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January 3, 2011

Students at Columbia University and Cornell University have recently been charged with drug-related offenses, the Columbia Spectator and The Cornell Daily Sun reported.

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College awarded health center grant

By Joseph Singh | January 3, 2011

Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Dartmouth researchers were selected to receive a $2 million grant to finance the Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Center, a new center aimed at studying the effects of environmental pollutants on children's health, according to a Dec.

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Greek leaders receive alcohol policy update

By Marina Villeneuve | January 3, 2011

Correction appended Greek leaders received revisions to the Social Event Management Procedures that include an updated categorization of social events, expansion of keg policy and additional walkthroughs by Safety and Security during "tails" events, in a Dec.

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DHMC and TDI to collaborate with five other hospitals

By The Dartmouth Staff | December 17, 2010

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical practice will partner with five other hospitals and clinics around the country in a data-sharing arrangement that is aimed at reducing costs and improving care quality, College officials announced on Wednesday. Cleveland Clinic, Denver Health, Geisinger Health System,Intermountain Healthcare and the Mayo Clinic will join with Dartmouth to share information on care outcomes and cost on a variety of medical conditions and treatments including knee replacements, heart failure and weight-loss surgery on which patients spend hundreds of billions of dollars each year, according to a DHMC press release.

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Early decision admittances decline from last year

By Jay Webster | December 17, 2010

After discussions last year to increase the size of the Class of 2014, Dartmouth offered early acceptance to only 444 students 17 fewer than last year for the Class of 2015, according to a College press release. "For the Class of 2015, we're aiming for roughly 1,090 to 1,100 matriculants, which is where we had been for several years prior to the Class of 2014," Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris said in an interview.

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Collis board apologizes for 'White Party' e-mail

By Alison Polton-Simon | December 1, 2010

The Collis Governing Board has apologized for a campus-wide e-mail sent by One Wheelock on Nov. 19 that advertised its "White Party," which featured the subject line "WHITE Supremacy." Approximately 30 students complained to the Collis Governing Board about the message's subject line, according to Tim Yang '13, the Board's chairman. The Collis Governing Board "immediately started working on how best to respond" after members of the organization's board of directors received the "WHITE Supremacy" e-mail, Richard D'Amato '13, a member of the group, and Mason Luke Cole '13, the Undergraduate Finance Committee representative, said.

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Daily Debriefing

By Alison Polton-Simon | November 30, 2010

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal to a ruling by a federal appeals court that upheld Virginia regulations that ban alcohol advertisements in college newspapers, Inside Higher Ed reported.

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County Attorney Saffo strives for public safety

By Laura Bryn Sisson | November 30, 2010

Grafton County Attorney Lara Saffo first became interested in the justice system as a child. Saffo a member of the College-Town Task Force on Alcohol attended a school that many other students were forced to attend by court-orders, she said in an interview with The Dartmouth. Saffo was re-elected Deputy County Attorney in November, a position to which both political parties nominated her.

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Spears sketches alcohol policies

November 30, 2010

Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears announced on Tuesday a series of proposed initiatives including the creation of a new peer-driven shuttle program and the hiring of an additional Sexual Assault Awareness Program coordinator expected to be implemented during the Winter and Spring terms to combat high-risk drinking and sexual assault on campus.

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IFC recommends Beta re-recognition

By Angie Yang | November 30, 2010

After a two-year trial period, the Inter-Fraternity Council has recommended that the College re-recognize Beta Alpha Omega fraternity, formerly Beta Theta Pi fraternity, according to IFC President Tyler Brace '11. Beta was derecognized in December 1996 following a series of disciplinary breaches throughout the early 1990s but returned to campus as a local fraternity in 2008.

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Kim fulfills Board's ‘leadership' goals

By Emily Fletcher | November 29, 2010

ANNIE VILLANUEVA / The Dartmouth Staff ANNIE VILLANUEVA / The Dartmouth Staff In 2008, the Presidential Search Committee released a leadership statement stipulating its criteria for the College's 17th president.

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College plans new advising system

November 29, 2010

In response to student feedback and administrators' observations, the College plans to implement a new student advising structure in Fall term 2011 that will centralize undergraduate advising services in one location, according to College officials.

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Professors consider altered term schedule

November 29, 2010

Dartmouth administrators and faculty met on Monday to discuss proposed changes to the academic calendar which would schedule Fall term to end before Thanksgiving and address preliminary concerns about the College's strategic planning process at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences general meeting. Philosophy professor Samuel Levey, who chairs the committee on instruction, presented four different proposals for the altered term calendar.

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Daily Debriefing

By Hannah Kuhar | November 29, 2010

A recent study released by the University of Colorado at Boulder found that the "gender gap" between male and female physics students indicated by higher rates of participation and success in introductory physics courses among male students can be reduced by a short writing exercise that focuses on "affirming" female students' values, Inside Higher Ed reported.

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