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College sustainability rating declines to B+
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BRIDGETTE TAYLOR
| October 21, 2009
Following the introduction of more rigorous rating standards, the College's sustainability rating from the Sustainable Endowments Institute fell to a B+ this year, down from an A- in 2009.
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Trustee's firm faces financial probe
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Elise Quinones
| October 20, 2009
Apollo Management, a private equity firm led by chief executive officer and current Dartmouth Trustee Leon Black '73, is now at the center of a probe by the California Public Employees' Retirement System, the largest U.S.
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Grad. housing is in short supply
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Laura Bryn Sisson
| October 20, 2009
Graduate students looking for housing in the Hanover area are faced with a limited set of options, according to Graduate Student Council President Tina Chang GR '10.
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Daily Debriefing
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Tatiana Cooke
| October 20, 2009
College President Jim Yong Kim will be adopted as a member of the Class of 1982 during the class' mini-reunion this Saturday, Diana Lawrence, director of communications for the Office of Alumni Relations, told The Dartmouth on Tuesday.
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Haven shelter sees increased demand
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Christina Wray
| October 20, 2009
SARAH IRVING / The Dartmouth Staff The Upper Valley Haven, a nonprofit organization in White River Junction, Vt.
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Music FSP cancelled due to low enrollment
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JOY CHEN
| October 20, 2009
The spring 2010 Music Foreign Study Program in London has been cancelled for the first time in the program's 20-year history, according to according to Sally Pinkas, the music professor who was slated to lead the program.
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Daily Debriefing
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Grace Afsari-Mamagani
| October 19, 2009
Over a dozen colleges in Massachusetts have implemented strategies to improve students' eating habits and combat youth obesity, often without students' knowledge, The Boston Globe reported on Sunday.
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Admissions increases reliance on online tools
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Katie Gonzalez
| October 19, 2009
Following a 10-percent budget cut, the admissions office has turned to new, lower cost recruiting tools and initiatives to increase outreach to prospective students, according to Dean of Admissions Maria Laskaris. "We need to be strategic and more innovative in using our resources and in the way we communicate with students," she said in an interview with The Dartmouth. The admissions office has reevaluated its travel plans and expenses in light of the budget cuts.
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State to consider Good Sam law
By
Jackie Donohoe
| October 19, 2009
Alina Politzer / The Dartmouth Staff In an effort to encourage students to seek help for their intoxicated peers, Dartmouth College Democrats are working with local state representatives to implement a state-wide "Good Samaritan" law.
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DHMC hosts conference on ethics
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Laura Bryn Sisson
| October 19, 2009
CURIE KIM / The Dartmouth Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center physicians and nurses discussed bioethics and palliative care during the 30th biannual conference of the New Hampshire-Vermont Hospital Ethics Committee Network on Monday.
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‘Boy who harnessed the wind' comes to College
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Christy O'Keefe
| October 19, 2009
Dani WANG / The Dartmouth William Kamkwamba's friends and family thought he was crazy when he scavenged through the junkyard of his Malawian town in search of parts for his homemade windmill.
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Coed fraternities extend fall bids
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PAULINA KARPIS
| October 18, 2009
A slightly lower number of students joined Dartmouth's three coeducational fraternities this term, according to several representatives from the fraternities.
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Fisher criticizes health care debate
October 18, 2009
SEATTLE The American health care system and the public's understanding of the health care reform effort are both deficient, according to Dartmouth Medical School professor Elliott Fisher, director of The Dartmouth Institute's Center for Health Policy Research.
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Prof. discusses biofuel technology
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JOY CHEN
| October 18, 2009
Students must not be daunted in their attempts to improve sustainability in the world, despite the challenges associated with the task, Dartmouth environmental engineering professor Lee Lynd said in his lecture, "Sustainable Biofuels: A Personal Odyssey," held at the Thayer School of Engineering on Friday. Lynd director and chief scientific officer of the Lebanon, N.H.-based biofuel company Mascoma is well known for his research on the production of energy from plant biomass. "There are only two resource transitions in the course of human history," he said.
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Daily Debriefing
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JOY CHEN
| October 18, 2009
Karen Loeffler '79 was sworn in as the first female U.S. attorney for Alaska on Sunday. Loeffler was confirmed by the U.S.
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BoredatBaker incites controversy
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Emma Fidel
| October 18, 2009
The Dartmouth A popular and controversial online message board for Dartmouth students has become the center of campus dialogue and a headache for administrators after it was relaunched in September following a two-year hiatus.
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Dartmouth insurance covers student-athletes
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ANGIE YANG & GRACE AFSARI-MAMAGANI
| October 18, 2009
While some colleges and universities have come under fire for failing to provide adequate health coverage for student-athletes, Dartmouth students injured on the playing field have limited out-of-pocket expenses due to aid from the Dartmouth Student Group Health Plan and funding from the athletic department. The DSGHP, offered to all Dartmouth students, contains provisions that cover athletes who become injured while taking part in any College sport including both club and varsity teams. At many other institutions, student health plans do not guarantee coverage for athletic injuries.
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240 students found to have flu-like symptoms
October 15, 2009
Douglas Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Staff About 240 Dartmouth students have been diagnosed with influenza-like illness as of Wednesday, although the number of cases reported each day has been declining, according to College Health Services director John Turco.
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Police Blotter
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Conrad Scoville, The Dartmouth Staff, Courtesy of
| October 15, 2009
Oct. 7, 10:24 p.m. East Wheelock StreetHanover Police responded to a medical call involving an 18-year-old male Dartmouth student who had fallen off of a skateboard.