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Relatively few students become nat'l scholars

By Brendan Woods | November 5, 2009

Adam Levine '08, a Rhodes scholar currently studying for a Ph.D at the University of Oxford, has noticed something about the composition of his current group of peers. "Being on the ground at Oxford, I'm aware that there are very few Rhodes Scholars from Dartmouth," Levine told The Dartmouth this week. Levine's observation belies a larger numerical trend at the College: In recent years, fewer Dartmouth students have been awarded Marshall, Mitchell or Rhodes scholarships than students at many of the College's peer institutions. The 84 students from institutions across the United States who will receive the three scholarships will be announced in late November. Dartmouth currently has one finalist for the Marshall Scholarship, which funds students to study for at least two years at any university in the United Kingdom, and two finalists for the Mitchell Scholarship, which gives students a grant to study for one year in Ireland, according to assistant dean for scholarship advising Kristin O'Rourke.

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Students face visa complications

By Emily Fletcher | November 5, 2009

Dartmouth frequently warns international students to avoid College disciplinary action or legal troubles in order to maintain a legal residency status, but the specific consequences of "breaking the rules" are not well explained, according to International Student Association co-president Mela Omeri '12. "If you are caught drinking by [Hanover Police], your visa gets suspended and you go home, and your Dartmouth career is over," Omeri said, referring to the general perception among international students. In fact, Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone said the consequences of arrests for minor offenses are similar for international students and citizens. Because of international agreements, though, Hanover Police must notify certain countries when one of their citizens is arrested. "I think it's more or less so the embassy knows that one of their citizens has been arrested if there are complications," Giaccone said. One international student has been arrested since the start of Fall term, and his home country's embassy did not require notification, Giaccone said. The U.S.

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Prof: biomarkers key to cancer care

By Tatiana Cooke | November 5, 2009

CURIE KIM / The Dartmouth Identifying biological markers that indicate the most effective cancer treatments is central to improving patient care and lowering medical expenses, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine professor David Sidransky said in a lecture at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center on Thursday.

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College expands presence in town

By Elise Quinones | November 4, 2009

JOANNE NURSE / The Dartmouth Many Hanover residents, accustomed to the town's colorful storefronts and busy streets, likely would not wax nostalgic for the town as it was just 20 years ago, when the downtown area was populated with "tired, broken-down houses," Sonya Campbell, owner of Hanover True Value hardware store, told The Dartmouth this week. Much of the town's recent development has come at the hands of Dartmouth itself, Campbell, who has worked in Hanover for 33 years, said, recalling how various downtown Hanover properties were purchased and revitalized by the College. Dartmouth's planned Visual Arts Center, which is expected to be completed in fall 2011, will be the next step in the College's recent expansion into Hanover's downtown area. The College has owned property in Hanover since 1884, when it purchased the Hanover Inn.

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Occom Scholars adjust in face of budget cuts

November 4, 2009

Last year, Kayla Gebeck '12 decided that she wanted to go to Hawaii to study indigenous language revitalization, continuing research she had begun during her first terms at the College.

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Daily Debriefing

By Laura Bryn Sisson | November 4, 2009

New Hampshire has received only 85,000 of the 700,000 H1N1 vaccine doses state officials say the state needs, WMUR New Hampshire reported on Tuesday.

The College received a record number of early decision applications this year, including a record number of applications from international students.
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Early apps. increase by 3 percent

By Katie Gonzalez | November 3, 2009

STEPHANIE HAN / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth received more than 1,600 early decision applications for the Class of 2014 a record high and 3 percent more than it received last year, according to Dean of Admissions Maria Laskaris.

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Expert highlights health disparities

By JOY CHEN | November 3, 2009

KEVIN XIAO / The Dartmouth The United States must take steps to address health care disparities between white and minority groups, Chidi Achebe DMS '96, the president and CEO of the Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center in Boston, said in a lecture in Chilcott Auditorium on Tuesday. While minority groups have made significant progress since the civil rights movement in the 1960s, many members of these groups still do not receive the same level of health care as non-Hispanic white Americans, Achebe said. Black males die more frequently of diseases that do not comparably affect the white population, Achebe said. "We are looking at third world pathologies that shouldn't have made their way to the first world countries," Achebe said. Achebe said that approximately 49 out of every 100,000 black men die of prostate cancer annually.

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‘Spin' inadequate for businesses, prof says

November 3, 2009

In the wake of the recent financial crisis, business leaders should work to better integrate public communications into their overall strategy, according to a study by Tuck School of Business professor Paul Argenti and Doremus, a New York-based communications agency.

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Minority Greek orgs. attract fewer members

November 3, 2009

Less than 1 percent of the Dartmouth student body 30 students participates in minority Greek organizations, according to a report compiled by the Office of Residential Life.

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Number of ED applications up 3 percent

By Katie Gonzalez | November 3, 2009

Over 1,600 students submitted early decision applications for the Dartmouth Class of 2014 a record high and a 3-percent increase over the number submitted last year, the College announced in a statement late Tuesday.The number of applications increased by about 13 percent for the Class of 2013. The College will accept approximately one-third of the incoming class about 400 students through the early decision program. Dartmouth also received a record number of early decision applications from international students, a trend Dean of Admissions Maria Laskaris attributed in the press release to the appointment of College President Jim Yong Kim.

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