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Deans join undergrad. advising staff

By Diana Ming and Felicia Schwartz | November 21, 2011

Editor's Note: This is the final installment in a three-part series chronicling recent changes to the College's advising structure. Coming from diverse backgrounds in multicultural affairs at other universities and residential life programs within the College, five new undergraduate assistant deans have joined the Undergraduate Deans Office over the past six months.

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Students work to form alumnae network

By Clare Coffey | November 21, 2011

A group of female upperclassmen and young alumnae are working to create an alumnae network through Blunt Alumni Center, although they will also pursue external channels in order to make the group a reality in time for the 40th anniversary of co-education at the College, according to Deanna Portero '12, one of the students spearheading the effort.

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Advising changes aim to increase accessibility

By Felicia Schwartz | November 20, 2011

Editor's Note: This is the second installment in a three-part series chronicling recent changes to the College's advising structure. As part of the College's effort to revamp its advising system, undergraduate deans are now assigned to a smaller group of students for more specialized advising and have increased outreach efforts in the form of personal emails and office-wide initiatives.

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Daily Debriefing

By MICHAEL RIORDAN | November 20, 2011

A U-Haul truck driven by a Yale University undergraduate student struck three people killing one and injuring two at the tailgate before the football game against Harvard University on Saturday morning, the Yale Daily News reported.

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LuminAid helps disaster relief orgs.

By Stephanie McFeeters | November 20, 2011

Called the "Toms Shoes of electricity" by technology website Gizmodo, the LuminAID a portable, inflatable solar lamp designed by Anna Stork '08 is generating excitement and funding from both outdoor enthusiasts and international disaster relief organizations, Stork said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

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Prof. lectures on carbon emissions

By Alessandra Slayton | November 20, 2011

Dartmouth should take the lead in helping Americans who use 25 percent of the world's energy despite comprising only 5 percent of the world's total population commit to greater levels of sustainability, environmental studies program chair Andy Friedland said in "Why Worry About Carbon Emissions," a Saturday morning presentation in Dartmouth Hall. Friedland, an environmental studies professor, encouraged approximately 50 audience members to create their own personal "energy pies," or personal energy profiles, in order to document their energy usage.

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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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Daily Debriefing

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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Daily Debriefing

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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