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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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Daily Debriefing

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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Daily Debriefing

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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‘Wicked' author explains methods

By Hannah Kuhar | October 24, 2010

Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff Gregory Maguire never quite knows where he is. During a lecture in Alumni Hall on Sunday, Maguire the bestselling author of "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" said his work has made him feel like he has been living in Oz for the past four months. "I'm going crazy," Maguire said.

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Panel: Parties will decide election

By Isha Flores | October 24, 2010

Kavin Xiao / The Dartmouth Staff Kavin Xiao / The Dartmouth Staff Candidates' parties will have more of an effect on the results of this year's midterm elections than their campaign messages, panelists said in a discussion held Friday at the Rockefeller Center. Charles Franklin, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, highlighted the influence that national forces including the national congressional ballot, presidential approval and the state of the economy will have on this year's midterm elections.

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Prof. finds link between functional disease, sleep disorders

By Nathan Yeo | October 24, 2010

Patients suffering from functional dyspepsia, a gastrointestinal disease, are more than three times more likely to develop sleeping disorders than healthy patients, according to a study entitled "Functional Dyspepsia: A Risk Factor for Disordered Sleep" conducted by Brian Lacy, a professor at Dartmouth Medical School.

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Daily Debriefing

By Jay Webster | October 24, 2010

McMaster University's Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine has adjusted its admission criteria in order to increase enrollment of male applicants, The Globe and Mail of Toronto reported.

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Kim discusses drinking, assault

By Emily Fletcher | October 24, 2010

College President Jim Yong Kim has been working extensively with the town of Hanover to determine the best ways to ensure student safety, but students must take the lead in addressing binge drinking and sexual assault on campus, Kim said in an interview with The Dartmouth Editorial Board on Friday. Through conversations with students and community members, Kim said he has realized that it is an "ethnographic reality" that Hanover Police's recent charges against Greek organizations would deter Good Samaritan calls. Kim said his first priority is still to ensure that students call for help when someone is dangerously intoxicated, although dealing with the problem also requires curtailing the culture of binge drinking that leads to Good Samaritan calls. Kim is having "intensive discussions" with Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone and the town's Board of Selectmen to figure out the best way to ensure students' safety, he said. "Every single day we're having multiple conversations with the town to try to come up with some way to accomplish our goals, and they're two-fold eliminate any obstacle to calling for help and tackle binge drinking," Kim said.

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