Dartmouth credit rating lowered

CHRIS PARKER / The Dartmouth Staff Days before the College plans to issue over $400 million in bonds, Standard & Poor's downgraded the College's credit rating to double-A plus, the second highest rating, from its prior triple-A status.

Lecturer advocates for global med. standards

Ceremony pays homage to fallen troops

JAMIE MCCOY / The Dartmouth The barbecue held at Beta Alpha Omega fraternity on Monday was a little different than those hosted at other venues on campus; the attendees were largely veterans, many of whom had served in Iraq.

Decision-making process is often flawed, prof. says

Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth In making decisions, people often consider all relevant information and attempt to predict future outcomes.

Islamic fundamentalism is changing, expert says

Pres. house to undergo renovation

Jennifer Argote / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The 83-year-old President's House on Webster Avenue, which has served as the residence for the last six College presidents, including current President James Wright, will undergo a major renovation this summer to address long-standing maintenance concerns in preparation for the arrival of College President-elect Jim Yong Kim and his family. As the renovations will require the partial demolition of nearly all of the walls, the house will be uninhabitable during construction, according to associate Provost Mary Gorman, who is overseeing the project. "I enjoyed living here.

Prof. calls for opening of Palestinian borders

ZACH KUSTER / The Dartmouth Staff Stabilizing Palestine's economy and political system is the only way to halt the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and save the Palestinian people from poverty, Amaney Jamal, an assistant professor of politics at Princeton University, said in her lecture "The Gaza Crisis: How we got here and where do we go next?" held in the Rockefeller Center on Wednesday. Because Palestine's economy is irreversibly linked to Isreal's, peace can only be achieved through the opening of Palestinian borders and subsequent growth of the country's economy, Jamal said. Jamal pointed to the precarious economic situation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank as a prime source of instability in the region. "Any peace process needs to address the ability of the Palestinian entity to support itself economically," she said. There has been a rapid expansion of poverty in the region since the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993, Jamal said.

Journalist criticizes welfare policies

Chris Parker / The Dartmouth Staff States that make "emotional" decisions, such as legislating extensive welfare policies, are hurting their citizens, James Bartholomew, a writer for the Daily Telegraph, said in a speech in Dartmouth Hall on Wednesday.