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Politicians, celebrities canvass student votes

By Michael Riordan | September 19, 2012

Richard Yu / The Dartmouth Staff As the November election approaches, prominent political and entertainment industry figures, including Vice President Joe Biden and actor John Cho, are visiting Dartmouth to motivate young voters on behalf of President Barack Obama's reelection campaign.

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Vice President Biden to visit campus on Friday

By The Dartmouth Staff | September 19, 2012

Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden will visit Dartmouth on Friday to deliver speeches at a "grassroots event" on the lawn of Cutter-Shabazz Hall, according to a press release from the campaign to reelect President Barack Obama. The event, which will begin at 1:15 p.m.

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Daily Debriefing

By Sasha Dudding | September 18, 2012

News of a bomb threat caused the widespread evacuation of Louisiana State University's campus in Baton Rouge, La., on Monday afternoon, The New York Times reported.

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Health plan lacks eye, dental care

By Ester Cross | September 18, 2012

Although some students have expressed discontent with the College health plan's lack of routine eye and dental care, the Dartmouth College Student Group Health Plan remains competitive in the health insurance market, according to College Health Services Director John Turco.

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College places limits on transfer term applicants

By Amanda Young | September 18, 2012

A new transfer term policy will limit the number of students permitted to participate in a particular transfer program to an average of five and will require all interested students to submit applications, according to Committee on Instruction Chair Hakan Tell.

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College holds forum on reforms

By Laura Bryn Sisson | September 18, 2012

Nushy Golriz / The Dartmouth Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson defended the College's new harm reduction policies such as random Safety and Security walk-throughs and increased penalties for hazing violations at an open forum in Collis Common Ground last night.

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Rush onset spurs hazing discussion

By Marina Shkuratov | September 18, 2012

Although recent controversy regarding hazing at the College is not expected to impact the number of men choosing to participate in rush, it has led to increased discourse about the dangers of hazing and efforts to alleviate the practices by emphasizing more productive pledge term activities. The College's strengthened efforts to combat hazing will positively impact the practices of fraternity members during the course of their pledge terms, according to Greek Letter Organizations and Societies Director Wes Schaub. "I expect them to take this seriously for the most part because I think there's a lot at stake if they don't," he said.

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Study: Teen athletes avoid smoking

By Kelsey Anspach | September 17, 2012

Young people who play team sports and avoid watching movies featuring smoking are less likely to try tobacco, according to a recent study conducted by the Norris Cotton Cancer Center.

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Daily Debriefing

By Emily Brigstocke | September 17, 2012

A College Board-financed study reaffirmed the SAT as an accurate predictor of academic success by looking at the correlation between students' SAT scores and their grade point averages in high school and freshman year of college, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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College growth affects atmosphere, professors say

By Ashley Ulrich | September 16, 2012

Despite its tradition of maintaining a compact campus centralized around the Green, Dartmouth has recently undertaken a number of projects including the 1978 Life Sciences Center and Black Family Visual Arts Center meant to expand classroom and research resources for students that have created hubs of student activity in farther reaches of campus. While such resources have helped Dartmouth maintain its world-class academic caliber, they may also contribute to a growing student body and the erosion of the small college atmosphere, according to former music professor Jon Appleton, who began teaching at the College in 1967 and left in 2009. "Over the last 20 years, Dartmouth has gone from a small college to a university," Appleton said.

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Black Family Visual Arts Center opening attracts community

By Lindsay Ellis | September 16, 2012

Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff The Black Family Visual Arts Center opened Friday to speeches by former trustee Leon Black '73, whose family donated $48 million for the center's completion, Interim College President Carol Folt, Chair of the Board of Trustees Stephen Mandel '78 and visual arts faculty. Rows of folding chairs lined the new Maffei Arts Plaza, and the crowd of hundreds of attendees including trustees, donors, faculty, architects, students and community members stretched toward Lebanon Street as Folt dubbed the VAC a "crown jewel" of Dartmouth's visual arts legacy.

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Zantop killer's motion awaits court response

By Clifton Lyons | September 16, 2012

A recent motion filed with the Grafton Superior Court by public defender Richard Guerriero requesting a hearing on Robert Tulloch's sentence of life imprisonment without parole is still pending, and no hearing has been scheduled at this time.

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Daily Debriefing

By ABBIE KOUZMANOFF | September 16, 2012

Actor John Cho spent Sunday canvassing on campus with the College organization Dartmouth for Obama and met with students to discuss the importance of the youth vote in the upcoming presidential election.

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Trustees gather for weekend retreat

By Stephanie McFeeters | September 16, 2012

Members of the Board of Trustees gathered for their first meeting of the academic year Sept. 14-16 to discuss the College's strategic planning process and outline the year ahead, according to Director of Media Relations for the College Justin Anderson. The trustees met with Interim College President Carol Folt and other senior members of the administration this weekend to consider the future of strategic planning a process that has been ongoing for 18 months and that aims to improve the College's educational methods and student life policies, according to Anderson. The trustees did not address the College's presidential search as part of their retreat given that former College President Jim Yong Kim's replacement is being sought by the separate Presidential Search Committee, established in May and led by trustee Bill Helman '80. "The Board is concerned with making sure that Dartmouth is moving in the right direction," Anderson said. The trustees emphasized the importance of expanding the faculty and improving students' educational experience inside and outside the classroom, preparing students to learn continually even after graduation, Anderson said.

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