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Tabard faces two alcohol charges
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The Dartmouth Staff
| May 28, 2010
The Tabard coed fraternity has been charged with two counts of alcohol service to underage individuals, according to a Hanover Police press release. Tabard is being charged as an organization, according to the release, meaning the charges constitute felonies and carry fines as high as $100,000 for each count. Tabard President Paloma Ellis is scheduled to appear before the Lebanon District Court on June 28, the release stated. On Thursday, a 20-year-old Dartmouth student was arrested by police for alcohol possession.
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Prof.'s research inspires ‘EyePhone'
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Grace Afsari-Mamagani
| May 27, 2010
Cell phone users may eventually be able to control their phones with a thought or the blink of an eye, based on research recently conducted by professors at the College.
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Students lead local theater project
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Clare Coffey
| May 27, 2010
Chloe Teeter / The Dartmouth Chloe Teeter / The Dartmouth This June, theater professor James Rice, along with 12 Dartmouth student directors, will help fifth and sixth graders "come out of their shells and find their voices as actors" as they assume the roles of the confused lovers and fairies of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," according to class member Jay Ben Markson '10.
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Lessig warns of lobbyists' influence
May 27, 2010
Galen Pospisil / The Dartmouth Galen Pospisil / The Dartmouth Wealthy campaign donors and lobbyists continue to exercise a disproportionate amount of influence on lawmakers, Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig said Thursday evening in the lecture "Rebooting Democracy." Lessig said the influence is part of a set of "completely predictable, understandable results" of a democracy centered on a flawed system of electoral campaign finance. The United States has experienced a "radical change in the industry of lobbying" in recent decades, Lessig said, explaining that members of Congress have become "increasingly dependent on campaign cash" as the costs of campaigning increase.
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Kim led budget cuts, faced Trustee dispute
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Madeline Sims and Angie Yang
| May 27, 2010
*Editor's note: This is the fourth installment in a series of articles reflecting on College President Jim Yong Kim's first year in office.**## In the year since he assumed leadership of Dartmouth, College President Jim Yong Kim has faced $100 million budget cuts, staff layoffs and a fiercely contested Board of Trustees race.
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Daily Debriefing
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Elise Quinones and Joy Chen
| May 27, 2010
The College will begin renovating Thayer Dining Hall immediately after Commencement and Reunion with a $12 million gift from the members of the Class of 1953, according to a College press release.
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Sheehan, long-time professor at Dartmouth, dies at 70
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Lindsay Brewer
| May 26, 2010
Donald Sheehan, a former Dartmouth professor and the first executive director of the Frost Place in Franconia, N.H., passed away on May 26 at his home in Charleston, S.C.
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Kim's work attracts media attention
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Katie Gonzalez
| May 26, 2010
Editor's note: This is the third installment in a series of articles reflecting on College President Jim Yong Kim's first year in office. The media frenzy that accompanied College President Jim Yong Kim's appointment last year has shown no signs of fading as he comes to the end of his first year in office.
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Foster links pro-life views, abortion
May 26, 2010
Anna Gaissert / The Dartmouth Anna Gaissert / The Dartmouth Pro-life and pro-choice advocates crowded into the Rockefeller Center Wednesday to see Serrin Foster, president of the pro-life group Feminists for Life, discussed the connection between feminism and the pro-life position.
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Study group submits e-mail client proposal
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BRIDGETTE TAYLOR
| May 26, 2010
The study group tasked with exploring new e-mail clients to replace BlitzMail has submitted a report on Tuesday outlining their recommendations to the senior administration.
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Daily Debriefing
May 26, 2010
Ardis Olson, a Dartmouth Medical School professor of pediatrics and community medicine, was named the 2010 N.H.
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Lewin details Supreme Court cases
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Greg Berger
| May 26, 2010
Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff A fierce defender of the First Amendment, attorney Nathan Lewin has advocated for freedom of religious expression in several cases before the Supreme Court.
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Kim's background has helped shape first year
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Madeline Sims
| May 25, 2010
Editor's note: This is the second installment in a series of articles reflecting on College President Jim Yong Kim's first year in office. When College President Jim Yong Kim was chosen as a the first Asian-American to direct an Ivy League institution, his appointment was lauded in the Korean press and hailed by many as a landmark achievement.
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Irwin: Smith's views explain poverty
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Brendan Dooley
| May 25, 2010
John Odland / The Dartmouth John Odland / The Dartmouth Modern attempts to confront global poverty overlook many of the basic economic tenets of 18th century philosopher and economist Adam Smith, according to economics professor Douglas Irwin.
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Senior women share their stories
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Laura Bryn Sisson
| May 25, 2010
Alina Politzer / The Dartmouth Staff Alina Politzer / The Dartmouth Staff Six senior women shared stories of overcoming personal challenges during the 21st Women of Dartmouth panel at Collis Common Ground Tuesday evening.
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SAE national suspends members facing charges
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Ann Baum
| May 25, 2010
Three members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity who were involved with an alleged May 13 cocaine incident have been suspended from the fraternity, pending an investigation by SAE's national headquarters, according to Brandon Weghorst, associate executive director of communications and spokesperson for the national organization.
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Daily Debriefing
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Molly Turner
| May 25, 2010
Student Assembly deliberated on the formation of six new policy committees for the coming year at its meeting Tuesday night.
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Six Greek organizations may face Police charges
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Katie Gonzalez
| May 24, 2010
The town of Hanover is "following up on" allegations that six Greek organizations have engaged in criminal activity, acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears said in an interview, although she declined to specify which organizations are involved in the allegations. If official charges are made, these organizations may be subject to fines and other consequences, Spears said. "I imagine that there are some legal ramifications for the [national corporations], but those kinds of things are certainly between the state of the town and the corporations," Spears said.
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Daily Debriefing
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JOY CHEN
| May 24, 2010
MBA graduates from Harvard Business School have the highest earnings over the span of their careers, Bloomberg reported on Monday.