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By Susan Matthews | February 7, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama's, D-Ill., success in the Super Tuesday primaries could be the result of his popularity among young voters.

Visiting professor Randall Balmer spoke about faith and the presidency.
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Professor looks at religion, presidents

By Aimee Lim | February 7, 2008

ADRIAN MUNTEANU / The Dartmouth Staff Voters must hold presidential candidates accountable for their claims of faith, Randall Balmer, a visiting religion professor at Dartmouth, said in his lecture, "God in the White House: Faith and the Presidency from John F.

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By Conor Galligan | February 6, 2008

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education has launched a pilot program to quantify schools' sustainability initiatives, according to Inside Higher Ed.

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Sacerdote, Zidar '08 study rhetoric

By Emily Goodell | February 6, 2008

Economics professor Bruce Sacerdote and Owen Zidar '08 found that the frequency with which politicians use certain words is indicative of themes and rhetorical styles of their speeches in a study that examined the word content of each speech delivered by the 2008 presidential candidates in the past two years.

The Student Assembly approved $3,500 for the creation of a new website.
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Assembly finalizes plans for new website features

By Nathan Swire | February 6, 2008

Andy Mai / The Dartmouth The Student Assembly voted to update its website by rebuilding its operating system and adding new applications, including a Dartmouth wiki encyclopedia and a student-generated Dartmouth calender, at the Assembly meeting on Tuesday. The legislation, sponsored by Corey Chu '08, calls for the Assembly to appropriate $3,500 to hire web designers for the project.

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Two professors win CAREER awards

By Rigel Cable | February 6, 2008

Correction appended. Fabio Pellacini, a professor of computer science at the College and Reza Olfati-Saber, a professor at the Thayer School of Engineering, have been awarded grants for five-year research projects by the National Science Foundation as part of the Faculty Early Career Development program CAREER awards.

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Seniors elect 12 students to SEC

By Mat Grudzien | February 6, 2008

The deans of Dartmouth's Class of 2008 announced the results of the election for the Senior Executive Committee, the primary governing body for the class following graduation, on Tuesday.

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Graduates oversee technical services

By Kate Farley | February 5, 2008

While Student Assembly is planning to expand its web team and launch additional computer-related services, members of the Kiewit Computing Services staff are interested in streamlining the maintainance of the Assembly-created resources that already exist.

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Students weigh social impact of AKA's return

By Brook Jackling | February 5, 2008

Plans to re-establish the Dartmouth chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., an African-American organization, have raised questions about the impact the sorority will have on diversity in the Greek system and whether or not it will alter the balance between male and female social spaces on campus. The Xi Lambda chapter of AKA, established at the College in 1983 and active until 2003, will begin recruiting new members in spring or fall 2008.

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By Kashay Sanders | February 4, 2008

Peter Zhao '10 placed 4th of 1,600 students nationwide in an investment competition held by Updown.com in which students attempted to make the most money by each investing $1,000,000 of simulation money.

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