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Voting bill denied in N.H. House

By Lindsay Brewer | March 27, 2011

The New Hampshire House of Representatives voted down House Bill 176 which would have prevented students from voting in state or local elections on March 8, according to State Rep.

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Daily Debriefing

By James Peng | March 27, 2011

Cornell University officially derecognized Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity in response to the death of sophomore George Desdunes on Feb.

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Former professor Snell dies at 86

By Soumya Gupta | March 27, 2011

Former Dartmouth math professor Laurie Snell, one of the country's first probability theorists and a lover of tennis, music and the outdoors, died March 19 of acute leukemia at the age of 86, according his wife Joan Snell. Focusing on probability and chance theory, Snell worked closely with top mathematicians during the 1950s, according to his colleague and former research assistant Bill Peterson '79, a math professor at Middlebury College. "If you ever met him at a conference, or for a dinner, he would just regale you with these delightful stories from the early days of probability theory and the College's math department," Peterson said. A passionate mathematician, Snell spent 42 years at the College as a math professor.

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Students, profs. raise money for Japan relief

By Amelia Acosta | March 27, 2011

Spring break proved an organizational obstacle for Dartmouth's relief efforts in Japan following an 9.0-magnitude earthquake and a devastating 33-foot tsunami along the country's coastline on March 11, according to Mayuka Kowaguchi '11, a native of Yokohama, Japan, who is helping to organize the College's student relief efforts. "Because of spring break, it was hard to mobilize as fast as the Haiti response," Kowaguchi said.

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Voting bill fails to pass House committee

By The Dartmouth Staff | March 12, 2011

The New Hampshire House of Respesentatives Election Law Committee recommended that the full House not pass House Bill 176, which would eliminate students from voting in state or local elections, The Washington Post reported. The committee's vote not to endorse the bill, which failed 13 to 5 at the committee's hearing on Wednesday evening, effectively kills the bill, according to The Post. The legislation attempts to redefine residency for voting eligibility in order to return to the "basic principles of ensuring residency" and protect the "integrity of the ballot process," according to a statement that New Hampshire Speaker of the House William O'Brien, R-Hillsborough, previously released to The Dartmouth. Along with nationally-recognized student voting organizations, College groups including the College Democrats, College Republicans, College Libertarians and Student Assembly openly opposed the legislation.

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Students, profs. in Japan are safe following earthquake

By The Dartmouth Staff | March 11, 2011

Dartmouth College has confirmed the safety of approximately 60 students and faculty members in Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, according to a College press release. The Dean of the College's Office, the Tucker Foundation, Staff in Counseling, International Student Programs and other campus support offices will continue to provide support services for students and faculty affected by the 8.9-magnitude earthquake, according to an e-mail sent by Dean of Undergraduate Students Deborah Tyson and acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears on Friday. Students are mobilizing to provide aid for victims of the earthquake and tsunami.

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Investment group distributes $5,000

By Clare Coffey | March 8, 2011

For the first time since students and alumni founded the Dartmouth Investment in Philanthropy Program in 2007, the student-managed stock portfolio has gained a profit equalling 5 percent of the original endowment, according to DIPP co-president Tiffany Tai '11.

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Daily Debriefing

March 8, 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down an appeal by the University of Wisconsin, Madison on Monday on a previous ruling that would require public universities to allow student fees to fund religious activities related to prayer or proselytizing, Inside Higher Ed reported.

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Website offers textbook exchange

By Gavin Huang | March 7, 2011

In an effort to provide what he called "a CraigsList for textbooks at Dartmouth," Henry MacQueen '14 launched a website on Sunday that connects Dartmouth students interested in selling used textbooks with potential buyers. Students who want to sell their used books can create listings on the site, CollegeTextEx.com, for free without signing up for an account, MacQueen said.

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Daily Debriefing

By Matthew McNierney | March 7, 2011

Salaries for faculty members at public colleges nationwide did not increase this year, while faculty members at private institutions experienced a 2-percent increase in pay, corresponding with current inflation rates, according to an annual survey conducted by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources published this week, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported.

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Dining plan costs freshmen more

By Diana Ming | March 7, 2011

Lotta Nygren / The Dartmouth The recently-announced "hybrid" dining plan was developed in order to solve the "problem of inequity" that existed in the current Declining Balance Account plan, Director of Dartmouth Dining Services David Newlove said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

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Tuition to increase by 5.9 percent next year

March 7, 2011

Correction appended The Board of Trustees approved a 5.9-percent increase in tuition, room, board and fees for the 2011-2012 academic year, according to a College press release on Monday.

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Study finds differences in two AIDS treatments

By Sam Rauschenfels | March 7, 2011

A new study vice-chaired by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center pediatrician Paul Palumbo may cause changes to standard AIDS treatment strategies around the world. Palumbo presented the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials group study which demonstrated that an alternative AIDS treatment administered to children of HIV-positive mothers was significantly more effective than the most common treatment at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston last week, Palumbo said in an interview with The Dartmouth. The study, known as "P1060" compared the effectiveness of two anti-retroviral drugs, Nevirapine and Kaletra, in treating HIV-positive children between the ages of six months and three years, according to Palumbo. The first phase of the study compared the effectiveness of Nevirapine and Kaletra in children who had previously taken Nevirapine and whose mothers had also taken Nevirapine during labor to reduce the risk of HIV transmission from mother to child, according to a Dartmouth Medical School press release.

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