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Economy threatens student lenders

By Rebecca Cress | October 2, 2008

Student lenders, strained by the economic downturn and credit crunch, are closing their doors and raising their standards after this week's market meltdown, making it increasingly difficult to obtain college loans.

Michelle DeSousa, the new Sexual Abuse Awareness Program coordinator, wants to address victim blame and inaction at Dartmouth.
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De Sousa plans Greek SAAP events

October 2, 2008

Larkin Elderon / The Dartmouth Staff Michelle de Sousa, the new coordinator of the College's Sexual Abuse Awareness Program, plans to expand the expand sexual awareness programming, emphasizing the importance of addressing victim blame, inaction and the belief that sexual violence is limited. The increase in sexual assault cases this year-- from 13 to 19 according to the College's 2008 Annual Security Report -- is favorable, according to de Sousa.

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Fewer banks show for career fair

October 2, 2008

Despite Monday's stock market crash and the marked absence of several large investment firms, students packed into the top of the Hopkins Center for the Arts and Alumni Hall Wednesday for the first day of the 2008 Employee Connections Fair.

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Daily Debriefing

By Manisha Apte and Katie Paxton | October 1, 2008

The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Alliance, a group of eleven organizations working to improve locally directed healthcare, will change its name to the New England Alliance for Health.

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Daily Debriefing

By Andrew Clay and Casey Hicks | September 30, 2008

College admissions officials and high school counselors from across the country met to discuss current problems with the college admissions process at the annual conference of the National Association for College Admission Counseling in Seattle, Wash., last weekend.

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Mitchell supports economic bailout

September 30, 2008

Former United States Senate majority leader George Mitchell, D-Maine, spoke to a crowd of over 300 Dartmouth students and faculty in Spaulding Auditorium on Monday, giving a lecture titled "America's Role in the World." The United States should address hostility abroad in order to confront the global challenges of the 21st century, including the current economic crisis, global climate change and nuclear proliferation, Mitchell said in his speech. Commenting on the current U.S.

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Geithner '83 seeks gov't solution to crisis

By Kate Farley | September 30, 2008

Timothy Geithner '83, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, has been propelled into the public spotlight with his involvement in the current financial crisis. Geithner is working closely with fellow Dartmouth alumnus Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson '68 and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to minimize the damage of the recent meltdown in the American financial markets. The three are the primary architects of government bailout plans, and the key proponents of the Troubled Assets Relief Program, a $700 billion buyout plan designed by Paulson which was voted down by the House of Representatives Monday.

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Market threatens recruiting, grads' jobs

September 30, 2008

As Wall Street scrambles to resolve this week's historic economic crisis, seismic changes to the foundations of the financial world have threatened millions of jobs and left Dartmouth's prospective investment bankers unsure of what lies ahead for their careers. The House of Representatives' vote to reject the proposed $700 billion bailout Monday increased fears about the already-burdened financial sector, as the Dow dropped nearly 7 percent by the end of the day.

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Daily Debriefing

By John Alzate | September 29, 2008

Hanover Town Manager Julia Griffin said she was not concerned about a recent federal civil-rights lawsuit that could expose the town to potential liability in a case involving a 2006 regional SWAT team raid, The Valley News reported last Friday.

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Ivy League battles on GoCrossCampus

September 29, 2008

On Sunday, Dartmouth students "judo-chopped" and "pulverized" Cornell, Yalies were "grand theft auto'd" and "rick-rolled" and a Columbia University student suffered the misfortune of being "projectile vomited on." These malicious acts were all carried out virtually on GoCrossCampus' Ivy League Championship, which began earlier this month. GoCrossCampus, an annual competition in its second year, is an online world-domination game where participants, competing under the name of their universities, control virtual soldiers in an attempt to conquer territories.

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Buckey to test program for astronauts

By Nathan Swire | September 29, 2008

Dartmouth Medical School professor Jay Buckey, along with a team of scientists and researchers, will soon begin clinical trials to test a new computer program that would help treat depression in astronauts on long space flights.

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