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Williams '79 describes memorial for 9/11

By Jen Buchholz | November 18, 2008

The construction of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center, a process characterized by "angst, frustration, lack of candor and absurdity," is being stalled by the competing objectives of the numerous parties involved, David Williams '79, the project manager, said in a lecture on Monday in Collis Center room 101.

Jack Goldstone questions the link between democracy and economic development during a speech Monday.
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Speaker examines democracy, markets

By Manisha Apte | November 18, 2008

SIJUN LIM / The Dartmouth Despite widespread popular linkage of democracy with economic development, such a view is often misguided, Jack Goldstone, a visiting public policy professor from George Mason University, said in a speech on Monday at the Rockefeller Center. A country's economic development depends on the number of opportunities people have to meet their needs in that country's economic market, Goldstone said.

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Dickey Ctr. houses new institute

By Katie Gonzalez | November 18, 2008

The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding will house the new Institute on Applied Circumpolar Policy, which aims to address issues caused by rapid climate change and educate students on how government policy affects environmental problems in polar regions.

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Daily Debriefing

By Madeline Sims | November 17, 2008

The Tuck School of Business held its 15th annual diversity conference for prospective students over the weekend.

Elementary and middle school students compete at a Lego League competition on Saturday.
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Local students compete in Lego League tournament

By Caroline Duffy | November 17, 2008

Jared Bookman Robots made from Lego building blocks attempted to stop global warming at the Thayer School of Engineering last Saturday when 120 elementary and middle-school students competed in the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology Lego League tournament.

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College sees record number of E.D. apps

By Ana Bowens | November 17, 2008

Correction appended. The number of early decision applications to Dartmouth rose by 12.5 percent this year, an "all-time high," according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris '84.

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Daily Debriefing

By Ann Baum | November 14, 2008

Dartmouth College tested DartAlert, a new campus-wide emergency notification system, on Tuesday, shutting down all campus landlines for the afternoon.

John Mearsheimer lectures on the ascendancy of China Thursday.
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Mearsheimer explores threat of China

By Nathan Swire | November 14, 2008

Andy Foust / The Dartmouth Staff The rise of China, and its likely desire to dominate East Asia, will pose a powerful threat to the United States in the near future, John Mearsheimer, prominent international relations theorist and political science at the University of Chicago, said in a lecture Thursday.

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Elliott derides Sievers '10 as a 'teenybopper'

By Rebecca Cress | November 14, 2008

Breaking a week of silence, Carol Elliott, the former Grafton County Treasurer, called Treasurer-elect Vanessa Sievers '10 a "teenybopper" who won her seat solely based on support from "brainwashed" college students, in an interview with the Valley News.

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College to cut budget by $40 mil.

By Turia Lahlou | November 14, 2008

College President James Wright has announced plans to cut the College's budget by 5 percent this year, with the goal of reducing the budget by 10 percent -- approximately $40 million -- within the next two years.

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Daily Debriefing

By Manisha Apte | November 13, 2008

Following the advice of a panel of experts, the U.S. Department of Energy has decided to halt funding for the Free Air CO2 Enrichment research program, despite opposition from many of the scientists involved, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.

T-shirts hang in the Collis Center to commemorate the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals week at the College.
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Lecturers visit for U.N. MDG week at Dartmouth

By Ana Bowens | November 13, 2008

Jennifer Argote / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Attempting to draw awareness to global poverty, disease and environmental degradation, the Dartmouth Coalition for Global Health and the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding paired up this week to organize events and lectures devoted to the discussion of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals. At the Millennium Summit in 2000, the U.N.

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I3P teams with Senate on cyber security

By Elise Quinones | November 13, 2008

Dartmouth's Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection, in collaboration with members of the United States Senate, is in the process of creating a cyber-security research and development summary report for the next presidential administration, according to Martha Austin, the program's executive director.

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