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Health care reform law to affect DHMC, DMS

By Elise Quinones | March 30, 2010

Zach Ingrebretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Zach Ingrebretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The sweeping health care reform law enacted last week will allow Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Medical School to provide higher quality care and increase patient accessibility, according to Frank McDougall, DHMC vice president for governmental relations.

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SPAHRC to release report in April

By Emily Fletcher | March 30, 2010

Correction Appended The Student and Presidential Alcohol Harm Reduction Committee will deliver its report on student drinking to the administration at the end of April, SPAHRC student co-chair Will Schpero '10 said at the Student Assembly meeting Tuesday.

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New technology to fight fake drugs

By Laura Bryn Sisson | March 30, 2010

Technology developed by Ashifi Gogo, a Ph.D. candidate in the Thayer School of Engineering's Innovation Program, could potentially eliminate the threat posed by counterfeit drugs with the help of a simple text message.

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Daily Debriefing

By Laura Bryn Sisson | March 29, 2010

The number of New England colleges and universities charging over $50,000 a year for tuition, room and board will double next year, The Boston Globe reported Sunday.

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Pfeiffer abandons election plans

By Nathan Yeo | March 29, 2010

Retired Rhode Island Superior Court Judge Mark Pfeiffer '70 has decided not to make a bid for Rhode Island's open House of Representatives 1st District seat, Pfeiffer said in an interview with The Dartmouth, despite speculation in several media outlets that he was considering a run.

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Student plans Marshallese outreach

By Madeline Sims | March 29, 2010

Courtesy of Derek Summerville Courtesy of Derek Summerville After spending the Winter term in the Marshall Islands on the Dartmouth education department's volunteer teacher program, Derek Summerville '11 launched an effort to bring a group of highly-motivated students from the Marshall Islands to the YMCA Youth Conference on National Affairs this summer.

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Haitian students study at College

By Hannah Kuhar | March 29, 2010

Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The day before Daphnee Charles was scheduled to take an exam at her university in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the university building collapsed in the devastating earthquake that struck the city on Jan.

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Alumni appeal parity case decision

By Greg Berger | March 28, 2010

Correction Appended A group of alumni, led by B.V. Brooks '47, is planning to file an appeal with the New Hampshire Supreme Court that seeks to reverse the January dismissal of the group's lawsuit against the College Board of Trustees by the Grafton County Superior Court, according to the group's lawyer, Eugene Van Loan. The plaintiffs in the previous case Brooks, John Steel '54, Kenneth F.

Joe Asch '79 and John Replogle '88 are running for one of two open alumni-elected seats on the Board of Trustees.
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Critics target candidates online

By Greg Berger | March 28, 2010

Zach Ingbretsen/The Dartmouth Senior Staff and Courtesy of John4Dartmouth.com Zach Ingbretsen/The Dartmouth Senior Staff and Courtesy of John4Dartmouth.com Candidates for the ongoing Board of Trustees election have engaged in mailing and e-mail campaigns in preparation for the end of the voting period on April 7.

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Daily Debriefing

By Angie Yang | March 28, 2010

Consuming large quantities of alcohol the night before an exam may not affect test performance, according to a study conducted by researchers from Brown University and Boston University.

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College accepts public gifts to new aid fund

By Madeline Sims | March 28, 2010

The Office of Human Resources has opened the Financial Hardship Fund a fund created to provide financial assistance to current and former College employees affected by recent budget cuts to donations from the public, the department announced in an e-mail sent March 17. College workers who were affected by layoffs or reductions in hours since Jan.

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DHMC to employ Mt. Ascutney CEO

By Emma Fidel | March 26, 2010

Dartmouth-Hitchock Medical Center and Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center announced a joint agreement last week in which DHMC will become the employer of MAHHC's new chief executive officer and DHMC's co-president will become a voting member of MAHHC's Board of Trustees, according to a March 17 press release. The hospitals' administrators believe that the new arrangement will help strengthen the hospitals' relationship and improve health care for patients in the Upper Valley, DHMC's vice president of regional development Deanna Howard and MAHHC's Director of Marketing and Development Carolyn Shapiro-Wall said in interviews with The Dartmouth. "We think it creates a tighter relationship," Howard said.

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Mailings, lawsuit dominate AoA campaigns

By Greg Berger | March 24, 2010

With the election period for the Association of Alumni elections ending in two weeks, the "Unity" slate led by current Association President John Mathias '69 is engaging in e-mail and word-of-mouth campaigning, while the "Dartmouth United" slate is in the process of sending a postcard mailing to thousands of alumni, according to the candidates. Although the "bills" for the mailing have not been paid yet,petition presidential candidate J.

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Hardship Fund to take public donations

By Madeline Sims | March 24, 2010

The Office of Human Resources has opened the Financial Hardship Fund a fund created to provide financial assistance to current and former College employees affected by recent budget cuts to donations from the public, the department announced in an e-mail sent March 17. College workers who were affected by layoffs or reductions in hours since Jan.

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'Fair Dartmouth' web site criticizes Replogle

By Greg Berger | March 22, 2010

Midway through the voting period for alumni-elected seats on the College's Board of Trustees, a web site criticizing Alumni Council-nominated candidate John Replogle '88 has been created, while Replogle has also sent his first mailing to alumni.

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Alumni group prepares appeal in parity lawsuit

By Greg Berger | March 16, 2010

A group of alumni led by B.V. Brooks '47 is planning to file an appeal with the New Hampshire Supreme Court that seeks to reverse the January dismissal of the group's lawsuit against the College Board of Trustees by the Grafton County Superior Court, according to the group's lawyer, Eugene Van Loan. The plaintiffs in the previous case -- including Brooks, John Steel'54, Kenneth Clark, Jr.

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