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Harvard and Princeton re-institute early action
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Lindsay Brewer
| February 27, 2011
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Sacco discusses power of cartoons
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Gavin Huang
| February 24, 2011
When cartoon journalist Joe Sacco travelled to Sarajevo, Bosnia at the end of the Bosnian War, he was well aware that he was entering a war zone, he said to a group of students, faculty and local comic book fans crowded in Kemeny Hall on Thursday. The hotel at which Sacco stayed in Bosnia a Holiday Inn frequented by many foreign reporters was "right on sniper alley," he said.
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New amendment may decrease Title X funds
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Grace Afsari-Mamagani
| February 24, 2011
The availability of medical resources for Upper Valley residents, including College students, could decline following the approval of an amendment that would eliminate all federal funding for Planned Parenthood, according to Kary Jencks, New Hampshire public affairs director for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. The U.S.
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Legislators debate student voting
February 24, 2011
Students, citizens and local and state representatives testified at the hearings for two bills both designed to combat voter fraud that would inhibit college students' ability to vote in New Hampshire early Thursday morning.
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River dock likely to reopen this summer
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Sam Rauschenfels
| February 24, 2011
Courtesy of Justin Anderson Correction Appended### New plans to renovate Dartmouth's property along the Connecticut River aim to reopen the swim docks which were closed last summer due to safety concerns in time for the upcoming Summer term, according to Justin Anderson, director of media relations for the College.
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College increases web speed for trial period
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Matthew McNierney
| February 24, 2011
The College temporarily doubled its network bandwidth for a two-week trial period on Wednesday to compensate for an unusually slow Internet connection, according to Ellen Waite-Franzen, vice president of information technology and chief information officer.
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Daily Debriefing
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Taha Adib
| February 24, 2011
Harvard University and Princeton University will reinstate non-binding early action programs for undergraduate applicants to the Class of 2016, The Harvard Crimson and The Daily Princetonian reported on Thursday.
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IFC endorses Zete re-recognition
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Jenny Che
| February 23, 2011
The Interfraternity Council recommended that the College re-recognize Zeta Psi fraternity on Tuesday, according to IFC president Tyler Brace '11.
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Proposed House bill cuts airport funding
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Angie Yang
| February 23, 2011
Flights from Lebanon Airport could be canceled, become less frequent or become more costly if members of the United States Congress decide to eliminate or reduce the Federal Aviation Administration's Essential Air Service subsidy program as part of an air transportation reform bill, Lebanon Airport manager Rick Dyment said in an interview with The Dartmouth. The Essential Air Service program provides federal subsidies for airports that do not generate enough air traffic to receive the funding they need to operate, Justin Harclerode, communications director for the U.S.
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Civil Rights Movement activists tell their stories
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Claire Groden
| February 23, 2011
When the Ku Klux Klan crashed a voter registration drive held in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, Janet Moses one of the voter registry event's co-organizers stood her ground. "We can only be chased if we run," Moses said during a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee event on Wednesday, recounting her thoughts as she refused to abandon her post at the voter registration event. Moses was one of three veterans of the Civil Rights Movement, along with Judy Richardson and Penny Patch, who shared their experiences working at the forefront of civil rights activism in the 1960s as members of SNCC.
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Panelists speak about homelessness
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James Peng
| February 23, 2011
Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Staff Long-haired and rugged-looking, Cornelius spent nearly 30 years living in abandoned buses, cars and homeless shelters, digging for cans in dumpsters.
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Daily Debriefing
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Amelia Acosta
| February 23, 2011
Yale University will no longer offer daytime door-to-door vehicle escorts after Feb. 28, the Yale Daily News reported.
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Rauh discusses ancient prostitution
By
Isha Flores
| February 22, 2011
Akikazu Onda / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Modern prejudices and poor data interpretation limit our understanding of prostitution in ancient societies, Nicholas Rauh, a classics professor at Purdue University, said in a lecture at the Rockefeller Center on Tuesday.
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Barber discusses food production
By
Alison Polton-Simon
| February 22, 2011
Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Staff The current international food system is "totally broken," leaving one-sixth of the global population hungry, one-sixth malnourished and one-sixth over-nourished, Montgomery Fellow Dan Barber said in a lecture in Filene Auditorium on Tuesday. Although he is a chef, Barber who also co-owns the New York-based Blue Hill restaurants emphasized the importance of how food is produced rather than focusing on how it is cooked, citing the health and environmental benefits of food produced through sustainable agricultural systems, as well as improvements in the quality of the ultimate product. Barber used the example of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture which serves as the source for many of Blue Hill's ingredients as a farm that focuses on data collection, ecologically sustainable methods of production and new farming methods, he said. Sheep are a prime example of the failings of mass agriculture, according to Barber.
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Students recount sexual violence
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Jackie Donohoe
| February 22, 2011
Correction appended When one female Dartmouth student shared an anonymous narrative about sexual assault on Tuesday night, she said she had been "hoping if I didn't write it down or say it aloud, I would forget it." Ten students described their experiences to an attentive and tearful female-dominated audience of Dartmouth students and faculty during Speak Out an event that seeks to raise awareness about students' experiences with sexual assault in Collis Common Ground. Speak Out, which was based on student submissions and both organized and operated by students, was part of Dartmouth's V-Week, a campaign for a victory over female violence, according to Alicia Driscoll '11, one of Speak Out's organizers. Half of the speakers discussed incidents of sexual assault outside of Dartmouth, while the other presenters reflected on the role Dartmouth played in their experiences of sexual assault, criticizing both the fraternity scene and the administration's reactions. Amidst the nine female speakers, the solo male presenter spoke about his girlfriend's negative experience with Dartmouth administrators when she filed 10 charges, including four counts of sexual assault, against another student with the Committee on Standards.
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Daily Debriefing
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Sam Rauschenfels
| February 22, 2011
The nonprofit group Complete College America introduced a new program on Tuesday that will aim to increase graduation rates at colleges across the country, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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Fugitive alum. indicted for fraudulent operation
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Lindsay Brewer
| February 22, 2011
Brian Kim '97, founder and chief investment officer of the investment firm Liquid Capital Management, was indicted on Feb.
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Professor discusses political activism
By
Christy O'Keefe
| February 21, 2011
Samantha Oh / The Dartmouth In an effort to gain the right to sit on juries, women "in coats and high heels" disrupted legislatures across the country between 1920 when the federal government granted women the right to vote and the early 1970s, Holly McCammon, sociology professor at Vanderbilt University, said in a lecture about political activism in Silsby Hall on Monday. "Most people think that once women won the right to vote, they won the right to sit on juries too," McCammon said.