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DMS prof. faces federal charges

By Emma Fidel | May 11, 2009

Courtesy of Dartmouth Medical School William Weeks, a Dartmouth Medical School professor of psychiatry and community and family medicine, is facing federal conflict of interest charges for his involvement with contracts between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the College, according to a U.S.

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Amendment to AoA constitution passed

May 11, 2009

The College's alumni voted overwhelmingly to approve an amendment to the Association of Alumni constitution that substantially reforms procedures for the election of alumni to the Board of Trustees, according to results released on Saturday.

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DMS prof. charged with violating conflict of interest laws

By Emma Fidel | May 9, 2009

William Weeks, a Dartmouth Medical School professor of psychiatry and community and family medicine, is facing federal conflict of interest charges for his involvement with contracts between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the College, according to The Rutland Herald. Weeks, a physician at the VA Medical Center in White River Junction, Vt., was charged Friday with five federal misdemeanor counts by acting U.S.

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Alumni approve amendment to AoA constitution

May 9, 2009

The College's alumni voted overwhelmingly to approve an amendment to the Association of Alumni constitution that substantially reforms procedures for the election of alumni to the Board of Trustees, according to results released on Saturday.

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Daily Debriefing

By Katie Gonzalez | May 8, 2009

The New Hampshire Supreme Court struck down a bill on Wednesday that would have allowed 17-year-olds who turn 18 before the general election to vote in New Hampshire primaries, according to the Concord Monitor.

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Some alum. entrepreneurs aided by College resources

By Susan Matthews | May 8, 2009

Editor's Note: This is part two of a two-part series on Dartmouth graduates and entrepreneurship. Correction appended The launch of the company Gyrobike, which sells bike-stabilizing devices, would not have been possible without the help of the entrepreneurial staff at the Tuck School of Business and the Dartmouth Entreprenurial Network, according to the company's CEO, Daniella Reichsletter Tu '07. The company is among many that have been founded by Dartmouth graduates with the help of College resources, several alumni said in interviews with The Dartmouth. Reichletter, who attended Georgetown University, said she had limited exposure to entrepreneurship as an undergraduate. "I didn't even know what the entrepreneurship options were, so I took an investment banking job after school," she said, adding that Tuck eventually fostered her desire to start her own business. "Dartmouth is a school that attracts people who would make great entrepreneurs," Rodrigo Ramirez, outreach and program coordinator at Career Services, said.

Dartmouth's response to the swine flu outbreak was similar to steps taken by other institutions.
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College flu response mirrored peers'

By Nathan Swire | May 8, 2009

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Dartmouth's response to the recent swine flu outbreak -- evacuating students from the Language Study Abroad program in Mexico, isolating individuals with flu-like symptoms and sending a series of e-mails to campus about the situation -- mirrored steps taken at peer institutions. Although swine flu was now been found to be relatively mild, the College acted appropriately to combat what could have become a pandemic, Turco said, noting that health officials had no way of knowing 10 days ago how dangerous the virus might be. "A week and a half ago, we were hearing reports from Mexico that made it appear as if this wasn't your average influenza," he said. Some students interviewed by The Dartmouth have questioned whether the College overreacted to the threat. "I have no fear of swine flu," Zachary Lim '11 said in an e-mail.

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Titcomb Cabin burns to ground

By Turia Lahlou | May 8, 2009

The Ledyard Canoe Club's Titcomb Cabin burned down at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday night in what Hanover Police are calling a "suspicious" fire, according to a police press release.

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Daily Debriefing

By Elise Quinones | May 7, 2009

Three of the nine students suspected to have swine flu at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine have tested positive for the virus, The Harvard Crimson reported on Tuesday.

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Thayer hosts formula hybrid race

By Linda Chen | May 7, 2009

Designed to reach 70 miles per hour, student-built hybrid race cars became blurs of color encircling the New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Wednesday as 30 teams, representing colleges and universities from five different countries, competed in the third and final day of the Formula Hybrid International Competition hosted by the Thayer School of Engineering. The team from Texas A&M University took first place overall, followed by Colorado State University and Drexel University.

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Entrepreneurship found lucrative during recession

By Susan Matthews | May 7, 2009

Editor's Note: This is part one of a two-part series on Dartmouth graduates and entrepreneurship. In the current financial climate, with corporations laying off employees and declaring bankruptcy, the entrepreneurial world is one of the only fields that is expanding, according to Gregg Fairbrothers, an expert on entrepreneurship and a professor at the Tuck School of Business. In a recession, "there are a lot of people who are hungry and looking to take chances," he said. It is an ideal time to start a company, according to Maia Josebachvili '05, who recently started her own company, Urban Escapes, which she said provides "[Dartmouth Outing Club] trips for adults." Josebachvili started the company after spending two years working in the corporate world and one year traveling. "The opportunity cost is a lot lower -- you're not giving up a job to do this," she said, adding later, "Cheap labor is really available right now." Starting a company in a downturn prepares the business to survive on the lowest possible operating budget, according to Fairbrothers. "If you grow up in bad times, even when times get worse, your cost structure is resilient," he said.

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More students apply for funding

By Nicole Newman | May 7, 2009

Demand for internship funding from Dartmouth has increased this year, as students seek unpaid opportunities outside of the corporate world in light of the economic crisis, according to College officials. The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding and the Rockefeller Center have both seen increases in the number of students applying for internship funding this academic year as compared with the last academic year, according to Christianne Wohlforth, associate director of the Dickey Center, and Danielle Thompson, assistant director of student and public programs at the Rockefeller Center. The Rockefeller Center in particular has seen an increase in the number of applicants for the Summer term, Thompson said. The Tucker Foundation, however, has not seen an increase, Tracy Dustin-Eichler, volunteer program advisor for the foundation, said. "I expected to see a huge increase of applicants, but it was the same as last summer," she said, adding that 58 students applied for Tucker funding this term. Funding applications for all three organizations were due last Thursday. While an average of 20 students generally apply for Dickey Center internship funding each term, 35 applied for the Summer term this year, according to Wohlforth. There were 40 applications for summer leave-term internships through the Rockefeller Center, an all-time high, Thompson said.

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Daily Debriefing

By HANUL KIM | May 6, 2009

Chinese authorities placed 25 University of Montreal students and a professor under a seven-day quarantine on Monday in an effort to prevent the spread of swine flu in China, CBC News reported.

Construction on the Zantop Memorial Garden, which commemorates two professors who were murdered in 2001, began last week.
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College to build Zantop memorial

By Christina Wray | May 6, 2009

Sarah Irving / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth held a dedication and ground breaking ceremony for the Zantop Memorial Garden, which commemorates the lives of two Dartmouth professors murdered in January 2001, on Tuesday.

Associated Press correspondent Scheherezade Faramarzi discussed the United States' relationship with the Middle East in her Tuesday lecture.
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A.P. reporter discusses Middle East

By Katie Gonzalez | May 6, 2009

Sarah Irving / The Dartmouth Staff Americans should be more concerned and educated about Middle Eastern policy and affairs, Associated Press correspondent Scheherezade Faramarzi, the 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, said in lecture in the Rockefeller Center on Tuesday.

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