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Daily Debriefing
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Eliza Relman
| October 8, 2009
Dartmouth, working with the RAND Corporation and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, has launched a new center dedicated to increasing Americans' financial literacy.
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SEMP review has 10-year history
October 8, 2009
The College's ever-changing alcohol policy has evolved significantly since the days when pickup trucks full of kegs regularly supplied Greek houses, and students rather than Safety and Security officers were tasked with monitoring Greek events.
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Prof. named as likely Nobel prize contender
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Emily Fletcher
| October 8, 2009
Tuck School of Business finance professor Kenneth French is a top contender for the Nobel Prize in economics, according to British betting firm Ladbrokes.
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Law prof. discusses women's rights
By
Caitlin Kennedy
| October 8, 2009
CURIE KIM / The Dartmouth Although great strides have been made in the fight for gender equality, the world is still undeniably male dominated, University of Michigan Law School professor Catharine MacKinnon said in her lecture, "Women's Status, Men's States," on Thursday in the Rockefeller Center.
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Daily Debriefing
By
Elise Quinones
| October 7, 2009
College Democrats at Dartmouth and other colleges and universities nationwide held events to observe "Health Care Action Day" on Wednesday, according to College Democrats of New Hampshire communications director Ryan Tincher '12.
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Local superintendent to join faculty
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Michael Coburn
| October 7, 2009
Lebanon School District superintendent Mike Harris '72 announced publicly last week that he will join the Dartmouth faculty next June as director of the Dartmouth Teacher Education Program.
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College files response to Zwyicki '88 brief
By
Ann Baum
| October 7, 2009
Courtesy of GMU The College defended its recent governance decisions in its response to a brief filed by former Dartmouth Trustee Todd Zywicki '88 in support of the ongoing lawsuit against the College.
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DMS researchers study PTSD, substance abuse
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Christina Wray
| October 7, 2009
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Coffeehouse to replace Lone Pine
By
Nate Yeo
| October 7, 2009
zach ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Staff Following extensive renovations, the College's Lone Pine Tavern will reopen as One Wheelock, a lounge and coffeehouse, later this fall, according to Eric Ramsey, director of Collis Center and student activities.
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175 students report flu symptoms
October 6, 2009
TILMAN DETTE / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Dick's House has diagnosed 175 students with influenza-like illnesses in what John Turco, director of College Health Services, called an H1N1 "outbreak" in an e-mail sent to members of the Dartmouth community on Tuesday.
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Shea-Porter likely to face local mayor
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Tatiana Cooke
| October 6, 2009
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, D-N.H., will likely face Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta in her 2010 reelection bid.
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College finishes AZD, Tri-Delt construction
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Kate Farley
| October 6, 2009
jennifer argote / The Dartmouth Senior Staff While the Office of Residential Life recently finished housing projects for two Dartmouth sororities, it has no set timeline to provide houses for the two Panhellinic sororities without physical plants, according to Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman.
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Gillibrand '88 to focus on fundraising
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Hannah Kuhar
| October 6, 2009
With her most competitive opponent having dropped out of the race, Sen. Kristen Gillibrand '88, D-N.Y., seems well positioned for reelection heading into the November primary.
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Prof. says homeowners compel school changes
By
Lauren Vespoli
| October 6, 2009
Sujin Lim / The Dartmouth Throughout American history, homeowners have had a large impact on the development of school systems, from their demands for national standards to their need for more advanced studies, Dartmouth economics professor William Fischel said in a lecture on Tuesday. "Schools were established by local people," Fischel said.
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Daily Debriefing
By
Katie Paxton and Ann Baum
| October 6, 2009
Student Assembly passed two pieces of legislation in its first General Assembly meeting of the Fall term Tuesday evening, including a proposal allocating $2,000 for laptop vouchers to provide students who have broken their computers with temporary replacements.
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Daily Debriefing
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PAULINA KARPIS
| October 5, 2009
Of the 18 state-run college savings plans in the United States, 16 have reported losses over the past year, according to The New York Times.
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Local house ‘makeover' revealed
October 5, 2009
EUNICE LEE/ / The Dartmouth Staff For the past three years, the 10 members of the Marshall family have lived in a three-bedroom house plagued by carbon monoxide leaks, mold and rotting wood.
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Scherr to step down from post as provost
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Linda Chen
| October 5, 2009
JESSICA GRIFFEN / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Correction appended Provost Barry Scherr, who was to remain in his current position up to June 2011, will step down as College provost to pursue his academic work, College President Jim Yong Kim announced in a campus-wide e-mail on Monday.
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Past DMS dean weighs in on health care debate
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Ann Baum
| October 5, 2009
Unnecessary treatment and "misaligned" financial incentives are largely responsible for the poor state of the American health care system, according to former Dartmouth Medical School Dean John Baldwin, who recently stepped down as the president of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.