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College is the only Ivy not spending to lobby

By Stephanie McFeeters | November 8, 2012

Preparation for the upcoming fiscal cliff and potential sequestration dominated the lobbying efforts of higher education institutions this year, according to National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Director for Budget and Appropriations Stephanie Giesecke. Dartmouth was the only Ivy League school that did not officially spend money lobbying between Jan.

Professors Joseph Bafumi, Linda Fowler and Brendan Nyhan discussed the fiscal crisis and political polarization as issues dominating the post-election landscape.
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Professors debate economy, polarization

By Amelia Rosch | November 8, 2012

Nushy Golriz / The Dartmouth Staff The fiscal crisis and political polarization are among the most pressing challenges facing President Barack Obama after this week's election, a panel of Dartmouth professors said Thursday night at a lecture titled "What Now?

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Incident Team reacts to bigoted vandalism

By Amanda Young | November 8, 2012

Racist remarks written on campaign materials supporting President Barack Obama on the third floor of Brown Hall in the Choates residential cluster were reported to Office of Pluralism and Leadership Director Alysson Satterlund Wednesday after being discovered by the building's custodial staff.

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Daily Debriefing

By Alec Tarantino | November 8, 2012

California residents voted against a $6-billion cut to public education spending and granted Democrats a supermajority in both houses of the state legislature in Tuesday's election, Inside Higher Ed reported.

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Greek organizations retain goal of cultural support

By Ashley Ulrich | November 8, 2012

*Editor's Note: This is the first article in a three-part series exploring diversity in College Greek organizations.**## While the majority of Panhellenic Council sororities and Inter-Fraternity Council fraternities have physical plants on Wheelock Street or Webster Avenue, for some, Greek life stretches beyond these clusters.

Inventor and founder of Singularity University Ray Kurzweil spoke Thursday about the future of technology and its potential implications for thought and education.
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Kurzweil discusses future of tech.

By Charles Rafkin | November 8, 2012

Nushy Golriz / The Dartmouth Staff The exponential curve plotting information technology's accelerating rate of development "doesn't look revolutionary, except it enables revolutions," inventor, theorist and futurist Ray Kurzweil said to an audience overflowing into adjacent rooms during his Thursday lecture in Filene Auditorium. Technology becomes smaller, smarter and cheaper at exponential rates, making substantial breakthroughs likely in the near future, Kurzweil said, citing historical trends in information technologies like computing, artificial intelligence and biomedical engineering. "It actually took 400 years for the printing press to reach a mass audience," Kurzweil said.

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Presidential candidates remain unclear

By Taylor Malmsheimer | November 7, 2012

Although professors would not speculate about specific candidates for the College's 18th president, most said that the new president should focus on the College's social atmosphere, specifically binge drinking, sexual assault and hazing.

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CGB changes focus for social events this term

By Lily Fagin | November 7, 2012

Collis Governing Board has not hosted dance parties or concerts this term, despite receiving increased funding from the Undergraduate Finance Committee in both 2010 and 2011 to provide more non-Greek social events on campus.

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Seniors continue career searching

By Rebecca Rowland | November 7, 2012

Cecelia Shao / The Dartmouth While seniors will continue to interview for post-graduation jobs through the Winter and Spring terms, students are also currently accepting offers they have found through Career Services' recruiting program.

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Daily Debriefing

By Laura Weiss | November 7, 2012

Maryland is the 13th state to pass the DREAM Act, a law that features a provision allowing undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition at state colleges, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Daily Debriefing

By Ashley See | November 6, 2012

Boston University was invited to join the Association ofAmerican Universities, a group of prestigious research universities, on Monday, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported.

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NETWORKS: BARACK OBAMA REELECTED

By The Dartmouth Staff | November 6, 2012

Maggie Rowland / The Dartmouth Senior Staff News networks are reporting that President Barack Obama has been reelected, winning more than the 270 electoral votes needed to secure a second term in office and defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Earlier, news networks projected that President Barack Obama will win New Hampshire.

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Gillibrand, King win Senate seats, MacGovern defeated

By The Dartmouth Staff | November 6, 2012

Two Dartmouth alumni Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand '88, D-N.Y., and former Maine Gov. Angus King '66 vying for Senate seats beat their opponents on Tuesday night, but Republican John MacGovern '88 was not successful in his bid to defeat Vermont's incumbent junior senator. Gillibrand won a full term as New York's junior senator, defeating Republican challenger Wendy Long '82.

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