Assembly presidential hopefuls debate policy

Curie Kim / The Dartmouth Staff Curie Kim / The Dartmouth Staff The three student body presidential candidates Elena Falloon '11, Uthman Olagoke '11 and Eric Tanner '11 debated possible changes to the structure of Student Assembly, expanding Assembly outreach and strategies for more efficient communication with the College administration on Sunday at the first of three presidential debates.

Replogle, Kondracke elected to the Board of Trustees

Tilman Dette/The Dartmouth Senior Staff and Courtesy of John Replogle Tilman Dette/The Dartmouth Senior Staff and Courtesy of John Replogle Courtesy of www.foxnews.com and www.erie.psu.edu Courtesy of www.foxnews.com and www.erie.psu.edu Alumni Council-nominated candidate John Replogle '88 has won the election for one of two open seats on the Board of Trustees, defeating petition candidate Joe Asch '79 and garnering 70.9 percent of votes in the election, Association of Alumni president John Mathias '69 announced at the Association meeting Saturday.

Lynch announces budget cuts

Study: ‘lol' takes longer to process

Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Texting "ttyl" instead of "talk to you later" may not save as much time as one might expect, according to a study conducted by Natalie Berger '09. As part of Berger's psychology honors thesis, Berger and Dartmouth education professor Donna Coch found that the brain is slower at processing text messaging language than standard written English. The study identified similarities and differences between the way the brain processes words in text message phrases and conventional written English. Although participants in the study processed text messages in nearly the same way as they would process any written language, an extra step was required for subjects' brains to process texting language. "The participants in the study were processing semantics of text messages in a way similar to their normal process," Coch said.

Speaker warns of use of implanted devices

Christopher Rhoades / The Dartmouth Staff Christopher Rhoades / The Dartmouth Staff From diabetes to Parkinson's disease, more and more chronic ailments are being treated with implanted medical devices that rely on wireless communication and Internet connectivity to transmit data directly from patient to doctor.

Kim highlights global health past

Jennifer Argote / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Jennifer Argote / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Drawing from his experiences as a leader in global health administration, College President Jim Yong Kim stressed the need to incorporate "health care delivery science" into undergraduate education during a lecture to community members held in Spaulding Auditorium on Wednesday. Dartmouth "definitely needs to get moving" on adapting programs where students can "think creatively about the biggest troubles of our times," Kim said in response to a question asked by an audience member after the lecture. "If we start teaching this at the medical school stage, it's too late," he said.

SEIU files suit over issue at Hanover Inn

Jennifer Argote / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Jennifer Argote / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The Service Employees International Union Local 560 has filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations board, alleging that the College has failed to both negotiate with the union about contracts for Hanover Inn employees and be forthright with the union about its intentions for the future of the Inn, according to Earl Sweet, the president of the SEIU Local 560. The College's associate general counsel Kevin O'Leary, however, said Dartmouth administrators have kept the SEIU informed about their intentions and have been willing to discuss contracts. "The College works very hard to keep open lines of communication with the leadership of the SEIU," O'Leary wrote in an e-mail to The Dartmouth.