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Student tuition may be financing much more than students' actual in-class experience, according to a report on how college tuition is spent by colleges released by the Delta Cost Project, a Washington-based non-profit group that seeks to increase education affordability, on Thursday.

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Ford '70 advises to invest in Africa

By Michael Coburn | May 2, 2008

There are significant investment opportunities for U.S. businesses in Africa, Wallace Ford '70, president and chief operating officer for Goodworks International, said at a dinner held in the Hanover Inn.

Music professor Steve Swayne identifies a need for the discussion of sexuality in communities of color on Thursday.
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PRIDE discussion aims to unite black and gay communities

May 2, 2008

Jennifer Argote / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Seeking dialogue within the gay and black communities, music professor Steve Swayne spoke on his experience as a gay, black and religious man in a PRIDE week event Thursday night in Cutter-Shabazz Hall. "We each have expectations from our communities and our families, and we each have to navigate the multiple roles we play," Swayne said in an interview after his address.

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Mascoma, GM partner in tech effort

By Turia Lahlou | May 2, 2008

Mascoma, a leading company in biofuels technology founded by two Thayer School of Engineering professors, will partner with General Motors to develop ethanol technology from wood chips, waste paper sludge and grass to combat an increasing demand for energy, both companies announced in a joint statement on Thursday. "It is important financially and from the perspective of a strategic partnership as to the direction the company can go," Mascoma co-founder and Thayer School professor Charles Wyman said.

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Daily Debriefing

By Emily Goodell | May 1, 2008

A group of nurses at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is considering forming a union, according to The Valley News.

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Police Blotter

By Rebecca Cress | May 1, 2008

April 26, 12:35 a.m. East Wheelock Street Two female students found a Co-Op Food Store shopping cart near the Hopkins Center and decided to ride it down the street.

Journalists at Wednesday's panel described the way the journalism industry has adapted to technological advancements in the Internet age.
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Panel links journalism, technology

By Nathan Swire | May 1, 2008

SEBASTIAN RAMIREZ-BRUNNER / The Dartmouth Staff Forced to turn off their Blackberries and iPhones for two hours, four technology journalists spoke about the news industry of the internet generation in a panel discussion held Wednesday at the College.

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Prof. says lawsuit is unlikely, then retracts

Four days after announcing that she would likely name students in a potential civil lawsuit against the College, Priya Venkatesan '90, a former Writing 5 lecturer and research associate at Dartmouth Medical School, told The Dartmouth Tuesday in a statement that she would likely not pursue legal action at this time.

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Daily Debriefing

By Nathan Swire | April 30, 2008

A recent study examining the effects of college's athletic programs performances on alumni donations found significant gender differences in the giving patterns of former athletes.

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Glinert studies names of cancer drugs

By Julie Kim | April 30, 2008

The names of chemotherapy drugs often contain sounds that could make patients think the drugs are less harsh than they are, Dartmouth linguistics professor Lewis Glinert, announced in his research paper "Chemotherapy as language: Sound symbolism in cancer medication names." "In daily life, we are constantly bombarded by very carefully orchestrated sound effects," Glinert said.

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Ivy Council members list changes for Dartmouth

By Susan Matthews | April 30, 2008

Members of Dartmouth's Ivy Council, a Student Assembly committee that works with counterparts at other Ivy League schools, attended the Spring Symposium at Cornell University, expecting to discuss the issues of gender in Greek organizations that are so prominent at the College.

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Erickson '09 establishes First Voices newspaper

By Kashay Sanders | April 30, 2008

Feeling marginalized after last fall's debates surrounding the College's use of a Native American mascot, Agatha Erickson '09 created First Voices, a publication for members of Dartmouth's indigenous communities to express themselves and educate others. "Our voice tends to go unheard," Erickson, a Koyukon Athabascan Indian, said. After almost two years of work, First Voices is scheduled to be released this term during Pow Wow Weekend, which will take place on May 9-11.

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