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Conference probes careers and faith

By Molly Turner | April 25, 2010

Courtesy of Opportunity International Courtesy of Opportunity International Students, alumni, faculty and visitors from around New England gathered on Saturday for The Wheelock Conference, a daylong event focused on uniting faith and reason in the academic and the professional world, according to event organizers.

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Many students back police policy change

By Madeline Sims | April 25, 2010

Following the news that the Hanover Police Department will revise its arrest policy for underage drinkers treated for alcohol overconsumption, most students interviewed by The Dartmouth said the change will allow students to make safer choices about alcohol consumption.

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Dimensions show shocks 'prospies'

By BRIDGETTE TAYLOR | April 25, 2010

Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Prospective student Anoush Arakelian arrived at Friday night's "Class of 2014 Welcome" event in Leede Arena expecting to hear a speech from Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris.

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Dartmouth celebrates Earth Week

By Lauren Rosenbaum | April 25, 2010

Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The Dartmouth Sustainability Initiative organized Earth Week 2010 last week to celebrate the 40th annual Earth Day.

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Daily Debriefing

By Lindsay Brewer | April 25, 2010

Starting this Summer term, instructors will post required and recommended textbook identification information on the College's online Course Timetable, according to an e-mail from the Registrar sent to undergraduates Friday morning.

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Daily Debriefing

April 22, 2010

Sean Joyce Tu'87 has been appointed executive assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Security Branch, according to a Wednesday FBI press release.

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County execs. ask Sievers to resign

By JOY CHEN | April 22, 2010

Jennifer Argote / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Jennifer Argote / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The Grafton County Executive Committee voted on Monday to ask county treasurer Vanessa Sievers '10 to resign from her position, the Associated Press reported Thursday.

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Some students turn to medicine as study aid

By PAULINA KARPIS | April 22, 2010

*Editor's note: This is the third installment in a three-part series examining cheating at Dartmouth.**## Pressed to finish a paper after a night of partying, a male member of the Class of 2012 said he took a Concerta pill at 1 a.m.

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‘Prospies' descend on campus

By BRIDGETTE TAYLOR | April 22, 2010

Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Abuzz with the activity of Dimensions at Dartmouth, the Green was packed on Thursday with more prospective students than in any other recent year, each here to decide if Dartmouth is where they want to spend the next four years.

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Shor tells tale of lama's quest for everlasting life

By Brendan Dooley | April 22, 2010

Kasia Vincunas / The Dartmouth Staff Kasia Vincunas / The Dartmouth Staff While quests for everlasting life usually only occur in storybooks, writer and photographer Thomas Shor said he believes he has found a true story of a quest for immortality deep in the heart of the Himalayas. In his lecture, "A Crack in the World: The True Story of a Journey to a Land of Immortality," Shor described the book he is currently working on and his own journey to uncover the story of Tulshuk Lingpa, an eccentric Buddhist lama who in the 1960s lead an expedition to find a land of immortality. While living in the Sikkim region of Northern India, nestled in the heart of the Himalayas and bordering Tibet, Shor first encountered the story of the lama Tulshuk Lingpa's journey through a conversation with a street painter. "My mother-in-law has a story that you won't believe and will make you question your view of reality," the street painter told Shor, Shor said. The account that Shor ultimately discovered was that of a Tibetan lama who, in the face of ever-increasing encroachment into his native land by the forces of communist China, led an expedition to find the mysterious valley of Beyul, the Tibetan land of immortality hidden by the Buddhist sage Padmasambhava in the eighth century.

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Speaker details early print media

By Nathan Yeo | April 22, 2010

Many scholars cite 15th century "broadsides" single sheets of printed news, prayers and forms as early forms of mass media.

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Daily Debriefing

April 21, 2010

Participation in National Collegiate Athletic Association sports continues to rise, according to the association's yearly Sports Sponsorship and Participation Rates Report.

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Problems stall Vt. psychiatric hospital

By Casey Aylward | April 21, 2010

A February plan in which Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Medical School would license a psychiatric facility at the White River Junction Veterans Hospital is now "in limbo" after Medicaid licensing conflicts and funding requirements halted the proposal, Vermont Mental Health Commissioner Michael Hartman told The Dartmouth. The Vermont State Hospital Futures Master Plan called for the Vermont state government to open a 33-bed facility at the Veterans Hospital using $15 million from a one-time allocation of federal Medicaid funding.

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LGBTQ mentoring program started

By Christy O'Keefe | April 21, 2010

In hopes of filling a "necessary" role on campus, students have formed a new peer mentoring program aimed at offering resources to current and incoming LGBTQ students, and at unifying Dartmouth's diverse gay community, according to co-founder Rob Avruch '11.

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After exit, Vernon '10 reflects on presidency

By Ann Baum | April 21, 2010

Maria Apagakis / The Dartmouth Staff Maria Apagakis / The Dartmouth Staff In a year that saw major changes to Dartmouth from a new College president to wide-ranging budget reductions former Student Body President Frances Vernon '10 has worked toward several of the goals she outlined as a candidate in last year's presidential elections.

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Community marches to take back the night

By Eliza Relman | April 21, 2010

Chris Parker / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Chris Parker / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Approximately 40 students, administrators and community members participated in Wednesday evening's 38th annual "Take Back the Night" event, an effort to promote sexual assault awareness coordinated by the Sexual Abuse Awareness Program. "Claim our bodies, claim our rights, take a stand, take back the night," participants chanted as they marched across the College grounds. The mission of the event was to "provide a space for people to break the silence about sexual assault and for survivors or those affected to come forward in a public space," the College's SAAP coordinator, Michelle de Sousa, said. The night began with a rendition of Ani DiFranco's "Gratitude" by the Rockapellas in front of the Hopkins Center.

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Tech. changes how students cheat

By PAULINA KARPIS | April 21, 2010

*Editor's note: This is the second installment in a three-part series examining cheating at Dartmouth.**## Tech-savvy Dartmouth students are finding new methods to cheat through digital means, from looking up answers during restroom breaks to searching on the Internet for answers to problem sets and take-home tests. "Technology really makes it easier for people who want to cheat to do so," said Teresa Fishman, director of the Center for Academic Integrity, a national forum with 360 member institutions.

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Lab works to increase tank safety

By Angie Yang | April 21, 2010

Researchers at the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover are creating a simulator to teach soldiers how to handle army vehicles on rough terrain, according to Barry Coutermarsh, research engineer for the project.

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In unprecedented move, Lynch to run for 4th term

April 20, 2010

Governor John Lynch, D-N.H., announced last Friday that he will run for an unprecedented fourth consecutive term in his position.

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Tanner '11 assumes presidency

By Emily Fletcher | April 20, 2010

Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Under the direction of newly-elected Student Body President Eric Tanner '11 and Vice President Brandon Aiono '11 who were officially inaugurated at Tuesday's General Assembly meeting Student Assembly could undergo a major reorganization of its current committee system as outlined in Tanner's campaign platform.

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