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College to combat Pine Park erosion

By Ryan Kim | October 4, 2009

Pine Park, a 96-acre parcel of land northwest of campus used by the cross country running and skiing teams, has faced significant problems associated with erosion over the past decade.

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Daily Debriefing

By Caitlin Kennedy | October 4, 2009

Students participated in a variety of outdoor activities including mountain biking, organic farming and canoeing during the annual Dartmouth Outing Club Fall Weekend this past Saturday and Sunday.

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Judge denies College request in suit over student death

By Madeline Sims | October 3, 2009

Correction appended The College's request to end a lawsuit filed after the death of Christina Porter '06 was denied by a federal judge on Wednesday.

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Alum. discusses emergency response

By Lindsay Brewer | October 1, 2009

AKIKAZU ONDA / The Dartmouth The federal government is working to improve its coordination with state and local governments to prepare for emergency situations, Paul Stockton '76, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and Americas' security affairs, said in a lecture to students and faculty in Filene Auditorium on Thursday. Stockton said that the United States government has learned from past catastrophes including the tragedies of Sept.

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Prof. suggests changes to current H1N1 strategy

By PAULINA KARPIS | October 1, 2009

EDIE WU / The Dartmouth The federal government should work to better centralize oversight of its response to pandemics and consider more aggressive measures beyond vaccination to control transmission of harmful contagions, according to a paper written by Dartmouth Medical School professor Joseph Rosen, along with a team of students and DMS professor James Geiling. The paper, which is currently in draft form and was provided to The Dartmouth by Rosen's research assistant, Lindsay Katona, explores what strategies could be used to fight the pandemic if it gets to the level of the 1918 influenza, when 2 percent of the U.S.

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Daily Debriefing

October 1, 2009

History and Native American studies professor Colin Calloway has been named the inaugural John Kimball Jr.

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Spears names new interim officials

October 1, 2009

Following the recent departure of several high-level members of the Dean of the College's Office, acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears identified the administrators who will be serving in the vacated positions in an interim capacity in an internal letter she provided to The Dartmouth on Thursday.

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Kim finds fault with state's liquor policy

October 1, 2009

College President Jim Yong Kim who has taken issue with New Hampshire's "possession by consumption" liquor laws in the past said in an interview with The Dartmouth on Thursday that he has expressed his concerns on the matter to Gov.

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Prof. discusses official apologies

September 30, 2009

SUJIN LIM / The Dartmouth Dartmouth professor of Asian and Middle Eastern languages and literatures Lewis Glinert presented his research, which examines the use of apologies in the United States' official and diplomatic discourse from a linguistic perspective, to a panel of fellow faculty members on Wednesday afternoon.

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Students at fair say job prospects look grim

By BRIDGETTE TAYLOR | September 30, 2009

DANI WANG / The Dartmouth Although employers at this week's College's Employer Connections Fair said they were enthusiastic about hiring and impressed by Dartmouth graduates, several students interviewed by The Dartmouth said they arrived at the event pessimistic about job opportunities and left no more optimistic.

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College awards record amount of financial aid

By Katie Gonzalez | September 30, 2009

Dartmouth will award more than $72 million in financial aid an all-time high for the College, and 13 percent higher than last year to members of all four classes for the current academic year, according to Dean of Admissions Maria Laskaris.

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Dartmouth Atlas critic enters media spotlight

By Greg Berger | September 30, 2009

As the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, which tracks disparities in health care costs, has increasingly taken center stage in the health care debate in Washington, University of Pennsylvania professor Richard Cooper has gained widespread media attention for charging that the Atlas improperly portrays discrepancies in regional health care expenditures. "The Dartmouth Atlas study is shaping the health policy discussion, but is it shaping it right, or is it shaping it wrong?," Cooper said in an interview with The Dartmouth. Dartmouth Medical School professor Elliot Fisher, the principal investigator on the Atlas Project and director for population health and policy at The Dartmouth Institute, said that Cooper has inhibited health care reform by misrepresenting TDI's work. The Atlas research concludes that areas with higher medical spending do not necessarily have better results for patient care. "Both geographically and conceptually, [there is] a lot of unnecessary care given to well-insured patients," Fisher said in a previous interview with The Dartmouth. Cooper, a medical professor at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, recently wrote two articles in The Washington Post criticizing the Atlas study. Cooper argues that increased spending in poorer areas of the country is largely responsible for regional disparities in health costs, rejecting TDI's conclusion that the difference is largely due to unnecessary spending on extraneous medical procedures. "Overall, poor people use more care," Cooper said.

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College liquor infractions drop

By Emma Fidel | September 30, 2009

TILLMAN DETTE / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The number of Dartmouth students referred for College disciplinary action due to liquor law violations decreased by about 65 percent in 2008 from 122 violations in 2007 to 44 violations in 2008 according to a crime report released Wednesday by Safety and Security.

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By Eliza Relman | September 30, 2009

Tufts University has instituted a ban on "any sex act in a dorm room while one's roommate is present," The Tufts Daily reported on Sunday.

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Clery Act report reveals drop in College alcohol violations

By Emma Fidel | September 30, 2009

Correction appended The number of Dartmouth students referred for disciplinary action due to liquor law violations decreased by about 65 percent in 2008 - from 122 violations in 2007 to 44 violations in 2008 - according to a crime statistics report released today by Safety and Security. Liquor law arrests increased from 68 in 2007 to 77 in 2008, despite the significant decline in students who participated in the College's alcohol education program last year, according to the report.

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Prof. gives OECD keynote address

September 29, 2009

SUJIN LIM / The Dartmouth Dartmouth economics professor David Blanchflower, who ended a controversial three-year stint on the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee in June, called for new initiatives to combat unemployment in his address at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Labour and Employment Policy Forum in Paris on Monday.

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Students help ABC give local home a ‘makeover'

September 29, 2009

KEVIN XIAO / The Dartmouth Staff After Jay and Elena Marshall's 10-year old son Cameron was diagnosed with leukemia three years ago, the family continued to perform community service, despite financial pressure from rising medical bills and problems with their Lyme, N.H., home.

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On-campus jobs unaffected by cuts

By Christy O'Keefe | September 29, 2009

Despite Dartmouth's budgetary concerns, the number of campus employment opportunities available for students has not decreased, according to College officials. "So far, there have been enough jobs for students who are looking," Todd Kilburn, manager of the student employment office, said in an interview with The Dartmouth. Kilburn said the College could turn to the community to help students find jobs if absolutely necessary. In some areas of the College, including Dartmouth Dining Services, the number of student employment opportunities have actually increased, Kilburn said. "The more students we can hire the better," DDS acting director David Newlove said, pointing to students' increased need for employment in the current economic climate. DDS student employees can continue to work beyond the requirements of their work-study obligations, Newlove said, which is not true in every College department. The main dining options on campus also have maintained the hours they had during Spring term, Newlove said.

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SA to select members of SEMP committee

September 29, 2009

The panel proposed by acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears to review the College's alcohol policy will consist of nine students selected by Student Assembly, according to Student Body President Frances Vernon '10.

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Daily Debriefing

By Jackie Donohoe | September 29, 2009

Theoretical physicist Adam Falk, the dean of Johns Hopkins University's Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, has been tapped as the 17th president of Williams College, the institution announced on Monday.