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College responds to alumni lawsuit

February 4, 2009

Correction appended Dartmouth filed its official response to the ongoing alumni lawsuit again the College on Tuesday, arguing that the legal action is without merit and that the plaintiffs do not have grounds to sue, according to the College's general counsel, Bob Donin. In its answer to the lawsuit, the College denied the legitimacy of 77 of the plaintiff's claims, often with terse, one-sentence explanations. The current suit is the second in two years to involve parity on the College's Board of Trustees between the number of Board-selected and alumni-elected members.

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Daily Debriefing

February 3, 2009

Columbia University's investment portfolio fell by 15 percent over the last six months of 2008, the Columbia Spectator reported.

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HealThySelf House aims to put focus on outreach

By Greg Berger | February 3, 2009

Two years after its initial conception, the HealThySelf House project, an initiative to support students dealing with substance abuse and emotional difficulties, has decided to focus on reaching out to students in need rather than working to raise funds to obtain a physical plant, according to founder Bill Sjogren '67. HSH was founded to provide a safe space for high school and College students struggling with drugs, alcohol, eating disorders and other challenges.

Kul Chandra Gautam '72 discussed how to improve children's health care worldwide in his lecture Monday night in Filene Auditorium.
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Gautam '72 examines child health

By Shaun Akhtar | February 3, 2009

Elisabeth Ericson / The Dartmouth Staff Combatting disease and premature death among children is one of the most important priorities for modern societies, Kul Chandra Gautam '72, former assistant secretary-general of the United Nations and deputy executive director of UNICEF, said Monday in a lecture at Filene Auditorium.

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DMS prof. investigates cause of schizophrenia

By Kate Farley | February 3, 2009

The neural systems that control self-reflection may be over active in schizophrenic patients, causing these individuals to confuse reality and delusion, according to a recent study by Alan Green, chair of the psychiatry department at Dartmouth Medical School, and 12 other researchers. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that affects a patient's perception of reality, often causing hallucinations or paranoid delusions. The study found that schizophrenia patients are less able to suppress activity in the "default system" of the brain, which is the neural network that is activated when a person is engaged in self-reflection or not focusing on a specific task. "Normally this network of the brain calms down when people focus on things," Green said.

Government professor Linda Fowler discussed the challenges President Barack Obama may face in attempting to further his policy agenda.
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Prof. discusses Obama, Congress

By Lauren Rosenbaum | February 3, 2009

Elisabeth Ericson / The Dartmouth Staff President Barack Obama may have difficulty pushing his economic stimulus package and similar initiatives through Congress despite his initial popularity, government professor Linda Fowler said at a College Democrats meeting on Monday. Although the Democratic Party has a majority in both houses of Congress, Fowler said, Obama may still face challenges in furthering his agenda. The Democrats have only a narrow majority, and there is currently a deep divide between the Democrats and the Republicans, Fowler said. Members of both parties are more likely to vote along party lines and also to filibuster, she said, a tactic that has gained widespread acceptance only in recent years.

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Obama to pick Gregg for commerce secretary

February 3, 2009

Correction appended President Barack Obama will announce today that Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., is his nominee for commerce secretary, according to multiple media reports.

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Daily Debriefing

By Greg Berger | February 2, 2009

The U.S. Senate is currently considering a bill that would raise the upper limit on the value of federal loans available to college students, according The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Prof. discusses art history, optics

February 2, 2009

Scientific research has shed new light on conventional ideas about art history, Charles Falco, optical sciences professor at the University of Arizona, told an audience at the Thayer School of Engineering on Friday afternoon.

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Prof. speaks on illogical behavior

February 2, 2009

Humans and other primates have inherited similar patterns of illogical behavior through evolution, Laurie Santos, a psychology professor at Yale University, said in a Friday lecture in MooreHall.

Richard Crocker was installed as dean of the Tucker Foundation on Sunday.
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Crocker installed as Tucker dean

February 2, 2009

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Correction appended College Chaplain Richard Crocker was officially installed as the 12th dean of the Tucker Foundation in a ceremony held Sunday in Rollins Chapel.

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Daily Debriefing

By Shaun Akhtar | January 30, 2009

Milton Ochieng '04 and Frederick Ochieng '05 will be featured on ABC's World News with Charles Gibson and honored in the show's Person of the Week segment on Friday night.

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Gillibrand '88 seen as conservative

January 30, 2009

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand '88, D-N.Y., has come under fire since her appointment to the Senate last week for her conservative stance on immigration during her time in the U.S.

Kul Chandra Gautam '72, former assistant secretary general of the United Nations, discussed his work at a Thursday dinner.
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Gautam '72 discusses U.N. work

By Nathan Swire | January 30, 2009

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff With concrete goals and international cooperation, the United Nations can reduce poverty and infant mortality in the developing world, Kul Chandra Gautam '72, former assistant secretary-general of the United Nations, told a group of 30 students gathered in Cutter-Shabazz Hall on Thursday.

Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity is one of five organizations that may face social probation following sanctions by members of a College committee.
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Five Greek orgs. may be placed on probation

January 30, 2009

EMILY van GEMEREN / The Dartmouth Five Greek organizations may face social probation following a series of hearings before members of the Organizational Adjudication Committee, according to students involved in the process.

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