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Richard Lobban, a professor at Rhode Island College and an expert on Sudan, speaks about the difficulties of addressing the crisis in Darfur in a speech on Tuesday.
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Speaker analyzes the crisis in Darfur

By Kat Richardson | May 14, 2008

Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff While economic and cultural conflicts have made the situation in Sudan difficult to address, the humanitarian crisis in Darfur is of immense proportions, Rhode Island College anthropology professor Richard Lobban said Tuesday at the Rockefeller Center.

Participants at Tuesday's Active Minds-sponsored concert play a song written by a musician who suffered from a mental illness.
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Concert draws attention to mental illness

By Julie Kim | May 14, 2008

Andy Foust / The Dartmouth Staff With a program that ranged from bagpipes to poetry readings, the Active Minds benefit concert "Seasons of the Mind" celebrated the works of musicians and poets who suffered from mental illness.

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Williams launches new online e-media journal

By Emily Goodell | May 14, 2008

The memoirs of Emmy award-winning screenwriter Stanley Rubin and an analysis of computer-generated poetry are featured in the first issue of the new online Journal of Media Studies, founded by Mark Williams, the chair of Dartmouth's film and television studies department.

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Kemeny landscaping nears finish

By Drew Joseph | May 14, 2008

After roughly a year of work, the noise and dust emanating from behind Haldeman and Kemeny Halls will disappear as the landscaping project enters its final stages.

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Daily Debriefing

By Rebecca Cress | May 13, 2008

Samuel B. Roberts, master mason for the College, is currently dismantling and rebuilding the stone structure outside of McNutt Hall.

British diplomat Sir Emyr Jones Parry analyzes the benefits of a multilateral approach to solving some of the world's devastating issues in a Monday.
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Parry promotes multilateral action

May 13, 2008

Andy Foust / The Dartmouth Staff Multinational organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are crucial to international politics and must be used to address the many issues today that transcend national borders, Sir Emyr Jones Parry, this year's 1950 Dickey Lecture Senior Foreign Affairs Fellow, said Thursday.

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Billing transferred to internet system

May 13, 2008

Eighty four percent of students have enrolled in D-Pay, Dartmouth's new electronic billing system, according to Ronald Hiser, director of Student Financial Services.

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Admissions yields 51 percent matriculation

By Erin Jaeger | May 13, 2008

Following the most competitive admissions year in the College's history, 1,120 students plan to matriculate in the Class of 2012, according to Maria Laskaris, dean of admissions and financial aid. The matriculating group -- 560 men and 560 women -- represents a 51 percent yield from the 2,190 admitted students, Laskaris said, compared to the 53 percent matriculation rate of those admitted to the Class of 2011.

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Daily Debriefing

By John Alzate | May 12, 2008

The Dartmouth Coalition for Progress sponsored an Activism Skills Training workshop Saturday at the Rockefeller Center.

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Forum examines substance abuse

By Casey Hicks | May 12, 2008

Michael Hanitchak '73 opened Dartmouth's fourth annual symposium on substance abuse on Friday with a Native American blessing, asking the Creator for guidance in reconciling two gifts bestowed upon humanity -- tobacco, which Hanitchak said "we sometimes use unwisely," and the power to "heal our brothers and sisters who have become unbalanced." Hanitchak's cautionary words commenced the all-day event, held in Collis Common Ground and sponsored by the Dartmouth Center on Addiction, Recovery and Education, a joint effort between the College and Dartmouth Medical School that aims to address substance abuse at the College. Though the symposium's list of speakers ranged from forensic psychiatrists to pediatricians, all presenters said they shared the goal of mitigating substance abuse.

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Beta alumni meet for last time with male students

By Victoria Boggiano | May 12, 2008

Dartmouth alumni of Beta Theta Pi fraternity addressed questions from male students, including men who are currently members of other fraternities, and a few undergraduate women at the final information session concerning Beta's return to campus, held on Friday afternoon.

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Tuck speakers extol Indian workforce

By Aoife Duffy | May 12, 2008

India's large and young workforce is its "biggest asset," according to experts that spoke at the second annual Tuck India Business Conference, held at the Tuck School of Business on Friday.

Native Americans from across the continent dance on the Green this weekend to celebrate their history at the College's 36th annual Powwow.
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Powwow celebrates Native culture

By Kat Richardson | May 12, 2008

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The sound of Mystic River drums, neon costumes, jingle dancing and the smell of frybread attracted crowds to the Green this weekend in celebration of Dartmouth's 36th annual powwow The powwow is the "Native American people's way of meeting together to join in dancing, singing, visiting, renewing of old friendships and creation of new ones," according to materials distributed by Native Americans at Dartmouth. This year's powwow, hosted by NAD, began with a "Grand Entry" on Saturday.

Gaye Theresa Johnson, professor of black studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, gives a lecture on Mexican influence on jazz music on Thurs.
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Lecture examines origins of jazz

By Nathan Swire | May 9, 2008

Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Staff Jazz is an eclectic and complex musical style, but academia has largely ignored its "equally eclectic" roots, argued Gaye Theresa Johnson, a professor of black studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara in a presentation in Dartmouth Hall on Thursday. The presentation, titled "Sobre Las Olas: a Mexican Genesis in Borderlands Jazz," examined Mexican influence on early jazz musicians.

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Library creates endowments

By Kashay Sanders | May 9, 2008

A contribution from the Manton Foundation will lead to the formation of a $3 million endowment for Dartmouth's Digital Library program and a $1 million endowment for maintenance of the Orozco murals in Baker-Berry Library.

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