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House bill could help recent grads.

By Linda Chen | November 17, 2009

In the wake of the House of Representatives' narrow approval of a health care bill that Democratic leaders believe will extend coverage to 36 million previously uninsured Americans, several College and health policy experts told The Dartmouth that, although the bill would extend coverage to recently graduated students, the legislation is unlikely to have an immediate impact on health care coverage for undergraduate students at the College. The Affordable Health Care for America Act which will cost the federal government $1.1 trillion to implement is aimed to help struggling Americans obtain affordable and adequate health care benefits, The New York Times reported on Nov.

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November 17, 2009

A study appearing in the Journal of American College Health found that students who live in coed housing engage in binge drinking more frequently than do those that live in single-sex housing, according to Inside Higher Ed.

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Global temp. rising rapidly, expert says

November 17, 2009

AKIKAZU ONDA/ / The Dartmouth Staff After traveling to remote areas of the world, and even employing yaks to transport large blocks of ice down the Himalayan Mountains in his efforts to conduct research on climate change, Lonnie Thompson has concluded that temperatures on Earth have increased at a higher rate in the last century than they did during any other hundred year period in the last 800,000 years.

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CMC-clinic affiliation still sparks controversy

By Ryan Kim | November 16, 2009

MANCHESTER, N.H. Community members voiced their concerns on Monday about the proposed affiliation between Catholic Medical Center and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic the multi-specialty group physician practice affiliated with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center at the New Hampshire Institute of Art here during the third and final open forum on the issue.

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Study investigates stock market crash, retirement

By JOY CHEN | November 16, 2009

Contrary to recent reports in the media, the current recession will not significantly affect the age at which people retire, according to a study performed by a research team including two Dartmouth economists. Most families have invested a large portion of their wealth in stable assets like homes or Social Security, study author and Dartmouth economics professor Alan Gustman said . "For a lot of people, a reduction, even a nontrivial amount of reduction in stock market assets, probably wouldn't affect their decision to retire by a big margin," co-author Thomas Steinmeier, an economics professor at Texas Tech University, said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

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By Hannah Kuhar | November 16, 2009

Dartmouth was ranked first in the Ivy League for study abroad participation in the Institute of International Education's 2009 "Open Doors" report.

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Kim talks budget in closed event

November 16, 2009

College President Jim Yong Kim addressed Dartmouth's impending budget cuts before a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Monday in Alumni Hall.

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Border Patrol creates checkpoints

By Hannah Kuhar | November 15, 2009

The U.S. Border Patrol has established checkpoints on the highways around the Upper Valley, the Office of Visa and Immigration Services informed international students in a Nov.

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College hosts robotics tournament

By Caitlin Kennedy | November 15, 2009

BEN GETTINGER / The Dartmouth Staff Vying for trophies made of golden Legos, 15 teams of elementary and middle school students from around the Upper Valley converged at Dartmouth for the second annual Lego League Robotics Tournament, held Saturday at the Thayer School of Engineering.

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By Greg Berger | November 15, 2009

Project RightChoice hosted a gala to kick off its 2010 fundraising campaign on Saturday night at the Hanover Inn.

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Tuck women connect at conference

By Elise Quinones | November 15, 2009

Having a degree in business means that you will never go to a cocktail party and not know what is going on, according to Janet Hanson, the CEO and founder of 85 Broads, a networking organization for women.

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By Emily Fletcher | November 12, 2009

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced Thursday that she will endorse Congressman Mike Capuano '73, D-Mass., in his campaign for the open Massachusetts Senate seat.

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State offers Claremont paper a loan guarantee

By Grace Afsari-Mamagani | November 12, 2009

In a controversial move that has been met with opposition from politicians and community members, the state of New Hampshire has granted the Eagle Times newspaper of Claremont, N.H., a loan guarantee to help keep the publication in production. The loan guarantee will not compromise the newspaper's coverage, New Hampshire Business Finance Authority senior credit officer Michael Donahue affirmed in an interview with The Dartmouth.

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