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Becker '09 wins Udall Scholarship

By Julie Kim | May 19, 2008

Courtesy of Joe Mehling 69 Daniel Becker '09's prize-winning essay on the benefits of the Indian Child Welfare Act has won him $5,000, a trip to a conference in Tucson, Ariz., and access to a network of environmental and Native American tribal policy professionals as one of 80 national Udall Scholarship recipients selected by the Morris K.

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May 19, 2008

San Diego State University ended a yearlong investigation of drug and firearm possession on the campus last week, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.

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DMS profs comment on College pres. search

By Allyson Bennett | May 19, 2008

Dartmouth Medical School faculty gave feedback about the qualities they would like to see in Dartmouth's next president at an open forum held by Trustee Al Mulley '70, chair of the presidential search committee, and DMS Dean Bill Green on Friday at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

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By Erin Jaeger | May 16, 2008

U.S. soldiers in Iraq and up to 23 other countries will soon be able to take on-site college courses with professors from three U.S.

Patrick Parenteau, senior counsel to the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic, explores climate change and the law at a Thursday panel lecture.
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Parenteau, Conover examine U.S. climate change policy

By Conor Galligan | May 16, 2008

Elisabeth Ericson / The Dartmouth Staff The federal government can take vast steps toward reversing climate change by offering economic incentives for companies to reduce emissions, but the government must act soon, speakers agreed at a panel discussion on Thursday.

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New piracy law may cost College

By John A. Alzate | May 16, 2008

A nationwide campaign for state laws that would require colleges to track students' illegal file sharing could cost the College millions of dollars if the laws are passed, Ellen Young, manager of consulting services at Dartmouth Computer Services, said in an e-mail message to The Dartmouth.

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Police Blotter

By Rebecca Cress | May 15, 2008

May 7, 3:02 a.m. West Wheelock Street Emergency services received a call from a female who said she believed there was a prowler in her apartment.

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By Aoife Duffy | May 15, 2008

In an effort to reach students even when they are procrastinating on Facebook, the academic management company Blackboard has created a Facebook application to put many of Blackboard's tools on the social networking site, Inside Higher Ed reported on Wednesday.

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Kendal of Hanover adheres to tenets of 'slow medicine'

By Emily Goodell | May 15, 2008

A stroll through the halls of the Kendal at Hanover retirement community reveals residents working in hobby shops or checking out books from the library, signs that its residents are dedicated to preserving their mental and physical health for as long as possible.

Francisco Rodriguez, the former chief economist for the Venezuelan National Assembly, evaluates Hugo Chavez's policies towards the poor.
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Speaker criticizes Chavez's policies

May 15, 2008

Elisabeth Ericson / The Dartmouth Staff American academics have both lauded and condemned the social policies put in place by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's regime, Francisco Rodriguez, a professor of economics and Latin American studies at Wesleyan University, said in a lecture at the Rockefeller Center on Wednesday.

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De Sousa named new coordinator of SAAP

By Allyson Bennett | May 15, 2008

Michelle de Sousa will take on the role of the College's Sexual Abuse Awareness Program coordinator on July 1, Xenia Markowitt, director of the Center for Women and Gender, and Mark Reed, director of counseling and health resources at Dick's House, said in an e-mail on Wednesday.

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The Tuck School of Business raised $67,400 at its eighth annual auction last week to benefit Tuck GIVES, which helps fund Tuck students' internships at nonprofit organizations, according to a Tuck press release.

Professor Marcus Rediker signs copies of his book,
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Author recounts the history and impact of slave ships

May 14, 2008

Marina Agapakis / The Dartmouth Staff While researching the history of slave ships, University of Pittsburgh history professor Marcus Rediker came across accounts of captain James D'Wolf who, on one of his voyages, had a sick, enslaved woman bound, gagged and thrown overboard.

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