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LEED-certified projects fall short of projections

By 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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BlitzMail replacement delayed

By 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

By 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

By 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

By 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.

Joseph Asch '79 has been outspoken in his criticism of College policies.
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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.

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Clinic-CMC affiliation draws fire

By Madeline Sims | September 23, 2009

ZACH INGBRETSEN / The Dartmouth Staff Correction appended The proposed affiliation between the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic the multi-specialty group physician practice affiliated with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Catholic Medical Center in Manchester has drawn criticism from organizations on both sides of the abortion debate since the two medical groups announced their intention to form a partnership in February.

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Spears says College will not adopt AMP

September 23, 2009

The College's proposed alcohol management policy a repeatedly delayed set of guidelines on alcohol use at campus social events almost a year in the making will not become official College policy, acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears announced unexpectedly in a meeting with Greek leaders on Wednesday. Spears' announcement comes after several campus Greek leaders told The Dartmouth this summer that they had expected AMP would be implemented during Fall term until the abrupt August resignation of former Dean of the College Tom Crady. At the Wednesday meeting, Spears also announced minor changes to the current social event management policy which AMP was to replace and proposed the creation of a new student advisory board on alcohol policy, which will work to recommend changes to SEMP. "I think that we need more evidence and information, so that [for] any new procedure or policy that we put in place we could be pretty confident it's going to result in the kind of outcomes that we hope for student organizations," Spears said in an interview with The Dartmouth following the announcement. The implementation of AMP had been delayed several times since the policy was originally finalized in Spring 2008.

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Daily Debriefing

September 23, 2009

Yale University's endowment saw a negative 24.6-percent return in the fiscal year ending June 30, the most severe decline in its history, according to the Yale Daily News.

College President Jim Yong Kim frequently referenced College traditions and history in his inaugural address on Tuesday.
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Kim lauds the value of a liberal arts education

September 22, 2009

TILMAN DETTE / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Global health leader Jim Yong Kim was officially inaugurated as Dartmouth's 17th president on Tuesday before an audience of more than 5,000 people.

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Daily Debriefing

September 22, 2009

Cornell University's InterFraternity Council indefinitely banned drinking games and all non-catered parties with open invitations last week in response to the high number of students with the H1N1 virus, according to The Cornell Daily Sun.

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Kim to focus on Greek system's public image

By Kate Farley | September 22, 2009

College President Jim Yong Kim said in an interview with The Dartmouth this week that he will focus on improving the public perception of the College's Greek system, noting that the disparity between prospective students' perception of the College's Greek system and Dartmouth students' own experience is evidence of a "public relations problem" at the College. Kim said he hopes to improve the image of the Greek system among prospective students and the general public through his role as "chief advocacy officer." "I think it's very important to let the rest of the world know what an important experience the Greek system provides to more than half of our students," he said. With the departure of former Dean of the College Tom Crady just over a month ago, Dartmouth lost the administrator many students saw as the principal liaison between Parkhurst and the campus' Greek scene.

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Nurses discuss global health role

By Vera Bergengruen | September 22, 2009

Nurses working in the global context must avoid imposing their own cultural views on the communities with which they are working, lecturers at the conference "The Role of Nursing in Promoting Global Health: The Power of One" held at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center on Monday, told the more than 50 nurses who attended the event. "We have to be careful not to become ethnocentric in the relationships with our partners," Devon Berry, a University of Cincinatti College of Nursing nursing professor, said in his lecture.

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