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Fisher criticizes health care debate

October 18, 2009

SEATTLE The American health care system and the public's understanding of the health care reform effort are both deficient, according to Dartmouth Medical School professor Elliott Fisher, director of The Dartmouth Institute's Center for Health Policy Research.

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Prof. discusses biofuel technology

By JOY CHEN | October 18, 2009

Students must not be daunted in their attempts to improve sustainability in the world, despite the challenges associated with the task, Dartmouth environmental engineering professor Lee Lynd said in his lecture, "Sustainable Biofuels: A Personal Odyssey," held at the Thayer School of Engineering on Friday. Lynd director and chief scientific officer of the Lebanon, N.H.-based biofuel company Mascoma is well known for his research on the production of energy from plant biomass. "There are only two resource transitions in the course of human history," he said.

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Daily Debriefing

By JOY CHEN | October 18, 2009

Karen Loeffler '79 was sworn in as the first female U.S. attorney for Alaska on Sunday. Loeffler was confirmed by the U.S.

Since its return in September, BoredatBaker.com has been widely discussed among students and criticized by administrators.
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BoredatBaker incites controversy

By Emma Fidel | October 18, 2009

The Dartmouth A popular and controversial online message board for Dartmouth students has become the center of campus dialogue and a headache for administrators after it was relaunched in September following a two-year hiatus.

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Dartmouth insurance covers student-athletes

By ANGIE YANG & GRACE AFSARI-MAMAGANI | October 18, 2009

While some colleges and universities have come under fire for failing to provide adequate health coverage for student-athletes, Dartmouth students injured on the playing field have limited out-of-pocket expenses due to aid from the Dartmouth Student Group Health Plan and funding from the athletic department. The DSGHP, offered to all Dartmouth students, contains provisions that cover athletes who become injured while taking part in any College sport including both club and varsity teams. At many other institutions, student health plans do not guarantee coverage for athletic injuries.

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240 students found to have flu-like symptoms

October 15, 2009

Douglas Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Staff About 240 Dartmouth students have been diagnosed with influenza-like illness as of Wednesday, although the number of cases reported each day has been declining, according to College Health Services director John Turco.

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AoA: Timely reform is untenable

By Greg Berger | October 15, 2009

Campaign finance reform for Dartmouth Board of Trustee and Association of Alumni elections is politically untenable at this time, according to a report released on Thursday by an Association committee tasked with exploring the issue. "Although the clear majority of those responding recognize that the amount of money involved in alumni trustee and AoA executive committee campaigning in recent elections raises serious issues worthy of attention, the Dartmouth alumni community is significantly divided over whether anything can or should be done about it through the medium of changed election rules or guidelines," the report states. The report the result of several months of research and analysis comes after a series of elections that have been increasingly contentious and expensive.

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Daily Debriefing

By Tatiana Cooke | October 15, 2009

Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, D-N.H., raised $141,282 in thethird quarter of 2009 for her reelection campaign, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported Thursday.

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AoA committee finds election reform is currently 'unachievable'

By Greg Berger | October 15, 2009

Campaign finance reform for Dartmouth Board of Trustee and Association of Alumni elections is politically untenable at this time, according to a report released on Thursday by an Association committee tasked with exploring the issue. "Although the clear majority of those responding recognize that the amount of money involved in alumni trustee and AoA Executive Committee campaigning in recent elections raises serious issues worthy of attention, the Dartmouth alumni community is significantly divided over whether anything can or should be done about it through the medium of changed election rules or guidelines," the report states. The report the result of several months of research and analysis comes after a series of elections that have been increasingly contentious and expensive.

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Daily Debriefing

By Ann Baum | October 14, 2009

Educators and regulators discussed distance-learning programs and the potential for students to be taken advantage of by unscrupulous program providers in a meeting in Washington, D.C.

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Folt to serve as acting provost

By Nate Yeo | October 14, 2009

JESSICA GRIFfEN / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Correction appended### Dean of Faculty Carol Folt has been appointed acting provost, College President Jim Yong Kim announced in a campus-wide e-mail on Wednesday.

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Folt appointed acting provost

By Nate Yeo | October 14, 2009

Dartmouth Dean of Faculty Carol Folt has been appointed as acting provost, College President Jim Yong Kim announced in a campus-wide e-mail today.

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