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Kim plans to alter student advising

By Grace Afsari-Mamagani | May 12, 2010

In an effort to address students' perceived advising needs, College President Jim Yong Kim and other administrators have begun to develop a long-term plan to improve the effectiveness of the College advising system, Kim said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

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Kim announces sexual assault committee

By The Dartmouth Staff | May 12, 2010

College President Jim Yong Kim announced the formation of a Student and Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault in an e-mail to the Dartmouth community on Wednesday. According to the e-mail, the committee will begin executing and elaborating on the recommendations made by the Task Force on Sexual and Physical Assault, which met from January through June of last year. The committee -- which will involve the Office of the President, the Dean of the College Office, College Health Services and the Center for Women and Gender, among other groups -- plans to increase campus education and design a "more effective" orientation program for first-year students, according to the e-mail. The committee will include five subcommittees, to be chaired by students from various class years. This is a breaking news web update.

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Profs. receive funding from HHS

By Kalie Pierce | May 11, 2010

Two Dartmouth professors are part of a team of researchers who received a $15 million grant from the U.S.

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Daily Debriefing

By PAULINA KARPIS | May 11, 2010

David Fein '82 became Connecticut's U.S. attorney on Monday, after being nominated for the post by President Barack Obama in February, The Day reported on Monday.

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Hanover voters approve school budget in 2nd vote

By Christy O'Keefe | May 11, 2010

After being rejected by voters in March, the Hanover and Dresden school budgets were approved on Tuesday, according to Hanover Town Manager Julia Griffin.

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Speaker examines ‘Mother India'

May 11, 2010

Sujin Lim / The Dartmouth Staff Sujin Lim / The Dartmouth Staff Popular artists in 19th century India incorporated the image of "Mother India" a unifying embodiment and symbol of the Indian nation in their work, enabling patriotic mobilization and a collective identity, Sumathi Ramaswamy, a history professor at Duke University, said in a Tuesday lecture as part of the Rudelson lecture series. The Hindu goddess has remained a symbol of nationalism in India even as the country "strives to be secular, diverse and modern," according to Ramaswamy. The maternal and geographical aspects of popular artwork featuring Mother India holding a nationalist flag fostered a visual collective identity for Indian patriots under British colonial rule, according to Ramaswamy.

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Parini picks books that shaped U.S.

By Casey Aylward | May 11, 2010

Soo Jee Lee / The Dartmouth Soo Jee Lee / The Dartmouth Former Dartmouth professor Jay Parini selected 13 pieces from America's literature canon that trace the country's identity as a "promised land" and explore how that ideal changed throughout the years for his recently published work, "Promised Land: The Books That Shaped America." Parini spoke about the work at the Second Annual Cook Lecture in Filene Auditorium on Monday. "These books created a climate of opinion, a debate with many other books growing around it," Parini said.

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SPAHRC submits report to Kim

By Madeline Sims | May 11, 2010

Correction Appended The Student and Presidential Alcohol Harm Reduction Committee presented its findings regarding alcohol consumption at the College and proposed policies that may promote student safety to College President Jim Yong Kim and other members of the administration on Tuesday, according to committee co-chair Max Yoeli '12.

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Assembly rejects plans to modify committees

By Brendan Dooley | May 11, 2010

Correction Appended The 17 Student Assembly members present at Tuesday's meeting voted down two proposals one by Assembly member Will Hix '12 and a "counter-proposal" by Student Body President Eric Tanner '11 to implement structural changes to the Assembly's committee system.

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SPAHRC presents report to Kim

By Madeline Sims | May 11, 2010

The Student and Presidential Alcohol Harm Reduction Committee presented its findings regarding alcohol consumption at the College and policies that may serve to promote student safety to College President Jim Yong Kim and other members of the administration today at noon, according to committee co-chair Max Yoeli '12.

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DHOG Bonds receive A+ rating

By Madeline Sims | May 10, 2010

Fitch Ratings Insurance Group, a global rating agency, awarded A+ ratings to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Obligated Group's 2010 revenue bonds, a rating consistent with Fitch's last review of DHOG in August 2009.

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Former museum director dies at 80

By Lindsay Brewer | May 10, 2010

Jan van der Marck, the director of the Dartmouth College Galleries and Collections from 1974 to 1980, passed away in his Michigan home on April 26 at the age of 80, according to his wife of 20 years, Shelia van der Marck. "He was kind of like a wonderful force of nature you could never tell what was going to happen next, but it was usually pretty great," said George Shackelford '77, who worked with van der Marck as a student intern and employee of the Dartmouth Museum and Galleries. Shackelford now serves as the chair of the art of Europe and the Solomon Curator of Modern Art at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Jan van der Marck was known for "pushing the envelope" by supporting non-traditional artistic endeavours throughout his career, according to the Hood Museum of Art publication "Modern and Contemporary Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art." While at Dartmouth, van der Marck oversaw the installation of "X-Delta," a sculpture by Mark di Suvero currently located at the South entrance of the Hood Museum of Art, according to Shackelford.

This year, the Admissions office saw an increase in admissions yield, as well as the number of students on the waitlist.

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Yield for Class of '14 climbs to 55 percent

By BRIDGETTE TAYLOR | May 10, 2010

Stephanie Han / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Stephanie Han / The Dartmouth Senior Staff A total of 1,187 students 55 percent of the students who received admission to the College this spring accepted Dartmouth's admission offer by the May 1 decision deadline, according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris.

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Ayotte faces scrutiny over fraud case

By Katie Gonzalez | May 10, 2010

Former New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte now a Republican candidate to represent New Hampshire in the U.S.

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Daily Debriefing

By Casey Aylward | May 10, 2010

Two Mexican universities have halted exchange programs with the University of Arizona because of Arizona's new, more strict immigration law, The Arizona Republic reported May 7.

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Weather forces Pow-Wow indoors

By Angie Yang | May 9, 2010

Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The 38th annual Pow-Wow was forced indoors to its alternate location in Thompson Arena due to rain causing a decrease in turnout and leading to some difficulties for the performers and dancers, according to participant Winter Fox Frank '12.

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Speaker addresses incorporating immigrants into society

May 9, 2010

Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff Americans must expand their sense of identity to stave off the divisive effects of immigration, Harvard University professor Robert Putnam said in the lecture, "E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in a Changing America." A new national identity one that welcomes the diverse backgrounds of immigrants should be promoted by policymakers and embraced by citizens, Putnam told the audience in Filene Auditorium on Friday afternoon. How to integrate immigrants into society should be included in the dialogue as policymakers discuss how to combat illegal immigration, Putnam said. In the current immigration debate, too much focus has been placed on how to keep immigrants out "how high the wall should be," Putnam said in an interview with The Dartmouth. Illegal immigrants can be detrimental to integration because they are more isolated from society, according to Putnam. Policymakers must expand national identity to embrace immigrants through increased funding for English-language training, civic education of new immigrants and increased federal support for local services in areas that have not experienced heavy immigration in the past, Putnam said. Rather than suggesting that community diversity should be discouraged or that immigration should be slowed to avoid this conflict, Putnam said that Americans should work to deconstruct existing notions of what factors constitute significant cultural differences.

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Bedi embraces engaged dialogue

May 9, 2010

Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Editor's note: This is the first installation in a weekly series profiling professors' approaches to teaching and academics at Dartmouth. Once while teaching an advanced seminar on "Contemporary Readings on Justice," government professor Sonu Bedi decided to let the class run wild.

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Daily Debriefing

By Molly Turner | May 9, 2010

The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Justice Department has launched an investigation into National Collegiate Athletic Association rules, focusing on the NCAA's five-year limit on athletic scholarships and requirement that they be renewed annually based on "merit" qualifications, Inside Higher Ed reported on Friday.

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Students look to Wall St. despite problems

By PAULINA KARPIS | May 9, 2010

Despite widespread scrutiny of investment banks for their roles in the economic recession and, in the case of Goldman Sachs, allegedly profiting from the downturn most Dartmouth students have not been discouraged from pursuing careers in finance.