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College bucks national trend of regional staff

By Jenny Che | October 28, 2010

Although colleges and universities nationwide have recently begun increasing the numbers of off-campus regional admissions officers on staff, Dartmouth has bucked the trend by maintaining only one admissions officer working remotely, and has no immediate plans to expand, according to the College admissions office. A recent study by The Chronicle of Higher Education found that colleges across the nation were placing full-time representatives in distant zip codes in the hopes of attracting a greater number and diversity of applicants. Dartmouth is one of several colleges not following this pattern.

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Daily Debriefing

October 28, 2010

Harvard Medical School has announced that it will soon open a primary care research center using a $30 million anonymous gift, according to an HMS release.

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Faculty praise Kim's topic choice for talk

By BRIDGETTE TAYLOR | October 28, 2010

When College President Jim Yong Kim addressed the issue of alcohol abuse and sexual assault at Monday's termly Faculty of Arts and Sciences general meeting breaking from the trend of focusing on academics and the College's financial standing many professors in the audience appreciated his departure from the budget conversation, professors interviewed by The Dartmouth said. "I thought it was a really interesting presentation," John Carey, the chair of the government department, said.

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Students lack access to older course evals.

By Sharla Grass | October 28, 2010

Update Appended The Student Assembly Course Guide which hosted rankings and ratings of courses at the College until it was replaced with the independent CourseRank service in spring 2010 is no longer available online, leaving students without access to the guide's course reviews from previous years.

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By Katie Kilkenny and Leslie Ye | October 27, 2010

Dartmouth received an A- on the 2011 College Sustainability Report Card, and was named one of 52 "Overall College Sustainability Leaders," according to the organization's website.

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Team makes evolution discovery

By James Peng | October 27, 2010

Correction Appended A team led by Dartmouth biology professor Kevin Peterson may have just resolved a long-standing debate in the scientific community over the evolution of vertebrate animals. Peterson along with University of Bristol professor Philip Donoghue, graduate students Alysha Heimberg and Richard Cowper Sal Lari and University of Lyon professor Marie Semon published a study that refutes the popular view that the lamprey, a jawless vertebrate, was the most closely related creature to subsequent vertebrate species.

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Candidates campaign across state

By Gavin Huang | October 27, 2010

Gavin Huang/The Dartmouth; Zach Ingbretsen/The Dartmouth Senior Staff Gavin Huang/The Dartmouth; Zach Ingbretsen/The Dartmouth Senior Staff As Election Day approaches, politicians in New Hampshire are making their final attempts to attract voters' support.

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Ostler '77 discusses students' legal rights

October 26, 2010

Alina Politzer / The Dartmouth Staff Alina Politzer / The Dartmouth Staff Amid growing student concern over the recent felony charges levied against Greek organizations for serving to minors, and in anticipation of Homecoming weekend, local attorney George Ostler '77 met with students on Tuesday night to clarify their legal rights when it comes to alcohol-related issues and to define the legal boundaries facing police when dealing with Greek organizations.

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College agrees to open-access pact

October 26, 2010

The cost of scholarship is steep and growing. Last year, Dartmouth spent over $7 million out of a $9 million information budget on subscription fees to scholarly journals, according to associate librarian for information resources Elizabeth Kirk.

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By Leslie Ye and Emily Fletcher | October 26, 2010

Acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears and Provost Carol Folt discussed the College's voluntary reaccreditation process, overseen by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, at Tuesday's Student Assembly meeting in Collis 101.

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Jayanti receives new professorship

By Amelia Acosta | October 26, 2010

Editor's Note: This is the third installment in a four-part series profiling professors who were recently awarded endowed chairs. During his 17 years at Dartmouth, computer science professor Prasad Jayanti has balanced his "two loves" of research and teaching, and has succeeded in both.

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DHMC lacks conflict of interest

By Ping Khuan Sim | October 25, 2010

Although several trustees of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic hold positions at other organizations related to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, DHMC Public Affairs Manager Clarence Adams said there are "no conflicts of interest" in DHMC's hiring practices.

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By Leslie Ye | October 25, 2010

Delaware State University settled a class-action lawsuit brought by members of the female equestrian team charging the school which violating Title IX, which requires universities to offer the same opportunities in varsity sports to male and female students, the Delaware News Journal reported Saturday, The settlement required DSU to bridge the gap between the proportion of female DSU students 61 percent and the proportion of varsity athletes who are female 41 percent.

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Kim explains alcohol, assault at faculty meeting

By Sam Rauschenfels | October 25, 2010

Ashley Mitchell / The Dartmouth Staff Ashley Mitchell / The Dartmouth Staff College President Jim Yong Kim discussed sexual assault and alcohol abuse at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences general meeting on Monday a break from convention in a forum that more frequently addresses the College's budget and academics. As Kim greeted Monday's audience, he said he is "shocked" by what he has learned about the prevalence of alcohol and sexual assault at Dartmouth, and implored faculty members to use their connection with students to help curb these practices. "I think we can find really interesting ways of tackling the problem," Kim said. Discussion surrounding sexual assault and alcohol abuse has marked the past few terms of Kim's presidency.

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Janeway backs liquor law change

By Isha Flores | October 25, 2010

N.H. State Sen. Harold Janeway, D-Webster, plans to announce a proposal in November to partially privatize liquor sales in New Hampshire in order to balance the state's budget, he said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

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Weeks receives $800,000 settlement

By Christy O'Keefe | October 25, 2010

Dartmouth Medical School psychiatry professor William Weeks who was acquitted of conflict-of-interest charges brought against him by the federal government in April was awarded $800,000 in a settlement with the federal government this week as compensation for "violations of human rights and privacy," he said. As a result of the April charges, Weeks filed the lawsuit against the government for unlawful suspension from his position at the Department of Veterans Affairs and improper investigation into the charges brought against him. The federal government had accused Weeks of initiating five fixed-priced contracts in 2003 on behalf of the VA and performing the work as the College's principal investigator.

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