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Assisted suicide bill proposed
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Conrad Scoville
| February 27, 2009
A New Hampshire legislator has introduced a bill that seeks to legalize assisted suicide for terminally ill patients in the state.
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Daily Debriefing
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Ana Bowens
| February 26, 2009
Harvard University plans to delay construction of a new science complex in Allston, Mass., in light of its endowment losses, the university announced last week.
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Dartmouth Skiway not greatly hurt by economy
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Lauren Rosenbaum
| February 26, 2009
The Dartmouth Skiway has been largely unaffected by the national economic downturn, according to Skiway manager Doug Holler.
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Interim director of athletics named
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Jen Buchholz
| February 26, 2009
COURTESY OF THE DARTMOUTH AEGIS Deputy athletic director Robert Ceplikas '78 has been named Dartmouth's acting athletic director, and will replace outgoing director Josie Harper on July 1, College officials announced on Wednesday.
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Interest in business schools grows
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Madeline Sims
| February 26, 2009
SUJIN LIM / The Dartmouth Domestic interest in several leading business programs, including the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Cornell University's Johnson School, has increased compared to this time last year, according to admissions officials.
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OPO search committee encouraged to consider internal candidates
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Nathan Swire
| February 26, 2009
Correction appended The Outdoor Programs Office Search Committee will conclude its search in the next few weeks and will submit a recommendation to Dean of the College Tom Crady and Dean of Student Life Joe Cassidy, who will make the final hiring decision.
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Police Blotter
February 25, 2009
February 16, 2:54 a.m. North Main Street A Hanover Police officer on patrol noticed a male rolling a table down the sidewalk of North Main Street.
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Daily Debriefing
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Emily Goodell, Erin Jaeger and Mike Coburn
| February 25, 2009
Student Assembly voted to fund a memorial for Dartmouth students who passed away before graduating in its weekly meeting Tuesday night.
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DMS team studies iron build up
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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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College announces 12 elected SEC members
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Kate Farley
| February 25, 2009
The 12 representatives of the Senior Executive Committee, the body that governs the senior class after graduation, were announced by the dean of the Class of 2009 on Tuesday.
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Students 'speak out' on sexual assault
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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.
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Plans for Hanover hotel delayed
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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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Commissioners vote for Sievers '10 budget
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Rebecca Cress
| February 25, 2009
Hank Nelson / The Dartmouth Staff NORTH HAVERHILL, N.H.
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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.
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Panel explores new technology, media
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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.
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Prof. says climate change exaggerated
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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
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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
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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
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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.