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"Skeeing on the brain": The DOC celebrates its centennial

February 13, 2009

Frat parties and debauchery epitomize Winter Carnival for much of the Dartmouth community, but the event's earliest incarnations were spent mainly on the ski slopes and toboggan runs north of campus, not in the dance parties and fraternities of Webster Avenue.

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Exec. discusses corporate structure

February 13, 2009

Business leaders in an increasingly unstable global economy must switch from a traditional hierarchical corporate structure to a flat network that encourages employee cooperation, Nestle Board Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe said in a Thursday lecture at the Tuck School of Business.

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Lynn '76 confirmed by Senate

February 13, 2009

The Senate confirmed former defense lobbyist William Lynn '76 as deputy secretary of defense by a vote of 93 to four on Thursday.

Illinois congressional candidate Charlie Wheelan '88 spoke to students during a visit to campus in January.
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Students campaign for Wheelan '88

By Katie Gonzalez | February 13, 2009

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Dartmouth students have been making phone calls from fraternities and sending e-mails from France in an effort to raise funds and build support for economist Charlie Wheelan '88 in his Democratic primary bid for the Illionis congressional seat recently vacated by Rahm Emanuel, President Barack Obama's chief of staff. Wheelan is a visiting professor at the College during the Summer term. Economics professor Bruce Sacerdote held a cocktail party for Wheelan at the Hanover Inn on Jan.

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Graduate schools see decreased donations

By Kate Farley | February 13, 2009

Alumni giving to the College's graduate school fundraising campaigns has fallen in the wake of the current economic crisis, according to Dartmouth development officials, but the percentage of alumni making contributions has remained constant. Revenue from the Tuck School of Business' annual fund has declined by 20 percent for this fiscal year, according to David Celone, director of Tuck annual giving and alumni services.

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Gregg withdraws as Commerce nominee

By Conrad Scoville | February 12, 2009

Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H, withdrew his name from consideration as President Barack Obama's Commerce Secretary nominee on Thursday, according to a statement released by Gregg's office. The Senator cited what he called "irresolvable differences" with the Obama administration. "It has become apparent during this process that this will not work for me as I have found that on issues such as the stimulus package and the census there are irresolvable conflicts for me," Gregg said in the statement. Gregg, who was elected to the House of Representatives in 1981, served as governor of New Hampshire from 1989 to 1993, and was then elected to the Senate.

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Daily Debriefing

February 12, 2009

Harvard University will offer early retirement packages to staff members over the age of 55 who have worked at the university for more than 10 years, The Harvard Crimson reported on Tuesday.

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Police Blotter

February 12, 2009

February 3, 10:40 a.m. South Street Hanover Police received a call from the Howe library reporting that a 61-year-old female and her 18-year-old son had incurred a combined fine of $553 for overdue books and CDs.

Archaeologist Leonardo Lopez Lujan discussed his work in a Wednesday lecture.
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Archaeologist discusses relics

By Emily Goodell | February 12, 2009

SAM RAUCH / The Dartmouth Two stone monoliths recently discovered in Mexico City may have been used for Aztec sacrifices and funeral rituals, archaeologist Leonardo Lopez Lujan told a group of about 60 students, faculty and community members gathered in the Haldeman Center on Wednesday.

MIT professor Nick Montfort discussed interactive, text-based video games in his Wednesday lecture.
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Prof. discusses text-based games

By Robert szypko | February 12, 2009

ANDREW FOUST / The Dartmouth Staff Computer programmers can enhance the experiences of players of text-based video games by experimenting with different writing styles, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Nick Montfort said in a lecture on Wednesday afternoon in Carson Hall.

Nadiv Tamir, Consul General of Israel to New England, defended Israel's action in the recent conlict in Gaza in his Wednesday lecture.
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Israeli diplomat defends military action

By Drew Joseph | February 12, 2009

Elisabeth Ericson / The Dartmouth Staff Nadav Tamir, Consul General of Israel to New England, made a case for Israel's recent military campaign in the Gaza Strip in a speech on Wednesday in Silsby Hall.

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DMS to cut $25 mil., lay off staff members

By Jamila Ma | February 12, 2009

Dartmouth Medical School will layoff an undetermined number of staff members as part of a $25-million budget reduction to be implemented over the next two years, DMS Dean William Green announced in an e-mail to the medical school community on Monday.

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Daily Debriefing

By Elise Quinones | February 11, 2009

Yale University faculty retirement funds have been hit hard by the economic recession, according to the Yale Daily News.

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Scholar says Haiti intervention failed

By Emma Fidel | February 11, 2009

United Nations military interventions in Haiti have failed to provide long-term solutions to the country's political and economic instability, Thomas Urban, a visiting scholar of anthropology at Brown University, said in a Tuesday lecture at the Rockefeller Center.

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