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Student group named among best innovators

By Katie Tai | March 28, 2012

Over the last few weeks, Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering's hydropower project which currently operates two sites in Rwanda was recognized as a semifinalist in both the University of Washingon Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition and the Deel Social Innovation Challenge, according to DHE president Ted Sumers '12. During the final week of Winter term classes, Sumers and DHE vice president of marketing Alison Polton-Simon '14 presented the hydropower business plan at the Seattle rotary of the competition.

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By Heather Szilagyi | March 28, 2012

A report on enrollment at institutions of higher educationshows that the number of students enrolled in college, the percentage of students receiving financial aid and graduation rates have all been increasing, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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College drops 24 of 27 hazing charges against SAE members

By The Dartmouth Staff | March 28, 2012

Samantha Oh / The Dartmouth Staff The Undergraduate Judicial Affairs Office has dropped 24 of the initial 27 hazing charges against members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity in the wake of hazing allegations by former SAE member Andrew Lohse '12 in a January opinion column in The Dartmouth, according to former SAE president Brendan Mahoney '12. The charges were withdrawn after SAE provided "physical evidence that proved specific claims by Lohse false," Mahoney said. Three members of SAE still face outstanding disciplinary action. "We expect all cases to be resolved soon and wish to continue our conversations with the College about hazing," Mahoney said. SAE is also facing hazing charges as an organization, College Director of Media Relations Justin Anderson previously told The Dartmouth.

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March 27, 2012

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

By Madison Pauly | March 27, 2012

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

By Kelsey Anspach | March 27, 2012

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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By Jesse Gerson | March 26, 2012

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

By Sam Rauschenfels | March 26, 2012

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

By Leslie Ye | March 26, 2012

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

By Diana Ming | March 26, 2012

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

By James Peng | March 26, 2012

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

By Manav Raj | March 25, 2012

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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