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College implements new writing program

By Allyson Bennett | January 31, 2008

The College will require all incoming students to take at least two writing courses, abolishing exemptions from the current writing program, as part of the new Institute for Writing and Rhetoric, according to Wednesday's press release from the Office of Public Affairs.

Maps from Barry MacLean '60's collection are displayed in Thayer School.
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Art scandal implicates alumnus

By William Schpero | January 31, 2008

Jennifer Argote / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Dartmouth benefactor and former trustee Barry MacLean '60 Th'61 has been implicated in an nationwide investigation of the smuggling of Asian art, according to an affidavit filed in Cook County, Ill., last week.

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Professors collaborate on poetry translations

By Erin Jaeger | January 30, 2008

The relationship between an author and a translator is often simply a business partnership. But Dartmouth professors Ana Merino and Elizabeth Polli, friends and colleagues in the Spanish department, have developed a close personal relationship while producing an English translation of Merino's fifth book of poetry, "Cell Mate." Merino's poetry, Polli said, exhibits a dark side of Merino's personality that Polli had not known before. "When you know a person as a person, you know them in a friendship way," she said.

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Workshop tackles social class divide

January 30, 2008

Calling for social unity in the face of a perceived class division in the United States, 14 Dartmouth students participated in an interactive workshop on socioeconomic class on Tuesday afternoon in Cutter Shabazz Hall. The workshop, titled "Divided We Fall," focused primarily on concerns about socioeconomic class divides in America and how these divides are exacerbated by conflict over social issues. Felice Yeskel, the executive director of Class Action, led the discussion and activities.

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Hanover High scandal divides Dresden board

By Mat Grudzien | January 30, 2008

The Dresden School Board, which oversees public schools in the town of Hanover, has seen a number of internal changes in the wake of the recent cheating scandal at Hanover High School, according to Stanton Williams, the board's acting chairman.

Dean of the College Thomas Crady said he believes the College can find better houses for Alpha Phi and Alpha Xi Delta sororities at Tuesday's panel.
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Crady backs liberal alcohol policy

By Victoria Boggiano | January 30, 2008

Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Dean of the College Thomas Crady pledged to try to find better housing for Alpha Phi and Alpha Xi Delta sororities and to allow more student governance regarding the College's alcohol policy in a symposium titled "Greeks Speak" held in Collis Commonground on Tuesday evening. According to Crady, strict alcohol policies mask a school's drinking problems.

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Daily Debriefing

January 29, 2008

The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program at The National Science Foundation awarded honors to Engineering professor Reza Olfati-Saber and computer science professor Fabio Pellacini, according to a Dartmouth press release.

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College tech staff works with Kuwait university

By Maria Fillas | January 29, 2008

As part of the College's ongoing relationship with the American University of Kuwait, two members of Dartmouth's information technology team, Technical Services Director David Bucciero and Voice Network Engineer Peter Ejmont, traveled to Kuwait this December to share their technological expertise. Dartmouth and AUK, which began accepting students in 2004, negotiated a memorandum of understanding in 2003.

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Parking problems rile faculty members

By Ben Nunnery | January 29, 2008

For professor Lynn Higgins, chair of the French and Italian department, scouring the parking lots for half an hour with the faint hope of finding a spot is an unfortunate daily routine.

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College to unveil new e-billing program

By The Dartmouth | January 29, 2008

Students will soon be able to view, print and pay their college bills online when the Office of Student Financial Services introduces D-Pay, a new electronic billing and payment system, in the next few weeks.

The Rivercrest development will offer hundreds of new housing units for College and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center employees.
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College to build more employee housing

By Susan Matthews | January 29, 2008

/ Courtesy of Paul Olsen In an effort to provide convenient and affordable housing for their employees, the College and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center will redevelop the Rivercrest houses in order to create 300 additional housing units.

Nancy MacLean spoke about social activists from the 1960s and 70s and their confrontations with the conservative movement.
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MacLean discusses social activism

By Turia Lahlou | January 29, 2008

SEBASTIAN RAMIREZ-BRUNNER Correction appended. Nancy MacLean, a history professor at Northwestern University, spoke about the battle of social activists against employment discrimination in a speech given to Dartmouth students and community members in Filene Auditorium on Monday afternoon. The lecture, titled "Freedom is Not Enough: The Struggle to Open American Workplaces to All," stressed the importance of Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in overcoming job segregation.

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Daily Debriefing

By Nathan Swire and Rebecca Cress | January 28, 2008

At a time when top universities are making headlines for expanding their financial aid packages, elite college preparatory schools are spending their endowments to cut tuition as well.

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Locals oppose plans for new shelter

January 28, 2008

The potential construction of a shelter for single, homeless adults in the Upper Valley is in jeopardy due to threats from local residents who say they fear an influx of "undesirable" people.

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Discussion addresses Beta's alcohol policy

By Allie Lowe | January 28, 2008

Members of the Board of Trustees of the Dartmouth chapter of Beta Theta Pi fraternity stressed their desire to gain student input about a new Greek organization at an informal information session sponsored by the alumni group on Sunday evening.

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