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Former prof. Copenhaver '46 dies

By Leslie Ye | April 21, 2011

Biology professor emeritus John Copenhaver '46 died April 19 of a stroke in the Kendal at Hanover retirement community, according to Marion Copenhaver, his wife of 64 years.

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N.H. House votes to cut budget

By Elise Quinones | April 20, 2011

While the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted on a budget for the next fiscal year last Thursday, 2,500 demonstrators rallied outside the State House in Concord, N.H., to protest cuts to social programs.

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College offers services for pregnant students

By Sam Rauschenfels | April 20, 2011

Although the College will continue to offer assistance to pregnant undergraduate and graduate students, budget cuts proposed by state officials and federal legislators may affect the "convenience" of care for some pregnant students, Dick's House family nurse practitioner Elizabeth Morse said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

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Jaar emphasizes power of artwork

By Jane Cavalier | April 20, 2011

The image of hundreds of brightly-lit silhouettes of dead and living Chileans remains with viewers long after they emerge from artist Alfredo Jaar's underground installation in Santiago, Chile.

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Daily Debriefing

By Claire Groden | April 20, 2011

Philosophy professor Adina Roskies received the 2011 Stanton Prize awarded to scholars who have made "significant contributions to interdisciplinary research" from the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, according to the Society's website.

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Daily Debriefing

By Barbara Richards | April 19, 2011

Presidents of colleges and universities whose state funding could be slashed by 45 percent if the New Hampshire House's new budget is passed asked a state Senate committee Monday to reconsider the changes, The Boston Globe reported.

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College's disaster response varies

By AMELIA ACOSTA and SOUMYA GUPTA | April 19, 2011

While members of the Dartmouth community have come together twice in the past two years to respond to major natural disasters the 2010 Haiti earthquake and the Japan earthquake and tsunami last month the College's response to the situation in Japan has been more limited than its response to Haiti's crisis due to logistical challenges, according to Presidential Fellow Molly Bode '09, a coordinator and advisor for both relief efforts. "The main difference we have seen so far between the situations in Haiti and Japan is that Dartmouth had a connection to an on-the-ground non-governmental organization in Haiti, but we did not have that connection in Japan," Bode said.

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Retirees flock to Hanover for classes

By Diana Ming | April 19, 2011

MEGHAN COONEY / The Dartmouth Unlike most students in history professor Edward Miller's class on the Vietnam War, 79-year-old Everett Marder's knowledge of the material extends beyond any textbook.

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Alum. wins Pulitzer for editorial writing

By Alison Polton-Simon | April 19, 2011

Joseph Rago '05 was awarded the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing on Monday. Rago, who studied American history at the College, received the award for 10 editorial pieces he wrote for the Review & Outlook section of The Wall Street Journal that challenged President Barack Obama's health care reform. Rago served as the editor-in-chief of The Dartmouth Review as an undergraduate and currently serves on its advisory board, according to The Review. Rago's prize, which included $10,000 and was administered by Columbia University, was the first awarded to a Wall Street Journal writer since Rupert Murdoch's purchase of The Journal in 2007, according to The New York Times.

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Rago '05 awarded Pulitzer Prize

By The Dartmouth Staff | April 19, 2011

Wall Street Journal writer Joseph Rago '05 was awarded the Pulitzer Prize on Monday for his editorials challenging the Obama administration's health care reform bill, according to the Pulitzer website. A senior editorial writer for The Journal, Rago won $10,000 with the Pulitzer for editorial writing.

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Campus Blotter

By Elise Quinones | April 18, 2011

April 16, 1:29 a.m.East Wheelock StreetHanover Police called Safety and Security to request transportation after police officers found a male student in possession of an open container of alcohol.

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Earth Week promotes sustainability

By Gavin Huang | April 18, 2011

As students walked to class on Monday morning, a College-owned truck dumped trash bags from one-eighth of campus residence halls in front of Robinson Hall to signal the start of Earth Week, a six-day event coordinated by the Office of Sustainability.

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Daily Debriefing

By Elise Quinones | April 18, 2011

Philosophy professor Adina Roskies was awarded a New Directions Fellowship from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, according to a College press release.

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DCAL receives grant to assess departments

By Clare Coffey | April 18, 2011

The Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning received $100,000 from the Teagle Foundation a philanthropic foundation dedicated to improving liberal arts education to help two departments develop clearly-defined outcomes for students to work toward in their major programs, according to English professor Thomas Luxon, director of DCAL. DCAL collaborated with the Harriet W.

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Art exhibit captures border violence

By Pallavi Kuppa-Apte | April 18, 2011

Samantha Oh / The Dartmouth Staff While drug wars rage in Juarez, Mexico, creating an atmosphere of fear and suffering, graphic designer Sandra Salas depicts the violence as graphic images set on large-display posters as part of an effort to raise awareness and money for victims of the conflict.

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Daily Debriefing

April 17, 2011

A preview of the 2011-2012 Common Application uploaded last week showed a series of alterations to its standardized form, including the return of a maximum word count on the essay portion of the application, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported.

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