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Al-Nur functions as hub of Muslim life in Upper Valley

By Vera Bergengruen | May 23, 2008

Editor's Note: This is the second installment in a four-part series examining religious life at Dartmouth. The Upper Valley is not exactly teeming with religious diversity, but the resources available to practicing Muslims are especially low, even for tweedy rural New Hampshire and Vermont.

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Phrygian members take stand in AoA elections

By Nick Swanson | May 23, 2008

The ongoing Association of Alumni elections, which end June 5, have drawn more student involvement than most -- with students circulating letters, authoring editorials and reaching out to alumni in order to affect the vote -- but there are similarities between the student movements in this election and those in recent ones. The most widespread student movement comes from the pro-parity, pro-lawsuit side.

Administrators spoke with students Thursday about the College Review Committee's report on changes for the Committee on Standards.
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Thompson, Burke defend COS

By Susan Matthews | May 23, 2008

ADRIAN MUNTEANU / The Dartmouth Staff At a public forum hosted by Student Assembly, administrators justified the discrepancies between the College Review Committee's report on the Committee on Standards released Monday and the recommendations made in 2006-2007 by an Assembly committee. Senior Associate Dean Katherine Burke, who chaired the administration's Review committee, and April Thompson, director of Undergraduate Judicial Affairs, led Thursday's talk.

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New York Governor David Paterson nominated Galen D. Kirkland '72 to be the state's next commissioner of the Division of Human Rights, according to a press release issued by the Governor's office last week.

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Alumni collect laptops for Bronx school

May 22, 2008

Two recent Dartmouth graduates, in collaboration with a teacher from a high school in south Bronx, N.Y., have begun a program that will transfer Dartmouth students' old laptop computers to the hands of students at New Day Academy, in an effort to improve the education of underprivileged youth.

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Government lauds College for information assurance

May 22, 2008

The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security have selected Dartmouth as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Research for the years 2008-2013, a distinction that provides the College with opportunities for shared research, as well as increased undergraduate access to scholarships, grants and internships in the information assurance field. Information assurance refers to measures that protect and defend information and information systems, including work commonly known as "cyber-security," according to the NSA web site. This is the first year that NSA and DHS have awarded the CAE-R designation.

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Board hires firm for pres. search

By Nick Swanson | May 22, 2008

Dartmouth's Board of Trustees has retained the executive search firm Isaacson, Miller to advise the College's presidential search committee in its hunt for the College's next president, according to an e-mail sent to the Dartmouth community by Board Chairman Ed Haldeman '70 and Trustee Al Mulley '70 Wednesday afternoon.

Construction of Dartmouth's power plant is scheduled to begin in June, as construction on nearby New Hampshire residence hall continues.
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Power plant to shut down for 8 weeks of construction

By Drew Joseph | May 21, 2008

ADRIAN MUNTEANU / The Dartmouth Staff The College will shut down its power plant for approximately eight weeks this summer to replace one of its four boilers, according to Ken Packard, Dartmouth's assistant director of engineering and utilities.

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May 21, 2008

Former Dartmouth football coach Jake Crouthamel '60 will be inducted into the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Hall of Fame in recognition of his work as athletics director for Syracuse University from 1978 to 2004, according to the NACDA web site.

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Panel examines trials faced by local area senior citizens

May 21, 2008

Seniors living in the Upper Valley and the organizations devoted to assisting them face a variety of financial and social obstacles to self-sufficiency, a panel of local experts on senior issues said at the Hanover Terrace Healthcare facility on Tuesday, giving the example of a 78-year-old Hanover resident who had to return to her job as a substitute teacher after her husband, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, gambled away their savings.

Student Assembly discussed differences between the Committee on Standards review report and their own suggestions for COS during Tuesday's meeting.
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COS review, SA proposal differ

By Susan Matthews | May 21, 2008

Chris Parker / The Dartmouth An official report on the College's Committee on Standards released by the COS Review Committee on Monday does not adequately reflect the Student Assembly's 2006-2007 recommendations on Dartmouth's judicial system, Assembly members complained in the organization's weekly meeting Tuesday. David Imamura '10, who compiled a document comparing the review committee's recommendations with those of the 2006-2007 Assembly committee, said he was disappointed by how little the reports had in common.

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Tuck study analyzes faculty savings

By Erin Jaeger | May 20, 2008

Female Dartmouth employees are more likely than their male counterparts to save for retirement, despite health concerns and the costs of supporting a family, according to a recent study conducted at the Tuck School of Business.

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May 20, 2008

Laura Ray, professor at the Thayer School of Engineering, has developed a hearing system for soldiers that would improve battlefield communication, The New Hampshire Union Leader reported Monday.

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