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Festivals, generals mark past graduations

By Jamila Ma | June 1, 2009

This year's Commencement will be marked by the appearance of bagpipes and the College's first use of a Jumbotron screen during the ceremony, but in 1833 the event had a slightly different feel gamblers, jugglers and auctioneers awaited graduates on the Green following the ceremony. Now in its 238th year, the College's Commencement has featured several such unusual visitors over the years, ranging from a roasted ox, to the Secret Service, to a Civil War general. Only four students all transfer students from Yale University graduated at Dartmouth's first Commencement on August 28th, 1771.

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Editors' Note

Congratulations to the Class of 2009 although it came faster than many of you would have liked, your time at the College is complete. After completing your distributives, dragging yourself to language drill and proving that you know how to swim, the College has deemed you ready to meet the challenges of the real world.

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Daily Debriefing

By Ann Baum | June 1, 2009

Dartmouth anthropology professor Hoyt Alverson, in an open letter to the College's Board of Trustees and the Dartmouth community on Monday, criticized the College's recent decision to issue bonds in order to finance construction and build a reserve fund.

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Graduate schools hold investitures

By HANUL KIM | June 1, 2009

In addition to the more than 1000 members of the College's Class of 2009, students from the Tuck School of Business, the Thayer School of Engineering and Dartmouth Medical School will also participate in their respective graduation ceremonies this weekend.

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Donation will finance work on Arts Center

By Turia Lahlou | June 1, 2009

The College has received a $50-million gift the largest in the College's 240-year history from an anonymous donor, the Board of Trustees announced on Friday at its June meeting, the last of College President James Wright's tenure.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner '83 appointed David Loevinger '84 and David Dollar '76 to Treasury posts on Monday.
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Alums named to Treasury posts

June 1, 2009

Courtesy of the Associated Press Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner '83 named fellow Dartmouth alumnus David Dollar '76 as the economic and financial emissary to China on Monday.

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Profs. say U.S. needs to address national debt

By Michael Coburn | June 1, 2009

Akikazu Onda / The Dartmouth The United States needs to "wake up" and address the country's looming budget crisis, a panel of economics professors told a packed auditorium of Hanover residents and students in the Rockefeller Center on Monday.

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Daily Debriefing

By Hank Nelson | May 31, 2009

State and federal legislators are pushing to require colleges and universities to report crime statistics associated with study abroad programs, which currently do not fall under the direct jurisdiction of any federal agency, USA Today reported on Thursday.

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Students work to launch start-ups

By Andrew Wells | May 31, 2009

Creating products ranging from specialized microprocessors to gourmet burritos, an above-average number of students at the Tuck School of Business have worked to launch their own start-up companies this year, according to Tuck professor Gregg Fairbrothers, director of the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network. "To me, the first litmus test is if they are actually going to work on their project full time out of school," Fairbrothers said.

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