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Groups engage in political debate

By Amelia Acosta | November 17, 2011

Richard Yu / The Dartmouth A little over a month after Republican presidential candidates faced off in a Dartmouth-sponsored debate, the College Democrats and College Republicans took on many of the same issues in a debate hosted by PoliTALK at the Rockefeller Center on Thursday night.

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By Jayant Subrahmanyam | November 17, 2011

Engineering majors study an average of 19 hours a week, representing the most amount of work for any major, according to findings from the 2011 National Survey on Student Engagement report, which analyzed the study and work habits of more than 537,000 college students.

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Program offers business instruction to minorities

By Marina Shkuratov | November 17, 2011

Calculating financial costs can be dry stuff, but as Tuck School of Business professor Phillip Stocken explained the material in a lecture Tuesday, he was greeted with enthusiastic exclamations of "oh, wow!" The 53 students sitting in were not your average Tuckies, but participants in "Building a High-Performing Minority Business," an annual five-day program that targets minority businesspeople from across the country.

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Four new deans join undergrad. advisors

By Diana Ming | November 17, 2011

Editor's Note: This is the first installment in a three-part series chronicling recent changes to the College's advising structure. The Dean of the College's Office centralized advising services to a new Baker-Berry Library location and created four additional undergraduate dean positions this summer in an effort to "upgrade" the College's academic advising system, Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson said in an interview with The Dartmouth Editorial Board.

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College to unveil health center

By John Biberman | November 16, 2011

The College will announce the creation of Dartmouth Health Connect, a new health center in downtown Hanover, on Thursday following recent efforts to improve preventative health care practices on campus and across the country, according to Justin Anderson, director of media relations for the College.

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Symposium facilitates health care discussions

By Madison Pauly | November 16, 2011

U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin called for continued improvements in preventative care and women's health during the keynote address of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center's annual Great Issues in Medicine and Global Health Symposium on Wednesday.

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Senior men share stories in panel

By Erin Landau | November 16, 2011

Five senior men shared their stories of self-discovery and personal struggles before a packed audience gathered in Collis Common Ground for the annual Men of Dartmouth panel Wednesday evening.

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Farrior analyzes law's role in protecting rights

November 16, 2011

SAMANTHA OH / The Dartmouth Staff While international law is a powerful tool for addressing human rights abuses across the world, individuals must also speak up against injustice to ensure that rights are protected, Stephanie Farrior, director of Vermont Law School's international and comparative law programs, said in a lecture Wednesday afternoon in Silsby Hall. "Martin Luther King Jr.

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By Kat Spillane | November 16, 2011

An armed student was fatally shot by University of California, Berkeley campus police on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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Board of Selectmen chairman retires

By Jay Webster | November 15, 2011

Hanover Board of Selectmen Chairman Brian Walsh '65 Th'66 announced his retirement last week, signaling the end of a career that fostered positive relations between the town of Hanover and the College, according to Chief of Staff David Spalding.

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By Erin Landau | November 15, 2011

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health laid off 50 workers on Monday to help alleviate a $100 million budget deficit, the Valley News reported.

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SA reveals survey data on DDS meal options

By Tom Owen | November 15, 2011

Approximately 65 percent of student respondents rated Dartmouth Dining Services' SmartChoice meal plan as a three or lower on a 10-point scale in a recent online survey conducted by Student Assembly, Assembly leaders said at Monday's General Assembly meeting in Collis.

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Zenko analyzes military strategy

November 15, 2011

Richard Yu / The Dartmouth The use of specialized military force operations, including unmanned drones and localized airstrikes, is not an effective long-term strategy to combat insurgency problems given the "persistent era of conflict" that nations across the world face today, Micah Zenko, a conflict prevention fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonpartisan think tank, said in a lecture Thursday afternoon in the Haldeman Center. Zenko identified 36 cases of Discrete Military Operations, defined as limited strikes against insurgency forces, conducted by the United States military since 1991.

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Kim outlines strategic initiatives

By Tom Owen | November 14, 2011

YING-QI WONG / The Dartmouth Faculty members must adapt to changing trends in higher education and produce "big ideas" that excite the College community and increase Dartmouth's international reputation during Dartmouth's "historical inflection point," College President Jim Yong Kim said at the General Faculty Meeting in Alumni Hall on Monday afternoon.

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By Evelyn Maldonado | November 14, 2011

The Dartmouth Ethics Bowl team placed first in the Northeast Regional Ethics Bowl on Nov. 12 at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., confirming its bid to the 16th Intercollegiate National Ethics Bowl Competition in Cincinnati on March 1, Ethics Bowl president Matt Jorgensen '12 said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

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Yalowitz discusses Israeli politics

By Taha Adib | November 14, 2011

MAGGIE ROWLAND / The Dartmouth Staff Precarious situations in Middle Eastern countries such as Egypt and Syria continue to cause a great deal of alarm for Israel, Dickey Center for International Understanding Director Kenneth Yalowitz said during a discussion in the Haldeman Center on Monday.

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