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Editor Schroth '43 dies at age 88

By Emily Goodell | August 10, 2009

Acclaimed editor Thomas Schroth '43 Tu'44, founding editor of National Journal and former editor of Congressional Quarterly, died July 23 of congestive heart failure in his home in Sedgwick, Maine at the age of 88, according to The New York Times. Schroth was committed to rigorous impartiality and full disclosure in journalism throughout his career, according to his daughter, Amy Schroth '84. "I think he had several conversations with various owners and backers of [publications] that he worked for, making sure that the business interests didn't interfere [with the publications' impartiality]," she said. Schroth became executive editor of Congressional Quarterly in 1955.

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Daily Debriefing

By Turia Lahlou and Fan Zhang | August 10, 2009

Forbes Magazine ranked the Tuck School of Business second after the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University in their 2009 MBA rankings, released last week.

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Fourth Fieldstock weekend sees higher participation

August 10, 2009

Correction appended Last weekend's fourth annual Fieldstock competition saw significant changes from the past two years, as the event organizers attempted to bring the weekend up to par with the College's other "big weekends" by encouraging involvement beyond the Greek system, according to 2011 Class Council President Alex Maceda '11. In the past, most groups competing in Fieldstock events have come from Greek houses, but this year Maceda estimated that roughly 15 of the teams in contention were fielded either by non-Greek organizations or by independent groups of interested students.

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Tuck, Graduate Studies offer new joint degree

By Lauren Rosenbaum | August 10, 2009

Students who have completed a doctorate degree at Dartmouth will now have the opportunity to pursue an accelerated Masters degree in Business Administration under a new agreement between the College's Graduate Studies Program and the Tuck School of Business, Provost Barry Scherr announced on Monday.

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Daily Debriefing

August 6, 2009

Doug MacGinnitie '89, a Sandy Springs, Ga. City Council member, announced Thursday that he will be running for Georgia's Secretary of State in 2010.

The group rushed to leave campus after classes on Friday, and were rewarded with a few hours on the river in the afternoon sun.
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Schulberg '36, writing legend, dies

By Turia Lahlou | August 6, 2009

Zach Kuster / The Dartmouth Staff Budd Schulberg '36, the Academy Award-winning writer of "On the Waterfront" and former editor-in-chief of The Dartmouth, died in New York Wednesday afternoon at the age of 95. Schulberg's wife, Betsy, told The New York Times her husband was home in Westhampton Beach, N.Y.

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DHOG's credit ranking remains stable

August 6, 2009

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Obligated Group is expected to issue $138.9 million in 2009 revenue bonds. Fitch Ratings Insurance Group awarded A+ ratings to the bonds, which are being issued through the New Hampshire Health and Education Facilities Authority.

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Dartmouth researchers receive grant from NSF

August 6, 2009

The National Science Foundation awarded Dartmouth a $3-million grant from for the Trustworthy Information Systems for Healthcare project, an initiative aimed at creating secure computer systems to manage health care information, the College announced on Wednesday. Funding for the NSF grant came from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the federal stimulus package passed in February, according to the NSF's web site.

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Dartmouth receives $3-million NSF grant

August 5, 2009

Dartmouth has been awarded a $3-million grant from the National Science Foundation for the Trustworthy Information Systems for Healthcare project, an initiative aimed at creating secure computer systems to manage healthcare information, the College announced on Wednesday. Funding for the NSF grant came from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the federal stimulus package passed in February, according to the NSF's web site.

Students perform at Lone Pine Tavern, which closed in the spring in light of budget cuts, according to Dean of the College Tom Crady.
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Lone Pine space to be revamped for the fall

By Susan Matthews | August 3, 2009

Alice Zhao / The Dartmouth Staff The Collis Governing Board is planning to renovate the area that previously housed Lone Pine Tavern to create a social space for students, according to Tanaka Mhambi '11, chair of the Collis Governing Board.

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Daily Debriefing

August 3, 2009

New York and Massachusetts police arrested 23-year-old Jason Aquino on Thursday in connection with the shooting and murder of a Cambridge, Mass.

Urban Escapes, founded by Maia Josebachvili '05, offers adventures to young professionals similar to Dartmouth Outing Club First-Year Trips.
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Alum. takes on ‘Urban Adventures'

August 3, 2009

Courtesy of urbanescapesnyc.com New Yorkers can now get out of the city and enjoy the outdoors with Urban Escapes, a company founded last year by Maia Josebachvili '05.

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Lynch's N.H. budget plan contested

By Josh Roselman | August 3, 2009

Correction appended A pending case in the New Hampshire Supreme Court could slash a hole in the state's $11.6 billion operating budget for the next two years, potentially broadening the scope of existing budget cuts and leaving the government tens of millions of dollars in debt.

Visiting professor Sabine Broeck, of the University of Bremen in Germany, discussed the divide between white feminists and African-American abolitionists.
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Prof. lectures on slavery, feminism

By Lauren Rosenbaum | July 30, 2009

Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff The metaphorical use of the word "slavery" to describe the situation of white women during the women's suffrage movement minimized the situation of black people who had actually been enslaved, visiting women and gender studies professor Sabine Broeck said in a lecture Tuesday in Carpenter Hall.

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Pre-health advisor to leave Career Services

July 30, 2009

The College's pre-health advising program will now have to operate with a smaller staff as assistant director of Career Services Kim Sauerwein, a longtime advisor for pre-health students, prepares to leave the College next week.

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