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College benefits from Obama's first 100 days

By Nathan Swire | April 29, 2009

As President Barack Obama begins his 100th day in office on Wednesday, Dartmouth is poised to benefit from several of his early initiatives, most significantly funding for scientific research and construction through grants offered as part of the $787 billion federal stimulus package passed in February.

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Stockton '76 tapped for DoD post

April 29, 2009

President Barack Obama announced Monday that he will nominate Paul Stockton '76 to be the assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and Americas security affairs.

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College to evacuate students from Mexico

April 29, 2009

Dartmouth will evacuate students participating in the College's Language Study Abroad program in Cholula, Mexico, amid concern over the swine flu outbreak that is believed to have originated in the country, College spokesman Roland Adams said on Tuesday.

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Daily Debriefing

By Ana Bowens | April 28, 2009

Gabrielle Ramaiah '10, a native of Houston, Texas, was one of 21 college juniors to win the a Beinecke Scholarship, according to a Dartmouth press release.

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Native Am. author laments state of Occom's gravesite

April 28, 2009

When a friend of Doug George-Kanentiio, a Native American author and historian, said he was taking him to visit the grave of an influential Native American leader, George-Kanentiio said he was surprised to be led around barbed wire fences and into the woods before coming upon faded stone graves with illegible inscriptions.

Annette Gordon-Reed '81 received the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in history on April 20 for her book on the Hemings family.
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Alumna receives the Pulitzer Prize

By Greg Berger | April 28, 2009

Courtesy of The New York Times Annette Gordon-Reed '81 was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in history on April 20 for her 2008 book "The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family." The book traces the personal history of Hemings family members, many of whom were slaves for Thomas Jefferson, from 1725 to 1836. Gordon-Reed, who was traveling in Australia at the time of the announcement, said in an interview with The Dartmouth that she was shocked to learn that she had won. "It was a total surprise," Gordon-Reed said.

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AD fire considered to be suspicious

April 28, 2009

A fire in the basement of Alpha Delta fraternity early Monday morning is "suspicious in nature," although investigators do not currently know the exact cause of the fire, according to Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone. The building's fire alarms went off at around 4:30 a.m., according to AD President Michael Shrubb '10, who was not in the fraternity at the time. The fire started in the fraternity's basement, Giaccone said, and grew hot enough to set off the sprinkler system as well as an automated alarm. The fire's location makes it appear suspicious, Giaccone said, although investigators currently have no way to determine whether the fire was accidental or intentional. Shrubb said the sprinklers flooded part of the basement and that the fire appears to have been intentionally set.

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College takes steps to prepare for swine flu

By Madeline Sims | April 28, 2009

Dartmouth administrators are working with officials at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center as well as county and state health departments to stay informed of any developments in the swine flu outbreak, director of College Health Services John Turco said Monday in a campus-wide e-mail.

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Daily Debriefing

By Greg Berger and Mitch Davis | April 27, 2009

College President James Wright and his wife, Susan Wright, spoke about their experiences and memories of Dartmouth before an audience of students and parents in Spaulding Auditorium on Saturday as part of First-Year Family Weekend.

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DOC Trips to increase financial aid

By HANUL KIM | April 27, 2009

The Dartmouth Outing Club First-Year Trips program accepted 274 of the more than 615 students who applied to be trip leaders, and waitlisted another 68 applicants, according to Trips assistant director and Student Body President Molly Bode '09.

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LGBTQA conference to be held for Ivy League

By Susan Matthews | April 27, 2009

For the first time in at least 30 years, LGBTQA students from across the Ivy League will come together for a conference to discuss the issues affecting their community, according to Gender Sexuality XYZ co-chair Adam Holt '09.

Delta Delta Delta sorority is one of three Greek organizations to write a
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Greek orgs. write formal guidelines

By Jamila Ma | April 27, 2009

EMILY van GEMEREN / The Dartmouth Staff The three Greek organizations sanctioned last term for incidents at fall formal events have developed a "Best Practices Guidelines" document that outlines procedures to be followed before, during and after off-campus events to ensure the safety and appropriate conduct of attendees.

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AAm may lose OPAL funding

April 27, 2009

The Dean of the College's Office is seeking to end its direct financial support for the Afro-American Society, Dean of the College Tom Crady informed AAm members at a March 29 meeting, according to AAm Vice President Julian Thomas '09.

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Study tracks environmental changes

April 24, 2009

The metal osmium is increasingly prevalent in rain and snow around the world, according to a study led by earth sciences professor Mukul Sharma.

Government professor Sonu Bedi gave his lecture,
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Argue reason, not rights, Bedi says

April 24, 2009

NICHOLAS ROOT / The Dartmouth Staff Citing the continuing national debates over same-sex marriage and abortion, Dartmouth government professor Sonu Bedi argued that framing the debates in terms of conflicting rights hurts the quality of the discussion in his Thursday lecture, "Rejecting Rights: Reframing the Debate." Bedi, who wrote a book on this issue, titled "Rejecting Rights," said that although rights represent the traditional way of ensuring democracy and liberty, they are not necessarily the best way to "limit the reach of the state." "The focus ought to be on reasons, not rights," Bedi said. Focusing on the reasons behind same-sex marriage prohibition, rather than the rights of homosexual couples, is a better way to ensure individual liberty, Bedi said. One issue is that the push for rights for gay couples allows detractors to claim that the group is "getting special treatment," Bedi said.

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Lecture examines clash of traditions, research

By Christina Wray | April 24, 2009

The conflict between Native American traditions and biomedical research reflects the broader efforts of Native Americans to make sense of their history and current position in the world, Puneet Sahota, a recent graduate of the MD/Ph.D program at Washington University in St.

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