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Mediation offers judicial alternative

By Sasha Dudding | April 24, 2012

With services beginning in the fall, the recently created conflict resolution group Mediation at Dartmouth hopes to tackle a variety of issues facing the College community, ranging from tension between roommates to hazing.

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Debate team climbs national ranks

By Stephanie McFeeters | April 24, 2012

After hours of debating the United States' obligation to provide democracy assistance to Middle Eastern countries, Zack Elias '14 and Alex Resar '14 advanced to the elimination rounds of the American Forensic Association's National Debate Tournament.

Student Body President Max Yoeli '12 and Vice President Amrita Sankar '12 ended their terms on Tuesday.
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Kantaria and Danford assume new positions

By Kira Witkin | April 24, 2012

Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Former Student Body President Max Yoeli '12 and Vice President Amrita Sankar '12 officially stepped down from their positions at the General Assembly meeting on Tuesday, making way for new President Suril Kantaria '13 and Vice President Julia Danford '13.

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Tuck program aids Native businesses

By Zack Doherty | April 24, 2012

Last Thursday, Leonard Greenhalgh, the director of Programs for Native American Businesses and a management professor at Tuck School of Business, met with officials in the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C., to discuss new plans for a program known as "Building High-Performing Native American Businesses." Assessing results from the past year and considering current public policy in the field, Greenhalgh and his colleagues considered potential changes to the program, which teaches business strategies and entrepreneurial skills to members of Native American communities, that would shift the emphasis from individual organizations to transforming a wider range of businesses. The Building High-Performing Native American Businesses program runs intensive three to four-day educational retreats across the country for representatives from Native American businesses.

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Brain scans may predict dietary, sexual behavior

By Kristen Yu | April 24, 2012

Brain activity in response to visual representations of food and sexual activity can predict patterns of dietary and sexual behavior, according to a study conducted by Dartmouth psychology professors Todd Heatherton and Bill Kelley in conjunction with Kathryn Demos, a psychology and human behavior professor at Brown University.

PRIDE Week kicked off on campus on Friday and will continue until April 29, with events ranging from a community barbecue to student performances.
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PRIDE Week celebrates diversity

By Madison Pauly | April 24, 2012

Chelsea Estevez / The Dartmouth Aimed at promoting awareness and celebrating diversity of sexual orientation and gender identity, Dartmouth's PRIDE Week kicked off last Friday and will continue until April 29, according to PRIDE co-chairs Ashley Afrani-Sakyi '13 and Aaron McGee '14.

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Daily Debriefing

By Grace Sollender | April 24, 2012

The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Advanced Response Team, along with aviation services provider Metro Aviation, Inc., was awarded the New England Helicopter Council's 2012 Safety Award on April 17 in Tewksbury, Mass., according to a Dartmouth-Hitchcock press release.

Although originally slated to open in January, new social spaces in the basement of Class of 1953 Commons will open for 2012 Fall term.
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New social spaces to open in fall

By Laura Bryn Sisson | April 23, 2012

Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Following Commencement, the College will begin renovating the basement of the Class of 1953 Commons, which will be completed by September, according to Director of Dartmouth Dining Services David Newlove.

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Petition circulates to prospective students

By Amanda Young | April 23, 2012

A group of students, identifying themselves as "Concerned Students of Dartmouth," collected the signatures of 163 admitted students and their parents who were concerned about the Greek system on campus as part of a larger initiative to encourage students, alumni, faculty, the Board of Trustees and the administration to think critically about the College's social system, according to petition organizer Nina Rojas '13. During Dimensions of Dartmouth, the group distributed a letter describing their interest in confronting the issues of hazing, sexual assault, alcohol abuse, single-sex social spaces and a lack of accountability, and they asked people to sign the petition.

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Smith, noted US envoy, lawyer, officer dies at 94

By CONNOR WATUMULL | April 23, 2012

Decorated U.S. statesman, serviceman and diplomat David Shiverick Smith '39 the Eisenhower administration's youngest top-ranking official when he became the assistant to the then-secretary of state at age 32 died April 13 in his home in West Palm Beach, Fla.

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Daily Debriefing

By Lindsay Ellis | April 23, 2012

Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson sent an email to undergraduate students yesterday detailing future initiatives to ground the College in "respect, inclusion and intellectual engagement." Johnson said she will work with Palaeopitus Senior Society to provide Google Moderator technology to increase "candid" communication, and termly Deans' Forums, which will include partnerships with student organizations, will begin May 9.

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Daily Debriefing

By Kira Witkin | April 22, 2012

Republican presidential candidate frontrunner and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will visit the Radisson Hotel in Manchester on Tuesday in an event titled "A Better America Begins Tonight," according to the Exeter Patch.

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SAE violations trigger three-term probation

By Claire Groden | April 22, 2012

Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity has been sentenced to a three-term probationary period in addition to "an extensive series of educational requirements" for hazing and alcohol violations, according to a campus-wide email sent to the Dartmouth community by Associate Dean of Campus Life April Thompson on Friday.

Alpha Kappa Alpha, Kappa Delta and Sigma Delta sororities all won monetary prizes at the Lorax Awards on Saturday for their successes in the Ecolympics.
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Greek organizations recognized for sustainability efforts

April 22, 2012

Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Alpha Kappa Alpha, Kappa Delta and Sigma Delta sororities won monetary prizes at Saturday's Lorax Awards for their role in the Ecolympics competition, a week-long contest between 19 Greek and coed organizations aimed at increasing member participation in green initiatives and long-term sustainability awareness within the Greek system, according to Christina Whittaker '12, one of three Green Greek interns who organized the event. Green Greek interns, recently created positions within the Office of Sustainability, have worked with Greek leaders to establish a sustainability chair position in each Greek organization, according to Whittaker. "As Green Greek interns, it's our job to act as a liaison between the Office of Sustainability and the Greek system," Whittaker said.

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Earth Week brings range of events

By Sasha Dudding | April 22, 2012

While past incarnations of Earth Week have called on students to carry around bags of trash and compost and dance in flair to the sounds of environmental music, this year's event which included efforts to reduce usage of plastic bottles, the screening of an environmental documentary and a showcase of local foods was designed to make a small but lasting change in students' lifestyles, according to EcoRep Ari Koeppel '15. Earth Week began last Monday with the kickoff of the "I'd Tap That" campaign, which asked students to sign a pledge to give up bottled water for the duration of Spring term.

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Rockefeller Center poll reveals lead for Romney

By James Peng | April 22, 2012

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney holds a slight edge over U.S. President Barack Obama in New Hampshire, according to the fifth annual New Hampshire State of the State Poll released by the Rockefeller Center on Wednesday. Of the 403 respondents to the poll, 43.9 percent said they would vote for Romney in a head-to-head matchup between the two candidates, while 42.4 percent indicated that they would vote for Obama and 13.7 percent were undecided.

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