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By Drew Joseph and Vera Bergengruen | February 20, 2008

Arguing that there is a strong correlation between climate change and infectious disease, Dr. Rita Colwell, a world-renowned expert in oceanology and epidemiology, spoke to students in Moore Hall on Tuesday afternoon.

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Symposium draws 'puzzle freaks' from across the U.S.

By Josh Roselman | February 20, 2008

Hordes of "puzzle freaks" -- builders, designers, obsessive solvers and general aficionados of mechanical puzzles -- flocked to Dartmouth for Mechanical Puzzles Day, an eight-hour celebration and symposium of the enigmatic gizmos on Tuesday. The event, held in Kemeny Hall, included a series of lectures from eminent puzzle-makers and historians from all over the world, and culminated in a "puzzle party" at the end of the day. The event is the brainchild of Dartmouth mathematics and computer science professor Peter Winkler when he was working on a mini-symposium for the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston, held Feb.

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Nelson presents alcohol policy to SA

By Nathan Swire | February 20, 2008

As part of a campaign to prompt student discussion about alcohol on Dartmouth's campus, Senior Associate Dean Dan Nelson spoke to the Student Assembly on the history of alcohol use at the College, the administration's attitude towards student drinking and its future plans for the alcohol on Tuesday. Over the past year, Nelson has given a similar presentation to a variety of campus groups, including undergraduate advisors, College staff and leaders of Greek organizations. The timing of Nelson's presentation coincides with a student and faculty committee's review of the College's Social Event Management Procedures.

Steve Kelley '81 delivers a humourous Montgomery Fellow lecture, exposing irony in politics and every day activities, Tuesday evening.
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Kelley '81, comedian, looks at irony

By Nathan Swire | February 20, 2008

Teresa Lattanzio / The Dartmouth Staff When using the men's room at a political convention, Steve Kelley '81 heard a man walk right up behind him and stop, he told his audience on Tuesday night. "Hi," the man said. Kelley, describing the experience as "very unnerving," froze long enough for the man to ask, "What are you doing?" The eeriness of this man's presence switched Kelley's "fight or flight" instinct into overdrive and he swung around, ready to knock the man out. Kelley halted his punch when, face-to-face with the stranger, he realized the man had not been speaking to Kelley, but into a cell phone. Kelley, a humorist and political cartoonist for the Times-Picayune, is one of this term's Montgomery Fellows.

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Daily Debriefing

By Mat Grudzien | February 19, 2008

Dartmouth Daily Updates, a new communication system introduced by the Office of Public Affairs and Peter Kiewit Computing Services, began distributing its daily announcements to the Dartmouth community through e-mail Monday.

Dana Dakin, founder of the Women's Trust, Inc., talks about her grassroots approach to microfinance lending and development in Ghana Monday.
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Microfinance panelists extol aid to impoverished

February 19, 2008

Andy Mai / The Dartmouth Drawing on their experiences with impoverished citizens in countries such as Peru and Ghana, international development and microfinance professionals addressed sustainable solutions to poverty in a panel hosted by Women in Business on Monday night.

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Daily Debriefing

By Frank Santo | February 18, 2008

A gunman identified as Steve Kazmierczak killed five and wounded 16 before turning the gun on himself during a geology lecture at Northern Illinois University last Thursday.

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Eight volunteer trips set for spring break

By Emily Goodell | February 18, 2008

Philanthropic students eager to give back to communities across America this spring break are selling grilled cheese sandwiches on Webster Ave., running bake sales in Novack Cafe and continuing to brainstorm fundraising events. Eight service-oriented spring break trips will depart this year, to New Orleans; Biloxi, Mississippi; Caretta, West Virginia; the Lakota Nation at the Cheyenne River Sioux tribe in South Dakota; Washington, D.C.

Federic Mishkin, a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, spoke on downturn in the nation's economy on Friday.
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Lecture addresses Fed's tools to aid economy

By Drew Joseph | February 18, 2008

Grey Cusack / The Dartmouth Staff The Federal Reserve is acting decisively and quickly to combat the current downturn in America's economy, Frederic Mishkin, a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, said at the first annual Global Capital Markets Conference on Friday.

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Political Debriefing

February 15, 2008

Former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., officially endorsed Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Thursday, after dropping out of the race on Feb.

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