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Art exhibit captures border violence
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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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Alpha Theta sues former treasurer
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Sharla Grass
| April 17, 2011
The Alpha Theta House Corporation filed a lawsuit in February against Bruce McAllister '54 Tu'58, and his wife Judith McAllister, alleging that Bruce McAllister stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the fraternity during the three years he served as the corporation's treasurer, according to Nicolas Burke, Alpha Theta co-ed fraternity's attorney. Bruce McAllister was removed as treasurer of Alpha Theta in February, after officials discovered that McAllister had written checks to himself, his wife and his business the Sugartop Sawmill in Post Mills, Vt.
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Yoeli '12, Sankar '12 to lead SA
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Emily Baer
| April 17, 2011
Tina Ma / The Dartmouth Staff After an unconventional Student Assembly election process that featured one candidate on the ballot and two write-in opponents, Max Yoeli '12 defeated write-in candidates Will Hix '12 and Aaron Limonthas '12, garnering 691 votes to become the next student body president, the Election Planning and Advisory Committee announced early Saturday morning.
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Beattie '76 appointed Alumni Relations VP
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Eliza Relman
| April 17, 2011
Martha Beattie '76 was named the College's new vice president for Alumni Relations, according to a College press release on Friday.
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Prospective students explore College
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Leslie Ye
| April 17, 2011
Samantha Oh / The Dartmouth Staff Last Friday, Frank Uzzi, a prospective member of the Class of 2015, decided that his college search was over. After just three days on campus for the College's annual Dimensions at Dartmouth program, Uzzi has set his heart on the Big Green.
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Yoeli '12, Sankar '12 elected to lead Student Assembly
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Emily Baer
| April 15, 2011
Maggie Rowland / The Dartmouth Staff Max Yoeli '12 was elected student body president with 691 votes, defeating Will Hix '12 and Aaron Limonthas '12, the Election Planning and Advisory Committee announced early Saturday morning. Amrita Sankar '12 was elected student body vice president with 906 votes, beating Brian Holekamp '12, who received 510 votes, EPAC announced. Hix, who was ineligible to run under EPAC rules due to a previous suspension, received 643 votes as a write-in candidate.
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Beattie '76 appointed vice president for Alumni Relations
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The Dartmouth Staff
| April 15, 2011
Martha Beattie '76 has been named the new vice president for Alumni Relations, according to a College press release.
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Buruma discusses Islamic practices
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Eliza Relman
| April 14, 2011
Dennis Ng / The Dartmouth Staff Misconceptions concerning the origins of revolutionary religious violence, those who provoke it and the relation of such conflict to democracy are pervasive throughout Western countries, according to Ian Buruma, professor of democracy, human rights and journalism at Bard College.
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Spending study spotlights College
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Clare Coffey and Diana Ming
| April 14, 2011
Colleges across the nation are spending far less on educating students than they claim, according to a report released April 7 by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity.
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Sommer urges prioritization of arts
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Jenny Che
| April 14, 2011
Dennis Ng / The Dartmouth Staff Incorporating the arts into educational curricula will lead to an increase in creative solutions to political and social problems, according to Harvard University romance languages and literatures professor Doris Sommer.
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VP candidates stress student involvement
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James Peng
| April 14, 2011
While the role of student body vice president has historically involved working behind the scenes to execute the student body president's external agenda, the position is extremely malleable and can include added duties ranging from presiding over the presidential impeachment process to reorganizing the Student Assembly committee structure.
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Daily Debriefing
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Soumya Gupta
| April 14, 2011
Harvard University Police Department Officer George Pierce accused Harvard of discrimination in a federal complaint against the university, The Harvard Crimson reported.
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Charlie Rose to moderate presidential debate
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The Dartmouth Staff
| April 14, 2011
Journalist Charlie Rose will moderate the Republican presidential primary debate at the College on Oct.
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SA candidates discuss diversity
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Emily Baer
| April 13, 2011
AKI ONDA / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Student body presidential and vice presidential candidates presented 90-second responses to questions regarding diversity at the Inter-Community Council's Wednesday debate in Cutter-Shabazz Hall.
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Odlyzko suggests cyber security improvements
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Diana Ming
| April 13, 2011
Barely a minute after University of Minnesota mathematics professor Andrew Odlyzko began his Wednesday lecture, the projector he was using unexpectedly lost its connection signal.
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Daily Debriefing
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Sam Rauschenfels
| April 13, 2011
Yale University senior Michele Dufault died Tuesday night in an accident in the machine shop of Yale's Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, according to the Yale Daily News.