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DMS team studies iron build up

By Erin Jaeger | February 25, 2009

The build up of iron in the body can contribute to many types of cancer and vascular disease, a finding which calls into question whether vitamins fortified with iron are actually beneficial, according to a study led by Dartmouth Medical School professor Leo Zacharski.

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Students 'speak out' on sexual assault

By Emma Fidel | February 25, 2009

SAM RAUCH / The Dartmouth Staff A rapt audience of approximately 50 students gathered in Collis Common Ground on Tuesday night to listen to anonymous accounts of students' experiences with sexual assault.

The new hotel planned for downtown Hanover will be located next to the College's South Block development.
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Plans for Hanover hotel delayed

By Drew Joseph | February 25, 2009

Eric Tanner / The Dartmouth Staff Plans to construct a hotel in downtown Hanover have been delayed after the project switched hands from one developer to another earlier this year, according to individuals involved.

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Daily Debriefing

By Caroline Duffy | February 24, 2009

New findings by The Chronicle of Higher Education suggest that university specialists and top-level administrators often make more than the presidents of their universities, The New York Times reported Sunday.

Four panelists discussed the effects of new technology on the ownership rights of writers and producers at a Monday panel.
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Panel explores new technology, media

By Katie Gonzalez | February 24, 2009

ANDREW FOUST / The Dartmouth Staff New advances in digital technology have made it difficult to protect the rights of laborers and producers in the film and television industry, panelists said Monday evening during a forum in Filene Auditorium.

Patrick Michaels, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, discussed his new book during a Monday-night lecture at the Rockefeller Center.
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Prof. says climate change exaggerated

By Neera Chatterjee | February 24, 2009

BEN GETTINGER / The Dartmouth Staff Claims about the allegedly dire effects of global warming may be exaggerated, Patrick Michaels, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, said during a Thursday lecture at the Rockefeller Center.

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U.S. is still world's sole superpower, profs. say

By Nathan Swire | February 24, 2009

Despite recent setbacks in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States remains the world's sole superpower and must reshape international institutions to address the challenges of the 21st century, Dartmouth government professors Stephen Brooks and William Wohlforth argue in an article to be published in the March/April 2009 issue of Foreign Affairs magazine.

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Vt. considers sex-offender bill

By Elise Quinones | February 24, 2009

The Vermont House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly last Thursday to strengthen laws against sex offenders in response to the rape and murder of 12-year-old Brooke Bennett, a Vermont resident, this past summer.

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Daily Debriefing

By Emma Fidel | February 23, 2009

The Ford Foundation awarded $300,000 to environmental studies professor Michael Dorsey to begin the Climate Justice Research Project, according to a Feb.

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Cyber security report emphasizes cooperation

By Erin Jaeger | February 23, 2009

The U.S. government must collaborate with public and private institutions to spearhead national cyber security research and development efforts, according to a report released by Dartmouth's Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection, or I3P, on Feb.

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Panelists discuss eating disorders

By Ann Baum | February 23, 2009

Students described the effect of media stereotypes and social stigmas as they shared their experiences with eating disorders as part of "Speak Up," a panel discussion on Sunday in Tindle Lounge that began Eating Disorders Awareness Week at the College. Panelists focused on the labels and loneliness associated with eating disorders, particularly the assumption that people choose to improve their appearance or look more like celebrities. "Eating disorders are incredibly diverse," Marissa Knodel '09, one of the panelists, said.

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Many COS members praise recent changes

February 23, 2009

Members of the Committee on Standards believe changes to the COS process implemented this fall have been largely successful in increasing transparency and the campus' understanding of the College's judicial system, according to April Thompson, director of Undergraduate Judicial Affairs.

New Hampshire residence hall, which will house approximately 101 students, will be re-open Spring term.
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New Hamp to open Spring term

By Kate Farley | February 23, 2009

DOUG GONZALEZ / The Dartmouth The renovation of New Hampshire residence hall is on schedule and the building will be open to students for the Spring term, according to Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman.

Robert Park, a physics professor at the University of Maryland, discussed the Malthusian theory of population growth during his Thursday lecture.
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Birth control will help protect environment, prof. says

February 20, 2009

Zeke Turner / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Reducing fertility rates in developing countries is the only way to avoid the degradation of the global environment, University of Maryland physics professor Robert Park said in a public lecture on Thursday in Wilder Hall. The lecture, "The Last Endangered Species: Population Dynamics on a Finite Planet," discussed the Malthusian theory, first proposed by Thomas Malthus in 1798, which argues that starvation is inevitable because population grows exponentially, but resources grow linearly. While the global population is currently increasing, it will eventually plateau, Park said, because the earth can only support a limited number of people.

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Lecture examines immigration

By Katie Gonzalez | February 20, 2009

Developed nations are partially responsible for the economic inequality and political instability that causes many immigrants, asylum-seekers and refugees to leave their home countries, New York University English and comparative literature professor Robert Young said in a Thursday lecture at the Haldeman Center.

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College support, profs. say, is key for startups

February 20, 2009

Dartmouth's isolated location can make it more difficult for professors to bring their research to market, but several startups have been successful because of Dartmouth's strong alumni network and support from the College itself, according to Jake Reder, director of the Office of New Ventures at Dartmouth Medical School, which provides consulting services to DMS professors interested in starting their own companies. Professors may choose to start private companies to develop their inventions into marketable products, Alla Kan, director of Dartmouth's Technology Transfer Office, said. The College, however, legally owns many of the inventions that result from research conducted at Dartmouth because the TTO files the patents for these inventions, Kan said.

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