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By Caroline Duffy | October 24, 2008

The College Board announced the release of a new standardized test for eighth-graders, available next fall, according to The New York Times.

Google engineer Marc Donner gives a lecture on practical problem solving at the Rockefeller Center Thursday.
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Google engineer explains pragmatic problem solving

By Nathan Swire | October 24, 2008

Ricky Melgares Through a series of "war stories" from his years working in the computer science industry, Google engineering director Marc Donner illustrated pragmatic problem solving, the topic of his lecture at the Rockefeller Center Thursday. To describe how pragmatic problem solving works, Donner recounted three "shaggy dog stories," which he defined as stories that take a long time to get to the point. In his first story, Donner demonstrated the importance of fully understanding a problem before attempting to fix it. "Security is often a matter of identifying the actual problem and solving it, rather than using huge amounts of technology," he said. Donner recounted the recurring appearance of graffiti on New York subway trains in the 1970s and 1980s.

Senator Joe Lieberman stumps for presidential candidate John McCain.
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Lieberman campaigns for McCain

October 24, 2008

Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Staff If Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain is elected to the White House in November, the United States would have a bipartisan administration, something unseen since Abraham Lincoln, Sen.

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Crate recounts effects of climate change on Sakha

By Manisha Apte | October 23, 2008

LAURA DIEZ The Viliui Sakha people of Northeastern Siberia are among many native cultures threatened by climate change and need more information in order to survive, environmental science and policy professor Susan Crate of George Mason University explained during a lecture Wednesday in the Haldeman Center. Crate, who has studied the Viliui Sakha since the 1980s, recently spent the first of three planned summers in the Sakha Republic to study the people's understanding of climate change and to educate them. The Sakha, a semi-nomadic people, rely heavily on agriculture and cattle husbandry for survival in their taiga environment, rendering the community particularly vulnerable to environmental changes, according to Crate. Warmer winters, colder summers, increased precipitation and sudden temperature changes are severely impacting the community, she said. "Cultural change is analogous to other movements such as Native Americans moving to reservations," Crate said.

David G. Blanchflower, preferred name Danny G. Blanchflower, Professor of Economics
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Blanchflower predicts interest drop

By Marielle Battistoni | October 23, 2008

Courtesy of Joseph Mehling In the aftermath of the Bank of England's largest monthly decrease in interest rates since November 2001, Dartmouth economics professor and member of the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee David Blanchflower said he is "the one who got it right." Blanchflower, the only Dartmouth professor ever to be appointed to the Monetary Policy Committee, called for a decisive decrease in interest rates at least a year before the Committee's Oct.

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Rollins to house prayer labyrinth for meditation

By Madeline Sims | October 23, 2008

When stress builds, Matt Jorgensen '12 wanders the stacks of the Sherman Art library to "clear [his] mind." "I'd definitely feel less weird if I had a structured place to try to focus," he said. The "structured place" Jorgensen seeks will be available in the coming weeks at Rollins Chapel, future home to a new 24-foot-wide, 24-foot-tall custom prayer labyrinth. The labyrinth will be made available for use by students, faculty and community members during regular chapel hours, unless a special event or group reserves the space. The labyrinth is a circular maze-like structure made entirely of canvas placed on the floor.

Democrat Vanessa Sievers '10 is challenging three-term incumbent Republican Carol Elliott for the position of Grafton County treasurer.
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Student runs for county treasurer

October 23, 2008

Jennifer Argote / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Twenty-year-old Montana native and Democrat Vanessa Sievers '10 is the first candidate to challenge 56-year-old three-term Grafton County Treasurer Carol Elliott, a Republican. Sievers said that she had nothing against Elliott personally, but wanted to bring the role of county treasurer to a new level. "I decided to run for Grafton County Treasurer because secure finances are an integral part to the workings of every community, and I believe building and managing Grafton's finances is the most important job I could do," Sievers said.

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Daily Debriefing

By Katie Edkins | October 22, 2008

A team of Dartmouth Medical School researchers presented the results of a seven-year study of a tuberculosis vaccine at the 39th World Conference on Lung Health in Paris on Monday, the Valley News reported Tuesday.

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Grant funds metal toxicity research

By John Alzate | October 22, 2008

The Dartmouth Toxic Metals Research Group, an interdisciplinary team of professors, received a $14.5 million renewal grant to support its research on the effects of exposure to arsenic and mercury on human health.

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Barr outlines hurdles of third-party candidacy at Beta

By Ann Baum | October 22, 2008

The current U.S. electoral system does not accommodate third-party candidates, former Rep. Bob Barr, R-Ga., the 2008 Libertarian presidential candidate, claimed during a public address on Tuesday afternoon at the Beta Alpha Omega fraternity, formerly Beta Theta Pi. Barr stated that he does not share similar views to the two major=party presidential candidates, and hopes to appeal to supporters of Republican nominee Senator McCain and Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama. "There are a lot of votes up for grabs among the young people who are not wedded to the two-party system the way their parents and grandparents are," Barr said. Barr emphasized the importance of opening the current two-party political system to a wider variety of candidates.

Journalist John Burns, the London Bureau chief for The New York Times, claimed that Americans have a limited understanding of the current circumstances in Iraq and Afghanistan at his Montgomery Fellow lecture Tuesday.
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Burns details state of Iraqi, Afghani conflicts

By Vera Bergengruen | October 22, 2008

Elisabeth Ericson / The Dartmouth Staff Despite worsening conditions in Afghanistan and increasing stability in Iraq, Americans' perception of those conflicts has not changed, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Burns told an overflowing audience in Filene Auditorium.

The Student Assembly discusses the College's plans for the Class of 1953 Commons, a new dining and social space to be built on North Maynard Street.
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SA discusses plans for Commons

By Ann Baum | October 22, 2008

Eric Tanner / The Dartmouth Staff College administrators solicited student feedback on a plan for the Class of 1953 Commons, a new social and dining space to be built on campus, at a Student Assembly meeting Tuesday night. The plan calls for a large social space with flexible uses.

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Daily Debriefing

By Casey Hicks and Greg Berger | October 21, 2008

Glen Elder, sociology and psychology professor at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, gave a lecture to members of the Dartmouth sociology department at the Rockefeller Center on Monday.

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WomanWise founder advocates female-centered marketing

By Andrew Clay | October 21, 2008

Dori Molitor, CEO and co-founder of the consulting firm WomanWise, argued that consumer marketing needs to be re-evaluated to consider the emotions of women, in a presentation at a Women in Business meeting in the Collis Center, Monday evening. WomanWise is a hybrid consultancy-agency that specializes in marketing brands to women, according to Molitor.

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Team studies mental health effects of Ike

October 21, 2008

A group of Dartmouth researchers plan to evaluate the effectiveness of psychological therapy and provide counseling for distressed victims of Hurricane Ike on a trip to Galveston, Texas next month.

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Corps looks to extend CRREL lease

By Rebecca Cress | October 21, 2008

Almost 50 years ago, Dartmouth leased 18 acres of land for $1 to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to establish a Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover.

In an interview with The Dartmouth, Crady said he is currently looking for input from the Dartmouth community before finalizing the proposal, which will not go into effect until the Spring term, at the earliest.
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Proposal restructures SEMP alcohol policy

By Susan Matthews | October 21, 2008

Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff The Office of the Dean of the College has released its new Alcohol Management Program, a proposal to overhaul Dartmouth's alcohol policies that will eliminate distinctions between types of social events on campus and require organizations to submit a weekly schedule of all events at which alcohol will be served.

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