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Dean Terry, the director of the emerging media programat the University of Texas at Dallas, and graduate research assistant Bradley Griffith have released a free Facebook plug-in called EnemyGraph with the ability to establish "enemies" as well as "friends," The Chronicle of Higher Education reported.


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DHMC doctors named among best

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New Hampshire Magazine has named 51 doctors at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center among the state's leading physicians in its 2012 list of top doctors, released in the magazine's April issue. The list is based on a survey that asked physicians statewide to select specialists in 45 categories who excel in quality of care, according to a DHMC press release.


Roy Baumeister of Florida State University, an expert on willpower, delivered the term's first
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Willpower key to success, professor says

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Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Willpower is the best tool to ensure that people succeed in work and school, develop meaningful relationships and maintain mental and physical health, according to Roy Baumeister, professor of psychology at Florida State University.



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Dartmouth Dining Services announced in a campus-wide email on Monday that it will implement further changes to the new SmartChoice meal plan starting Spring term and continuing into next year.


Although many colleges have implemented or considered implementing campus-wide smoking bans, Dartmouth has no current plans to follow suit.
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College has no plans to ban smoking

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Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Despite the proliferation of campus-wide smoking bans across the country, Dartmouth does not enforce a full ban and has no current plans to do so, according to Director of Media Relations Justin Anderson.


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Conley leaves College for William and Mary

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After two decades as both a professor and an administrator at Dartmouth, French and comparative literature expert Katharine Conley will be leaving Dartmouth for the College of William and Mary, where she will assume the position of dean of the faculty of arts and sciences on July 1, according to Conley. Conley served as the associate dean of the faculty for the arts and humanities at Dartmouth from 2006 to 2011 and is currently on sabbatical.


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Hazing scandal draws media attention

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On the heels of hazing allegations leveled by former Sigma Alpha Epsilon member Andrew Lohse '12 in a January opinon column in The Dartmouth, numerous national media outlets have covered the ensuing campus reaction and College response including the Associated Press, The New York Times and The Boston Globe, which focused on hazing at Dartmouth in an editorial that criticized the College's actions regarding hazing on campus. "For the sake of its students, who could be injured by hazing, and its reputation as a broad-minded institution, Dartmouth should send a strong message against such behavior," The Globe's editorial board wrote. Vice President for Alumni Relations Martha Beattie '76 sent an email obtained by The Dartmouth to members of Dartmouth's Alumni Council on March 13 addressing potential concerns about hazing at the College and the recent increase in national press coverage of the issue.


Students, faculty and staff had mixed reactions to the possibility of College President Jim Yong Kim departing to become president of the World Bank.
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Kim nomination met with mixed response

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Aki Onda / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Faculty members, students and alumni expressed mixed views in response to College President Jim Yong Kim's nomination for the World Bank presidency by United States President Barack Obama.


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N.H. House votes down repeal bill

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In what has been an ongoing saga in New Hampshire politics, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted down a bill on Wednesday that would have repealed the state's same-sex marriage law. The result of the vote, 211 to 116, was a surprise to many legislators, given that Republicans dominate the House.



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Worker dies following Hanover Inn accident

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A worker at the Hanover Inn construction site died on March 13 after suffering a serious head injury caused by a construction accident, according to Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone. Dana Lowe, a 53-year-old resident of Morrisville, Vt.




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Men consuming large quantities of saturated fats tend to have lower quality sperm than other men, according to a study co-authored by Dartmouth Medical School professor Jill Attaman.



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DMS climbs medical school rankings

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Richard Yu / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth Medical School jumped to 38th place from 67th place in the primary care category of the 2013 US News & World Report graduate school rankings released on March 13, the largest improvement of any school.


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Obama nominates College President Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank

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The Dartmouth Staff In a Friday morning announcement in the White House Rose Garden, United States President Barack Obama nominated College President Jim Yong Kim, a doctor and international public health expert, to lead the World Bank. With Kim, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner '83 by his side, Obama explained the importance of selecting a World Bank president with "a deep understanding of both the role that development plays in the world and the importance of creating conditions where assistance is no longer needed." Developing nations have criticized the World Bank for the American domination of the organization, according to the Associated Press.