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Endowment sees 5.8 percent return

By Sean Connolly | October 15, 2012

Maggie Rowland / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Dartmouth's endowment posted an investment return of 5.8 percent for the 2012 fiscal year, exceeding all other Ivy League institutions that have released their returns but falling short of its 18.4 percent return rate in 2011, according to a College press release.

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Newest campus paper examines social issues

By Laura Weiss | October 14, 2012

Tracy Wang / The Dartmouth Staff In response to a perceived lack of progressive publications on campus, a group of students seeking to raise awareness about overlooked social justice issues began The Dartmouth Radical, which released its first issue on Thursday. Founded by Lily Brown '15, Janet Kim '13, Eli Lichtenstein '13, Allison Puglisi '15, Karenina Rojas '13, Daniela Valdes '13 and Anna Winham '14, the eight-page publication will run poems, satire pieces and news stories from a progressive perspective.

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Nonprofits pursue ‘active' recruiting

By Anthony Lafontant | October 14, 2012

Tracy Wang / The Dartmouth Staff While many nonprofit organizations welcome applications from college students and recent graduates, only a handful of these organizations actively and individually recruit Dartmouth students, according to Acting Co-Director of Career Services Monica Wilson.

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By Lily Fagin | October 14, 2012

A study conducted by Dartmouth professors and researchers at the University of Warwick found that eating seven portions of fruits and vegetables every day can improve emotional and psychological well-being, The Atlantic reported.

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State opts not to investigate Board

By MICHAEL RIORDAN | October 14, 2012

Director of the Charitable Trusts Unit Anthony Blenkinsop notified College officials on Friday that the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office will not launch an official investigation of the Board of Trustees for allegedly abusing endowment funds and approving illegal investments, according to Director of Media Relations for the College Justin Anderson. In February, an anonymous group claiming to be composed of former and current faculty members and staff known as "The Friends of Eleazar Wheelock" released a whistleblower letter that accused Board members of using their positions to manipulate the College's investments. "They have simultaneously directed the College's $3-billion endowment to themselves, their firms and their friends," the letter said.

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Alumna launches teen voluntourism program

By Ashley Ulrich | October 14, 2012

Liz Leonard '04 brings a new model to teen travel summer programs with her recently launched Blue Bridge Project, which emphasizes cooperation with local nonprofit organizations and self-reflection by student participants.

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ROTC policies encourage awareness

October 11, 2012

New policies implemented this fall by the College's Reserve Officers' Training Corps aim to strengthen group solidarity while increasing awareness among non-participating students and community members, according to Major Matt Aldrich, who supervises Dartmouth's ROTC program. ROTC's 17 student participants are now required to wear their uniforms to their military science classes, which take place between two and three times a week, First Sergeant Dan Harritt '13 said.

Director of the Heritage Foundation's Center for Data Analysis William Beach spoke Thursday about the effect of the current fiscal crisis on students' futures.
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Beach considers effects of economy on students

By Hannah Wang | October 11, 2012

Nushy Golriz / The Dartmouth The country's debt crisis is likely to negatively impact current students' financial security in future years, Director of the Heritage Foundation's Center for Data Analysis William Beach told approximately 35 students and community members in a Thursday lecture. Because most of the discussion in Washington about debt focuses on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, people under the age of 30 are often left out of important conversations, Beach said. As government debt increases, the economy will inevitably slow in a way that will have negative social implications for current students, he said. "Slower economic activity will slow wage growth because there is less money, less demand," he said. An unstable economy can cause people to delay marriage because they are uncertain about the future, Beach said.

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COSSA fails to meet since May

By Noah Reichblum and Lindsay Ellis | October 11, 2012

The Committee on Student Safety and Accountability, a 12-member advisory group created in May to formulate short and long-term solutions to address hazing, high-risk drinking and sexual assault, has neither met since its initial meeting in the spring nor reached out to the local and national partner organizations outlined in former College President Jim Yong Kim's March 22 and May 8 press releases, according to COSSA members. The committee, co-chaired by Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson, consists of four students, four faculty members and three additional staff members, including Director of Safety and Security and College Proctor Harry Kinne. Johnson said that the committee has not met since the spring because the new academic calendar has created scheduling conflicts among members.

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By Marissa Lilly | October 11, 2012

Two delegates from the Peruvian Ministry of Health visited campus this week to promote the relationship between Dartmouth and Peru, according to a College press release.

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Writing Institute grows with new professors, courses

By Josh Koenig | October 10, 2012

Having anticipated an enrollment increase with the elimination of an SAT-based exemption for Writing 5, the Institute for Writing and Rhetoric has seen a smooth transition facilitated by nine new sections of Writing 5 and the hiring of six new faculty members, according to Institute director Christiane Donahue.

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D'Aveni's views spur controversy

By ABBIE KOUZMANOFF | October 10, 2012

The United States needs to revamp and reinvent its current economic policies to compete with Chinese state-run capitalism and the massive job shift from west to east, according to Tuck School of Business professor Richard D'Aveni.

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Alumnus stresses skills over passion

By Stephanie McFeeters | October 10, 2012

Courtesy of Dartmouth.edu Students should disregard advice to follow their passions and instead focus on developing a specific set of skills in order to have successful careers, according to Cal Newport '04, author of "So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work you Love." Developing a sense of autonomy, mastery, competence and impact in one's job produces career satisfaction, Newport said.

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By Rebecca Rowland | October 10, 2012

Considering the legality of affirmative action, the Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday regarding the use of race in admissions decisions, The New York Times reported.

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By Simone D'Luna | October 9, 2012

Demonstrations in Kabul, Afghanistan, turned violent on Monday after President Hamid Karzai's decision to change the name of Kabul Education University to the Martyr of Peace Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani University, The New York Times reported.

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