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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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Seniors given posts in McCain campaign

By Vera Bergengruen | September 29, 2008

Senator John McCain's presidential campaign has selected three Dartmouth students as leaders of New Hampshire Students for John McCain, the Republican campaign's new grassroots organization made up of students from colleges and universities across the state.

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Fisher analyzes "medical homes"

By Whitney Buckholz | September 26, 2008

As medical homes -- networks of collaborating health care providers -- grow in popularity across the country, the movement will inevitably face challenges, according to an analysis by Elliot Fisher, professor of community and family medicine at Dartmouth Medical School. The medical-home movement aims to provide better-quality health care at a lower cost by providing patients with an integrated network of physicians who work together with a long-term goal of improving patients' health, rather than merely treating acute symptoms.

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DHMC costs fall below state average, report says

September 26, 2008

As patients and employers around the country grapple with the steadily escalating price of health care, a recent study by the New Hampshire Citizens Health Initiative revealed that some of New Hampshire's hospitals charge up to 70 percent more than other hospitals in the state.

Montgomery McFate praised a new army program that embeds social scientists with army units, in a speech at the Rockefeller Center, Thursday.
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McFate explains Human Terrain Teams

By Nathan Swire | September 26, 2008

Elisabeth Ericson / The Dartmouth Staff Correction appended. Cultural anthropologist Montgomery McFate emphasized the importance of sociocultural knowledge in forming national security strategy, explaining a new counter-insurgency theory that relies on experts in social-science disciplines, in a lecture at the Rockefeller Center on Thursday evening. McFate is one of the architects behind the new Human Terrain System, a $130 million U.S.

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Technicians at DHMC consider unionization

By Susan Matthews | September 26, 2008

A group of technicians at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is taking preliminary steps towards joining the Dartmouth division of the Service Employees' International Union and have begun to set up meetings with union officials.

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Some alumni revisit legal action

By William Schpero | September 26, 2008

The addition of five new members to the College's Board of Trustees three weeks ago has prompted little public backlash from alumni who oppose the Board's expansion, but a recent communication acquired by The Dartmouth indicates some alumni are once again considering legal action in an attempt to reverse the Board's decision. In an e-mail sent to supporters of the non-profit Hanover Institute on Sept.

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Daily Debriefing

By Compiled by Susan Matthews | September 25, 2008

A new guide for college students seeking aid for mental health was released on Tuesday by Leadership-21, a group of mental health leaders affiliated with the advocacy group Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.

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Anthony named College's first female ISTS director

September 25, 2008

Denise Anthony, chair of Dartmouth's sociology department, will take over the post of research director for Dartmouth's Institute for Security, Technology and Society, reflecting the program's initiative to integrate social science perspectives into its research.

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