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Board chair responds to Zywicki '88 letter

By Turia Lahlou | April 20, 2009

Correction appended Dartmouth Board of Trustees Chairman Ed Haldeman '70 released a statement on Friday outlining and defending the Board's reelection process for second-term trustees following recent controversy surrounding the Board's decision not to reelect Trustee Todd Zywicki '88.

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Board chairman responds to Zywicki '88 letter

By Turia Lahlou | April 17, 2009

Correction appended Dartmouth Board of Trustees Chairman Ed Haldeman '70 released a statement on Friday outlining and defending the Board's reelection process for second-term trustees following recent controversy surrounding the Board's decision not to reelect Trustee Todd Zywicki '88.

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Graduate Senate aims to create 'unified voice'

By Caroline Duffy | April 17, 2009

Unable to convince the Board of Trustees to add a graduate school representative to the presidential search committee, Samuel Bakhoum, a fourth-year M.D./Ph.D candidate, and Bradley Demay, who will complete his Ph.D in biology in 2010, decided to create an advocacy body for graduate students.

Motivational speaker Valerie Yong discussed the
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Young explains impostor syndrome

April 17, 2009

ANDREW FOUST / The Dartmouth Staff About 70 percent of the population often feels incompetent and unsuccessful, Valerie Young, a workshop leader and motivational speaker, told students gathered in Kemeny Hall on Thursday.

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Funding for conferences untouched

By Madeline Sims | April 17, 2009

While many universities across the country have cut their academic conference travel budgets in light of the current economic crisis, Dartmouth's official policy on professional development funding has not changed, according to Robertson McClung, associate dean of the faculty for the sciences. "Participating in academic conferences is critical to the success, professional growth and reputation of our faculty," McClung said in an e-mail to The Dartmouth.

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Nolan '10 admits his critique was strategic

April 17, 2009

Student body presidential candidate John Nolan '10 admitted that his recent criticisms of the current Student Assembly administration were motivated by a "desire to win" and are not representative of his personal beliefs in an e-mail to Student Body President Molly Bode '09 and Assembly Vice President Nafeesa Remtilla '09 obtained by The Dartmouth on Thursday. Nolan, in a presidential debate on Wednesday, said Bode's administration was "bogus" and that Bode had failed to adequately advocate for students' interests.

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Daily Debriefing

April 16, 2009

The New Hampshire Senate Judiciary Committee held a public hearing on Wednesday for a bill that seeks to allow gay marriage, the Associated Press reported.

Ongoing higher education strikes in France have affected students participating in Language Study Abroad programs.
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Protests in France affect students on LSA programs

April 16, 2009

Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Staff Kathleen Mayer '11 had to take her final exams over the Internet, using her host family's computer, during her Language Study Abroad to Toulouse last term after a strike by professors and students blocked the entrance to the University of Toulouse II-Le Mirail.

Professor Jennifer Fluri
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Geography prof.'s research takes her to Afghanistan

By Ana Bowens | April 16, 2009

Sarah Irving / The Dartmouth Staff Geography professor Jennifer Fluri always has a heaping assortment of chocolate and nuts and a steaming cup of tea ready in case visitors stop by her office, bringing a bit of her fieldwork in Afghanistan back to Hanover. "It is an Afghan tradition to have sweets and tea ready for company," Fluri said, explaining that she often benefited from such hospitality during the time she spent doing research in Afghanistan. Fluri began studying Afghanistan as a graduate student, and has continued to do so as a professor at Dartmouth. Fluri, who came to the College in 2005 and is also a member of the women and gender studies faculty, said she can connect the subjects she teaches, which include classes like "Women, Gender and Development" and "Gender, Space and Islam," with her research, which addresses gender roles in Afghanistan and the effectiveness of international development organizations. "I began wanting to see how groups and organizations were using education as a form of political resistance -- specifically the Taliban," Fluri said.

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Demand for UFC funds may grow

By Robert szypko | April 16, 2009

The Undergraduate Finance Committee, which provides funding for eight organizations that support many of the student groups and events on campus, may face new financial challenges in light of Dartmouth's budget cuts, several people involved with the UFC said.

The student body presidential candidates went head-to-head in a debate held on Wednesday at Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
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SA candidates debate Greek issues

By Ann Baum | April 16, 2009

SUJIN LIM / The Dartmouth Staff Greek governance, the College's alcohol policy and leadership experience were among the topics debated by student body presidential candidates Boyd Lever '10, John Nolan '10 and Frances Vernon '10 in a Wednesday forum focusing on Greek issues.

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