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Harvard Medical School professor Bertha Madras presented on the increasing use of drugs throughout the United States on Monday.
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Madras presents national youth drug use trends

By Sharla Grass | April 16, 2012

Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Although she was initially unsure whether science could effectively influence national policy, Harvard Medical School psychobiology professor Bertha Madras discovered how she could use her background as a researcher to address the problems of drug addiction and youth drug use in Washington, she said in a Monday lecture at the Rockefeller Center.

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Daily Debriefing

By Madison Pauly | April 16, 2012

Saudi Arabian colleges may now enroll women in their political science departments, the Saudi Minister of Education announced on Saturday, Al Arabiya News reported.

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Kim's short presidency focused on stabilization

By Claire Groden | April 16, 2012

College President Jim Yong Kim, who will be leaving Dartmouth to assume the presidency of the World Bank on June 30 after only two years and nine months in office, focused his tenure on leading the College through a financial crisis and raising its profile in health-related fields. Following a 23-percent drop in the College's endowment in the 2009 fiscal year, Kim's first year in office, Kim turned his attention to organizing budget cuts in response to the $835 million loss.

The World Bank board of directors confirmed College President Jim Yong Kim as the next president of the Bank.
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JIM YONG KIM TO LEAD WORLD BANK

By Amelia Acosta | April 16, 2012

JARED BOOKMAN / The Dartmouth Staff College President Jim Yong Kim will serve as the World Bank's 12th president, beating out opposing nominee Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the World Bank board of directors announced today, according to The New York Times.

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On expected announcement day, Okonjo-Iweala says Kim will be selected World Bank president

By The Dartmouth Staff | April 16, 2012

As the World Bank's announcement of its new president approaches, Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala one of two candidates for the post conceded that College President Jim Yong Kim will likely receive the majority of the board of directors' votes for the presidency, The Guardian reported. "It is voting with political weight and shares, and therefore the United States will get it," Okonjo-Iweala told The Guardian. Because the an American has historically held the presidency of the World Bank, experts have agreed it is unlikely that Okonjo-Iweala will be selected over Kim.

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Archive preserves Jewish culture

By Sasha Dudding | April 15, 2012

The lively sounds of Yiddish folk music can often be heard drifting from the office of Alex Hartov, a professor at the Thayer School of Engineering and the founder of the Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive, an online database of nearly 40,000 songs, broadcasts and interviews that reflect a range of Jewish life.

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Ocampo drops out of World Bank race; Russia endorses Kim

By Katie Tai | April 15, 2012

Friday marked two substantial developments in the race for World Bank presidency as one of the three candidates, Columbia University professor and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo, withdrew his bid for the position and Russia and Canada pledged their support for College President Jim Yong Kim's candidacy, according to Reuters. Ocampo who was nominated by the Brazilian government at the request of the Dominican Republic said in a statement that his candidacy had been handicapped by a lack of open support from his home country, which stated last month that it was aiming to concentrate on a more likely successful campaign for a Colombian president of the International Labor Organization, Reuters reported. The contest for the presidency marks an unprecedented challenge to U.S.

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Three trustee candidates win uncontested vote

By Sharla Grass | April 15, 2012

Nathaniel Fick '99, Richard Kimball '78 and Benjamin Wilson '73 were elected to the Board of Trustees in three separate uncontested races, Association of Alumni president John Daukas '84 announced at the Association's annual meeting on Saturday.

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Undergraduate wins $25,000 prize at Tuck competition

By James Peng | April 15, 2012

At the Green Venture Entrepreneurship Contest at the Tuck School of Business on Saturday, first-place finisher Alison Stace-Naughton '11, who developed what was initially a prototype for an introductory engineering course into a practical tool to prevent tissue damage in endoscopic surgery, received a prize of $25,000. The prize awarded to the company came from a pool of $50,000, which was split between the first, second and third place winners, as well as six honorable mentions, according to Stace-Naughton. Stace-Naughton's product is a vacuum-assisted tissue stabilization tool to help prevent stomach movement during endoscopic surgery.

A new barbecue-style restaurant, 3 Guys Basement Barbecue, will open Tuesday in the space formerly occupied by 5 Olde Nugget Alley.
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Murphy's owner opens BBQ restaurant

By Leslie Ye | April 15, 2012

Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Hanover's newest dining establishment, 3 Guys Basement Barbecue an "American barbecue" restaurant that will serve Memphis-inspired barbecue along with other regional barbecue specialties will open for its first dinner service on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m., according to restaurant owner Nigel Leeming.

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Daily Debriefing

By Manav Raj | April 15, 2012

After a U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Education inquiry into the apparently racist climate at the University of California, San Diego prompted by several recent complaints, the university reached a settlement with the two departments, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported.

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SA Candidates talk Greek issues

By Ashley Ulrich | April 12, 2012

Student Assembly presidential and vice-presidential candidates participated in the third of four scheduled debates at Sigma Delta sorority on Thursday night, discussing the aspects of the Greek system that they think make it essential to campus life as well as ways they would seek to improve it in the future. Most of the debate's questions were directed to presidential candidates Max Hunter '13, Suril Kantaria '13, Erin Klein '13, J.T.

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NH House debates marijuana bill

By Amelia Acosta | April 12, 2012

New Hampshire Senate Bill 409, currently under consideration in the state House of Representatives' Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee after narrowly passing 13-11 in the Senate two weeks ago, proposes controversial legislation on the statewide legalization of medical marijuana. Although the bill's sponsor, state Sen.

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