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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.

Researchers at the Andoya Rocket Range in Andenes, Norway, will launch a rocket, partially constructed at Dartmouth, into the atmosphere.
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Prof. joins global research initiative

By Leslie Ye | November 28, 2010

Courtesy of Andoya Rocket Range Courtesy of Andoya Rocket Range A scientific mystery that could uncover new information about the atmospheres on other planets and Earth's own atmosphere will be investigated by a new project that has brought researchers from around the country, including Dartmouth, to the Andoya Rocket Range in Andenes, Norway. The Rocket Experiment for Neutral Upwelling, or RENU, will study the relationship between atomic oxygen and solar wind, according to Kristina Lynch, professor of physics and astronomy at the College.

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Cancer study points to vaccine

By Joseph Singh | November 28, 2010

The answer to curing cancer may lie in the capabilities of the human immune system as opposed to current chemical treatments, according to a new study published by researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

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Daily Debriefing

By Angie Yang | November 28, 2010

The London School of Business and Finance introduced a program late last month that allows users to earn an M.B.A.

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Senior fellow Vance '11 named Mitchell Scholar

November 28, 2010

Anise Vance '11 has been named a George J. Mitchell Scholar by the U.S.-Ireland Alliance for the 2011-2012 academic year one of 12 students selected from across the nation for the honor.

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Daily Debriefing

By Claire Groden | November 22, 2010

In an effort to increase transparency about college costs, a new federal rule which will be enacted next October mandates that colleges must post online calculators that determine the approximate cost of attendance for a student after receiving grants, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported Sunday.

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Hayes awaits official sentencing

November 22, 2010

The defense team for Steven Hayes who was convicted of murdering Hayley Petit and her mother and sister in 2007, and who is expected to be sentenced to death for the crime has asked New Haven Superior Court Judge Jon Blue to either grant Hayes a new trial or sentence him to life in prison without parole, The Middletown Press reported Friday.

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Atlas reveals gap in end-of-life treatment

By Sam Rauschenfels | November 22, 2010

The type of medical care received by cancer patients near the end of their lives varies based on geographic location and the focus of local health care systems, according to research published by the Dartmouth Atlas project on November 16.

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