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Profs. discuss future of climate change

By MICHAEL RIORDAN | May 29, 2012

Receding ice caps, rising sea levels and increasing ocean temperatures have forced international businesses and governments to rethink the role of the Arctic Ocean in the modern world, earth sciences professor Meredith Kelly and environmental studies professor Ross Virginia said in a lecture held in the Haldeman Center on Tuesday.

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Letter urges investigation of Board

By Diana Ming | May 29, 2012

An anonymous group of College faculty and staff members are calling for an investigation of the Board of Trustees for alleged endowment mismanagement and conflicts of interest in the College's investments, according to College General Counsel Bob Donin.

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Obama sees immense lead in professor donations

By Heather Szilagyi | May 28, 2012

Donations to U.S. President Barack Obama's campaign from faculty members across the Ivy League greatly outstrip those given to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's campaign by margins as high as 41:1 at Yale University, according to Bloomberg Businessweek.

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Daily Debriefing

By Grace Sollender | May 28, 2012

In an April 10 hearing, the New Hampshire Superior Court denied a request by Julian Sarkar '13 for a preliminary injunction in the case of Julian Sarkar v.

The New Hampshire General Court, despite its sizeable Republican majority since the 2010 elections, could become more moderate in 2012, experts said.
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GOP could lose General Court majority

By MICHAEL RIORDAN | May 28, 2012

Courtesy of Blog.verani.com Because New Hampshire's large population of independent voters creates long term "political volatility," the composition of the state's legislature is likely to change after the upcoming fall elections, according to government professor Linda Fowler.

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College names search committee

By Amelia Acosta | May 28, 2012

On Friday, the College announced 14 members of the Dartmouth community, including trustees, alumni, current faculty members and one student representative, as members of the Presidential Search Committee that will assist Committee Chair Bill Helman '80 and Vice Chair Diana Taylor '77 in the search for the College's 18th president, according to Helman.

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College announces members of presidential search committee

By The Dartmouth Staff | May 25, 2012

As part of the developing search process for College President Jim Yong Kim's successor, the College announced 14 new members of the 17-member Presidential Search Committee in a press release today. Committee Chair Bill Helman '80 and Vice Chair Diana Taylor '77 will be joined by fellow trustees Jim Coulter '82, Denise Dupre '80, Annette Gordon-Reed '81 and John Rich '80.

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Daily Debriefing

The Student and Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault held a town hall meeting on Thursday in Paganucci Lounge at which students, faculty members and administrators discussed the committee's recently released recommendations for combating sexual assault.

The College says that the renovated Hanover Inn will partially open by Commencement, including 94 rooms and a new restaurant.
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Hanover Inn will have partial opening in June

By Manav Raj | May 24, 2012

Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Although construction on the Hanover Inn will continue throughout the summer, more than 94 guest rooms and a new 38-seat restaurant will be fully completed and ready for use by Commencement, Director of Media Relations for the College Justin Anderson said in an email to The Dartmouth. The College undertook renovations to the historic Hanover Inn in an effort to increase the number of guest rooms and create well-equipped, modern meeting facilities to help the College and the Town of Hanover bring conferences to the area that might otherwise take place at other Ivy League schools and in other towns, according to Anderson. "We don't want a high-level meeting not to happen at Dartmouth just because there was a better meeting space in New Haven or Cambridge," he said. Anderson said that the new conference facilities will enrich the academic life of Dartmouth's students and faculty. "The renovation of the Inn is a key to supporting Dartmouth's academic mission," Anderson said.

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Board differs in size, structure from others

By Sharla Grass | May 24, 2012

Editor's Note: This is the final installment in a three-part series about Dartmouth's Board of Trustees. Dartmouth's Board of Trustees functions in much the same way and shares a similar mission to boards at its peer institutions, though it has slightly fewer members than most boards.

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Local organizations assist Upper Valley post-hurricane

By Sasha Dudding | May 24, 2012

Small businesses in the Upper Valley are still struggling after the destruction wrought by Hurricane Irene in August, but many have begun to receive help from the Small Business Support Team, a project organized by the disaster relief group Upper Valley Strong and the regional organization Vital Communities. Although the main focus after a major disaster is on individuals who have lost homes or have immediate needs, the impact on small businesses is so strong that an average of 40 percent do not reopen within a year, according to Vital Communities Executive Director Mary Margaret Sloan. Upper Valley Strong the region's Federal Emergency Management Administration-certified relief group formed immediately after the storm when a group of concerned organizations began working together to help those impacted by the extensive flooding.

Webster Hall houses Rauner Special Collections Library, which features many rare books and manuscripts.
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Rauner Special Collections Library hosts diverse archives

By Hannah Wang | May 24, 2012

Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Rauner Special Collections Library, currently housed in Webster Hall, features massive, wide-ranging collections of rare books, manuscripts and the College's archives, including one of the most extensive Robert Frost collections in the world, according to Special Collections librarian Jay Satterfield.

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One-third of seniors accept job offers

By Amanda Young | May 24, 2012

Slightly over one-third of graduating students have accepted job offers for after graduation as indicated by a preliminary survey conducted by Career Services, according to Monica Wilson, acting co-director of Career Services.

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Study finds contact sports' academic effects

By Taylor Malmsheimer | May 24, 2012

While it is known that concussions can harm an athlete's ability to learn, a new study has found evidence that even one season of contact sports can affect how well some athletes acquire new information, according to the study's lead author and Director of Neuropsychiatry at the Geisel School of Medicine Thomas McAllister.

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Daily Debriefing

By Angie Cho and Katie Tai | May 23, 2012

Discussing the non-prescription misuse of Adderall, Wednesday's "Forum on Study Drugs" aimed to provide an informative forum to allow communication between administrators, faculty and students, according to organizer Natalie Colaneri '12.

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Student approval of Kim varies

By Ashley Ulrich | May 23, 2012

Rebecca Xu / The Dartmouth Staff While students expressed general dissatisfaction toward College President Jim Yong Kim's method of handling issues of student life, including hazing, sexual assault and binge drinking, a majority approved of his role in correcting the College's budget deficit, according to a survey conducted by The Dartmouth. Students reacted most negatively to Kim's response to hazing, with 70 percent of respondents indicating some level of disapproval.

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