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College reports 47 flu-like cases
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Ryan Kim
| September 28, 2009
CURIE KIM / The Dartmouth Dartmouth Health Services diagnosed 47 new cases of influenza-like illnesses on campus last week, according to Health Services director Jack Turco.
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Daily Debriefing
September 28, 2009
Brown University reported the presence of 234 cases of influenza-like illness on campus as of last Wednesday, up from 78 cases just one week earlier, The Brown Daily Herald reported on Thursday.
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Alums. launch online businesses
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Katie Gonzalez
| September 28, 2009
The Dartmouth Staff In the midst of an economic downturn, some Dartmouth alumni have abandoned their corporate careers to pursue their own business ventures offering pragmatic solutions to commonplace problems such as corporate recruiting and overpriced tickets to concerts and sporting events. Jeff Iacono '05 and Paul Rosania '05 are the founders behind CollegeJobConnect, which seeks to provide an alternative to traditional means of corporate recruiting. "We wanted to make a platform that gave students the ability to say, This is me, these are my capabilities,' and help them find a job," Iacono said.
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Police Blotter
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Elise Quinones, Courtesy of Hanover Police Chief N
| September 28, 2009
Correction appended Sept. 14, 1:39 p.m.Lyme RoadA young male was arrested in connection with an August incident in which he allegedly fired a paintball gun through the window of a moving vehicle.
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Profs.' research aided by stimulus package
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Linda Chen
| September 28, 2009
Funding from the $787-billion federal stimulus package has allowed Dartmouth professors to continue and expand their research in ways that otherwise would not have been possible, according to Jill Mortali, director of the Office of Sponsored Programs.
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Daily Debriefing
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Linda Chen
| September 27, 2009
Yale University may cut several of its smaller undergraduate classes to save money, the Yale Daily News reported on Friday.
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Kim stresses tradition in address to alumni
By
Jennifer Liu
| September 27, 2009
College President Jim Yong Kim reiterated the central message of his inaugural address in a speech to alumni on Friday, emphasizing that he is fully committed to upholding Dartmouth's focus on undergraduate education and traditions like First-Year Trips.
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Campus construction continues
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HANUL KIM
| September 27, 2009
BEN GETTINGER / The Dartmouth Staff Despite the economy, Dartmouth is simultaneously moving forward on three major construction projects: the Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center, the Visual Arts Center and the president's house.
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Bio. prof. develops new way to study evolution
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Tatiana Cooke
| September 27, 2009
Biology professor Kevin Peterson, working with researchers from several institutions, has developed a breakthrough technique to study the evolutionary relationships between species.
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Zeta Psi to participate in fall rush
September 27, 2009
Zeta Psi fraternity will officially participate in men's rush on Oct. 9 and 10 for the first time in eight years, after having fulfilled the College's requirements to begin the re-recognition process.
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LEED-certified projects fall short of projections
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Tatiana Cooke
| September 24, 2009
TILMAN DETTE / The Dartmouth Senior Staff While five buildings on Dartmouth's campus have received certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System, data suggest that LEED certified buildings at the College have fallen short of their projected performance levels, according to College energy engineer Stephen Shadford.
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Daily Debriefing
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Katie Paxton and Elise Quinones
| September 24, 2009
Hanover Police has identified several high school students as suspects in the Titcomb Cabin arson case, according to Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone.
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BlitzMail replacement delayed
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Ana Bowens
| September 24, 2009
Although the task force investigating a replacement for BlitzMail had originally planned to implement a pilot version of a new e-mail system this Fall term, the group is now in a "holding pattern," awaiting approval from College President Jim Yong Kim, according to David Gelhar '84, a Dartmouth software engineer and member of the College's Task Force on E-mail and Technology.
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Lobbyists unfairly blamed, prof. says
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Conrad Scoville
| September 24, 2009
Sujin Lim / The Dartmouth Staff Lobbyists are often unfairly blamed for many of Washington's ills, Rockefeller Center associate director Ronald Shaiko said in a Constitution Day lecture, "Petitioning Government: Interest Groups, Lobbying, and the First Amendment," on Thursday. Although the lobbying industry is often faulted for many of the government's problems, lobbyists should not be blamed exclusively, Shaiko said. "There are bad eggs, but I tend not to scapegoat the lobbying industry when things go wrong in Washington," he said. AARP, which works in the interest of those over age 50, is an example of an interest that serves a beneficial purpose, Shaiko said. "Should they have impact in the policy process?," he said.
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Smoking-breast cancer link debated
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Christina Wray
| September 24, 2009
Leading medical experts debated whether exposure to environmental tobacco smoke increases the risk of breast cancer in young women at an event held at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center on Thursday.
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Study finds genetic tests unreliable
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Conrad Scoville
| September 23, 2009
Personal genetic testing, a growing private industry, may not be as reliable as advertised for determining a person's predisposition to common diseases, according to a recent study by Dartmouth Medical School professor Jason Moore and Vanderbilt University professor Scott Williams. The pair found in a second study, however, that the technique may be useful in gathering ancestral information. The researchers published their findings in the Sept.
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College's newest sorority prepares for first fall rush
By
Greg Berger
| September 23, 2009
Kappa Delta sorority, which accepted Dartmouth's invitation to become the College's eighth Panhellenic sorority in May, will participate in its first formal rush process this fall.
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College critic makes voice heard
By
Mitch Davis
| September 23, 2009
ZACH INGBRETSEN / The Dartmouth Staff Correction appended A little over a month into his tenure writing for the Dartmouth-centric web site Dartblog, Joseph Asch '79, an outspoken and often controversial fixture of Dartmouth alumni political discourse, has already disputed the College's calculation of the student-to-faculty ratio, questioned recent appointments to the College administration and challenged plans to revise the Board of Trustees election process. Asch, who some have speculated will enter the upcoming Board of Trustees race as a petition candidate, is frequently criticized for his fervent arguments on College issues.