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Event spotlights undergraduate research

By Grace Afsari-Mamagani | May 20, 2010

Soo Jee Lee / The Dartmouth Soo Jee Lee / The Dartmouth Primates' facial expressions, the potential of exercise to raise academic achievement and the biochemistry of cancer cells have been among the topics tackled by undergraduate researchers at the College over the past year.

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Daily Debriefing

By Brendan Dooley | May 20, 2010

Mexican university presidents met at a conference this week to ask Mexican President Felipe Calderon to adopt stricter security measures to protect students and professors from the violence of Mexico's ongoing drug war, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported Wednesday.

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Three arrested on felony charges

By Ann Baum | May 20, 2010

Three students were arrested on Wednesday for felony charges related to a May 13 incident allegedly involving cocaine use and subsequent witness tampering, according to a Hanover Police Department press release.

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Daily Debriefing

By Grace Afsari-Mamagani | May 19, 2010

Officials at Virginia Polytechnic Institute failed to promptly alert the college community of two shooting deaths that preceded the school's 2007 shooting massacre, according to findings released by the Department of Education this week, Inside Higher Ed reported Wednesday.

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SPAHRC releases study findings

By PAULINA KARPIS | May 19, 2010

Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff During its presentation on Wednesday, the Student and Presidential Alcohol Harm Reduction Committee recommended the formation of a student monitoring initiative to ensure Greek houses comply with College alcohol policies, the creation of an alcohol coordinator position and the limitation of beer cans through a more liberal keg policy as part of a slate of proposed policy changes.

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Student group takes on emergencies

By Emily Fletcher | May 19, 2010

Alina Politzer / The Dartmouth Staff Alina Politzer / The Dartmouth Staff While many students spend their weekends drinking in fraternity basements and dorm rooms, a small team of trained students works to protect their peers by responding to Good Samaritan calls and treating medical emergencies.

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Veterans continue cause after Wright's departure

By Madeline Sims | May 19, 2010

Former College President James Wright may no longer be at the helm of the College, but his support of the community of veterans at Dartmouth and across the nation continues to serve as an inspiration for student veterans on campus, according to Craig Fitzgerald '11, president of the Dartmouth Undergraduate Veterans Association. While Wright a former Marine and his leadership have been missed, DUVA is "confident" that College President Jim Yong Kim will continue to listen to veterans' concerns, Fitzgerald said. "Kim told us that coming from Korea, he understands the importance of what military members do for their country and that he plans to continue in Wright's footsteps in order to ensure there's a veteran presence on campus and that their needs are being met," he said. Since Wright's departure, DUVA has continued to serve as a support network for student veterans who may face unique challenges while adjusting to college life, Fitzgerald said.

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Kohn outlines his libertarian roots

May 18, 2010

Christopher Rhoades / The Dartmouth Staff Christopher Rhoades / The Dartmouth Staff Economics professor Meir Kohn described his journey from active socialist to libertarian and suggested that the role of government should be limited in a talk, "How I Became a Libertarian," on Tuesday in Silsby Hall. Kohn explained that his libertarianism is "empirical" and is based on his life experiences, not on ideology. Kohn described his early life in the United Kingdom, where he joined a Zionist socialist movement in London at age 16.

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Students work for Congo awareness

By Angie Yang | May 18, 2010

Organizers of Congo Awareness Week are hoping to raise students' awareness of how the electronics industry, and specifically the cellular phone industry, is stimulating violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to Christy Lazicky '11, co-founder of the genocide awareness group STAND at the College.

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SA approves changes to bylaws

By Emly Fletcher | May 18, 2010

By a vote of 17 to three, Student Assembly's General Assembly passed constitutional bylaw changes that allow for the establishment of six issue-based committees to replace the current committee system.

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Praise, concern greet DCHCDS

By Hannah Kuhar | May 18, 2010

While students and faculty voiced general support for the College's new health care education and research initiatives, some staff members expressed concerns that the new program would divert attention and funds from efforts to assist staff members with health benefits.

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Prof. discusses race in Seuss' work

By Nathan Yeo | May 18, 2010

Curie Kim / The Dartmouth Staff Curie Kim / The Dartmouth Staff Dr. Seuss' beloved Cat in the Hat character was partly based on early 20th-century African-American stereotypes, Kansas State University English professor Philip Nel said in his talk "Was the Cat in the Hat Black?" on Tuesday in Sanborn Library.

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SPAHRC report may liberalize keg policy

By Madeline Sims | May 18, 2010

Correction Appended Restricting the use of beer cans in favor of a more liberal keg policy and establishing student walkthroughs during parties may be among the recommendations the Student and Presidential Alcohol Harm Reduction Committee will outline for the Dartmouth community when they present their report this afternoon, according to an e-mail obtained by The Dartmouth that was sent to fraternity presidents from Inter-Fraternity Council president Tyler Brace '11.

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By Lindsay Brewer | May 18, 2010

Former Harvard student Adam Wheeler, 23, was charged with falsifying documents that helped him get into Harvard University in 2007, where he was granted $45,000 in financial aid, grants and scholarships, according to the Associated Press.

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Elliot officials question DHMC policy

By Robert szypko | May 18, 2010

A recent decision made by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester to partner with the Catholic Medical Center instead of Elliot Hospital for obstetric care has drawn criticism from Elliot about the effects and underlying motives of the decision, according to Doug Dean, president and CEO of the Elliot Health System. Elliot recently published a full-page advertisement in the Manchester Union Leader in the form of a letter drafted by the doctors and nurses in the obstetrical unit at Elliot, Dean said.

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Study: Doctors should not treat some cancers

By Clare Coffey | May 17, 2010

The nearly identical rate of survival between treated and untreated patients with papillary thyroid cancer may indicate that not all cancers need treatment or even detection, according to a new study by Dartmouth researchers Louise Davies and Gilbert Welch. "Small abnormalities that meet the pathological definition of cancer often tend not to cause health problems in human beings," Welch said in an interview.

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DCERT trains students in emergency response

By Ann Baum | May 17, 2010

The Dartmouth College Emergency Response Team a student group formed this term to assist in response logistics has begun training approximately 15 students to respond to crises such as a fire, violent threat, disease outbreak, natural disaster or other campus emergency, according to founder David Seliger '12.

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Panel considers aid for human rights

By JOY CHEN | May 17, 2010

Ashley Mitchell / The Dartmouth Staff Ashley Mitchell / The Dartmouth Staff Doctors, lawyers and engineers must work alongside government bureaucrats and corporate executives to fight the environmental and health problems faced by people around the world to ensure that everyone has access to the same basic human rights, according to the three panelists at the "Health, Human Rights and the Environment" panel held in Filene auditorium on Monday. The three panelists Emma Wright, a former Peace Corps volunteer and first-year student at Dartmouth Medical school, Deborah Peterson, co-founder of a Tibet-based environmental non-governmental organization, and Thayer School of Engineering professor Daniel Lynch discussed the relationship between human rights, health and environmental issues, as well as the role that health professionals can play in improving these aspects of global human rights. "Natural resources underpin everything we do and they are the framework within which we flourish on this planet; they are the necessary footing and [the rights of access to them] imply responsibilities," Lynch said.

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