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Students turn to local attorneys

May 14, 2009

Gary Apfel '83 chose to work as a public defender rather than practice in a large law firm after graduating law school because he "did not like chasing people down for money," he said. Now a criminal defense attorney with a private practice based in Lebanon, N.H., Apfel is among several lawyers in the Upper Valley area who often represent Dartmouth students. Apfel, who said he was inspired to practice law by his grandfather, grew up in Laconia, N.H.

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Global Health Initiative receives $250,000 grant

By Linda Chen | May 14, 2009

The Global Health Initiative at Dartmouth has been awarded a $250,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health, the College announced on Tuesday.

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Cato scholar gives lecture at College

By Tatiana Cooke | May 14, 2009

JON ERDMAN / The Dartmouth David Boaz, a libertarian author and television commentator, discussed the need to prevent the U.S.

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Kappa Delta or Delta Zeta to come to College

By Kate Farley | May 14, 2009

JAMIE MCCOY / The Dartmouth The College's Panhellenic Council will offer either Delta Zeta sorority or Kappa Delta sorority the opportunity to become Dartmouth's eighth sorority, according to Jessica Lane '09, extension committee chairperson and former president of Panhell.

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Muirhead to join College faculty

May 14, 2009

Political theorist Russell Muirhead has been named the inaugural Robert Clements Professor of Democracy and Politics at Dartmouth, the College announced on Wednesday.

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Daily Debriefing

By Michael Coburn, Katie Paxton, Elise Quinones | May 13, 2009

A total of five wallets have been stolen from administrative and faculty offices over the past few days, according to College Proctor and director of Safety and Security Harry Kinne.

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Islamic, constitutional law similar, prof. says

By Jamila Ma | May 13, 2009

ANDREW FOUST / The Dartmouth Staff The methods used to interpret Shari'a, or Islamic law, and secular law are more similar than most people would expect, University of Wisconsin Law School professor Asifa Quraishi said in a lecture held in the Rockefeller Center on Tuesday.

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Students offer perceptions of police

By Conrad Scoville & Robert Szypko | May 13, 2009

Sarah Irving / The Dartmouth Staff Editor's Note: This is part two of a two-part series examining the policies, procedures and perceptions of the Hanover Police Department.

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Profs. discuss Obama trade policy

By Nathan Swire | May 13, 2009

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SA to form comm. to consider OAC reform

By Ann Baum | May 13, 2009

Student Assembly passed legislation on Tuesday calling for the formation of a new committee to evaluate the College's disciplinary procedures for organizations.

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Daily Debriefing

May 12, 2009

Several private U.S. colleges have announced that their admission yields for the Class of 2013 will mirror last year's trends, despite fears that the economic downturn might deter from students from attending private institutions, The New York Times reported Sunday.

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'Cully's run' honors student's life

By Madeline Sims | May 12, 2009

More than 150 students, alumni and community members woke up early Sunday morning to participate in "Cully's Run" to honor Katy "Cully" Cullinan '08, a rugby player who took her own life this past August after battling an eating disorder for several years.

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Board has not yet met to discuss amendment

May 12, 2009

The Board of Trustees has not yet met to discuss how the amendment to the Association of Alumni constitution, passed on Saturday, will affect the replacement of alumni-elected trustees, according to a statement from Board Chairman Ed Haldeman '70.

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Mexico LSA returns to Hanover

By Greg Berger | May 12, 2009

The 11 Dartmouth students who were evacuated almost two weeks ago from the Language Study Abroad program in Cholula, Mexico, following the swine flu outbreak, returned to campus on Monday.

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DMS professor to plead not guilty

By Emma Fidel | May 12, 2009

William Weeks, a Dartmouth Medical School professor of psychiatry and community and family medicine, will plead not guilty to federal conflict of interest charges for his involvement with contracts between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the College, according his attorney, Robert O'Neill. Weeks, a physician at the VA Medical Center in White River Junction, Vt., was charged on Friday with five federal misdemeanor counts by acting U.S.

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Dartmouth students face high alcohol arrest rate

By Conrad Scoville & Robert Szypko | May 12, 2009

Sarah Irving / The Dartmouth Staff Editor's Note: This is part one of a two-part series examining the policies, procedures and perceptions of the Hanover Police Department.

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Russian department chair dies at 71

By Katie Gonzalez | May 12, 2009

Dartmouth Russian department chair Lev Loseff, a world-renowned poet and scholar of Russian literature, died last Wednesday at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center of multiple illnesses, according to his son Dimitry Loseff.

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Kim taps Kadish for strategic adviser post

By Susan Matthews | May 12, 2009

Courtesy of Joseph Mehling 69 Steven Kadish, the director of global health equity at Harvard University-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital, will serve as senior vice president and strategic adviser to President-elect Jim Yong Kim, Provost Barry Scherr, who leads Kim's transition team, announced on Monday.

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Daily Debriefing

By Emma Fidel and Katie Gonzalez | May 11, 2009

The Tucker Foundation's Special Olympics organization hosted its fifth annual Upper Valley Summer Olympics Games on Saturday, according to event chair Kyle Sherry '09.

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Profs. discuss Constitution's creation

By Greg Berger | May 11, 2009

A stagnant economy and a weak national government contributed to the failure of the Articles of Confederation, a panel of American history scholars told an audience of 50 in the Rockefeller Center on Friday.

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