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DHMC officials lobby Washington

By Lindsay Brewer | January 26, 2010

Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff With the election of Senator-elect Scott Brown, R-Mass., placing the future of federal health care legislation in jeopardy, members of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center's government affairs office are lobbying the federal government to create a bill that will address the concerns of both Dartmouth and the nation, according to Frank McDougall, vice president of government affairs at DHMC.

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Daily Debriefing

By Tatiana Cooke | January 25, 2010

Trustees and professors have little understanding of one another's roles in university governance, according to a survey released Friday by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported.

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Faculty protest layoffs in letter

By Tatiana Cooke | January 25, 2010

Correction Appended A group of 75 faculty members submitted an open letter to College President Jim Yong Kim, the Board of Trustees and the Upper Valley Community on Friday proposing cost-saving alternatives to laying off College employees.

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McHenry backs community banks

By Robert szypko | January 25, 2010

Kevin Xiao / The Dartmouth Staff Kevin Xiao / The Dartmouth Staff Funding the renovation of an abandoned, contaminated torpedo factory may not sound like a typical for-profit business venture, but this is one of many projects supported by ShoreBank, the first for-profit bank in the United States focused on community development and environmental sustainability.

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Williams urges risk-taking in writing

By Jamila Ma | January 25, 2010

Christopher Rhoades / The Dartmouth Staff Christopher Rhoades / The Dartmouth Staff The emotionally harrowing creative process has taught Montgomery Fellow Terry Tempest Williams that "the only book worth writing is one that threatens to kill," she said in front of a packed audience at Cook Auditorium Monday.

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Hooke recounts DOC's storied past

By Laura Bryn Sisson | January 25, 2010

Jon Erdman / The Dartmouth Staff Jon Erdman / The Dartmouth Staff When the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge was closed for seven years in the 1960s, a group of "free spirits" broke in and formed a commune in the bunkhouse, Facilities Manager of Outdoor Programs David Hooke '84 said Monday night in Collis Commonground.

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Ledyard to rebuild Titcomb Cabin

By Emily Fletcher | January 24, 2010

The May fire that destroyed Titcomb Cabin on Gilman Island remains under investigation by the Hanover Police Department, according to Captain Michael Hinsley of the Hanover Fire Department.

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Other Ivy universities resort to layoffs, freezes

January 24, 2010

As Dartmouth prepares to compensate for its $100-million deficit over the next two years, its peer institutions' strategies in navigating budget shortfalls offer a sense of scale to measure how new financial policies may affect College programs and services. While Ivy League endowments remain high compared to other universities' Harvard University's remains valued at over $26 billion spending cuts and layoffs have weighed heavily on the Ivy League. Layoffs have been a common solution at other Ivy League institutions, notably Harvard, which laid off 275 of its over 13,000 employees in the last fiscal year, according to the Harvard Crimson.

Students came together for a rally to raise money and help show the Dartmouth community how to get involved in Haiti relief efforts.
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Medical teams treat hurt Haitians

By PAULINA KARPIS | January 24, 2010

Zach Kuster / The Dartmouth Staff Zach Kuster / The Dartmouth Staff Almost two weeks after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, Dartmouth continues to play a major role in the international relief effort. Two medical teams, formed as part of an alliance between Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Partners In Health, are now treating survivors in hospitals in the disaster-stricken country.

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Daily Debriefing

By JOY CHEN | January 24, 2010

The number of applications to Yale decreased slightly this year, in contrast with the trend of increased applications at other Ivy League schools, according to the Yale Daily News.

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Tuck prof. explores CEO apologies

By BRIDGETTE TAYLOR | January 24, 2010

At a time of increased public attacks toward business executives for their lack of accountability, theories proposed in "Why Smart Executives Fail," a book written by Sydney Finkelstein, professor at the Tuck School of Business, has recently become increasingly noteworthy for its explanations of executives' refusals to apologize. "It is almost without exception that [accountability for failure] goes back to the senior leaders or board of directors and what they did," Finkelstein said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

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Daily Debriefing

January 21, 2010

Fewer college freshmen are planning to major in business, according to a national survey of students who enrolled at four-year institutions last fall.

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New minor to be offered this fall

January 21, 2010

A new multidisciplinary minor centered on sustainability issues will likely be available by fall 2010, according to Anne Kapuscinski, the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of Sustainability Science.

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