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Student interest in green jobs grows

By Greg Berger | April 9, 2009

Although undergraduate interest in jobs in environmental fields has increased in recent years, the availability of jobs in this sector has not mirrored its growing popularity, according to personnel at several Ivy League colleges and universities. "We are still trying to catch up to the media hype about green jobs," Skip Sturman, director of Career Services at Dartmouth, said.

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Usman pled guilty to separate charge in 2007

April 9, 2009

Mohammad Usman, the former member of the Class of 2010 who pled guilty last week to fraudulently collecting $18,645 in College grants and federal work study funding, previously pled guilty to a violation resulting from a separate incident in 2007.

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Daily Debriefing

By Caroline Duffy | April 8, 2009

Correction appended The Order of Omega, Office of Residential Life and Greek Leadership Council hosted their annual awards ceremony on Tuesday to honor the achievement of Greek organizations and their members.

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Diplomat discusses United Nations

By Jamila Ma | April 8, 2009

ELIZABETH ERICSON / The Dartmouth Staff The United Nations must overcome internal division to prevent the global economic crisis from developing into a human crisis, which could lead to increases in international social instability and terrorism, Harald Fries, minister of economic and social affairs at the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations in New York, said in a Tuesday lecture at the Haldeman Center. Fries expressed concern that developing countries, though not the root cause of the global financial crisis, are likely to be most affected by the economic downturn.

The Dartmouth Political Union hosted a gay marriage debate on Tuesday.
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Bishop, activist debate gay marriage

By Ann Baum | April 8, 2009

Zeke Turner / The Dartmouth Senior Staff On the same day that Vermont legislators voted to legalize same-sex marriage, New Hampshire political figures and members of the Dartmouth Political Union debated the issue in a standing room only auditorium in the Rockefeller Center. Bishop Gene Robinson of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, an openly gay proponent of same-sex marriage, debated Kevin Smith, executive director for Cornerstone Policy Research, a think tank that advocates for "strong families, limited government and free markets," according to its web site. Smith and Robinson each gave opening statements and answered questions from the audience.

Members of the Dartmouth Panhellenic extension committee held an information session on Tuesday.
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Info session held about adding a new sorority

By John A. Alzate | April 8, 2009

DOUG GONZALEZ / The Dartmouth Members of the Dartmouth Panhellenic Council extension committee presented information on the search for a new National Panhellenic Conference sorority to potential new members and other interested women during an information session held in Kemeny Hall on Tuesday.

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Daily Debriefing

April 7, 2009

More than 110 students and members of the Dartmouth community attended a dinner in which recent recipients of the Olga Gruss Lewin Post-Graduate Fellowship discussed their efforts to pursue careers in social justice, according to event organizer and Tucker Foundation civic intern Paola Murcia '11.

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PLO official discusses conflict in Middle East

April 7, 2009

JON ERDMAN / The Dartmouth Born in Hebron, Palestine to refugee parents who left their home in Haifa after the creation of the state of Israel, Nabil Abuznaid spent many of his early years in the Palestinian territories and witnessed the conflict in the region first-hand.

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Bill could make College free for vets.

April 7, 2009

Correction appended Veterans who attend Dartmouth though the GI Bill's Yellow Ribbon Program will likely not have to pay tuition in order to attend the College, according to regulations announced by the Department of Veterans Affairs last week and interviews with College administrators.

Dean of the Faculty Carol Folt gave her report to the faculty on Monday.
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Profs. question budget decisions

April 7, 2009

EDIE WU / The Dartmouth Interdisciplinary learning, strategic planning and departmental reviews will be a major focus for Dartmouth faculty in the coming year, Dean of the Faculty Carol Folt said in her report at the annual meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Monday.

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Daily Debriefing

April 6, 2009

Student Assembly joined with several other campus organizations to sponsor the Live Campus concert series on Friday.

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Endersby gives engineering lecture

By Erin Jaeger | April 6, 2009

Engineers must consider the environmental impact of their product designs now more than ever before because of the increasing threats of global climate change and resource depletion, industry professional Stephen Endersby said in a lecture Friday afternoon.

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