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Zywicki '88 files brief in alum. suit

By Anya Perret | September 14, 2009

Courtesy of GMU / The Dartmouth Staff Former Dartmouth Trustee Todd Zywicki '88 has submitted a brief in support of the ongoing alumni lawsuit against the College, just five months after the outspoken alumnus was denied reelection to a second term on the College's board a process which has historically been routine. The current lawsuit is the second legal challenge to the Board's September 2007 decision to increase its size by adding additional Board-appointed members.

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College officials prep for swine flu

By Greg Berger | September 14, 2009

Although fewer than 10 Dartmouth students have reported influenza-like illnesses amidst the resurgence of the H1N1 virus this fall, College officials expect that number will quickly rise as more students arrive for the beginning of the term, according to College Health Services Director John Turco. "It is not if we're going to get the outbreak, it's when and how effective we can be to keep it as limited as possible," Turco said. Several hundred students are currently on campus for Dartmouth Outing Club Trips, pre-season athletic training and other obligations. "I have not heard of any [students with swine flu]," head athletic trainer Jeffrey Frechette said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

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Daily Debriefing

September 14, 2009

Police are currently questioning a suspect who failed a lie detector test in their investigation of the murder of Annie Le, a Yale University pharmacology graduate student, according to CBS News.

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Dean's office sees second departure

By Turia Lahlou | September 14, 2009

Dean of Undergraduate Students Rovana Popoff announced her departure from the College on Monday, less than one month after the resignation of Dean of the College Tom Crady, who had been in office for just two years. Popoff, who first came to Dartmouth in 2007, served as the dean of upperclass students until August 2009, when the Upperclass Dean's Office was merged with the First-Year Office. Former Dean of First-Year Students Gail Zimmerman was laid off at the end of February, following the implementation of College-wide budget cuts.

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Kim talks health on ‘Bill Moyers'

By Tatiana Cooke | September 14, 2009

Although billed as a discussion of the health care reform effort, College President Jim Yong Kim's interview with PBS' Bill Moyers, which aired Friday night, was also a discourse on Kim's rise to the Dartmouth presidency and hopes for his coming tenure. Kim, who took office as College president July 1, will be officially inaugurated on Sept.

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Zywicki '88 files amicus brief in alumni lawsuit

September 13, 2009

Former Dartmouth Trustee Todd Zywicki '88 has submitted a brief in support of the ongoing alumni lawsuit against the College, just five months after the outspoken alumnus was denied reelection to a second term on the College's board a process which has historically been routine. The current lawsuit is the second legal challenge to the Board's September 2007 decision to increase its size by adding additional Board-appointed members.

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Kim discusses health care reform on PBS

By Tatiana Cooke | September 11, 2009

Although billed as a discussion of the health care reform effort, College President Jim Yong Kim's interview with PBS' Bill Moyers, which aired Friday night, was also a discourse on Kim's rise to the Dartmouth presidency and hopes for his coming tenure. Kim, who took office as College president July 1, will be officially inaugurated on Sept.

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Suspect in Petit trial seeks change of venue

By Conrad Scoville | September 9, 2009

One of the suspects in the 2007 home invasion in which Hayley Petit, who was to be a member of the Class of 2011, was killed is now seeking a change of venue for the trial citing pretrial publicity, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday. An attorney for Joshua Komisarjevsky said in papers filed last week that William Petit Jr.

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Alumni file new brief in suit against the College

September 4, 2009

A group of alumni on Wednesday filed its response to a July 17 motion by the College, the latest step in the continuing legal saga surrounding the Dartmouth Board of Trustees' September 2007 decision to increase its size by adding Board-appointed members. The filing was a response to the College's motion for summary judgment, effectively a request for the suit to be dismissed.

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College plans sustainability minor

By Emily Goodell | August 24, 2009

Faculty members from the environmental studies program are working to develop a minor in "sustainability studies" over the course of the next academic year, which would aim to connect campus sustainability initiatives from the Organic Farm to the Sustainable Living Center under a common "umbrella," according to professor and environmental studies department chair Andrew Friedland. "I know a lot of undergraduates are extremely interested and excited to see a sustainability minor and a sustainability program happen at Dartmouth, and that's our intention," he said. A large number of faculty, staff, students and administrators have identified sustainability as an important subject to address academically, according to Friedland. "The word and the actual idea of sustainability' are appearing more and more often in this country and in the world when people have discussions about environmental issues," he said. Friedland said he expects one of the driving forces behind the development of a sustainability minor to be Anne Kapuscinski, who was recently hired as the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of Sustainability Science. "One of her goals in her first year is to work on this sustainability science minor," Friedland said. Kapuscinski could not be reached for comment by press time. Although faculty members in the environmental studies program said it would be wonderful to implement the minor by the end of this year, they said they have not yet started the concrete planning stages of the project. "The environmental studies program is in the information-gathering phase," Friedland said.

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Dartheart set to expand to campuses nationwide

August 24, 2009

Courtesy of dartheart.com Dartheart, a non-profit organization founded in the winter of 2008 as a peer support network for Dartmouth students recovering from post traumatic stress disorder, will expand nationwide this fall with chapters at Columbia University, Brown University, Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania, according to Jessica Olson '07, Dartheart's founder. "We felt like Dartheart had gotten to a point where the system could be adapted to support survivors at other colleges," Olson said.

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AMP review will fall to Spears

August 24, 2009

Newly appointed acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears will spend the coming weeks reviewing and addressing the Alcohol Management Procedure report, welcoming members of the Class of 2013 and reaching out to students campus-wide, she said Monday in an interview with The Dartmouth. Spears assumed control of the office in the wake of former Dean Tom Crady's abrupt departure last week, and will fill the position for the next two years, during which time the College will review the structure of the Dean of the College's office, The Dartmouth reported last week.

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Daily Debriefing

Jennifer Matos, a former adviser to Latina students at Smith College and a current doctoral student who is working to complete a dissertation about the factors that affect the educational success of Latino students, began her new position as an adviser to Latino students in the OPAL office on Monday, according to Acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears.

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Big Green Bus completes national trip

August 24, 2009

Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Staff Fresh from a 41-city tour to promote energy efficiency, the vegetable oil-powered Big Green Bus and its contingent of Dartmouth students arrived in Hanover on Sunday.

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U.S. News report ranks College 11th nationally

By Drew Joseph | August 20, 2009

Dartmouth has maintained the No. 11 slot among national universities in the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings, but tops a new category prioritizing a commitment to undergraduate education among national universities. Princeton University and Harvard University share the top spot in the rankings.

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English prof. passes away from illness

August 20, 2009

Courtesy of Dartmouth College Following a short illness, associate Professor of English Peter Cosgrove passed away on July 22, the Valley News reported. Cosgrove was a specialist in 18th century British literature.

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