory University officials announced that administrators had knowingly misreported admissions data including SAT and ACT scores, class rank and grade point averages of incoming students for at least 12 years, Inside Higher Ed reported.

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Upstart to finance business plans

August 20, 2012

Upstart, a company founded earlier this year by former Google Inc. executive David Girouard '88 Th'89, will make its platform available at Dartmouth this fall to help students overcome the restraints of student loans and raise capital for their entrepreneurial dreams, according to Nathan Sharp Tu'12, who was part of the pilot group of students. Students involved with Upstart can create a profile with their achievements, goals and a desired funding amount ranging from $10,000 to $50,000, according to Bloomberg Businessweek.

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Panelists speak about body image

By Felicia Schwartz | August 20, 2012

Six panelists, diverse in their experiences with body image and in the social spheres they occupy on campus, shared perspectives on a range of topics including disordered eating, race and disabilities in front of approximately 60 people in Collis Common Ground on Friday as part of a panel organized to promote campus discussion about eating disorders and body image. The event, titled the "Real Beauty Initiative Panel," was organized by Nina Montgomery '14, the summer president of Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority, and Kate Shelton '14, a member of KDE and president of the Real Beauty Initiative. "People don't talk about it here," she said.

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Fake letters assess government efficiency

By Jenny Che | August 16, 2012

Using the postal service as an indicator of government efficiency, a Dartmouth economics professor and three other economists found that high-income countries are more effective in managing and responding to mail in an institutional environment unmarked by corruption.

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‘She's the First' 5K run raises funds for schools

By Sharla Grass | August 16, 2012

The Dartmouth chapter of She's the First, a national nonprofit organization that aims to improve educational opportunities for girls globally, raised $950 as of Thursday evening for its first campus 5K run and walk on Saturday, according to chapter co-president and co-founder Victoria Townsend '14.

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Seniors fall back on social security

By Claire Groden and Clifton Lyons | August 16, 2012

More than 46 percent of Americans die with less than $10,000 in their bank accounts, according to a study by economics professor Steven Venti, Harvard Kennedy School of Government political economy professor David Wise and Massachusetts Institute of Technology economics professor James Poterba.

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Daily Debriefing

By Daniel Leder | August 16, 2012

Democratic candidate for governor of New Hampshire Maggie Hassan held an ice cream social on Thursday at the newly-constructed Black Family Visual Arts Center, according to a press release from Hassan's Communications and Political Director Will Craig.

Johns Hopkins economist Anne Krueger stressed the critical role of the World Trade Organization in international trade negotiations in a Thursday lecture.
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Krueger discusses international trade issues

By Amelia Acosta | August 16, 2012

Amelia Acosta / The Dartmouth Staff Combining the logic of political agendas with economic reasoning, economist and Johns Hopkins University professor Anne Krueger discussed the benefits of open trade agreements, as well as the organizations designed to maintain them, in the final installment of the "Leading Voices in U.S.

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