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Students on LGBTQA panel criticize labeling

By Jamila Ma | February 19, 2009

Labels describing sexual orientation can lead individuals to apply inaccurate stereotypes to members of the LGBTQA community, several students said at Dartmouth's first Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Allied panel held Wednesday night.

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Profs. say fact boxes needed for drug ads.

By Katie Gonzalez | February 19, 2009

Prescription drug advertisements should include "fact boxes" to help consumers make informed decisions about their medications, according to a study by three Dartmouth Medical School professors published online Tuesday in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Dartmouth Dining Services will restructure in light of the College's recently announced budget plan.
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DDS to restructure in light of spending cuts

By John A. Alzate | February 19, 2009

Eric Tanner / The Dartmouth Dartmouth Dining Services will partially restructure its business model over the next few years in an effort to reduce costs as part of the College's recently announced budget plan, according to Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center could lose $800,000 per year due to the proposed elimination of a program that gives funds to teaching hospitals.
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Gov. proposes Medicaid reduction

By Emily Goodell & Nathan Swire | February 19, 2009

Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center may lose $800,000 in state support annually due to the proposed elimination of a Medicaid program that provides funding for teaching hospitals, according to Gina Balkus, DHMC director of government relations.

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Daily Debriefing

By Caroline Duffy | February 18, 2009

The University of Pennsylvania saw a decrease in the total number of applications for the Class of 2013, according to The Daily Pennsylvanian.

Students discuss the effect of Hanover alcohol guidelines on the College's Good Samaritan policy at the Student Assembly meeting on Tuesday.
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Assembly to examine town alcohol policies

By Ann Baum | February 18, 2009

Grey Cusack / The Dartmouth Staff Student Assembly passed legislation to "examine and evaluate" alcohol policies in the Town of Hanover and their effect on the College's Good Samaritan policy at its Tuesday evening meeting. The Good Sam policy allows an intoxicated student or that student's concerned friend to call Safety and Security and, with no questions asked and no disciplinary ramifications from the College, receive a medical response. When the student involved is unresponsive or has a blood alcohol content of above 0.30, he or she is transferred to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, rather than receiving treatment at Dick's House.

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Union members react to cuts, restructuring

February 18, 2009

In an office in the basement of Dartmouth Hall, Earl Sweet, president of the Service Employees International Union Local 560, surveys the time sheets littering his desk.

New York Times economics columnist David Leonhardt said the government must increase education spending and decrease health care costs to make long-term economic improvments.
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Columnist delivers lecture on economy

By Michael Coburn | February 17, 2009

JONATHAN ERDMAN / The Dartmouth The United States must invest in education and decrease the cost of health care to promote long-term economic growth and recover from the current recession, New York Times economics columnist David Leonhardt told students and community members in a Monday lecture at the Rockefeller Center. "This is the end of the two decades boom, and perhaps bubble, in consumer spending," he said.

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DMS team studies gene involved in sleep cycle

By Kate Farley | February 17, 2009

Correction appended A team of researchers at Dartmouth Medical School has identified a gene that could be targeted to help jet-lagged travelers or workers on a late shift adjust their bodies' internal clocks to new schedules. The team primarily studies the genetics and molecular biology of the circadian clock, a regulatory mechanism that drives many of the body's physiological processes including the sleep cycle, genetics department chair Jay Dunlap, one of the researchers involved with the study, said in an interview with The Dartmouth. The researchers decided to investigate the gene, named Id2, after tests indicated that it could be involved in the circadian system. The circadian clock dictates sleep patterns based on the natural light-dark cycle, Dunlap said, regardless of whether an individual is awake at night. "Even though you're on shift work, it doesn't mean that the clock is resetting," he said.

Students may have greater difficulty finding off-campus housing due to increased demand for rental properties in light of the current economic downturn.
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Economy contributes to local rent increases

By Robert szypko | February 17, 2009

Marina Agapakis / The Dartmouth Staff Economic uncertainty may increase the number of people seeking to rent, rather than buy, real estate in Hanover, possibly making it more difficult for students to find off-campus housing, according to several people involved in the local real estate market.

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Daily Debriefing

By Shaun Akhtar and Turia Lahlou | February 16, 2009

A new web site, iBridgeNetwork.org, will allow universities to share the details of new inventions engineered by their faculty members with technology companies and other universities, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on Friday.

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DHMC to seek blood donors online

By Madeline Sims | February 16, 2009

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center's Blood Donor program recently entered into a partnership with the non-profit organization Takes All Types to recruit younger blood donors online.

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Stimulus plan to boost science research funds

February 16, 2009

EDIE WU / The Dartmouth Dartmouth professors who conduct scientific research stand to benefit from the $787 billion economic stimulus plan approved by Congress on Friday, which will increase funding for research, according to Jill Mortali, director of the Office of Sponsored Projects at the College.

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Students rebuild following snow sculpture collapse

By Nathan Swire | February 13, 2009

In the early morning hours of the night before Winter Carnival, dozens of students toiled under the glare of electric lamps, plastic buckets and snow shovels in hand, racing against time to rebuild the snow sculpture before the opening ceremony Thursday evening. This late night labor crew was organized by the Dartmouth Outing Club and the Snow Sculpture Committee after the south wall of the original snow sculpture, a scale model of Moosilauke Ravine Lodge, collapsed due to warm weather. With less than 24 hours before opening ceremonies, the Outing Club sent a mass e-mail to campus Wednesday evening soliciting ideas for a new sculpture that could be built overnight.

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