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Students develop new businesses

By Zack Doherty | August 18, 2011

This summer, several members of the Class of 2013 have attempted entrepreneurial endeavors by setting up and expanding student-run businesses. Lone Pine Laundry, headed by Gardner Davis '13, Ryan Ganong '13, Duncan Hall '13, Sam Seehof '13 and Ben Spero '13, provides same-day laundry services as an alternative to the College-operated service.

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Aires to perform on NBC's 'The Sing Off'

By Angie Yang | August 16, 2011

The Dartmouth Aires will appear on the third season of NBC's "The Sing-Off," a televised singing competition that features a cappella groups from across the country, Paul Telegdy, executive vice president of alternative programming for NBC and Universal Media Studios announced on Tuesday.

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Hughes, Lemal named ACS fellows

By Jay Webster | August 15, 2011

Dartmouth chemistry professors Russell Hughes and David Lemal were named fellows by the American Chemical Society a society of over 160,000 internationally recognized chemists on Aug.

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DHMC plans reduced services due to state tax

August 15, 2011

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and other New Hampshire hospitals are bracing for sweeping budget and service cuts in accordance with the new state budget, which went into effect July 1 and included higher tax rates on Medicaid reimbursement. These cuts will likely arise even in light of a federal lawsuit that DHMC and nine other hospitals filed against the state on July 25.

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Fieldstock weekend begins at Chieftain

By ASHLEY BLUM | August 15, 2011

Katharine Shu / The Dartmouth Staff Stuffing their faces with jello, dunking classmates in a tank at the Chieftain Inn and riding in home-made chariots, students could be seen indulging in the festivites for the sixth annual Fieldstock throughout this past weekend.

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Campus hosts cyber security events

By Nathan Yeo | August 15, 2011

Dartmouth's Institute for Security, Technology and Society co-hosted "Securing the eCampus 2011: Building a Culture of Information Security in an Academic Institution" along with Peter Kiewit Computing Services on July 19-20, according to ISTS associate director Thomas Candon. The fifth annual conference brought together chief information officers and chief information security officers from many universities to discuss ways to protect research data, as well as other information security issues.

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Daily Debriefing

By Caroline Liegey | August 15, 2011

AlcoholEdu, an online alcohol safety instruction program, has considerably decreased instances of binge drinking and sexual violence among participating college freshmen, The Boston Globe reported.

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Portman '78 appointed to joint debt committee

By SAYEH GORJIFARD | August 11, 2011

Sen. Rob Portman '78, R-Ohio, was appointed on Wednesday to the 12-member Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, a committee tasked with reducing the deficit by $1.5 trillion more than what was stated in the Budget Control Act passed on Aug.

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Kim presides over layoffs, cuts

By ANGIE YANG and EMILY FLETCHER | August 11, 2011

Editor's Note: This is part two of a series chronicling College President Jim Yong Kim's first two years at Dartmouth. When College President Jim Yong Kim took office in July 2009, he faced the worst endowment performance in over 30 years, largely due to the economic crisis of 2008, Chief of Staff David Spalding said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

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Daily Debriefing

By Hamish Birrell and Angie Yang | August 11, 2011

Following a retreat for Division I college presidents, the National Collegiate Athletic Association has proposed a slew of reforms that seek to improve the state of college athletics, Inside Higher Ed reported.

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Prof. Brooks earns historic tenure

August 8, 2011

ASHLEY BLUM / The Dartmouth Staff Government professor Deborah Brooks became an associate professor at the College on July 1, making her the first female junior faculty member to attain tenure in the government department in 18 years. Brooks, whose past research has focused on public opinion, polling, campaign advertising, and the role of gender in politics, is currently finalizing a book "He Runs, She Runs: Gender Stereotypes, Double Standards, and Political Campaigns" that has been accepted for publication by Princeton University Press and will be released in 2012. Two other female faculty members in the government department Linda Fowler and Lisa Baldez already have tenure, but they were hired at the senior level and received tenure in Dartmouth's government department at the time of hire. After earning her bachelor's degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1993, Brooks went on to earn her Ph.D.

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The D informs campus, offers opportunities for students

By EMMA FIDEL and ALINA EVERETT | August 8, 2011

The Dartmouth is an organization unlike any other at the College. Run entirely by students without any oversight by the College administration, The D is completely independent both financially and editorially and provides a unique resource and community on campus. This issue, our annual Freshman Issue, is just one of over 150 issues that our 200-member staff will produce this year.

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BlitzMail email client changed this summer

August 8, 2011

This summer, Dartmouth students began the transition from the long-established BlitzMail email client to the new Microsoft Office 365 suite, a transition that will continue throughout the 2011-2012 academic year.

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