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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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Daily Debriefing

By James Peng | August 13, 2012

Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced the selection of Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., as his running mate at a campaign rally Saturday morning in Norfolk, Va., The New York Times reported.

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Farm to build sustainability center

By James Peng | August 13, 2012

Over the next few months, the old, deteriorating storage barn adjacent to the Dartmouth Organic Farm will be torn down and replaced by a new timber-frame building which will function as a meeting space and central base for College sustainability and social justice groups, according to part-time farm intern Rebecca Novello '14. The barn's construction marks the farm's transition from an agricultural center, specifically devoted to raising crops, to a centralized hub for green-conscious students to meet, discuss ideas and develop projects, Novello said. "From here on out, things are going to be changing a lot," Novello said.

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Beloved by students, Prof. Cahill dies at 85

By Matthew McNierney | August 13, 2012

The flags on the Green flew at half-mast on Monday for George Cahill, Jr., a former Dartmouth biology professor and diabetes researcher best known for his work on understanding human starvation, who died at the RiverMead Retirement Community in Peterborough, N.H., on July 30 as a result of complications due to pneumonia, according to the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript.

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Dartmouth researchers develop smart bracelets

By Claire Groden | August 13, 2012

A team of Dartmouth researchers led by Cory Cornelius '07, who is currently pursuing a PhD in computer science at the College, published a paper this month detailing how a sensor bracelet can use biometrics to passively identify individuals for health care purposes.

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Daily Debriefing

By Katie Tai | August 9, 2012

Upper-middle-income families are being hit hardest financially as a result of rising college fees and the slumped economy, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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Speakers discuss political divides

August 9, 2012

The Gallup Poll editor-in-chief Frank Newport and Columbia graduate school professor and New York Times reporter Tom Edsall discussed the implications of polarization in American politics as part of the 2012 Institute for Lifelong Education at Dartmouth summer lecture series in Spaulding Auditorium on Wednesday.

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Lynn cautions against cyber crime

By Sharla Grass | August 9, 2012

Sharla Grass / The Dartmouth Staff Cyber crime increasingly represents a threat to the United States, former Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn '76 said during the fifth talk of the "Leading Voices in Foreign Policy" lecture series in Moore Theater on Thursday. In the past year, 431 million people were victims of cyber crime and over two-thirds of the population will be affected by a cyber crime incident during their lifetime, Lynn said.

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Alcohol policy changes updated

By Felicia Schwartz | August 9, 2012

Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson's alcohol policies have been updated and will be finalized this fall to ensure that they are informed by student feedback and collaboration with administrators and Safety and Security, according to an email sent to Greek presidents by Greek Leadership Council moderator Duncan Hall '13 on Wednesday night.

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GDX party promotes energy drink

By James Peng | August 6, 2012

Maggie Rowland / The Dartmouth Senior Staff While groups of students crowded in the Gamma Delta Chi basement on Friday night, others casually chatted upstairs with Brad Alkazin a 26 year-old who has made over $1 million marketing nutritional drinks through a company called Vemma. Vemma is a health drink company that promotes its product through a multi-level marketing structure, in which people are compensated for referring the drinks to their friends and family members and are paid even more when those people promote the product to others.

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