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Greeks prepare for a loss of administrators
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Christina Wray
| February 17, 2010
Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Correction Appended### Several Greek leaders at the College have expressed hope that the administration will continue to provide sufficient support for the Greek system following the departure of Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman and Deborah Carney, assistant dean of Residential Life and director of Greek Letter Organizations and Societies. Redman announced that his position will be eliminated because of budget cuts in a Feb.
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Chem. prof. receives national award
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Brendan Dooley
| February 17, 2010
Correction appended Russell Hughes, a Dartmouth chemistry professor, will receive the American Chemical Society's 2010 Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry at the ACS national meeting on March 23.
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Daily Debriefing
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Angie Yang
| February 17, 2010
Williams College announced on Tuesday that it will end need-blind admissions policy for international students, Inside Higher Ed reported Wednesday.
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After quake, Italians come to College
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Ben Schifberg
| February 17, 2010
After a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck central Italy last April, killing 307 people and damaging much of the region's infrastructure, several graduate students from the destroyed University of L'Aquila came to Dartmouth to continue their studies.
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Salt Hill Pub opens on Lebanon St.
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John Nedeau
| February 16, 2010
Anna Gaissert / The Dartmouth Anna Gaissert / The Dartmouth The Salt Hill Pub, which opened in Hanover on Thursday, provides a new option for students looking for meals outside of Dartmouth Dining Services.
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Scientists describe cholera function
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Jamila Ma
| February 16, 2010
Dartmouth researchers have discovered the presence of a fatty acid that explains the function of Vibrio cholerae, the bacterium that causes cholera in humans, according to a study published Feb.
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Daily Debriefing
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PAULINA KARPIS
| February 16, 2010
Kenneth Starr, the former solicitor general famous for his investigation of the Whitewater land deal and former President Bill Clinton's extramarital affair with Monica Lewinsky, was named the 14th President of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, according to The New York Times.
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Lyon urges continued aid for Haiti
February 16, 2010
Students must "tune in" to the challenge of participating in Haiti's rebuilding efforts, according to physician Evan Lyon, who recently returned from a two-week mission to Haiti.
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Activist: climate change damages Inuit society
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Eliza Relman
| February 16, 2010
Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The impact of climate change on Inuit communities in the Arctic encompasses everything from the physical environment and ecological composition of the region to the human rights of the people, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Sheila Watt-Cloutier said in a lecture in Filene Auditorium on Tuesday.
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Steady number apply for fin. aid
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JOY CHEN
| February 16, 2010
Sixty-five percent of the 18,755 applicants for the Class of 2014 indicated their intent to apply for financial aid, a similar percentage to last year's figure, according to Maria Laskaris, dean of admissions and financial aid.
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College-wide layoffs impact FO&M, OPDC
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Tatiana Cooke
| February 16, 2010
Correction appended The College has laid off 38 Dartmouth employees over the past week as part of the recently-announced budget-reduction plan, although the exact distribution of layoffs among College departments remains unclear.
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DMS study links films and obesity
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Casey Aylward
| February 15, 2010
Food and beverage manufacturers and retail brands target children and adolescents by paying to have their "energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods" appear in films, according to a new study by researchers at the Hood Center for Children and Families at Dartmouth Medical School.
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Budget cuts delay construction
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Christy O'Keefe
| February 15, 2010
Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff In the face of College President Jim Yong Kim's recently-announced budget cuts, the Office of Residential Life will seek to be more efficient in spending and will likely postpone renovation of certain residence halls, according to Dean of Residential Life Marty Redman.
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Daily Debriefing
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Robert szypko
| February 15, 2010
Hannah Kearney, a 2004 graduate of Hanover High School, won the first United States gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver on Saturday, The Union Leader reported Sunday.
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Kim: PACHA work helps College
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Laura Bryn Sisson
| February 14, 2010
Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff College President Jim Yong Kim's new position on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS will increase Dartmouth's visibility while continuing previous College presidents' tradition of involvement in national affairs, Kim told The Dartmouth Editorial Board in an interview Thursday. Students had previously expressed concern that Kim's appointment to the council, which occurred on Feb.