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Colleges can request all SAT scores

By Kate Farley | January 14, 2009

Colleges and universities can still request students' complete SAT score reports, even if students choose to hide some scores using a new College Board program that allows test takers to select which of their scores will appear on their official transcript.

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Political chances decline for alums

January 14, 2009

Two Dartmouth alumni, economist and author Charles Wheelan '88 and Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand '88, D-N.Y., face stiffening competition in their efforts to be appointed to political positions vacated by incoming members of the Obama administration. Wheelan, a lecturer at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, is seeking the Democratic nomination in the open primary for Illinois' 5th District congressional seat, formerly held by White House Chief-of-Staff designate Rahm Emanuel. Gillibrand is a potential appointee for the Senate seat to be vacated by Secretary of State nominee Sen.

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Daily Debriefing

January 13, 2009

Chris Oldenburg, a candidate for the new lecturer in speech position at the College's Institute for Writing and Rhetoric, delivered a public talk on Monday at the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning.

Campus political groups are working to restructure in an attempt to avoid losing members now that the election has ended.
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Political orgs. refocus post election

By Greg Berger | January 13, 2009

Sarah Irving / The Dartmouth Staff With the conclusion of the 2008 presidential campaigns, the College's political organizations are working to restructure in an attempt to avoid significant decreases in membership.

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New India FSP pushed to at least 2011

By Drew Joseph | January 13, 2009

A new foreign study program in Hyderabad, India, which was expected to begin in Winter 2010, will not be offered until at least Winter 2011 because adequate funding has yet to be secured, according to Lindsay Whaley, associate dean for international and interdisciplinary programs.

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Lynn '76 tapped for Pentagon post

By Turia Lahlou | January 13, 2009

Courtesy of the United States Department of Defense President-elect Barack Obama tapped former defense lobbyist William Lynn '76 as his pick for deputy secretary of defense on Thursday.

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Wright looks back on past 10 years in report

January 13, 2009

Arguing that "human wealth" will sustain Dartmouth through the current economic crisis, College President James Wright, now in the last sixth months of his presidency, looked back on his tenure in a 10-year report, "Forever New," released Monday.

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Daily Debriefing

By Jamila Ma | January 12, 2009

Dartmouth College was ranked seventh in Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine's list of the "Top 50 values in private universities" for 2009.

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McQueeney '88 discusses IT industry, work at IBM

By Erin Jaeger | January 12, 2009

To succeed in the global economy, information technology companies must share information within the industry without sacrificing their competitive edge, David McQueeney '80, chief technological officer of IBM's federal division, said in a Friday lecture at the Thayer School of Engineering.

Community members and students called for peace in Palestine at a Friday demonstration held at the intersection of Main Street and Wheelock Street.
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Students react to Middle East crisis

January 12, 2009

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Bilal Mahmood DMS '12 had never participated in a demonstration before he learned about the current conflict between Israel and Hamas and the resulting humanitarian crisis in Gaza. "I'm actually a first-year medical student, and I read about the situation in Gaza," Mahmood said.

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Daily Debriefing

By Greg Berger | January 9, 2009

Dartmouth engineering professor Victor Petrenko and his colleagues at Ice Engineering LLC have developed a new de-icing system for power lines, according to a College press release.

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College fares better than peers

By Katie Gonzalez | January 9, 2009

Correction appended Dartmouth's reported endowment loss of six percent is lower than that reported by many of its peer institutions, some of which posted deficits as high as 25 percent. Dartmouth has lost a smaller percentage of its endowment than both Harvard University, which announced on Dec.

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Forum held to discuss budget

By Manisha Apte | January 9, 2009

Students underestimate the full magnitude of the College's upcoming budget cuts, Dean of the College Tom Crady said Thursday night in an open forum to discuss the effect of the national economic downturn on the College.

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OPAL, Hood Museum ranked low in survey

By Ann Baum | January 9, 2009

While students consider undergraduate research opportunities, Dartmouth Dining Services and College traditions such as Homecoming to be particularly important to their Dartmouth experience, the Native American Program, the Office of Pluralism and Leadership and the Hood Museum of Art are deemed to be of lesser importance, according to a Student Assembly survey released late Thursday night.

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Alum org. suspected in funding of lawsuit

January 9, 2009

While several of the plaintiffs in the ongoing alumni lawsuit against the College maintain they do not know who is funding the legal effort, alumni leaders said they believe the financial support is coming from the Hanover Institute, a non-profit organization that was also implicated in funding the now-dismissed lawsuit by the Dartmouth Association of Alumni. These alumni leaders include Dartmouth Alumni Council President John Daukas '84, said he believes the Institute is responsible for orchestrating the current litigation.

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