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Salt Hill Pub opens on Lebanon St.

By John Nedeau | February 16, 2010

Anna Gaissert / The Dartmouth Anna Gaissert / The Dartmouth The Salt Hill Pub, which opened in Hanover on Thursday, provides a new option for students looking for meals outside of Dartmouth Dining Services.

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Scientists describe cholera function

By Jamila Ma | February 16, 2010

Dartmouth researchers have discovered the presence of a fatty acid that explains the function of Vibrio cholerae, the bacterium that causes cholera in humans, according to a study published Feb.

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Daily Debriefing

By PAULINA KARPIS | February 16, 2010

Kenneth Starr, the former solicitor general famous for his investigation of the Whitewater land deal and former President Bill Clinton's extramarital affair with Monica Lewinsky, was named the 14th President of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, according to The New York Times.

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Lyon urges continued aid for Haiti

February 16, 2010

Students must "tune in" to the challenge of participating in Haiti's rebuilding efforts, according to physician Evan Lyon, who recently returned from a two-week mission to Haiti.

Nobel Peace Prize nominee Sheila Watt-Cloutier said the Arctic is the world's barometer on climate change' in her lecture on Tuesday.
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Activist: climate change damages Inuit society

By Eliza Relman | February 16, 2010

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The impact of climate change on Inuit communities in the Arctic encompasses everything from the physical environment and ecological composition of the region to the human rights of the people, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Sheila Watt-Cloutier said in a lecture in Filene Auditorium on Tuesday.

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Steady number apply for fin. aid

By JOY CHEN | February 16, 2010

Sixty-five percent of the 18,755 applicants for the Class of 2014 indicated their intent to apply for financial aid, a similar percentage to last year's figure, according to Maria Laskaris, dean of admissions and financial aid.

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College-wide layoffs impact FO&M, OPDC

By Tatiana Cooke | February 16, 2010

Correction appended The College has laid off 38 Dartmouth employees over the past week as part of the recently-announced budget-reduction plan, although the exact distribution of layoffs among College departments remains unclear.

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DMS study links films and obesity

By Casey Aylward | February 15, 2010

Food and beverage manufacturers and retail brands target children and adolescents by paying to have their "energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods" appear in films, according to a new study by researchers at the Hood Center for Children and Families at Dartmouth Medical School.

Judge Hall in the River cluster will likely be retrofitted with a new sprinkler system this Summer term, but other construction projects have been postponed.
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Budget cuts delay construction

By Christy O'Keefe | February 15, 2010

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff In the face of College President Jim Yong Kim's recently-announced budget cuts, the Office of Residential Life will seek to be more efficient in spending and will likely postpone renovation of certain residence halls, according to Dean of Residential Life Marty Redman.

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By Robert szypko | February 15, 2010

Hannah Kearney, a 2004 graduate of Hanover High School, won the first United States gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver on Saturday, The Union Leader reported Sunday.

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Kim: PACHA work helps College

By Laura Bryn Sisson | February 14, 2010

Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff College President Jim Yong Kim's new position on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS will increase Dartmouth's visibility while continuing previous College presidents' tradition of involvement in national affairs, Kim told The Dartmouth Editorial Board in an interview Thursday. Students had previously expressed concern that Kim's appointment to the council, which occurred on Feb.

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Grant yields revenue, outdoor fun for College

By Hannah Kuhar | February 14, 2010

Editor's note: This is the third part of a weekly series profiling various properties owned by the College outside Hanover. The Second College Grant nearly 27,000 acres of undeveloped land near Erroll, NH and the Maine state line has served both as a source of revenue for the College and as a highly-regarded site for research and recreational activity for Dartmouth alumni, faculty, staff and students over the past 200 years. The Second College Grant was one of two initiatives enacted by the New Hampshire state legislature to grant land to fund the College's development in its early years.

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By Conrad Scoville | February 14, 2010

A biology professor at the University of Alabama was charged with murder after she allegedly shot and killed three colleagues at a Friday afternoon faculty meeting, The New York Times reported.

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Six students arrested over Winter Carnival

February 14, 2010

Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff Correction Appended### Students made nine Good Samaritan calls and six students were arrested by Hanover Police during Winter Carnival weekend, according to interim Director of Safety and Security Keiselim Montas.

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Spears initiates structural changes

By Greg Berger | February 11, 2010

Stephanie Han / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Stephanie Han / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears has begun reorganizing the Dean of the College's Office, in order to create an organization that will have "fewer dean-level positions at the senior leadership level" that is more effective and less expensive, Spears said in an interview on Thursday.

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Redman, Carney plan to leave College posts

By Robert szypko | February 11, 2010

The College will experience a major change in the oversight of the Greek system, as Dean of Residential Life Marty Redman announced that his position at the College had been eliminated due to budget cuts, in an e-mail obtained by The Dartmouth. Assistant Dean of Residential Life and Director of Greek Letter Organizations and Societies Deborah Carney has also decided to retire, and will leave the College on June 30, according to acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears. Following the elimination of his position, Redman will leave the College, he wrote in the e-mail. Redman declined to comment when contacted by The Dartmouth. In addition to eliminating Redman's position, administrators will create three new positions: associate dean of campus life, associate dean of student support services and director of administration, according to Spears. Spears said that although his current position is being eliminated, Redman could choose to apply for one of the new positions. "[Redman is] not going anywhere immediately, and I think that's important for folks to know," Spears said.

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Skloot: ‘immortal' cells spur research

By Linda Chen | February 11, 2010

Elizabeth Ericson / The Dartmouth Elizabeth Ericson / The Dartmouth When a poor tobacco farmer named Henrietta Lacks walked into a doctor's office in September 1950, she unknowingly became the first person to achieve "immortality" if only through a few cells from her cervix.

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