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Departments adjust to budget cuts

By Leslie Ye | March 3, 2011

More than a year after the College announced its plan to cut $100 million from its budget, academic departments continue to adjust to reduced funding in a variety of ways, according to several department chairs interviewed by The Dartmouth.

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Daily Debriefing

Office of Undergraduate Judicial Affairs Program Coordinator Marilyn Sturman resigned from her position as of March 1, according to e-mails sent by Undergraduate Judicial Affairs Office Manager Laurie Welch and Director of Judicial Affairs Nathan Miller and obtained by The Dartmouth.

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Vacancies strain College division

Following staff member departures and the creation of several new positions, the Dean of the College division is now in the process of filling 17 administrative and assistant-level positions, according to College officials interviewed by The Dartmouth. The vacancies have forced some staff members to assume more work than they would otherwise take on, acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears said. "We've had to work differently," Spears said.

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Kim announces plans for Diversity Council

March 2, 2011

*Editor's Note: This is the first part of a two-part series on recent campus discussions regarding diversity.**## In response to student concerns regarding faculty and administrator diversity, the College will revive its long-inactive Diversity Council, assemble a diversity action plan to be shared with the Board of Trustees and expand the First Year Student Enrichment Program for next Fall term, College President Jim Yong Kim said in an interview with The Dartmouth Editorial Board. The Diversity Council, which was established in the early 2000s, has not met in recent years "partly because of all the craziness around budget reductions that we had to go through for two years," Kim said.

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Penner backs ‘death with dignity'

By Ross Brown | March 2, 2011

Former Dartmouth religion professor Hans Penner, who was recently diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer, is a self-proclaimed strong advocate of "death with dignity" legislation currently under consideration by Vermont legislators.

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McConnell lectures on freedom of association

By Lindsay Brewer | March 2, 2011

The expansion of the concept of discrimination and a loss of distinction between permissible actions in public and private spheres have eroded individuals' First Amendment freedom of association, Stanford University Constitutional Law Center director Michael McConnell said in a lecture at the Rockefeller Center on Wednesday. "If we prevent the government from regulating the content of what we say, but allow it to regulate and control the membership, leadership or institutional structure of the groups that are the seedbed of ideas and communication, we will have given the government a powerful instrument for controlling speech, press, religion, assembly and petition," McConnell said. McConnell represented the Christian Legal Society in the 2010 Supreme Court case Christian Legal Society v.

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Baker-Berry renovations proceed

By Grace Afsari-Mamagani | March 2, 2011

Courtesy of Justin Anderson Piles of steel beams and exposed insulation hide behind translucent plastic tarps in what remains of the Berry News Center, which is scheduled to open as a coffee bar and social space during Spring term, according to Dean of Libraries Jeffrey Horrell.

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Daily Debriefing

By Emily Baer and Taha Adib | March 1, 2011

Correction appended The Elections Programming and Advisory Committee announced three major changes to the elections process during an informational meeting Tuesday night.

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V-Week festivities end in 'Vagina Monologues'

By Laura Bryn Sisson | March 1, 2011

Patton Lowenstein / The Dartmouth Staff The College's annual V-Week celebration a series of events that addressed violence against women and sexual assault promoted conversations about issues of sexual assault, even among those who did not attend the events, V-Week organizers said in interviews with The Dartmouth. V-Week's events began with the Feb.

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Gov. prof. receives media attention

By Amelia Acosta | March 1, 2011

Whether Libyan ruler Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi will be removed from power is no longer a question, but experts are still speculating as to when the government will be overturned, and how many people will be killed in the process, government professor Dirk Vandewalle said.

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Faculty receives budget updates

By Diana Ming | February 28, 2011

Samantha Oh / The Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim presented on a variety of campus topics including Dartmouth's strategic planning process and the current state of budget reductions at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences general meeting on Monday.

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Panelists speak about violence in art

By Isha Flores | February 28, 2011

Dennis Ng / The Dartmouth Staff Artists who depict violent themes through the visual and performing arts must make a "connection" with the victims portrayed in their work so that the victims feel inspired by such stories, Rwandan playwright Hope Azeda said in a panel discussion "Visualizing and Performing Violence: Local and Global Acts" in the Haldeman Center on Monday. "What would make a woman who was mass raped during the genocide stay during the performance where there is mass rape?" Azeda asked.

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New restaurant to open on Main Street in April

By Sharla Grass | February 28, 2011

Nik Medrano / The Dartmouth A new selection of modern American food will join Hanover's available dining options when Market Table, the town's newest restaurant, opens on South Main Street in April, according to Market Table owner Nicky Barraclough. The restaurant will be located in the rear of the building that previously housed Campion's Women's Shop, Jay Campion, the building owner, said in an interview with The Dartmouth. Barraclough who currently owns Allechante bakery and cafe in Norwich, Vt.

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Daily Debriefing

By Soumya Gupta | February 28, 2011

The jury selection for the trial of Joshua Komisarjevsky an alleged accomplice in the 2007 Connecticut home invasion that resulted in the murder of 17-year-old Hayley Petit has been scheduled to begin on March 16, CNN reported Friday.

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Campus Blotter

By Soumya Gupta | February 28, 2011

Feb. 25, 2:08 p.m.41 Centerra ParkwaySafety and Security received a call from a college employee involved in a motor vehicle accident who had collided with another car on the parkway while in a college vehicle.

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People's Coalition to unite progressive orgs.

By Clare Coffey | February 27, 2011

A group of Dartmouth students, faculty and staff recently joined together to form the People's Coalition, an independent organization that seeks to unite progressive groups on campus, history professor Russell Rickford said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

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