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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center recently began construction on a new outpatient center, despite the economic downturn.
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DHMC bucks budget-cut trend

By Josh Roselman | January 9, 2009

Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Staff Correction appended While the national economic crisis has prompted Dartmouth's undergraduate and professional schools to slash their budgets, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center continued to offer salary increases as late as October and November 2008 and recently began construction on a new outpatient center. DHMC already had funding in place for both initiatives prior to the stock market crash, according to DHMC spokesperson Jason Aldous.

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Daily Debriefing

January 8, 2009

The Dartmouth computer science department has implemented the College's first paperless office, according to department administrator Joseph Elsener.

Renovation on the Zeta Psi house should be complete by Fall term 2009.
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Zete moves toward recognition

By Rebecca Cress | January 8, 2009

EMILY van GEMEREN / The Dartmouth The Dartmouth chapter of Zeta Psi fraternity will have to apply to the Office of Residential Life for official re-recognition in addition to fulfilling the conditions of a separate agreement with the College, according to T.

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Grad schools cut discretionary funds

By Neera Chatterjee | January 8, 2009

Dartmouth's three professional schools will attempt to limit the effect of the economic downturn on students by focusing on reducing discretionary spending, rather than cutting major programs, the schools' deans said.

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Search for DMS dean awaits ongoing review

By Drew Joseph | January 8, 2009

A year after microbiology and immunology professor William Green began a non-renewable term as Dartmouth Medical School dean following the abrupt resignation of Stephen Spielberg last January, the College has yet to begin a search for a new dean.

The College's planned budget cuts are not likely to affect current construction projects, but many future projects will be delayed.
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College divisions limit spending

January 8, 2009

Alice Zhao / The Dartmouth The College's various departments are in the process of responding to a November directive by College President James Wright to cut institution-wide expenditures by five percent in light of the ongoing national financial crisis, according to several administration officials involved in fiscal planning.

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By Jamila Ma | January 7, 2009

Business schools across the country are increasingly trying to incorporate skills relevant to running hedge funds into their curriculums, The New York Times reported.

Student Assembly discussed its budget cut recommendations at its weekly meeting on Tuesday night.
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SA makes budget recomendations

By Ann Baum | January 7, 2009

Grey Cusack / The Dartmouth Staff Student Assembly submitted a series of possible budget cuts the College could consider in responding to the ongoing economic crisis in a letter to top administrators on Monday.

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Pres. search to consider economy

January 7, 2009

With the ongoing economic crisis, Dartmouth's presidential search committee will review candidates' fiscal experience and history of economic stewardship in selecting College President James Wright's successor, according to Al Mulley '70, chair of the presidential search committee.

Construction on Alpha Xi Delta's house will continue despite budget cuts.
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Construction of Alpha Phi house postponed

By Madeline Sims | January 7, 2009

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The College will postpone construction on Alpha Phi sorority's residence due to budget cuts at the College, according to Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman, despite previous assurances the project would continue on schedule notwithstanding the economic crisis.

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By Shaun Akhtar and John Alzate | January 6, 2009

Dartmouth Trustee Diana Taylor '77, chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion, was named as one of nine new directors of the troubled mortgage giant Fannie Mae, according to a Dec.

Dartmouth MALS students Scott Miller and Wynne Washburn presented their ongoing study about cultural tolerance in the Collis Center on Monday.
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Graduate students discuss cultural tolerance in open forum

By John Alzate | January 6, 2009

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Cultural tolerance is often most prevalent in societies that have a diverse array of ethnicities and religions, according to two Dartmouth graduate students who presented their ongoing ethnographic study in Collis Center on Monday. Scott Miller and Wynne Washburn, who are enrolled in the Master of Arts of Liberal Studies program at the College, have spent four months every year for the past four years traveling to different locations to work on their project.

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Alum calls for teacher merit pay

January 6, 2009

Educational inequity is the result of an outdated education system that pays teachers based on seniority rather than merit, Delano Brissett '05, a Teach for America alumnus, told students gathered in Cutter-Shabaz Hall on Monday night for a speech and discussion about education.

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Geithner '83 criticized for Fed bailout choices

January 6, 2009

Courtesy of the Associated Press President-elect Barack Obama's nomination of Timothy Geithner '83 for Treasury secretary was initially met with a stock market rally and media acclaim, but in recent weeks, confidence in Geithner's abilities has diminished as political analysts have criticized his reaction to the ongoing economic downturn. Many critics have taken issue with Geithner's response to the financial crisis as the president of the New York Federal Reserve. "Geithner's experience at the New York Fed, which initially was viewed as a plus, is now looking less favorable," Dartmouth government professor Linda Fowler said. Some of the criticism is driven by a belief that the New York Fed is overly focused on the stock market in determining monetary policy, rather than on long-term consequences, Fowler said. Fiscal conservatives -- such as John Berlau, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a non-profit, public policy organization that promotes limited government -- have widely criticized Geithner's response to the bank failures and questioned his expertise. "Geithner's career rise has consisted largely of falling upwards after organizing bailouts, even if the bailouts fail or prove to be unnecessary," Berlau wrote in a December editorial on the Institute's web site. The discontent is not limited to conservatives: Many mainstream and liberal publications have also questioned Geithner's actions during the fall bank failures. "Timothy Geithner, President-elect Barack Obama's choice for Treasury secretary, has some explaining to do," The New York Times wrote in a Dec.

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Alumni interests hurt by Madoff

By Emma Fidel | January 6, 2009

The organizations of two prominent Dartmouth alumni are facing multi-million dollar losses as a result of their financial ties to Bernard Madoff, whose alleged $50 billion investment fraud shook the foundations of financial firms and non-profits worldwide upon its discovery in December. Spring Mountain Capital, founded by John "Launny" Steffens '63, lost about $39 million in the scandal, while the Robert I.

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By Emily Goodell | January 5, 2009

A new plan currently before state education officials would allow New Hampshire high school students to start college at age 16, according to U.S.

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