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Sisson '09 skates to fight hunger

By Jamila Ma | November 20, 2008

Courtesy of Jack Sisson Rollerblade, the West Lebanon-based company that is now synonymous with inline skating, presented Jack Sisson '09 with a $5,000 check for the non-profit organization Action Against Hunger on Tuesday.

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Students sign pledge for day-long vegetarian diet

By Susan Matthews | November 20, 2008

Mushroom stew replaced chicken dinners and red meat was exchanged for black bean cakes at Home Plate Wednesday night, welcoming supporters of the "Veg Pledge," a national effort to encourage college students to commit to vegetarianism for one day.

Upper Valley residents discuss their experiences with the Haven in the panel
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Panelists garner support for Haven

November 20, 2008

Sarah Irving / The Dartmouth Staff In a panel on "Poverty in the Upper Valley" at the Rockefeller Center on Wednesday, staff members and three families shared stories of their experiences with The Haven, a shelter based in White River Junction that provides shelter, food and clothing to those in need, to an audience of about 30 in the Rockefeller Center. Tom Ketteridge, the Haven's managing director, described the organization's goal of helping families and educating their children.

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Obama may appoint Geithner '83

November 20, 2008

Correction appended. Timothy Geithner '83 has emerged as a likely contender for Treasury secretary in the Cabinet of President-elect Barack Obama.

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Daily Debriefing

By Ana Bowens | November 19, 2008

Dartmouth President James Wright received the lowest compensation of any Ivy League president, earning $569,761 for the 2006-2007 school year, according to a Chronicle of Higher Education survey released Monday.

Former United States ambassador to Paraguay James Cason '66 gives a lecture on trends in education in Latin America at the Rockefeller Center on Tuesday afternoon.
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Cason '66 lectures on Latin America

By Vera Bergengruen | November 19, 2008

Larissa Cespedes / The Dartmouth Staff While countries in Latin America have advanced significantly in the last 30 years, they still must broaden access to education and investment in scientific research in order to modernize, according to former United States ambassador to Paraguay James Cason '66, who gave a lecture in the Rockefeller Center Tuesday, titled "Emerging Trends in Latin America." Over the past three decades, Latin American literacy rates have steadily risen, the infant mortality rate is the lowest in the world's developing regions, and, due to improved education for women, the birth rate is now under control, Cason said.

Microfinance experts take part in a panel discussion on eliminating poverty through the promotion of entrepreneurship on Tuesday.
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Lenders talk future of microfinance

By Caroline Duffy | November 19, 2008

BEN GETTINGER / The Dartmouth Staff Representatives from two microfinance firms debated the advantages and disadvantages of commercializing the microfinance field at a Tuesday panel sponsored by Dartmouth's Social Enterprise and Economic Development Society.

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Panel examines Greek stereotyping

By Rebecca Cress | November 19, 2008

The College's Greek organizations should strive to make all students comfortable at social events, regardless of perceived stereotypes, students said in a panel held at Beta Alpha Omega fraternity, formerly Beta Theta Pi, on Tuesday night.

Seven undergraduate men discuss their life experiences at the
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'Men of Dartmouth' draws large crowd

By Emma Fidel | November 19, 2008

Marina Agapakis / The Dartmouth Staff Seven undergraduate men discussed the evolution of their understanding of masculinity and what it means to be a man in front of a riveted audience in a packed Collis Common Ground on Tuesday night.

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Daily Debriefing

November 18, 2008

Jamal Brown '08 was featured by the gay periodical Out Magazine as one of the "Men and Women Who Made 2008 a Year to Remember." Brown was recognized as a gay man who "moved culture" in the past year, according to the magazine's web site.

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Bernstein creates anti-smoking site

By Rachel Sarnoff | November 18, 2008

The Children's Hospital at Dartmouth and Dartmouth Medical School collaborated on a new web site, NoSmokingRoom.org, to teach girls between the ages of 8 and 11 about the dangers of smoking.

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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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