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Dartmouth Model United Nations held a conference this weekend that was attended by 217 high school students.
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Model U.N. conf. held at College

By Katie Gonzalez | April 6, 2009

Jessica Griffen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Correction appended### High school students donned suits and assumed new identities as United Nations delegates during the fourth annual Dartmouth Model United Nations conference, hosted by the Dartmouth Model U.N.

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Student pleads guilty to financial aid fraud

April 6, 2009

Mohammad Usman, a former member of the Class of 2010, pled guilty last Thursday, April 2, to falsely claiming thousands of dollars in financial aid and grants from the College, including Tucker Foundation internship funding, according to court documents. Usman left the College after his 2008 Summer term.

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Former Dartmouth student pleads guilty to financial aid fraud

April 3, 2009

Mohammad Usman, a former member of the Class of 2010 who left Dartmouth after his 2008 Summer term, pled guilty on Thursday to falsely claiming thousands of dollars in financial aid from the College, including Tucker Foundation internship funding, according to court documents. Dartmouth spokesman Roland Adams would not confirm whether Usman left the College voluntarily, citing privacy laws. Usman admitted in federal court to committing identify fraud and higher education student assistance fraud.

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Daily Debriefing

By Andrew Wells | April 3, 2009

Two Brown University undergraduates who spent their spring break together in Trinidad have yet to return to the university, prompting the State Department to begin an investigation on Thursday, CBS KYTX-TV reported.

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Trauma from infant siblings' death lasts for life, study finds

By Robert szypko | April 3, 2009

The memory of an infant sibling dying in a neonatal intensive care unit significantly affects older siblings for the rest of their lives, according to a recent study published in The Journal of Pediatrics by researchers at Dartmouth Medical School. The study's authors, DMS professors Joanna Fanos, George Little and William Edwards, drew their research from interviews with 13 adults and one adolescent whose siblings died in infancy at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center between 1980 and 1990. According to the study, six participants reported "veiled" or secretive family communication, seven gave accounts of parents' ongoing grief and 11 reported high degrees of anxiety, particularly concerning pregnancy and their mothers' well being. Siblings of deceased infants often experience depression, anger, guilt and helplessness, the study found.

GradeGuru and other note-sharing sites allow students to exchange class notes and related materials.
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Web sites facilitate note-sharing

By Kate Farley | April 3, 2009

The Dartmouth Note-sharing web sites, which allow students to exchange class notes and other related materials online, are growing in popularity at universities nationwide, but few Dartmouth students appear to be active users. Most of the more popular sites -- including GradeGuru, StudyBlue and UniversityJunction -- are free for users with university-affiliated e-mail addresses.

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Thayer holds symposium on climate

By Madeline Sims | April 3, 2009

JON ERDMAN / The Dartmouth The partial ignorance of both policymakers and the public regarding scientific data about climate change has prevented the United States government from mitigating its effects, James Hansen, a leading climate scientist and director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Institute for Space Studies, told a packed Cook Auditorium on Thursday evening.

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AoA comm. to consider campaign finance rules

April 3, 2009

The Association of Alumni will work to reform campaign rules for Board of Trustee and Association elections if the currently proposed amendment to the Association constitution -- which calls for structural changes to the trustee election process -- is passed this spring, according to Association President John Mathias '69.

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Daily Debriefing

By Elise Quinones | April 2, 2009

Twenty-eight thousand students who were rejected by the University of California, San Diego mistakenly received congratulatory e-mails on Monday that said they were accepted and included an invitation to attend Admit Day, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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College welcomes back the 'Pioneering Nine'

By Jen Buchholz | April 2, 2009

Dartmouth may not have become coeducational until 1972, but Lynn Lobban remembers drinking from a keg and smoking a cigar at the College during the 1968-1969 school year when she formally joined Chi Heorot fraternity.

Thayer School of Engineering student Jacob Jurmain '08 is working on a new invention that could help military personnel avoid roadside bombs.
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Student invention could help in Iraq

By John A. Alzate | April 2, 2009

Zeke Turner / The Dartmouth Senior Staff When Jacob Jurmain '08 demonstrated a robot he built as a teenager -- a rudimentary scout robot for SWAT teams -- at the Thayer School of Engineering's annual open house last spring, his audience included fellow College students and local residents.

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Prospects improve for Hodes '72

April 2, 2009

Rep. Paul Hodes '72, D-N.H., appears to be the likely Democratic candidate for the 2010 U.S. Senate after the announcement last month by Rep.

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Staff vacancies plague Geithner '83

By Nathan Swire & Anya Perret | April 1, 2009

Editor's Note: This is part two of a two-part series on the role of Dartmouth alumnus and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner '83 in the federal government's response to the ongoing economic crisis. Having withstood recent calls for his resignation, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner '83 still faces international skepticism, staffing difficulties and a harsh political climate in Washington as he works to solve the current financial crisis. Several high level positions at the Treasury Department remain vacant, and Geithner is the only top Treasury official who has been confirmed by the Senate.

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