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College to prepare for World Bank's selection

By Matthew McNierney | April 12, 2012

The World Bank's board of directors is expected to select its next president on Monday or Wednesday, and College President Jim Yong Kim, a physician and global health expert whom President Barack Obama nominated on March 23, is expected to secure the position.

Panelists discussed their different views on how to solve current health care problems at the second annual Ad Fontes Forum on Thursday.
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Panelists spar on health care reform

By Madison Pauly | April 12, 2012

Hunter Van Adelsberg / The Dartmouth Staff Conflicting ideologies gave rise to much debate over health care policy at the second annual Ad Fontes Forum, titled "Too Many Holes or Not Enough Net?

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Candidates debate diversity issues

By Stephanie McFeeters | April 11, 2012

Student Assembly presidential candidates discussed diversity, community and the Assembly's role as a campus organization in a debate hosted by the Afro-American Society and Inter-Community Council on Wednesday in Cutter-Shabazz Hall.

In his interview with the World Bank's board of directors, College President Jim Yong Kim said he will refrain from ideology and offer a fresh perspective.
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Kim faces World Bank directors

By MICHAEL RIORDAN | April 11, 2012

Dennis Ng / The Dartmouth Staff College President Jim Yong Kim addressed concerns regarding his candidacy for the World Bank presidency during an interview with the Bank's board of directors on Wednesday.

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Daily Debriefing

By Jackie Wei and Sharla Grass | April 11, 2012

In an April 6 letter to the editors of Rolling Stone magazine, Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson voiced her disapproval of the "misleading portrait" of Dartmouth offered in "Confessions of an Ivy League Frat Boy," an article written by contributing editor Janet Reitman and published in the magazine on March 30.

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Daily Debriefing

By Emily Brigstocke | April 10, 2012

The Tucker Foundation hosted a dinner to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Olga Gruss Lewin Post-Graduate Fellowship on Tuesday night.

The five presidential and five vice-presidential candidates participated in their first scheduled debate Tuesday following the withdrawal of Elise Smith '13.
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Assembly hosts first of debates

By Marina Shkuratov | April 10, 2012

Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Student Assembly presidential and vice-presidential candidates participated in the first of four scheduled debates on Tuesday, focusing their discussion on the Assembly's inefficiencies and their plans to address them. Presidential candidates Max Hunter '13, Suril Kantaria '13, Erin Klein '13, J.T.

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Bank board of directors interviews Jose Ocampo

By ABBIE KOUZMANOFF | April 10, 2012

The World Bank's board of directors interviewed noted development economist, Columbia University professor and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo, competing for the World Bank presidency with College President Jim Yong Kim and Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Tuesday.

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Wok-style chef pays visit to College

By Pallavi Kuppa-Apte | April 10, 2012

As part of a new program to bring visiting chefs to the College, award-winning chef and self-professed advocate of wok-style cooking Grace Young is spending two days this week sharing her recipes, featured at the Class of 1953 Commons, with staff and students.

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Daily Debriefing

By Lindsay Ellis | April 9, 2012

U.S. Central Command commander Gen. James Mattis provided insight into the military's role in the Middle East at a lecture in Moore Theater in the Hopkins Center on Monday.

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Students earn range of scholarships

By Sophia DiPaolo | April 9, 2012

Health outreach in the Navajo Nation and research on social cognition are among the various interests of recent Dartmouth students who have received prestigious national awards, including scholarships from the Morris K.

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Undergraduates opt to engage, marry

April 9, 2012

While most Dartmouth students fill their time with involvement in campus organizations, sports, social events and the occasional trip to the library, a few undergraduates also engage in a different kind of activity: planning for married life. Eliana Ramage '13, an English major and a Native American studies minor, married 2009 New York University graduate Steven Aiello on March 18 at her home in Tennessee. The wedding was attended by 150 of their closest friends and family members, according to Ramage, who said she decided to get married at this stage in her life because many of her relatives are "serious about committing to people." "We had talked about marriage earlier on, but I felt that by junior year, a person is more set," Ramage said.

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Okonjo-Iweala interviews for Bank

By Erin Landau | April 9, 2012

Courtesy of Africa Post After years of battling corruption in Nigeria's Finance Ministry, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who has been nominated for the World Bank presidency against College President Jim Yong Kim, was interviewed by the Bank's board on Monday in an effort to determine the most qualified candidate for the position. Vying for a position that has traditionally gone to Americans, Okonjo-Iweala's "considerable experience" in banking and dealing first-hand with developing countries puts her in a position to challenge Kim's advantage, according to economics professor Marjorie Rose. "Her two stints as Nigeria's Minister of Finance also demonstrate that she understands how to successfully balance the financial and economic challenges of a developing country," Rose said. However, Uri Dadush, former World Bank director of international trade, expects the executive directors of the Bank to vote according to instructions from their governments, he said in an interview with The Dartmouth. "While I would like to think this is going to be an open, transparent, competitive process based on qualifications, I believe in practice there is going to be a lot of political pressure exercised behind the scenes and that countries will vote due to considerations from political alliances," Dadush said.

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