College to cut Public bandwidth 50 percent

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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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.

EPAC to simplify election process

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.

Wright receives Lifetime Award

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

Student board holds first hearing

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.

AoA candidates publish platforms

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.

Trustee hopefuls seek faculty, alum. support

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.

‘GPS' guides women in business

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Ruth Simmons, the president of Brown University, will soon step down from her position on Goldman Sachs' board because of the position's large time commitment, The New York Times reported Monday.

Budget cuts limit job recruiting

Facing a decrease in funding due to the College's budget cuts, Dartmouth Career Services was not able to provide the same recruitment opportunities that it has offered in previous years, including sending students to off-campus recruiting events, according to Associate Director of Employer Relations Monica Wilson.

Students appointed to Senior Exec. Committee

Selections for this year's 20-member Senior Executive Committee the group of students from the Class of 2010 charged with helping members of the class stay connected after graduation were announced Monday night in an e-mail to members of the senior class, according to assistant director of class activities at the Office of Alumni Relations James Barkley '06. The SEC is responsible for several tasks, including planning the Class of 2010's five-year reunion, writing the class newsletter and managing the senior class gift and the annual fund, Barkley said. The members, all of whom are in the Class of 2010, are Abbe Sokol, Alex Chan, Allie Lowe, Allie K.

Flights to N.Y. to start from Leb. this month

A new Cape Air flight from Lebanon Municipal Airport in West Lebanon to White Plains, N.Y., will make New York City more accessible to potential travelers at Dartmouth, according to Michelle Haynes, director of communications for Cape Air.

DMS group discovers protein's role in cancer

A Dartmouth Medical School research team recently pinpointed the protein mechanism used by arsenic to activate the growth of bladder, lung and skin cancers, according DMS professor of community and family medicine Margaret Karagas, the leader of the study. The team also included principal investigator David Robbins, a former DMS professor of pharmacology and toxicology, and first author Dennis Liang Fei, a DMS doctoral student. Karagas and her team determined that arsenic whose presence is associated with higher rates of cancer can activate a secreted protein known as Hedgehog, according to a DMS press release.

Despite budget cuts, depts. hire new profs.

Despite the College's current fiscal challenges, several academic departments are hiring new professors to replace departing faculty, according to several professors interviewed by The Dartmouth.

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Members of the Dartmouth Outing Club elected Alice Bradley '11 as president of the club for Spring, Fall and Winter terms and Chris Randall '12 as Summer president.