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Parties, reflection mark Senior Week

By Julie Kim | June 9, 2008

Whether they were rushing to check off every box on the list of "101 Things to Do Before You Graduate" or spending time with classmates, members of the Class of 2008 used their last week on campus to enjoy the College before they bid it farewell as undergraduates.

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Eight receive honorary College degrees at Commencement

By Fan Zhang and Mitch Davis | June 9, 2008

A former CEO, an Emmy Award winner and a Nobel Prize laureate will be among the eight recipients of honorary Dartmouth degrees at this year's Commencement ceremonies, according to an Office of Public Affairs press release. Richard Hill '41 Tu'42 and Ralph Manuel '58 will receive doctorates in law and humane letters, respectively.

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Senior Gift donations climbs to record high

By Allyson Bennett | June 9, 2008

The Class of 2008 attained the highest level of participation for class giving in Dartmouth's recent history and in the Ivy League, as 92.5 percent contributed to the Senior Class Gift, according to the Office of Public Affairs. Fifteen Greek organizations achieved a 100 percent participation rate. "The 2008s made a splash in their final days before leaving the Green," College President James Wright said in a press release.

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DailyDebriefing

By Susan Matthews | May 28, 2008

The Undergraduate Finance Committee gave Dartmouth's Student Assembly $85,000 on Tuesday for its budget for the upcoming year, which is $10,000 more than the committee allocated to the Assembly last year.

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Goldner '85 begins new position as CEO of Hasbro toys

By Turia Lahlou | May 28, 2008

Brian Goldner '85 joined the ranks of Dartmouth alumni presiding over major corporations last week, beginning his post as the chief executive officer of Hasbro, the nation's second largest toy company whose products include Monopoly, Mr. Potato Head and Transformers. In his new position, Goldner hopes to popularize the Hasbro brand in the marketplace and lead the company to pursue ventures beyond toys and games, he said. "We are really focused on our own brand -- reinventing, reigniting and reimagining -- not only as far as toys and games but in any number of play experiences," he said. In the near future, Hasbro plans to broaden its involvement in the family entertainment world to include digital, console, online and cellphone games, along with television shows and motion pictures, Goldner added. "We are trying to give consumers a chance to enjoy our brand at all levels," he said. For Goldner, working in entertainment is nothing new.

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Students practice wide variety of religions at Dartmouth

By Vera Bergengruen | May 28, 2008

ADRIAN MUNTEANU / The Dartmouth Staff Editor's Note: This is the final installment in a four-part series examining religious life at Dartmouth. A college campus, with its various temptations, might not seem like an ideal breeding ground for a devout religious lifestyle -- especially a religion outside of the traditional mold.

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Early elections allow SA efficiency

By Susan Matthews | May 28, 2008

The unusually early election of Student Assembly's new leadership this year allowed the organization to implement several new initiatives this term, a departure from past years in which the Assembly made little progress during Spring term. "Outreach has never really been as prevalent as it has this term," Student Body President Molly Bode '09 said, adding that the Assembly has made a new commitment to involve more of the student body in the organization. Bode plans to continue to focus on increasing alternative social spaces over the coming terms, she said.

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Beta alumni reject common student perception of frat

By Victoria Boggiano | May 28, 2008

Dartmouth alumni of Beta Theta Pi fraternity contend that current students hold misconceptions about the fraternity's history at the College, regarding the fraternity as a group of football-playing troublemakers and not the brotherhood committed to charity work and diversity that alumni maintain it once was.

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Venkatesan '90 drops plans for memoir

By Marielle Battistoni | May 28, 2008

Former Dartmouth writing instructor Priya Venkatesan '90 said she no longer plans to publish a memoir in the near future, recanting previous statements that she would write a book that would identify specific Dartmouth students who she claims discriminated against her and in addition to including their anonymous course evaluations.

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Pres. search may look for College affiliations

By Nick Swanson | May 28, 2008

Former and current college presidents, administrators, professors and possibly a member of the current Bush administration could make it onto the Board of Trustees' search committee's list for a successor to College President James Wright, who will step down in June 2009.

The College has named Josh Compton as its new lecturer of speech and rhetoric at Dartmouth's Institute for Writing and Rhetoric.
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Compton hired as rhetoric prof

By Casey Hicks | May 28, 2008

COURTESY OF THE DARTMOUTH AEGIS Three years after the College ended its speech program, Josh Compton will assume the role of lecturer of speech and rhetoric at the College's Institute for Writing and Rhetoric on July 1, 2008, according to a press release from the Office of Public Affairs.

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Class helps youth stage Shakespeare

May 27, 2008

For two hours each week, the cafeteria and gymnasium at Sharon Elementary School in Sharon, Vt., is transformed into the set for Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," performed by 27 fifth and sixth graders.

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Christianity in classroom stirs debate, mixed views

By Nathan Swire | May 27, 2008

Editor's Note: This is the third installment in a four-part series examining religious life at Dartmouth. A desire to spread God's love -- which Alex Mercado '11 said grants "the free gift of eternal life" to those who accept Christ -- drove Mercado to test the rhetorical skills he had learned in his native Texas by "presenting the Gospel" to a fellow student over lunch.

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