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With recovery, outlets warm to Geithner '83

By Emma Fidel | March 8, 2010

After spending almost two years questioning, criticizing and even bashing U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner '83 for his controversial handling of the country's economy, many national media outlets are recently having a change of heart. On Monday, The New Yorker and The Atlantic both published features on Geithner casting him and his financial tactics in a largely positive light. "From his time as a mid-ranking Treasury Department official, during the nineties, to his presidency of the [New York Federal Reserve Bank], from 2003 to 2008, he worked on resolving a series of financial crises around the world," John Cassidy wrote in The New Yorker.

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Stevenson wins party endorsement

By JOY CHEN | March 7, 2010

Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff Tay Stevenson '10, a College Democrat and former student body vice presidential candidate, was nominated by the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party to run for state Senate during the party's endorsement convention on Saturday.

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College practices LGTBQA outreach

By Laura Bryn Sisson | March 7, 2010

Starting with students admitted to the Class of 2013, Dartmouth officials have worked to attract admitted students who indicated interest in the College's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and allied community, Caroline Kerr, the senior assistant director of admissions and the coordinator of LGBTQA outreach efforts, said in an interview with The Dartmouth. The Class of 2013's application supplement was the first to include gender identity and the LGBTQA community in the list of areas of personal interest students can indicate they intend to pursue in college, Kerr said. Pam Misener, the assistant dean of student life in the Office of Pluralism and Leadership, said she composd a welcome e-mail which the admissions office then sent to students who indicated interest in the College's LGTBQA community.

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Student input guides policies, officials say

By PAULINA KARPIS | March 7, 2010

College officials have had to navigate the highly varied interests presented by alumni, students and federal authorities as they developed various iterations of College alcohol policy, according to several administrators.

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Daily Debriefing

March 7, 2010

Thirty-eight faculty members of the Dallas campus of the University of North Texas were notified last week that their contracts will not be renewed and they will have to reapply to keep their jobs when the campus becomes the independent University of North Texas at Dallas in September 2010, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported March 4.

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Lizards can control sex of offspring, study says

March 7, 2010

Female lizards have developed a way to control which genes are passed down to their offspring, according to a study by two Dartmouth biologists.

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Study: kindergarten does not help

March 7, 2010

Enrolling students in kindergarten and other early education programs may have little effect on their future success, according to a new study by economics professor Elizabeth Cascio.

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Stevenson '10 wins Minn. primary battle

By The Dartmouth Staff | March 5, 2010

Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff Tay Stevenson '10, College Democrat and former Student Body vice presidential candidate, has been nominated by the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party to run for the state Senate district 12 seat, according to reports in the Brainerd Dispatch. Stevenson won 79 percent of the vote in the first round of balloting, soundly defeating opponent Terry Sluss, a former county commissioner, the Dispatch reported. Stevenson is a resident of Brainerd, Minn., which is located in the 12th district.

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Daily Debriefing

By Eliza Relman | March 4, 2010

The Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth won the National Engineers Week student video contest for a two-minute video which showcased many of the engineering school's volunteer projects, according to a Thayer press release.

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Drinking stagnates, students say

By Conrad Scoville | March 4, 2010

Although Hanover Police cited an increase in the number of students arrested for alcohol-related offenses since 2007 when announcing their proposed sting operations, students in Greek houses and advisors to Greek organizations say the level of student alcohol consumption has stayed relatively constant in recent years.

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Gillibrand unopposed in Senate race

By Emily Fletcher | March 4, 2010

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand '88, D-N.Y., will not face any candidates expected to pose a serious threat in the race for one of New York's seats in the U.S.

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Rosenblum: parties support democracy

By Brendan Dooley | March 4, 2010

Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff Ever since George Washington warned against the development of a two-party system at the end of his presidency, Americans have often cited party politics as the plague of political culture.

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College to cut Public bandwidth 50 percent

By Emma Fidel | March 4, 2010

Computing Services will reduce the bandwidth of the Dartmouth Public wireless network by 50 percent on March 9 as the first step in the department's response to the College budget cuts instated in February 2009, according to Technical Services Director David Bucciero.

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Daily Debriefing

By BRIDGETTE TAYLOR | March 3, 2010

Hoping to reduce annual base spending by $11 million, the University of Nevada at Reno announced a plan to remove several academic programs from its curriculum, Inside Higher Ed reported Wednesday.

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EPAC to simplify election process

By Brendan Dooley | March 3, 2010

The Election Planning and Advisory Committee has instituted changes to electoral policy that will simplify election rules and allow organizations to endorse candidates, according to EPAC Chair David Imamura '10.

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Wright receives Lifetime Award

By Emma Fidel | March 3, 2010

Former College President James Wright will receive the New England Board of Higher Education's Eleanor M.

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Asian Market to move to West Leb.

By Angie Yang | March 3, 2010

Jon Erdman / The Dartmouth Staff Jon Erdman / The Dartmouth Staff Russ and Yiping Weed, owners of Yiping's Asian Market, closed their business on Monday as part of a plan to relocate the market from Old Nugget Alley to a bigger, more visible facility in West Lebanon.

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Student board holds first hearing

By Robert szypko | March 3, 2010

The student board of the Organizational Adjudication Committee, which adjudicates minor infractions by campus organizations, held its first hearing at a closed meeting on Wednesday afternoon, according to members of the board. Student Assembly spokesman and OAC student board member Will Hix '12 said Wednesday's hearings were closed to the public at the request of the organization under review by the board, but added that the closed meeting also signals that the OAC student board is in its preliminary stages and is "playing it safe." "[The closed meeting is] indicative of the system working," said Dave Imamura '10, who chaired the Assembly committee that proposed the creation of the board.

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AoA candidates publish platforms

March 3, 2010

Correction appended The question of restoring parity between alumni-elected and Board-selected members of the Board of Trustees dominated Association of Alumni candidate statements recently posted on the Vox the Vote web site.

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Trustee hopefuls seek faculty, alum. support

By Greg Berger | March 3, 2010

With the voting period for the upcoming alumni-elected Board of Trustees election beginning next Wednesday, March 10, both Alumni Council-nominated candidates Morton Kondracke '60 and John Replogle '88 will continue to visit Dartmouth Alumni Clubs nationwide, while petition candidate Joe Asch '79 has spent roughly $28,000 to send a mailing to thousands of College alumni.

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