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Granite causes slight delays for Arts Center

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Chloe Teeter / The Dartmouth Chloe Teeter / The Dartmouth An unanticipated amount of granite beneath the future site of the College's new Visual Arts Center has forced slight delays in the project's construction, according to associate director of project management Matt Purcell.



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LSAs, FSPs display high diversity

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Although recent statistics show that white students are more likely to study abroad than minorities at institutions nationwide, Dartmouth has a narrower gap between the proportion of white and minority students who participate in study abroad programs, according to statistics published by the Institute of International Education. Nearly 82 percent of students nationwide who studied abroad between fall 2007 and summer 2008 were white, compared with 64 percent of students at Dartmouth. Dartmouth's financial aid policy, which continues through study abroad programs, is likely a significant factor in participation rates, according to Executive Director of Off-Campus Programs John Tansey. "I think Dartmouth's financial aid policies help contribute to students across the board being able to afford programs, whether it be from minority backgrounds or not," Tansey said. Approximately 60 percent of all students at Dartmouth study abroad, the highest participation rate in the Ivy League. Dartmouth's higher rate of diversity in off-campus programs may also be partially due to the flexibility of the Dartmouth Plan and to the fact that students are able to take classes taught by Dartmouth professors while on programs abroad, Tansey said. Although Dartmouth has a high rate of diversity in its off-campus programs, diversity within individual programs tends to vary, Tansey said. He cited the Chinese foreign study program as an example of a program that tends to have more heritage speakers than other programs, he said. A recent study of the factors motivating students to study abroad showed that white students are more likely to study abroad if they are open "to diversity and to challenges," according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. "Minority students don't need to seek out cross-cultural experiences by traveling to another country because, in most cases, they already regularly interact across cultural differences in their everyday lives," researchers wrote in a recent study, "Running Head: Minority Student Intent to Study Abroad," according to The Chronicle. The study examined 6,800 students at 53 institutions nationwide and was conducted by researchers at Augstana College and the University of Iowa, The Chronicle reported. While Andrenne Coleman '13 said her Portuguese language study abroad was fairly diverse, she said she understood the appeal of going to a country with more familiar cultural values. "I think it's more comfortable studying abroad where you're around people who are like you," Coleman, who participated on Portugese Language Study Abroad program in Brazil during Summer term 2010, said.


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The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education board of directors voted to increase work standards for medical students serving their residencies, Modern Healthcare reported.


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Prof. refutes common views of war on terror

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Alice Zhao / The Dartmouth Staff Alice Zhao / The Dartmouth Staff In one of Helen Fielding's columns, later used as the basis for the novel "Bridget Jones's Diary," Bridget's mother returns home drunk and tries to placate her angry daughter by saying, "Darling, don't you realize?


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Report marks drop in sex assault

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The number of reported forcible sexual assaults that occurred on College property decreased by more than half between 2008 and 2009, falling from 22 to 10, according to the College's Annual Security and Fire Safety Report released on Wednesday.


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Record number head to career fair

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Laura Diez / The Dartmouth Staff Laura Diez / The Dartmouth Staff Not only did a record number of students peruse employment opportunities at the Employer Connections Fair on Tuesday, but more booths were present at this year's fair, which continues today than last year a sign that the economy continues to tick toward recovery. This year's fair featured a total of 106 booths over two days, an increase from the 85 booths at last year's fair, according to acting Co-Director of Career Services Monica Wilson.


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For Gordon-Reed '81, grant to aid her research

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Jon Odland / The Dartmouth Staff Jon Odland / The Dartmouth Staff Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed '81 received the MacArthur Fellowship commonly known as the "Genius Grant" for her groundbreaking scholarship on the life and family of President Thomas Jefferson, the Foundation announced Tuesday. Gordon-Reed, a professor at Harvard University's undergraduate college and Harvard Law School, wrote the 2008 book "The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family," which traced the history of several generations of the slave family owned by Jefferson.


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For Gordon-Reed '81, grant to aid research

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Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed '81 received the MacArthur Fellowship commonly known as the "Genius Grant" for her groundbreaking scholarship on the life and family of President Thomas Jefferson, the Foundation announced Tuesday. Gordon-Reed, a professor at Harvard University's undergraduate college and Harvard Law School, wrote the 2008 book "The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family," which traced the history of several generations of the slave family owned by Jefferson.


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In an attempt to combat the falling proficiency of American students in math, science, technology and engineering, President Barack Obama announced on Monday his goal to hire 10,000 more science and math teachers over the course of the next two years, according to a White House press release.


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Record number head to career fair

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Not only did a record number of students peruse employment opportunities at the Employer Connections Fair on Tuesday, but more booths were present at this year's fair, which continues today than last year a sign that the economy continues to tick toward recovery. This year's fair featured a total of 106 booths over two days, an increase from the 85 booths at last year's fair, according to acting Co-Director of Career Services Monica Wilson.


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Daily Debriefing

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In an attempt to combat the falling proficiency of American students in math, science, technology and engineering, President Barack Obama announced on Monday his goal to hire 10,000 more science and math teachers over the course of the next two years, according to a White House press release.



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Mulley '70 to direct care delivery center

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College Trustee Al Mulley '70 was selected to serve as the first director of the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science, completing a national search process that began with the Center's May creation, College President Jim Yong Kim announced Tuesday. The Center which is funded by a $35 million anonymous gift is meant to combine health care education and research, as well as to aide in academic and practical collaboration between the College, the Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, the Thayer School of Engineering and the Tuck School of Business.


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Mulley '70 to direct care delivery center

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Jennifer Argote / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Jennifer Argote / The Dartmouth Senior Staff College Trustee Al Mulley '70 was selected to serve as the first director of the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science, completing a national search process that began with the Center's May creation, College President Jim Yong Kim announced Tuesday. The Center which is funded by a $35 million anonymous gift is meant to combine health care education and research, as well as to aide in academic and practical collaboration between the College, the Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, the Thayer School of Engineering and the Tuck School of Business.


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Alumni share Peace Corps stories

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Samantha Oh / The Dartmouth Samantha Oh / The Dartmouth A panel of four Dartmouth alumni shared their experiences in the Peace Corps on Tuesday, connecting their service abroad to their time at the College.



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Attorney fights gag rule in Petit case

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Disregarding a judge's gag order, a defense attorney involved in the Hayley Petit trial told reporters Friday that contrary to the Petit family's impression his client did not rape Hayley Petit's sister Michaela Petit, according to the New Haven Register.


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Officials predict steady budgets

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The unexpected 6 percent rise in the value of Dartmouth's endowment announced by College officials Friday is likely to have little immediate effect on student life, according to faculty and staff members interviewed by The Dartmouth.