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College names search committee

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On Friday, the College announced 14 members of the Dartmouth community, including trustees, alumni, current faculty members and one student representative, as members of the Presidential Search Committee that will assist Committee Chair Bill Helman '80 and Vice Chair Diana Taylor '77 in the search for the College's 18th president, according to Helman.



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College announces members of presidential search committee

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As part of the developing search process for College President Jim Yong Kim's successor, the College announced 14 new members of the 17-member Presidential Search Committee in a press release today. Committee Chair Bill Helman '80 and Vice Chair Diana Taylor '77 will be joined by fellow trustees Jim Coulter '82, Denise Dupre '80, Annette Gordon-Reed '81 and John Rich '80.


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Daily Debriefing

The Student and Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault held a town hall meeting on Thursday in Paganucci Lounge at which students, faculty members and administrators discussed the committee's recently released recommendations for combating sexual assault.


The College says that the renovated Hanover Inn will partially open by Commencement, including 94 rooms and a new restaurant.
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Hanover Inn will have partial opening in June

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Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Although construction on the Hanover Inn will continue throughout the summer, more than 94 guest rooms and a new 38-seat restaurant will be fully completed and ready for use by Commencement, Director of Media Relations for the College Justin Anderson said in an email to The Dartmouth. The College undertook renovations to the historic Hanover Inn in an effort to increase the number of guest rooms and create well-equipped, modern meeting facilities to help the College and the Town of Hanover bring conferences to the area that might otherwise take place at other Ivy League schools and in other towns, according to Anderson. "We don't want a high-level meeting not to happen at Dartmouth just because there was a better meeting space in New Haven or Cambridge," he said. Anderson said that the new conference facilities will enrich the academic life of Dartmouth's students and faculty. "The renovation of the Inn is a key to supporting Dartmouth's academic mission," Anderson said.


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Board differs in size, structure from others

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Editor's Note: This is the final installment in a three-part series about Dartmouth's Board of Trustees. Dartmouth's Board of Trustees functions in much the same way and shares a similar mission to boards at its peer institutions, though it has slightly fewer members than most boards.


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Local organizations assist Upper Valley post-hurricane

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Small businesses in the Upper Valley are still struggling after the destruction wrought by Hurricane Irene in August, but many have begun to receive help from the Small Business Support Team, a project organized by the disaster relief group Upper Valley Strong and the regional organization Vital Communities. Although the main focus after a major disaster is on individuals who have lost homes or have immediate needs, the impact on small businesses is so strong that an average of 40 percent do not reopen within a year, according to Vital Communities Executive Director Mary Margaret Sloan. Upper Valley Strong the region's Federal Emergency Management Administration-certified relief group formed immediately after the storm when a group of concerned organizations began working together to help those impacted by the extensive flooding.


Webster Hall houses Rauner Special Collections Library, which features many rare books and manuscripts.
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Rauner Special Collections Library hosts diverse archives

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Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Rauner Special Collections Library, currently housed in Webster Hall, features massive, wide-ranging collections of rare books, manuscripts and the College's archives, including one of the most extensive Robert Frost collections in the world, according to Special Collections librarian Jay Satterfield.


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One-third of seniors accept job offers

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Slightly over one-third of graduating students have accepted job offers for after graduation as indicated by a preliminary survey conducted by Career Services, according to Monica Wilson, acting co-director of Career Services.



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Study finds contact sports' academic effects

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While it is known that concussions can harm an athlete's ability to learn, a new study has found evidence that even one season of contact sports can affect how well some athletes acquire new information, according to the study's lead author and Director of Neuropsychiatry at the Geisel School of Medicine Thomas McAllister.


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Daily Debriefing

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Discussing the non-prescription misuse of Adderall, Wednesday's "Forum on Study Drugs" aimed to provide an informative forum to allow communication between administrators, faculty and students, according to organizer Natalie Colaneri '12.


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Student approval of Kim varies

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Rebecca Xu / The Dartmouth Staff While students expressed general dissatisfaction toward College President Jim Yong Kim's method of handling issues of student life, including hazing, sexual assault and binge drinking, a majority approved of his role in correcting the College's budget deficit, according to a survey conducted by The Dartmouth. Students reacted most negatively to Kim's response to hazing, with 70 percent of respondents indicating some level of disapproval.




A student presents his thesis work in Alumni Hall.
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Seniors present research findings

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Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Staff A forecast for fall 2012 fashion and a study of the genetic structure of brook trout were among the senior thesis projects showcased at Wednesday's Undergraduate Research Symposium held in Alumni Hall. Sponsored by the President's Office, the symposium featured 34 students who conducted research in over 20 departments, according to President's Intern Jason Goodman '12. Participants assembled informal poster presentations to explain the results of their research, enabling the symposium to display a variety of theses in a small group setting, according to Nariah Broadus, director of outreach and project development in the President's Office.


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Board of Trustees sees structural shift over time

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Editor's Note: This is the first installment in a three-part series about Dartmouth's Board of Trustees. Dartmouth's Board of Trustees has witnessed many changes and experienced significant controversies since its inception in the late 18th century, but the Board maintains its founding function of overseeing the financial, administrative and academic affairs of the College.


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Diversity Council to release plan by December

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In an effort to solidify the College's commitment to cultivating and supporting a diverse campus, the Diversity Council is developing an institution-wide Diversity Plan, according to Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Equity Evelynn Ellis.


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Daily Debriefing

The median total compensation of 199 public college presidents surveyed by The Chronicle of Higher Education increased by nearly 3 percent during the 2010-2011 academic year, The New York Times reported.


University of Vermont professor Gregory Gause examined the causes and effects of Middle East protests at Tuesday's
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Professor discusses effects of Arab Spring

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Emily Leede / The Dartmouth Although the Arab Spring marks the end of the stability of secular authoritarian regimes in the Middle East, new revolts are unlikely to arise beyond the six countries that have already experienced serious rebellions, University of Vermont political science professor Gregory Gause said in a Tuesday lecture in Filene Auditorium in front of an audience primarily composed of local residents. At the event, "The Arab Spring: One Year Later," Gause addressed the five most important questions about the Arab Spring: why experts failed to predict the revolts, why it affected some countries but not others, whether it has ended, whether the revolts were also an Islamist Spring and how the rebellions will affect American interests in the region. "The questions will be better than the answers because this is a moving target," he said, citing presidential elections in Egypt that will occur this week as an example of the political developments still occurring in the region. Experts failed to predict the outbreak of popular revolt that began in Tunisia at the end of 2010.