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Downtown businesses stock up for weekend

By Ana Bowens | May 15, 2009

Although Green Key Weekend usually brings fewer visitors to the Upper Valley than Winter Carnival and Homecoming weekends, local restaurants and shops will likely see more customers over the weekend because of the influx of returning alumni, according to local business owners. Jack Stinson, the owner of Stinson's Village Store, said he is preparing his store for the weekend by ordering more stock than usual, especially beer and other alcohol.

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College sustainability leaders urge partygoers to recycle

By Greg Berger | May 15, 2009

Anticipating dumpsters brimming with plastic cups and cans of Keystone Light, sustainability chairs and members of several Greek organizations said they are taking steps to stay environmentally friendly during Green Key Weekend. Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity usually produces slightly more trash during Green Key Weekend than other weekends, according to Islam Fayed '10, Tri-Kap house manager. For larger Green Key Weekend parties, such as the dance party the party has scheduled for Friday night, Tri-Kap uses kegs of beer instead of cans in an effort to stay sustainable, Fayed said. Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority has more parties during Green Key than usual, starting with its "Tackies" party on Wednesday, according to Carley Markovitz '10, KDE sustainability chair.

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DOC trips, films offer partying alternatives

By Conrad Scoville | May 15, 2009

Possibilities for Green Key Weekend entertainment exist beyond the traditional debauchery of Webster Avenue, according to directors of various non-Greek campus organizations that have planned activities for the weekend. The Dartmouth Outing Club hosts its annual All-DOC Day on the Thursday afternoon of Green Key Weekend each year, according to DOC President Rebecca Vogel '11.

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The best weekend of them all: a freshman's perspective

By Austin Prey | May 15, 2009

Green Key is coming, and I am all "keyed up" for it -- which means I'm in "a state of great excitement" (thank you, thesaurus, for that clever pun). Every person I have asked about Green Key maintains that it is his or her favorite weekend, and though I have never attended, I already understand.

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Green Key Society reinstates Ball after 42-year hiatus

By Ann Baum | May 15, 2009

For the first time since 1967, the Green Key Ball will return to campus this year. The ball marks the 2010 delegation of the Green Key Society's efforts to increase its involvement in Green Key Weekend, according to society President Brendan McVeigh '10 and Vice President Jean Luo '10. McVeigh is a former member of The Dartmouth Business Staff and Luo is a member of The Dartmouth Staff. The ball was traditionally a major event of the weekend, Luo said.

Gordon Campbell '70 won reelection as primier of British Columbia.
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Campbell '70 reelected BC premier

May 15, 2009

Courtesy of the Associated Press British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell '70 was reelected to a third term at the helm of the Canadian province in an election held Tuesday.

Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson '68
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Paulson '68 works on book project

By Turia Lahlou | May 15, 2009

The Dartmouth Since leaving government, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson '68 has spent most of his time "diving into his book project" about his experiences during the financial crisis, according to his daughter Amanda Paulson '97. "I don't think he knows how to relax very well," she said. Paulson entered academia this spring when he joined Johns Hopkins University's Paul H.

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Boys Speak Out helps students in transition

By Madeline Sims | May 15, 2009

Almost 100 middle school students from seven Upper Valley schools arrived on campus Thursday morning for Boys Speak Out, an event that serves to promote physical, mental and emotional fitness for boys as they transition into high school, according to organizer David Irving '11.

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Apple techs. work to resolve wireless woes

By Kate Farley | May 15, 2009

Apple technicians visited campus on Wednesday and Thursday to diagnose a campus-wide problem that "sporadically" prevents Mac computers from connecting to the Dartmouth Secure wireless network, according to director of technical services David Bucciero. Computing Services has long been aware of this problem, which causes Mac computers to identify themselves incorrectly on the network, and has had a case open with Apple's support services since January, Bucciero said.

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Daily Debriefing

By Christina Wray | May 14, 2009

Computer science professor David Kotz has been appointed as the College's new associate dean for the sciences, Dean of the Faculty Carol Folt said in an e-mail to the faculty on Wednesday.

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Students turn to local attorneys

May 14, 2009

Gary Apfel '83 chose to work as a public defender rather than practice in a large law firm after graduating law school because he "did not like chasing people down for money," he said. Now a criminal defense attorney with a private practice based in Lebanon, N.H., Apfel is among several lawyers in the Upper Valley area who often represent Dartmouth students. Apfel, who said he was inspired to practice law by his grandfather, grew up in Laconia, N.H.

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