SA to fund College TEDx conference

Student Assembly passed legislation during Tuesday's General Assembly meeting to allocate up to $9,000 for a "TEDx" event, which would bring experts from diverse fields to a conference at Dartmouth.

Kim named to Presidential HIV/AIDS council

College President Jim Yong Kim has been officially named to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, according to a U.S.

Asch submits 800 petitions to join Trustee ballot

Joe Asch '79 submitted several hundred signed petitions to the Office of Alumni Relations on Tuesday -- enough for Asch to be included on the ballot as a petition candidate for the Board of Trustees race, according to Diana Lawrence, director of communications for the Alumni Office.

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The Obama administration will submit a series of changes to the current No Child Left Behind legislation for approval by Congress, The New York Times reported Sunday.

Court rejects state budget appeal

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Haiti efforts earn national headlines

Dartmouth has raised more than $200,000 for Partners In Health in its efforts to assist victims of the January earthquake that devastated Haiti, over $100,000 more than the second-highest PIH fundraising effort at Stanford University, according to Student Body President Frances Vernon '10 and data from the Stanford University Haiti Earthquake Response web site. The College's endeavors have resulted in more than $180,000 in donations to the PIH Web site, over $16,000 raised by students on campus and several thousand dollars more from efforts by Dartmouth graduate schools, Vernon said. Dartmouth's fundraising strategy has served as a model for students at the College's peer institutions, according to Vernon.

Steering committee set for Board candidates

The two Alumni Council-nominated trustee candidates for the upcoming Board of Trustees election Morton Kondracke '60 and John Replogle '88 announced the composition of a joint steering committee for their campaigns on Thursday.

New vaccine could cut TB deaths in AIDS cases

A clinical trial conducted by Dartmouth Medical School researchers has shown a new vaccine to be effective in preventing tuberculosis in HIV-positive populations.

Census comes to campus this year

As the 2010 census approaches, many Dartmouth students may be unaware that they will have to file responses as Hanover residents, rather than as members of their families, Laura Waldon, a partnership specialist with the U.S.

Alum. campaigns lead fundraising

Rep. Paul Hodes '72, D-N.H. and Ann McLane Kuster '78 have outstripped the fundraising efforts of their closest competitors in their respective races to represent New Hampshire in Congress, according to newly-released fundraising reports from the campaigns, WMUR reported. Kuster, who has yet to secure the Democratic nomination, hopes to compete against one of several Republican challengers for Hodes' 2nd District seat, which will be vacated when Hodes runs for Senate.

Paulson defends decisions in book

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Syracuse University has sparked criticism with a new policy that would pay gay and lesbian employees who use the University's domestic partner health insurance program an extra $1000 each because they do not benefit from federal tax exemptions, Inside Higher Ed reported Friday.

Dartmouth stables offer students chance to ride

*Editor's note: This is the first part of a weekly series profiling various properties owned by the College outside Hanover.**## Many students know that the College has its own skiway, maintains a large lodge at one of New Hampshire's most famous mountains and owns a portion of land boasting a long stretch of the Appalachian Trail.

Professors emphasize conscious Haitian aid

The United States' short and long-term humanitarian responses to the earthquake in Haiti must take into account Haitian history, a group of professors said Thursday at a panel, "Perspectives on Haiti: An Interdisciplinary Discussion of the Haitian Revolution." The panelists included Chantalle Verna, professor of history and international relations at Florida International University, Neil Roberts, professor of Africana Studies and political science at Williams College, and Keith Walker, professor of French and Italian at Dartmouth. Understanding the factors that caused Haiti's existing infrastructure problems would help international responders to better frame their attitudes as they approach the current recovery crisis, Verna said. When considering its response, the United States should "see the ways in which there are recurring themes from that longer [Haitian] history, and the ways in which we can pay attention to those common themes, and take caution to avoid difficulties that have transpired in the past on what has been often times a very unequal playing field [between countries]," Verna said. Haitian autonomy must be preserved in dialogue among Haitian and international officials, Verna said.

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J.D. Salinger, the author known for his reclusiveness as well as his influence on literature, died Wednesday of natural causes at his home in Cornish, N.H., The New York Times reported.

Doctors need to reform, panel says

Effective change in the health care system must begin with adjustments in physician behavior rather than legislation, despite the recent health care reform debate that has raged in Washington, D.C., according to a panel of health care experts from local medical facilities and non-profit physician groups. The panel discussion held Thursday, "Current Challenges, Future Solutions," included four medical professionals seeking to address issues of inequality and injustice in health care and to help promote dialogue about the hotly-debated issue of health care reform. "As a society, we are no better off than the least cared for," said Eugene Lindsey, president and CEO of Atrius Health, a non-profit alliance of five medical groups in Massachusetts.