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Wade discusses pitfalls of hook-ups

By Marina Shkuratov | March 29, 2012

The dissatisfaction with "hooking up" and the culture associated with it, not the act itself, is what causes social problems on college campuses, Occidental College sociology professor Lisa Wade said in a lecture to a packed audience on Thursday afternoon in the Rockefeller Center. Although modern media has increased its focus on hook-up culture recently, the practice has existed on campuses for a long time, Wade said. "Your generation did not invent casual sex," she said.

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Daily Debriefing

By Hannah Wang | March 29, 2012

Santa Monica College, a community college in California, has proposed instating a "two-tier" tuition structure that would charge a higher price for more popular classes, according to The New York Times.

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Dartmouth admits 9.4 percent of applicants

By Diana Ming | March 29, 2012

The College offered admission to 2,180 students for the Class of 2016 out of a pool of 23,110 applicants, signifying a record-low acceptance rate of 9.4 percent, according to a College press release.

The College's new Visual Arts Center will be renamed in honor of Debra and Leon Black '73, who donated $48 million to fund its construction.
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Black contributes $48 million to VAC

March 29, 2012

Aki Onda / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Leon Black '73 and his wife Debra Black have donated $48 million for the new visual arts center, set to open in September 2012, the Office of Public Affairs announced in a press release on Thursday. The 105,000 square-foot Black Family Visual Arts Center will house the studio art department, film and media studies department and the recently established digital humanities program. "The Black Family Visual Arts Center will be a powerful force at Dartmouth for years to come," Provost Carol Folt said in the press release.

This article appeared in a special issue of The Dartmouth examining College President Jim Yong Kim's nomination to head the World Bank.
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Kim to embark on worldwide tour

By Claire Groden | March 28, 2012

Rebecca Xu / The Dartmouth Staff Following College President Jim Yong Kim's recent nomination for the World Bank presidency, Kim is conducting a worldwide "listening tour" from March 27 to April 9, according to a United States Department of the Treasury press release.

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Rolling Stone article targets College culture

March 28, 2012

An article in Rolling Stone titled "Confessions of an Ivy League Frat Boy," addressing allegations of hazing at Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity made by Andrew Lohse '12, has been published in the April 12 edition of the magazine, released online on Wednesday.

The College's Undergraduate Judicial Affairs Office dropped 24 of the 27 hazing charges against SAE members after obtaining new evidence.
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UJAO drops 24 of 27 SAE charges

By Isobel Markham | March 28, 2012

Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The Undergraduate Judicial Affairs Office has dropped 24 of the initial 27 hazing charges against members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity in the wake of hazing allegations by former SAE member Andrew Lohse '12, according to former SAE president Brendan Mahoney '12.

This article appeared in a special issue of The Dartmouth examining College President Jim Yong Kim's nomination to head the World Bank.
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Faculty show approval for choice

By Amanda Young | March 28, 2012

Rebecca Xu / The Dartmouth Staff Faculty members interviewed by The Dartmouth expressed generally positive views of College President Jim Yong Kim's nomination for the World Bank presidency as well as the work Kim has done during his three years at Dartmouth.

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Student group named among best innovators

By Katie Tai | March 28, 2012

Over the last few weeks, Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering's hydropower project which currently operates two sites in Rwanda was recognized as a semifinalist in both the University of Washingon Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition and the Deel Social Innovation Challenge, according to DHE president Ted Sumers '12. During the final week of Winter term classes, Sumers and DHE vice president of marketing Alison Polton-Simon '14 presented the hydropower business plan at the Seattle rotary of the competition.

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Daily Debriefing

By Heather Szilagyi | March 28, 2012

A report on enrollment at institutions of higher educationshows that the number of students enrolled in college, the percentage of students receiving financial aid and graduation rates have all been increasing, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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